Topical Categories

Note: The subcategories shown under each of the twelve major categories are not intended to be exhaustive but rather are suggestive.

Agriculture

  • Row Crops
  • Truck Crops
  • Turfgrass and Ornamental and Trees
  • Forestry
  • Livestock
  • Poultry
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Recreation as a Farm Enterprise
  • Agribusiness
  • Agricultural Education
  • Agricultural Research
  • Organizations
  • Agricultural Museums
  • Miscellaneous

Arts and Literature

  • Arts
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Performance Spaces
  • Painting, Sculpture, and the Plastic Arts
  • Photography
  • Art Museums and Collection
  • Architecture
  • Public Gardens
  • Decorative Arts
  • Arts Education
  • Literature
  • Narrative Fiction
  • Narrative Nonfiction
  • Creative and Documentary Nonfiction
  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Topical Essays

Business and Industry

  • Banking
  • Communications
  • Construction
  • Economy
  • Extractive Industries
  • Food Products
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Labor
  • Manufacturing
  • Media
  • Music
  • Retailing
  • Service Industries
  • Space
  • Tourism
  • Transportation
  • Utilities

Education

  • Early Childhood
  • K-12
  • Higher Education
  • Community Colleges and Trade Schools
  • Private Academies
  • Military Education
  • Special Education/Education for the Disabled
  • Professional Organizations

Folklife

  • Crafts and Art
  • Customs and Festivals
  • Dialect and Speech
  • Foodways
  • Games
  • Horticulture and Gardens
  • Tales, Superstitions,and Legends
  • Traditional Medicine
  • Traditional Music, Dance, and Storytelling
  • Vernacular Architecture

Geography and Environment

  • The Natural Environment
  • Climate and Weather
  • Physical Regions
  • Physical Features
  • Geology
  • Living Things
  • Parks, Reserves, and Natural Area
  • The Human Environment
  • Demographics
  • Regions
  • Counties
  • Cities and Towns
  • Transportation Routes
  • Dams/Reservoirs
  • Military Installations
  • Destinations
  • Cemeteries

Government and Politics

  • Contemporary Political Issues
    • Interest Groups
    • Constitutional Reform
  • Elections
  • Executive Branch
    • Elected Offices
    • State Agencies
    • Federal Agencies
  • Iconography (State Symbols)
  • Judiciary
    • State Courts
    • Federal Courts
  • Legislative Branch
    • State Legislature
    • U.S. Congress
  • Military
  • Political Figures
  • Political Parties
  • Terms and Concepts

History

  • Archaeology and Early History (to 1540)
  • Era of European Exploration and Settlement
  • Territorial Period and Early Statehood
  • Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction (1837-1874)
  • The New South Era (1875-1929)
  • The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
  • The Cold War and Civil Rights (1945-1987)
  • Recent Alabama (1987-present)
  • Historians
  • Historic Sites
  • Museums

Peoples of Alabama

  • African Americans
  • Asian and Pacific Islanders
  • European Immigrants
  • Hispanics/Latinos
  • Native Americans
  • Poor Whites
  • Women

Religion

  • Christianity
  • Judaism
  • Native American Religion
  • Other Religions
  • Religious Leaders
  • Religious Sites

Science and Technology

  • Aerospace
  • Agricultural Research
  • Industrial Research and Technology
  • Medicine
  • Museums
  • Scientists

Sports and Recreation

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Dance
  • Fishing
  • Football
  • Gambling
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Hunting
  • Motorsports
  • Swimming
  • Track and Field
  • Women in Sports
  • Other Sports and Recreational Activities

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