Alabama Writers Hall of Fame Papers, MSS.4111

Abstract: Programs, as well as other memorabilia, for the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame induction ceremonyScope and Content Note: The collection contains ceremony programs, as well as tickets to the ceremony and the dinner seating chart, for the inaugural class of the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. The first class included: Helen Norris Bell; Rick Bragg; Andrew Glaze; Johnson Jones Hooper; Zora Neale Hurston; Helen Keller; Harper Lee; William March; Albert Murray; Sena Jeter Naslund; Sonia Sánchez; and Augusta Jane Evans Wilson.Biographical/Historical Note: In early 2014, representatives of the Alabama Center for the Book and the Alabama Writers' Forum with a committee of readers, writers, and scholars met to decide how best to honor the rich legacy of native Alabamians who earned their reputations in the literary arts. From these meetings, came the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame, which recognizes those professionals who have proved outstanding in their field.Source: from blurb inside the Induction ceremony progra