Albert Ray Newsome

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1. September 1923 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. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: Newsome, Albert Ray (Carl H. Pegg, 1991) · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, September 13, 1923, p. 1
2. May 1935–1950 Albert Ray Newsome heads the UNC history department When R. D. W. Connor left to become the first Archivist of the United States, Newsome, then secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, was appointed in May 1935 to succeed him as head of the history department. He left the commission on July 1 and returned to Chapel Hill after ten years away to head the department and teach American history. He ran the department until poor health made him give up administrative duties in 1950. People: R. D. W. Connor Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: Newsome, Albert Ray (Carl H. Pegg, 1991) · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 17, 1935, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, June 7, 1935, p. 2; Chapel Hill Weekly, August 2, 1935, p. 1
3. by August 2, 1935 Susan G. Akers becomes director of the University's School of Library Science Among the faculty changes announced for 1935-36, Susan G. Akers was made director of the School of Library Science, and Edward Mack, A. R. Newsome and Adolf E. Zucker became heads of the chemistry, history and German departments. People: Susan Grey Akers, Albert Ray Newsome Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Also named: Edward Mack, Adolf E. Zucker · Also mentions: School of Library ScienceSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 2, 1935, p. 1 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, March 27, 1981, p. 2
4. November 16-17, 1936 Frances Benjamin Johnston stops in Chapel Hill while photographing old North Carolina houses The architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston, making a Carnegie-funded collection of photographs of old North Carolina houses, spent two days in Chapel Hill consulting A. R. Newsome and J. G. de R. Hamilton on places to visit. People: Frances Benjamin Johnston, Albert Ray Newsome Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: J. G. de R. HamiltonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 20, 1936, p. 1
5. August 8, 1939 Greek businessmen meet in Chapel Hill to form a state branch of the Adelphia Benevolent Association About 25 Greek businessmen of the region met in the Graham Memorial, with George Loizon in the chair and A. R. Newsome as speaker, to plan a statewide branch of the Adelphia Benevolent Association. They agreed to give the University library books on Greek history and culture and to set up a trust fund for American-born Greek students at the University. People: Albert Ray Newsome Place: Graham Memorial, Chapel Hill · Also named: George Loizon · Also mentions: University librarySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 11, 1939, p. 4
6. by November 1, 1940 Chapel Hill historians Newsome and Lefler publish a fifth-grade history of North Carolina Albert Ray Newsome and Hugh Lefler of Chapel Hill published The Growth of North Carolina, a textbook for the fifth grade issued by the World Book Company of New York. The University news bureau said it put social, educational, economic and religious life ahead of military history and politics, and that most of its maps and charts had never been published before. People: Hugh Talmage Lefler Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Hugh LeflerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 1, 1940, p. 4