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Albert Ray Newsome

Albert Ray Newsome was an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina until 1926, returned to Chapel Hill in 1934 to head the history department and ran it until 1950. He died in Chapel Hill and was buried in the town cemetery. In between he was secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission.

Source: NCpedia: Newsome, Albert Ray (Carl H. Pegg, 1991)

1894–1951 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Albert Ray Newsome, Yackety Yack, 1915
Albert Ray Newsome, Yackety Yack, 1915

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Department of History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1921-2014.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of History · 1921

History department records from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1921 to 2014, about 20,600 items in 23.5 linear feet, University Archives at UNC, collection 40082. Faculty represented include R. D. W. Connor, J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, Albert Ray Newsome, Fletcher Melvin Green, Gillian Cell and Don Higginbotham. The records cover the teaching of history and political science in the state.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Newsome, Albert Ray, 1894-1951.

UNC

Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton papers, 1895-1961.

Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961 · 1895

Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) taught history at Chapel Hill, and his papers, 1895 to 1961, amount to roughly 9,500 items in 25.5 linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 1743. Diaries sit among the material. Topics include the collecting of archival materials and the Southern Historical Collection itself, Reconstruction, the nineteenth century Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, the state Democratic Party, and figures such as R. D. W. Connor and Albert Ray Newsome.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Newsome, Albert Ray, 1894-1951.

UNC

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  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 975.6 NEW The Growth of North Carolina Newsome, Albert Ray · 1940

    Albert Ray Newsome and Hugh Talmage Lefler's history of North Carolina for schools, published by World Book Company in 1940 and reissued during the 1940s. It served as the standard state history text in the public schools. 472 pages with a color frontispiece, illustrations, diagrams and a list of readings.

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  1. Albert Ray Newsome joins the UNC history faculty Newsome, a 1915 UNC graduate, returned to Chapel Hill from graduate study at Michigan as an assistant professor of history and stayed until 1926.Search the index · NCpedia: Newsome, Albert Ray (Carl H. Pegg, 1991)
  2. Albert Ray Newsome heads the UNC history department When R. D. W. Connor left to become the first Archivist of the United States, Newsome returned to Chapel Hill to head the history department and teach American history. He ran the department until poor health made him give up administrative duties in 1950. People: R. D. W. ConnorSearch the index · NCpedia: Newsome, Albert Ray (Carl H. Pegg, 1991)

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Picture: Albert Ray Newsome, Yackety Yack, 1915. Public domain. Yackety Yack, 1915 (University of North Carolina yearbook); via the Internet Archive

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