Thomas McAdory Owen (November 19, 1866 – March 25, 1920) was an American lawyer, archivist, historian, and founder of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, serving as its first director. Owen was the author of a large and noted four-volume work, History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, and numerous other historical works. Through his lobbying efforts Owen was instrumental at obtaining the needed support and state funding for the Alabama Historical Society and other archival and historical institutions in the state. (From Wikipedia) More about Thomas McAdory Owen:
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| | Books by Thomas McAdory Owen: Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Emma Sansom, an Alabama Heroine: An Address Delivered Before the Sixth Annual Convention of the Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Demopolis, May 14, 1902 (reprinted from Gulf States Historical Magazine, 1904) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920, ed.: The Establishment, Organization, Activities and Aspirations of the Department of Archives and History of the State of Alabama (Department bulletin #1, bound with some other bulletins; Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Co., 1904), by Alabama Department of Archives and History (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (4 volumes; Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1921), also by Marie Bankhead Owen (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by Thomas McAdory Owen in the extended shelves: Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Alabama newspapers and periodicals. ([Montgomery, Ala.], 1915) (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Alabama: state name, boundaries, capitol, executive mansion, seal, flag, holidays, song and flower. (Brown Print. Co., State Printers and Binders, 1915), also by Alabama Department of Archives and History (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: A bibliography of Alabama. (Govt. Print. Off., 1898) (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: A bibliography of Mississippi. (Govt. Print. Off., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Bulletin (The Dept., 1904), also by Alabama. Dept. of Archives and History (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Check list of newspaper and periodical files in the Department of Archives and History of the state of Alabama (Brown Print. Co., 1904), also by Alabama Department of Archives and History (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: A genealogy of the Lacey family (West Alabamian Print., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: The Gulf States historical magazine. ([Gulf States Historical Magazine], 1902), also by Joel Campbell Du Bose (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Handbook ... 1910 (The Brown printing co., 1910), also by Alabama Anthropological Society (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Handbook of the Alabama conference historical society, M.E. church, South. 1910. (The Brown printing company, 1910), also by South. Conferences. Alabama. Historical Society Methodist Episcopal Church (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Historical and patriotic societies series (The Dept., 1910), also by Alabama. Dept. of Archives and History (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography (The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921), also by Marie Owen (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: History of Alabama, and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi : from the earliest period (Webb Book Co., 1900), also by Albert James Pickett (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: History of Alabama and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the earliest period. (Republished by R.C. Randolph, 1896), also by Albert James Pickett (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: John Owen's journal of his removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818. (The Friedenwald Company, 1897), also by John Owen (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Our state--Alabama (Birmingham Printing Company, 1927), also by Marie Owen (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Report of the Alabama history commission to the governor of Alabama. December 1, 1900. (Brown printing co., 1901), also by Alabama. History Commission (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Revolutionary soldiers in Alabama, being a list of names, comp. from authentic sources, of soldiers of the American revolution, who resided in the state of Alabama. (The Brown printing company, printers, 1911), also by Alabama Department of Archives and History (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: The story of Alabama, a history of the state. (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1949), also by Marie Bankhead Owen (page images at HathiTrust) Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920: Transactions (Tuscaloosa, Ala. [etc.], 1898), also by Alabama Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
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