Walker, Alyce Billings Papers, 1944-1982
Biography/Background:
Alyce
Billings Walker was born in Ensley, Alabama in 1907 to Edward and Jessie (Culbert)
Billings.
She earned an A.B. at Judson College in Marion, Alabama, in 1928, and took a job
teaching in the public
schools of Birmingham the next year. In 1930 she left teaching to become the
society editor for the Birmingham
Post; in 1943 she moved to the Birmingham News where she was a
feature writer then the director of the
women's department. In 1960 she became an associate editor of the paper.
Walker was
active in her community. She served as the director for the Crippled Children
and Adults
Society; she was a member of the Birmingham Art Association, the Governor's
Advisory Committee for the
White House Conference on Aging, and was on the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's
Board of Directors.
She also taught at the Southern Institute, and the library there is named for
her.
In addition
to her newspaper work, Walker authored two books, Hot Sands of Hate (1954)
and It's
Nice to Live in Birmingham (1963), and edited Alabama: A Guide to the
Deep South (1975). She died in
Birmingham in 1996.
Scope and Content:
This
collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Walker's
career with the
Birmingham News. As the editor of the women's page Walker supported
serious issues facing women in
addition to covering fashion shows and society functions. Also included are her
rough drafts and letters
concerning the rewriting of Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South.
Guide to Collection:
File level
guide available in the Archives Department.
Subject Areas:
Authors --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Birmingham
News.
Journalists
-- Alabama -- Birmingham.
Walker, Alyce
Billings, 1907-1996.
Women --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Collection Number: 350
Size: 1˝ linear feet (3 boxes)
Restrictions: Standard preservation and copyright restrictions.
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