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This is a list of useful references for BhamWiki editors:
This is a list of useful references for Bhamwiki editors:


==Local references==
==Local references==
===Birmingham Historical Society===
* Publications of the [[Birmingham Historical Society]] have been placed online by the [[Alabama Department of Archives and History]]. ([http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/search/collection/hgpub/field/creato/searchterm/Birmingham%20Historical%20Society/mode/exact link]). Some of these publications, such as ''The Birmingham District: An Industrial History and Guide'', were published with a blanket permission to reuse content.
===Newspapers===
===Newspapers===
* [http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/ ''Birmingham Business Journal''] and [http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/search/ archives] — searchable from 1996 to present
* [http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/ ''Birmingham Business Journal''] and [http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/search/ archives] — searchable from 1996 to present
* [http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/ ''The Birmingham News''] and [http://www.bhamnews.com/archives/ archives] — Current articles are available only temporarily and archived in full for 14 days. Excerpts from older articles to 1994, full articles for a fee.
* [http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/ ''The Birmingham News''] and [http://www.bhamnews.com/archives/ archives] — Current articles are available only temporarily and archived in full for 14 days. Excerpts from older articles to 1994, full articles for a fee.
:* [http://0-www.newslibrary.com.vulcan.bham.lib.al.us/ ''News'' Library] ''Birmingham News'' archives accessible free with JCLC card (subscription cancelled due to funding cuts)
:* [http://0-www.newslibrary.com.vulcan.bham.lib.al.us/ ''News'' Library] ''Birmingham News'' archives accessible free with JCLC card (subscription cancelled due to funding cuts)
* [http://www.boydsworld.com/comics/ Birmingham Newspapers Historical Comic Strip Index] by Boyd Nation
* [http://www.birminghamtimesonline.com/ ''The Birmingham Times'']
* [http://www.birminghamtimesonline.com/ ''The Birmingham Times'']
* [http://www.bhamweekly.com/ ''Birmingham Weekly''] and [http://www.bhamweekly.com/archive/ archives] — currently archives articles back to Nov. 2004 and cover images to December 2002.
* [http://www.bhamweekly.com/ ''Birmingham Weekly''] and [http://www.bhamweekly.com/archive/ archives] — currently archives articles back to Nov. 2004 and cover images to December 2002.
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* [http://www.njeffersonnews.com/ ''The North Jefferson News''] — for communities north of Birmingham
* [http://www.njeffersonnews.com/ ''The North Jefferson News''] — for communities north of Birmingham
* [http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/ ''Shelby County Reporter'']
* [http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/ ''Shelby County Reporter'']
* [http://www.boydsworld.com/comics/ Birmingham Newspapers Historical Comic Strip Index] by Boyd Nation
* [https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/kscope/ UAB ''Kaleidoscope'' archives]
* [http://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/al Alabama Online Historical Newspapers] via Rootsweb


===Other===
===Other===
* [http://library.municode.com/al/birmingham/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=10444 Birmingham Code of Ordinances] at municode.com
* [http://www.archives.alabama.gov/internetphoto/photo_search.cfm Alabama Department of Archives and History Photo Database] - scanned images. Searchable thumbnails. Full-resolution scans available for order.
* [http://www.archives.alabama.gov/internetphoto/photo_search.cfm Alabama Department of Archives and History Photo Database] - scanned images. Searchable thumbnails. Full-resolution scans available for order.
* [http://www.ahsaasports.com/ AHSAA Sports] - high school sports records
* [http://www.ahsaasports.com/ AHSAA Sports] - high school sports records
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* [http://members.aol.com/zachr330/almediapage/birmingham.html Birmingham Radio and TV] technical information and histories (copyrighted)
* [http://members.aol.com/zachr330/almediapage/birmingham.html Birmingham Radio and TV] technical information and histories (copyrighted)
* [http://www.birminghamrewound.com/ Birmingham Rewound]
* [http://www.birminghamrewound.com/ Birmingham Rewound]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=101922 Emporis - Birmingham ] - information of buildings within Birmingham
* [http://eoa.auburn.edu/face/Home.jsp Encyclopedia of Alabama] (beta version)
* [http://eoa.auburn.edu/face/Home.jsp Encyclopedia of Alabama] (beta version)
* [http://www.hmdb.org/ Historical Marker Database]
* [http://www.hmdb.org/ Historical Marker Database]
* [http://www.informationbirmingham.com/ InformationBirmingham] - official Birmingham site with Council Minutes and GIS mapping
* [https://www.birminghamal.gov/ Birminghamal.gov] - official Birmingham site with Council Minutes and GIS mapping
* [http://www.jeffcomayors.com/mayor_profiles.html Mayor Profiles] at jeffcomayors.com
* [http://www.jeffcomayors.com/mayor_profiles.html Mayor Profiles] at jeffcomayors.com
* [http://www.shelbycounty.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Shelby County Wiki] - public domain
* [http://www.shelbycounty.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Shelby County Wiki] - public domain
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===Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections===
===Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections===
* Melinda Shelton of the Birmingham Public Library has clarified that the images and documents published as part of their [http://www.bplonline.org/resources/Digital_Project/default.asp Digital Collections] can be used on BhamWiki. Image captions should include this credit line: "Courtesy Birmingham Public Library Archives" and have a link back to the permanent URL of the original. The image page should contain the same credit and link, along with the "[[:Template:BPL permission|<nowiki>{{BPL permission}}</nowiki>]]" template. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 13:57, 25 September 2007 (PDT)
* Melinda Shelton of the Birmingham Public Library has clarified that the images and documents published as part of their [http://www.bplonline.org/resources/Digital_Project/default.asp Digital Collections] can be used on BhamWiki. Image captions should include this credit line: "Courtesy Birmingham Public Library Archives" and have a link back to the permanent URL of the original. The image page should contain the same credit and link, along with the "[[:Template:BPL permission|<nowiki>{{BPL permission}}</nowiki>]]" template. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 13:57, 25 September 2007 (PDT)
** Here's a shortcut to article clippings about city schools: [https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2017/12/historical-newspaper-articles-covering.html link] --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 09:04, 15 December 2017 (PST)


