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Lyric Poetry Mural, Lyric Poetry (detail), by Henry O. Walker, in the South Corridor, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress.
Photographic print.
[c.1899]

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.
Library of Congress.

Current Laureate:
Sue Walker

Start of Term:
August 2003

Position History:
Position established by the Legislature in 1931 (Act No. 92). For more information, see the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Previous Laureates:
Samuel Minturn Peck (June 12, 1930-1938)
Mary B. Ward (1954-1958)
Elbert Calvin Henderson (1959-1974)
William Young Elliott (1975-1982)
Carl Patrick Morton (1983-1987)
Morton Dennison Prouty, Jr. (1988-1991)
Ralph Hammond (1992-1995)
Helen Friedman Blackshear (1995-1999)
Helen Norris (1999-2003)

Further Resources:
Publications by Sue Walker in the Library's online catalog.

 

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