A
Adele Goodwyn McNeel School 163
African Americans 11, 16, 20, 31, 44, 161, 165, 172
Alabama
and black juveniles 11
Archives and History Department 10, 12, 178
juvenile court system of 9, 32
legislature of 25–27, 30, 55, 60, 79, 157, 162, 168–171
Pensions and Security Department 9
prison system of 11, 22, 24, 25, 32, 38, 68, 165, 168–173
Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes 174
Alabama Boys’ Industrial School 9–11
and academics 97–100
and athletics 128–134
and baking 86
and band 108–113
and barbering 87
and blacksmithing 81–82
and carpentry 77–78
and farming 90–94
and military training 103–105
and “motherly” influences 25, 28–33
and painting 85–86
and recreation 44, 45, 65, 66, 107, 111, 120
and sewing 84–85
and sloyd training 77–78
beginnings of 39–44
criteria for admission 32, 164
enactment of 25–27
initial construction, 1900 35–38, 59
inmate’s gift to 23
machine shop of 88–89
music program of 29, 64, 88, 108–115, 151, 160
notable boys of 39, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 69, 70, 147
print shop of 74–75
sheet metal shop of 88
transition to Roebuck AYS campus 161
Alabama Building 62
Alabama Department of Youth Services 11, 161–166, 172
Chalkville campus (for girls) 161, 173
Roebuck campus 161
Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs 7, 23–24, 24, 29, 55
Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children 11, 31, 161
Alabama Juvenile Code 30–33, 169
Alabama National Guard 105, 106
Alabama Sheriffs’ Boys’ Ranches 174
Alabama State Penitentiary 168–170
Allgood, Myralyn 9
Archibald 69
Arkansas 112
Armor, Judy 13
Armor, Mrs. Curtis 13
Athens State University 10, 12
Auburn University 8
Avery, Mary Johnston 12, 15, 19, 25
B
Babcock, Maltbie 136
Baker, Mr. (ABIS teacher) 123
Bass, Sonny 12
Berkshire Industrial Farm 24
Better Business Bureau 113
Bingham, Robert 18
Birmingham, Alabama 21, 27, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, 51, 56, 90, 114, 136, 144, 146, 162
Birmingham Building 60
Birmingham National Bank 21
Birmingham News 76, 95, 114, 133, 144, 157
Birmingham Post-Herald 67, 156
Birmingham Printing and Publishing 12
Birmingham Public Library 12
Birmingham-Southern College 112, 119, 160
Boy’s Banner 74, 75, 117–127, 128, 129, 132, 134, 152, 153, 174
Brockway, Zebulon 108
C
Cadmean Circle 21
Caine, Cecil, Jr. 9
Calhoun Community College 10
Charlotte, North Carolina 19–20, 21, 153
Chester 49
Child Savers 168
Cobb, Sue Bell 176
Cole, Edmund W. 54
Commercial Club 35
Confederacy 17
Connelley, William 53
Converse, Mrs. James G. 29
Cordova High School 133
Craighead Hall 65
criminal justice 10
D
Dawsey, James 12, 48, 78, 79–80
Dix, Dorothea 169
E
Eager, Mrs. George B. 23, 24, 29, 43
East Lake 40, 44, 46, 57, 81, 114, 127, 129, 136, 144
East Lake Park 151
Elmira Reformatory 108
Epiphany Ministries 163
Evans, Elizabeth Johnson “Johnsie” 14–17
Evans, Lizzie Morehead 14–15, 17
F
Feagin, Judge 45
First Methodist Church (Birmingham) 112
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. E. S. 29
G
George Junior Republic 24
Georgia 171
Gilmer, Harry 120
Government Printing Office 76
Graves, Bibb 76
Green, Mr. (ABIS teacher) 100