===Carol M. Highsmith Archive===
===Carol M. Highsmith Archive===
* Photographer Carol M. Highsmith has donated her photographs, restriction free, to the Library of Congress. There are 3,948 images from Alabama in the archive ([http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Alabama&co=highsm link]) Credit "George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division" ("[[:Template:Highsmith|<nowiki>{{Highsmith}}</nowiki>]]") --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 12:46, 6 March 2011 (PST)
* Photographer Carol M. Highsmith has donated her photographs, restriction free, to the Library of Congress. There are 3,948 images from Alabama in the archive ([http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Alabama&co=highsm link]) Credit "George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division" ("[[:Template:Highsmith|<nowiki>{{Highsmith}}</nowiki>]]") --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 12:46, 6 March 2011 (PST)
===National Archives===
* The National Archives collects photographs and other materials from federal agencies operating in Birmingham. ([http://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=Birmingham,%20AL&rows=20&f.materialsType=photographsandgraphics link to catalog]) --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 08:28, 17 October 2016 (PDT)
===Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection===
The Boston Public Library archives has posted 99 Alabama linen postcards to Flickr under the CC BY 2.0 license.  ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/sets/72157630128396022/with/7187229907/ link]) --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 10:33, 20 January 2013 (PST)
===Scooter Bill/Waymarking===
We have permission from user "Scooter Bill", real name Dennis Lesley, to use any pictures he has uploaded to Waymarking.com for BhamWiki purposes, as long as he is credited. The date of the listing will show on the page, that is the date he took the picture. An example is [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1W2H_McAdory_Thomas_House_Bessemer_Alabama McAdory, Thomas House, Bessemer, Alabama]. The "Posted by" field shows "Scooter Bill", and the "Date Posted" is 7/17/07. Please note that currently "Scooter Bill" is the only user we have permission from, we should not use other users' images without their permission. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 14:09, 30 December 2013 (PST)


==Databases==
==Databases==
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/coalmine Alabama Coal Mine fatalities 1898-1938] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/coalmine Alabama Coal Mine fatalities 1898-1938] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/episcopal Alabama Episcopal Church registers 1830s-1970s] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/episcopal Alabama Episcopal Church registers 1830s-1970s] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://www.ahsfhs.org/ Alabama High School Football Historical Society]
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/inventors Alabama Inventors 1821-1966] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/inventors Alabama Inventors 1821-1966] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/tornadoes/index.php Alabama Tornado Occurrences 1819-2006] via National Weather Service
* [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/tornadoes/index.php Alabama Tornado Occurrences 1819-2006] via National Weather Service
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/obituaries Birmingham Obituaries 1960-1976] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/obituaries Birmingham Obituaries 1960-1976] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index] - searchable index of birth and death dates of the deceased
* [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 Social Security Death Index] - searchable index of birth and death dates of the deceased
* [http://www.bplonline.org/resources/genealogy/StreetChangesNew.aspx Street Name Changes in Birmingham] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/biographies WPA Index to Alabama Biography] via Birmingham Public Library
* [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/biographies WPA Index to Alabama Biography] via Birmingham Public Library


