“An Ever-Ready Source of Inspiration and Information”: Ruth Blair and the Bicentennial County Historians

Authors

David B. Parker, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

In 1929, the Georgia General Assembly approved a resolution calling on each county to appoint a historian to compile the county’s history for the state’s bicentennial (1732-1932). Ruth Blair, director of the state’s Department of Archives and History, worked closely with the county historians. Their correspondence tells us much about the project and about Blair’s role in the project’s success.