Albert H. Morehead

Stories and other writings

 

  1. AHM Residences 1909 - 1966
  2. "The Daniels Hotel" (New York) (a reminiscence)
  3. "Commentaire bref on Christmas Giving" (a true story!)
  4. "Annie's Story" my father's reminiscences of his African-American nurse Annie Williams
  5. "Wolfeiana" (a commentary on Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel and Cambridge, Mass. in the 1920s)
  6. Palindromes (a particular favorite of my father's, a number of good examples are given here)
  7. The Campaign That Failed, an article about a gambling establishment and the unexpected intervention of a certain Al Capone
  8. [Professional Gambling], an article on how to be a subsistence gambler (keep in mind that the money amounts are mid-1950s dollars -- multiply by 8.15)
  9. Why Do People Gamble?, an article written for the New York Times and revised several times but never published
  10. An interesting exchange of letters on the Scopes trial. In which AHM claims to have been the youngest reporter at the trial.
  11. Why Don't They Speak?An article for Cosmopolitan Magazine (1949) about the de Havilland sisters (esp. Joan Fontaine) and their alleged feud.
  12. For Fifteen Years Nobody Finer. An article for Cosmopolitan Magazine (1955) about the legendary Dinah Shore.
  13. Kitty Newman. An interesting letter about the Loveman family history and my cousin Kitty Newman (1860-1957?) in particular.
  14. Barclay Street. Written by AHM Spring 1924, age officially 14, for Baylor Short-Story contest — not submitted, for reasons I have forgotten. Perhaps because of my classmate & friend, Lester Grant, called “Useless.”
  15. The Diary of Rose Loveman. A daily diary (in pdf form, 8.8 MB) covering the post-Civil War period from late December 1866 thru April 1867 in the life of a young woman (my great-grandmother) in Nashville, TN. Transcribed, with explanatory notes and illustrations. To download, click here.
  16. Black-Loveman History. An article by May Loveman Sobel, written to tell her grandchildren about the history of her family.

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