Threshing crew in the Tygart Valley, West Virginia, August 1936
This series of Carl Mydans photographs depicting wheat farmers in the Tygart Valley of West Virginia struck us as particularly interesting, so we decided to post it as this week's...
Submission Process
AJ Cann, Peer Review, 2008. We get a lot of inquiries from potential authors about the submission and review process here at Southern Spaces. In addition to special series, we...
Grave of James D. Lynch, Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi, 2012
Tom Rankin, Grave of James D. Lynch, Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi, 2012. James D. Lynch (1839–1872) was the first African American to serve as the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Born...
The Bulletin—June 12, 2012
This week's Bulletin focuses on recent announcements in publishing and digital scholarship. We hope these posts will provide space for lively discussion and debate regarding these issues. The Modern...
On Fair Use
The doctrine of "fair use" is an increasingly important concept for scholars, libraries, and universities as digital technologies continue to change the ways that we research, publish, and teach in...
Gravestones in Chester County, South Carolina and Wythe County, Virginia
William Simpson gravestone (1777), Stone Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina, March 1996. Rear faces of gravestones carved by Laurence Crone, McGavock Family Cemetery, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia, August 1978....
Street scene, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1935
Ben Shahn, Street scene, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1935. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Black-and-White Negatives Collection, LC-USF33-006097-M3....
Bill's fish market, Sunset Beach, North Carolina, 2012
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Crespino's Strom Thurmond: The Last Jim Crow Demagogue and the First Sunbelt Conservative
In this short interview, historian Joseph Crespino discusses his new book, Strom Thurmond's America (New York: Hill and Wang, 2012), a political biography of South Carolina politician Strom Thurmond. Crespino explains how...
St. Thomas Church Supper near Bardstown, Kentucky, August 7, 1940
In light of our publication of Elizabeth Engelhardt's presentation "Forgotten Locavores: Letters and Literature of Market Bulletins," we decided to publish this series of photographs depicting preparations for a church...