{"id":3819,"date":"2015-05-21T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T17:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2015-05-21T11:08:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T17:08:06","slug":"harpers-southern-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/05\/21\/harpers-southern-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Harper&#8217;s Southern churches, 1901-1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roland Harper (1878-1966) was a lot of things, notably a geologist and botanist.\u00a0According to a biographical sketch published two\u00a0years after his death (see end of post for reference), &#8220;Roland Harper was intent. He botanized, observed, photographed, walked, editorialized, criticized, lived, intently.&#8221;\u00a0This kind of focus, coupled with his wide range of interests, made him a\u00a0particularly prolific documentarian of Southern life.<\/p>\n<p>On his travels around Alabama and Georgia, as he examined\u00a0rock formations and local flora, Harper\u00a0also picked up artifacts of everyday life (for example, see\u00a0our collection of his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18298\">railroad timetables<\/a>)\u00a0and took hundreds of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18296\">photographs<\/a> of the communities he visited or passed through.\u00a0One thing that frequently drew\u00a0his attention was\u00a0a central part of early 20th century community life: the local church.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a selection of images he took of churches\u00a0in the South, from the turn of the century through the late 1950s. Harper would have been about 23 when the first picture below was taken and around 80 as he took the last.<\/p>\n<p>Cities and counties are in\u00a0Alabama if not\u00a0otherwise\u00a0noted.<\/p>\n<p>Church in Georgia, 1901<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/69353\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0001761\/u0001_2008032_0001761_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church in Georgia, 1901\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interior of log church in Dooley County, Georgia, 1903<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/69009\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0001416\/u0001_2008032_0001416_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of log church in Dooley County, Georgia, 1903\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church in Georgia, 1904<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/69143\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0001550\/u0001_2008032_0001550_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church in Georgia, 1904\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church in Burke County, Georgia, 1904<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/69805\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0002213\/u0001_2008032_0002213_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church in Burke County, Georgia, 1904\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frame church in St. Mary&#8217;s County, Maryland, 1918<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/74095\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0010686\/u0001_2008032_0010686_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Frame church in St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1918\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Little Bethel A.M.E. church, south of Selma, 1922<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/67946\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000353\/u0001_2008032_0000353_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Little Bethel AME church, south of Selma, 1922\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Byrdine A.M.E. Zion church (background) in Greene County, 1923<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/67999\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000406\/u0001_2008032_0000406_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Byrdine AME Zion church (background), Greene County, Alabama, 1923\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Methodist Church and parsonage in Lowndesboro, 1924<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68036\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000443\/u0001_2008032_0000443_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Methodist Church and parsonage in Lowndesboro, 1924\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Paul&#8217;s Episcopal Church in Lowndesboro, 1924<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68058\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000465\/u0001_2008032_0000465_2048.jpg\" alt=\"St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lowndesboro, 1924\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two churches in Jefferson County, Florida, 1925<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/72513\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0004921\/u0001_2008032_0004921_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Two churches in Jefferson County, Florida, 1925\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church in Calhoun County, Florida, 1925<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/72525\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0004933\/u0001_2008032_0004933_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church in Calhoun County, Florida, 1925\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two churches in Dallas County, 1927<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68103\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000510\/u0001_2008032_0000510_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Two churches in Dallas County, Alabama, 1927\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First Congregational church (left) in Montgomery, 1927<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68174\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000581\/u0001_2008032_0000581_2048.jpg\" alt=\"First Congregational church (left) in Montgomery, 1927\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Methodist Church in Somerville, 1927<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68189\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000596\/u0001_2008032_0000596_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Methodist Church in Somerville, 1927\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two churches in Russell County, 1927<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68078\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000485\/u0001_2008032_0000485_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Two churches in Russell County, Alabama, 1927\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church in Alabama, 1928<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/72631\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0005039\/u0001_2008032_0005039_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church in Alabama, 1928\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sands Baptist Church in Hart County, Georgia, 1929<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/70863\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0003271\/u0001_2008032_0003271_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Sands Baptist Church in Hart County, Georgia, 1929\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presbyterian Church in Cuthbert, Georgia, 1930<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/70910\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0003318\/u0001_2008032_0003318_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Presbyterian Church in Cuthbert, Georgia, 1930\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prebyterian church in Eutaw, 1931<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68273\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000680\/u0001_2008032_0000680_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Prebyterian church in Eutaw, 1931\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Episcopal church and cemetery in Carlowville, 1933<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/85479\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0006259\/u0001_2008032_0006259_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Episcopal Church and cemetery in Carlowville, 1933\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two Catholic churches in Fredericksburg, Texas, 1934<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/70618\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0003026\/u0001_2008032_0003026_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Two Catholic churches in Fredericksburg, Texas, 1934\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church on a dirt road in either Louisiana or Mississippi, 1934<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/70013\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0002421\/u0001_2008032_0002421_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church on a dirt road in either Louisiana or Mississippi, 1934\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Old Pisgah Church in Marshall County, 1937<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/85697\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0006487\/u0001_2008032_0006487_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Old Pisgah Church in Marshall County, Alabama, 1937\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Old Five-Mile Church between Akron and Greensboro, 1938<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/85749\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0006541\/u0001_2008032_0006541_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Old Five-Mile Church between Akron and Greensboro, 1938\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church (background) in Virginia, 1940<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/86693\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0007578\/u0001_2008032_0007578_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church (background) in Virginia, 1940\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church being built north of Littleville, 1941<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/86061\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0006873\/u0001_2008032_0006873_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church being built north of Littleville, 1941\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>African-American church in Mobile, 1949<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/67779\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000186\/u0001_2008032_0000186_2048.jpg\" alt=\"African American church in Mobile, 1949\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church in Dayton, 1952<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/67822\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000229\/u0001_2008032_0000229_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church in Dayton, 1952\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Church in Eatonville, Florida, 1955<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/86615\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0007483\/u0001_2008032_0007483_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Church in Eatonville, Florida, 1955\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beard&#8217;s Chapel A.M.E. Zion church, Alberta City area of Tuscaloosa, 1956<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68423\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000830\/u0001_2008032_0000830_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Beard's Chapel AME Zion church, Alberta City area of Tuscaloosa, 1956\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Castle Hill Baptist church (foreground) and Bethel Church (background) in Alabama(?), 1956<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68424\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000831\/u0001_2008032_0000831_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Castle Hill Baptist church, brick, and Bethel Church, wood, 1956\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>African-American church in Alberta City area of Tuscaloosa, 1957<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68435\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000842\/u0001_2008032_0000842_2048.jpg\" alt=\"African-American church in Alberta City area of Tuscaloosa, 1957\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brick church in Tuscaloosa, 1958<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68440\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000847\/u0001_2008032_0000847_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Brick church in Tuscaloosa, 1958\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>African-American Church in Tuscaloosa, 1958<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68438\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000845\/u0001_2008032_0000845_2048.jpg\" alt=\"African-American Church in Tuscaloosa, 1958\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seventeenth Street A.O.H. Church of God in Tuscaloosa, circa 1958<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/68458\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2008032\/0000865\/u0001_2008032_0000865_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Seventeenth Street AOH Church of God in Tuscaloosa, circa 1958\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n<p>Ewan, Joseph. &#8220;Roland McMillan Harper (1878-1966).&#8221;\u00a0<em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club<\/em> 95.4 (1968): 390-393.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roland Harper (1878-1966) was a lot of things, notably a geologist and botanist.\u00a0According to a biographical sketch published two\u00a0years after his death (see end of post for reference), &#8220;Roland Harper was intent. 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