==Maps==
==Maps==
* [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/ TopoView] at USGS.gov provides access to historical USGS topographic maps
* [http://www.dot.state.al.us/Docs/Bureaus/Transportation+Planning/survey_mapping.htm ALDOT County Maps] - Current maps from the Alabama Dept. of Transportation in PDF format
* [http://www.dot.state.al.us/Docs/Bureaus/Transportation+Planning/survey_mapping.htm ALDOT County Maps] - Current maps from the Alabama Dept. of Transportation in PDF format
* [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] - hosted by the University of Alabama (other counties also available from here)
* [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] - hosted by the University of Alabama (other counties also available from here)
* [http://www.archives.alabama.gov/legislat/ala_maps/getstart.html Historical Alabama legislative district maps] at archives.alabama.gov
* [http://www.archives.alabama.gov/legislat/ala_maps/getstart.html Historical Alabama legislative district maps] at archives.alabama.gov
* [http://0-sanborn.umi.com.vulcan.bham.lib.al.us/ Sanborn Maps 1867-1970] (JCLC card required)
* [http://0-sanborn.umi.com.vulcan.bham.lib.al.us/ Sanborn Maps 1867-1970] (JCLC card required)
* [https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/?fa=location:jefferson+county%7Clocation:alabama%7Clocation:birmingham Sanborn Maps 1885–1951] at LOC.gov
* [http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps] has added "[http://tinyurl.com/69tw6t street view]" content for Birmingham. This can be useful for verifying information visible from ground level.
* [http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps] has added "[http://tinyurl.com/69tw6t street view]" content for Birmingham. This can be useful for verifying information visible from ground level.
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/dystopos/3718204335/sizes/o/ Whitson's Tenant Map of Birmingham Business District] (downtown business locations in the 1930s)
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/dystopos/3718204335/sizes/o/ Whitson's Tenant Map of Birmingham Business District] (downtown business locations in the 1930s)
* [http://maps.jccal.org/Default.aspx Jefferson County Tax Maps] shows property boundaries, paved areas and tax information.
* [http://maps.jccal.org/Default.aspx Jefferson County Tax Maps] shows property boundaries, paved areas and tax information.
* [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] provides historical aerial imagery, and now has numerous 3-D buildings in the downtown area.
* [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] provides historical aerial imagery, and now has numerous 3-D buildings in the downtown area.
* [https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ Old Maps Online] provides links to numerous historical maps
=== GIS map viewers===
* [https://gisweb.birminghamal.gov/MapGallery.html City of Birmingham Online Mapping] has a gallery of PDF maps for Council Districts and Neighborhoods
* [https://data-jeffco-al.opendata.arcgis.com/ Jefferson County "Open Data"] page
* [https://alabama.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f850b1eaad3a4e6d947e997a6e109504 Alabama Historic Preservation Map] at alabama.maps.arcgis.com
* [https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=0824b6b08e81431c8d7accb984113303 Alabama Historical Commission, Historic Preservation Map Initiative] on Arcgis.com
==Telephone and city directories==
* The Library of Congress has many past [https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-telephone-directory-collection/?fa=location%3Aunited+states%7Clocation%3Aalabama&sb=date_desc Alabama telephone directories] available
* {{CD-1884}}
* [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030343598 1902 Ensley City Directory]  at the University of Virginia via Hathi Trust
* [http://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE98927&from=fhd& 1922 Birmingham City Directory] from FamilySearch
<!-- * [https://ia701207.us.archive.org/13/items/usteledirecbirm1920y/usteledirecbirm1920y.pdf 1920 Birmingham Yellow Pages] -->
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* [http://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/al/jefferson Jefferson County, Alabama Online Historical Directories] from Rootsweb


==Books==
==Books==
* Lots of books are available for searching, and some with full text, on Google Books. Here's a [http://books.google.com/books?uid=6070385432460413229&as_coll=1001&source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list link] to some I've found useful.
* Lots of books are available for searching, and some with full text, on Google Books. Here's a [http://books.google.com/books?uid=109180728686882071136 link] to some I've found useful.
* [[Birmingham-Southern College]]'s year books have been digitized and made available at archive.org (good for portraits, buildings, and advertisements) - [http://www.archive.org/details/birminghamsouthern link]
* [[Birmingham-Southern College]]'s year books have been digitized and made available at archive.org (good for portraits, buildings, and advertisements) - [http://www.archive.org/details/birminghamsouthern link]
* See also [[:Category:Bhamwiki references]] for bibliographic citations to various helpful reference books.
* {{White-1981}} was published with the following notice: "Items from this book may be reproduced in whole or in part without prior written permission. Appropriate credit would be appreciated."
* See also [[:Category:Bhamwiki references]] for shorthand bibliographic citations to various helpful reference books.