Griffin, C. D. 10, 12, 39–45, 59, 68, 74, 77, 82, 91, 97, 103, 108–109, 111, 117, 136, 151, 165
hired as superintendent 39
resignation as superintendent 52–53
H
Henderson, John D. 110–111
Henley, Arthur 12
Hewitt High School 130
Hill Hall 160
Hill, J. B. 160
I
Ice Cream Manufacturer’s Convention 112
Illinois 112
Italians 44
J
Jackson, F. M. 109
Jimmie 39, 41, 42–43, 45, 46, 49, 151–152
Joe 70
Johnston Building 60
Johnston, Elizabeth Evans
and hearing loss 19
and hospital building 20
and religious faith 14, 15, 20, 21–27, 34, 37–38, 56, 58, 135, 137, 139
as ABIS president 29, 39, 41, 44, 46, 47, 54, 59, 67, 73, 80, 104, 111, 140, 142, 167, 168, 171–176
background of 7
death of 153–155
literary interests of 21
marriage of 19
Johnston, Evans 153
Johnston, Joseph 21
Johnston, Louise 19
Johnston, Robert Douglas 17, 19, 21, 22
juvenile delinquency 30, 31, 32, 162
contemporary challenges 173–175
K
Keith Vaudeville Circuit 112
Kilby Hall 86
Kilby, Thomas 76
Killough, J. N. 140, 142, 143, 146
Kilvington, William 54
Kruger, Ray 133
L
Legion Field 119
LeHigh Cement Company 113
Lingo, Mr. (ABIS teacher) 122
Lions Club 112
Little Mount Vernon 65, 66, 153
M
Marbury, Alabama 36
Massachusetts 169
Mercy Home 42
Montgomery 112
Montgomery Advertiser 114
Moore, B. F. 82
Morgantown, N.C. 18
Morris, Mr. (lumber donor) 36
Mr. Meade (court clerk) 45
Mt. Meigs, Alabama 11, 31, 161, 172
Murray, George 42
N
Naval Reserve Band 112
New Boy Platoon 105
New York 17, 19, 24, 62, 108, 167, 168
North Carolina 14, 18, 19, 114, 153
Nunnally, Mr. (ABIS teacher) 119, 132
O
Old Soldiers Reunion 112
Old South 14
P
Parker (ABIS teamster) 42
Peaton, Allen 12
Porter, Benjamin F. 169
Pratt Coal Company 7
Pratt Mines 22
Protestant Women of Birmingham 173
R
Ramsey, Mrs. 42
Reconstruction 172
Red Mountain 49
Rescue Home 173
Rickwood Field 112
Ruhama Baptist Church 112
S
Samford University 8, 9, 12, 127
Seale, Mr. (ABIS teacher) 122
Selma, Alabama 23
She Heard with Her Heart 19
Shelton, Bob 120
Shop Building 63
64th North Carolina Cavalry 17
Smith, Bobby 174
Sousa, John Philip 108, 111, 114
South Highland Presbyterian Church 21, 153
Sparks, Chauncey 104
State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs 172
State Training School for Girls 173
at Chalkville 173
Steiner Brothers Bank 38
Steiner, Burghard 38
T
Tarrant City 113
Teacher’s Institute 41
Tennessee 24, 54, 55, 56, 112, 157
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company 53
Tennessee Industrial School 54
Texas 112
Trucks, Virgil 120
Tulane University 160
Turner, Carolyn 165
Tutwiler Hotel 113
U
Underwood, Oscar 104
U.S. Marine Band 112
V
Vacca, Pat 162
vocational education 29, 54, 161
W
Wadsworth lumberyard 36
Walden, Joe 95
WAPI Radio 112
Washington, D.C. 112
Washington, George 66
Weakley, David 10, 12, 53, 54–58, 61, 64, 68–71, 75, 77–78, 80, 81, 83, 88, 93, 104, 106, 109–110, 113, 128, 136, 138, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 154, 166, 167, 171–176
and education 78, 84, 89, 93, 97–99, 101, 163
hired as superintendent 55–56
Weakley Hall 66
Weakley, Katherine 56, 58, 98, 142, 149, 156–159
Weakley, Mary Fryer 142
Williams, Owen 120
Windy 147
women’s suffrage 29
Works Progress Administration 65