Index

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 all-female board 25, 30

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 health 140–146, 162

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 religion 45, 135–139, 163

and sewing 84–85

and sloyd training 77–78

beginnings of 39–44

buildings of 59–64, 160–166

criteria for admission 32, 164

description of site 10, 35

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

Mt. Meigs campus 31, 161

Roebuck campus 161

Vacca campus 12, 162–166

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

Annual Military Day 106, 107

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 Age-Herald 76, 154

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

Branham, T. W. 121, 122

Brockway, Zebulon 108

Bush Chapel 64, 163

Bush, Mrs. T. G. 29, 64

C

Cadmean Circle 21

Caine, Cecil, Jr. 9

Calhoun Community College 10

Carr, John H. 101, 137, 160

Charlotte, North Carolina 19–20, 21, 153

Chester 49

Child Savers 168

Civil War 17, 170

Cobb, Sue Bell 176

Cole, Edmund W. 54

Cole, Mrs. S. D. 29, 39, 42

Commercial Club 35

Confederacy 17

Connelley, William 53

Converse, Mrs. James G. 29

convict leasing 7, 27

Cordova High School 133

Craighead Hall 65

Craighead, Mrs. Erwin 29, 65

criminal justice 10

D

Dawsey, James 12, 48, 78, 79–80

Dawsey, Scott 12, 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

Embree, John 40, 48, 49, 51

Epiphany Ministries 163

Ernest 49, 50

Evans, Elizabeth Johnson “Johnsie” 14–17

Evans, Lizzie Morehead 14–15, 17

Evans, Peter 14, 17

F

Feagin, Judge 45

First Methodist Church (Birmingham) 112

Fitzpatrick, Mrs. E. S. 29

Flynt, Wayne 7–8, 9, 12

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

Griffin, Mrs. C. D. 68, 109

H

Hall, J. D. 52, 55–56

Hart, Hastings Hornell 90, 96

Henderson, John D. 110–111

Henley, Arthur 12

Hewitt High School 130

Highland Book Club 21, 66

Hill Hall 160

Hill, J. B. 160

House of Refuge 62, 167

Howard College 112, 119, 120

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

biography of 10, 170

childhood of 14–17, 19

death of 153–155

literary interests of 21

marriage of 19

Johnston, Evans 153

Johnston, Gordon 22, 24

Johnston Hall 62, 144

Johnston, Joseph 21

Johnston, Louise 19

Johnston, Robert Douglas 17, 19, 21, 22

Jordan, Eugene C. 111, 112

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

Open Door System 53, 68

P

Parker (ABIS teamster) 42

Peabody College 54, 98

Peaton, Allen 12

Porter, Benjamin F. 169

Pratt Coal Company 7

Pratt Mines 22

Progressive Era 168, 170

Protestant Women of Birmingham 173

R

Ramsey, Mrs. 42

Reconstruction 172

Red Mountain 49

reformers 7, 168–171

Rescue Home 173

Rickwood Field 112

Roosevelt, Theodore 24, 112

Ruhama Baptist Church 112

S

Saginaw, Alabama 35, 36

Samford University 8, 9, 12, 127

Seale, Mr. (ABIS teacher) 122

segregation 11, 31, 161, 172

Selma, Alabama 23

She Heard with Her Heart 19

Shelton, Bob 120

Shop Building 63

64th North Carolina Cavalry 17

slavery 14–15, 16, 169

Smith, Bobby 174

Sousa, John Philip 108, 111, 114

South Highland Presbyterian Church 21, 153

Sparks, Chauncey 104

Spurgeon 46–48, 51

Stamps, Katherine 54, 100

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

Taul, C. M. 91, 92

Teacher’s Institute 41

Tennessee 24, 54, 55, 56, 112, 157

Tennessee Coal and Iron Company 53

Tennessee Industrial School 54

Texas 112

Thomas, James 12, 163

Trucks, Virgil 120

Tulane University 160

Turner, Carolyn 165

Tutwiler Hotel 113

U

Underwood, Oscar 104

University of Alabama 9, 10

U.S. Marine Band 112

V

Vacca, Pat 162

Virginia 17, 22, 66

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

and methods of care 68, 71

hired as superintendent 55–56

retirement of 156–159, 162

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

Wood, H. C. 88, 105

Works Progress Administration 65

World War I 112, 152