==General references==
==General references==
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* [http://shop.newcomen.org/home.php Newcomen Society publications] - first person company histories
* [http://shop.newcomen.org/home.php Newcomen Society publications] - first person company histories
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com Baseball-Reference.com] - provides detailed stats for minor league players and teams
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com Baseball-Reference.com] - provides detailed stats for minor league players and teams
* [http://sos.alabama.gov/vb/inquiry/inquiry.aspx?area=Business%20Entity Business entity search] at the Alabama Department of State (for incorporated businesses)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TWL#Research_Resources The Wikipedia Library] arranges for access behind paywall resources


==Other city wikis==
==Other city wikis==
* [http://daviswiki.org DavisWiki] (Davis, California)
* [http://daviswiki.org DavisWiki] (Davis, California)
* [http://thinknola.com/wiki/Main_Page ThinkNOLA wiki] (New Orleans, Louisiana)
* [http://torontowiki.org/ TorontoWiki] (Toronto, Ontario)
* [http://rocwiki.org/Front_Page RocWiki] (Rochester, New York)
* [http://rocwiki.org/Front_Page RocWiki] (Rochester, New York)
* [http://www.omahawiki.org/ Omaha Wiki] (Omaha, Nebraska)
* [http://www.pensapedia.com Pensapedia] (Pensacola, Florida)
* [http://www.pensapedia.com Pensapedia] (Pensacola, Florida)
* [http://huntsvillehistorycollection.org/hh/index.php?title=Huntsville_History_Collection Huntsville History Collection] (Huntsville, Alabama)


==Local encyclopedias==
==Local encyclopedias==
* [http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/ Encyclopedia of Alabama]
* [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago]
* [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago]
* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ Handbook of Texas Online]
* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ Handbook of Texas Online]
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp New Georgia Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp New Georgia Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/ Encyclopedia of Alabama]


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Latest revision as of 16:44, 27 February 2024

This is a list of useful references for Bhamwiki editors:

Local references

Birmingham Historical Society

Newspapers

  • News Library Birmingham News archives accessible free with JCLC card (subscription cancelled due to funding cuts)

Other

Images

Magic City Flickr Group

  • The Magic City Flickr Group is a great resource for photographic images for BhamWiki. Photos that are published under a compatible Creative Commons license (Attribution, Attribution-ShareAlike, Attribution-NoDerivs) can be used under the terms of those licenses. For other photographs, you can ask the creator to change the license or to grant permission. In the latter case, all credit and restrictions should be fully explained on the image page, and the "{{Permission}}" template should be applied.

Dave's Place

  • Dave Sibley of Dave's Place has kindly granted us permission to use photos from his site. The images should not be altered or cropped (but can be resized). The image page should include proper attribution, a link back to the page the photo was taken from, and the template "{{Dave911}}". --Dystopos 11:11, 12 September 2007 (PDT)

Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections

  • Melinda Shelton of the Birmingham Public Library has clarified that the images and documents published as part of their Digital Collections can be used on BhamWiki. Image captions should include this credit line: "Courtesy Birmingham Public Library Archives" and have a link back to the permanent URL of the original. The image page should contain the same credit and link, along with the "{{BPL permission}}" template. --Dystopos 13:57, 25 September 2007 (PDT)
    • Here's a shortcut to article clippings about city schools: link --Dystopos (talk) 09:04, 15 December 2017 (PST)

Carol M. Highsmith Archive

  • Photographer Carol M. Highsmith has donated her photographs, restriction free, to the Library of Congress. There are 3,948 images from Alabama in the archive (link) Credit "George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division" ("{{Highsmith}}") --Dystopos 12:46, 6 March 2011 (PST)

National Archives

  • The National Archives collects photographs and other materials from federal agencies operating in Birmingham. (link to catalog) --Dystopos (talk) 08:28, 17 October 2016 (PDT)

Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

The Boston Public Library archives has posted 99 Alabama linen postcards to Flickr under the CC BY 2.0 license. (link) --Dystopos 10:33, 20 January 2013 (PST)

Scooter Bill/Waymarking

We have permission from user "Scooter Bill", real name Dennis Lesley, to use any pictures he has uploaded to Waymarking.com for BhamWiki purposes, as long as he is credited. The date of the listing will show on the page, that is the date he took the picture. An example is McAdory, Thomas House, Bessemer, Alabama. The "Posted by" field shows "Scooter Bill", and the "Date Posted" is 7/17/07. Please note that currently "Scooter Bill" is the only user we have permission from, we should not use other users' images without their permission. --Wheresdib 14:09, 30 December 2013 (PST)

Databases

Maps

GIS map viewers

Telephone and city directories

Books

  • Lots of books are available for searching, and some with full text, on Google Books. Here's a link to some I've found useful.
  • Birmingham-Southern College's year books have been digitized and made available at archive.org (good for portraits, buildings, and advertisements) - link
  • White, Marjorie Longenecker (1981) The Birmingham District: An Industrial History and Guide. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society ISBN 9990230099 was published with the following notice: "Items from this book may be reproduced in whole or in part without prior written permission. Appropriate credit would be appreciated."
  • See also Category:Bhamwiki references for shorthand bibliographic citations to various helpful reference books.

General references

Other city wikis

Local encyclopedias

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