Albert Ray Newsome (1894–1951) was an author, editor, educator, and historian in North Carolina, and served as chairman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Department of History.[1] Newsome also served as the first president of the Society of American Archivists from 1936 to 1939.[2]
He co-authored North Carolina: The History of a Southern State along with Hugh Talmage Lefler in 1954. In 1996, Newsome’s grandson Christopher Quackenbush established “The Albert Ray Newsome Distinguished Professorship for the Study of the South".[3]
- ^ "The Albert Ray Newsome Distinguished Professorship for the Study of the South". University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Arts and Sciences Foundation. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ "Presidents". Society of American Archivists. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ^ "The Albert Ray Newsome Distinguished Professorship for the Study of the South". The Arts and Sciences Foundation at UNC Chapel Hill. Retrieved November 3, 2012.