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Albert Ray Newsome
Albert Ray Newsome
Award

Newsome Award ...

The Federation sponsors the annual Albert Ray Newsome Awards. Albert Ray Newsome served as secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission and as professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill. He was a strong advocate for the study and preservation of local history. The award named in his honor recognizes outstanding achievements in preserving local history by member organizations. The recipients receive a $250 cash prize and a framed certificate. Presentations are made at the annual joint meeting of the Federation and the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association held in November of each year. Following is a list of past recipients:

YEAR RECIPIENT
2009 Duplin County Historical Society
Gates County Historical Society
Honorable Mention: Coinjock Ruritan Club
 
2008 Greensboro Historical Museum
Phoenix Society for African-American Research
 
2007 Lincoln County Historical Association
 
2006 Cashiers Historical Society
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society
 
2005 Currituck County Historical Society
World War II Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition
Lincoln County Historical Association (Honorable Mention)
 
2004 North Carolina Piedmont Living History Association
Cooleemee Historical Association
 
2003 Sankofa Center
Gates County Historical Society
Warren County Historical Association (honorable mention)
 
2002 Chatham County Historical Association
 
2001 Beaufort Historical Association
Jackson County Historical Association
 
2000 Duplin County Historical Society
 
1999 Haywood Hall
Chicamacomico Historical Association
 
1998 Gates County Historical Society
Carteret County Historical Society
 
1997 Railroad House Historical Association
Transylvania County Historical Society
 
1996 The Country Doctor Museum
Yadkin County Historical and Genealogical Society
 
1995 Survey Committee of the Martin County Historical Society
Whalehead Preservation Trust
 
1994 Moore County Historical Association
 
1993 Surry County Historical Society
Historic Burke Foundation
 
1992 Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society
Historic Salisbury Foundation
 
1991 Wayne County Historical Association
Gates County Historical Association
 
1990 Cooleemee Historical Association
Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County
 
1989 Alamance County Historic Properties Commission
Wayne County Historical Association
 
1988 Beaufort Historical Association
Yadkin County Historical and Genealogical Society
 
1987 High Point Historical Society
Broad River Genealogical Society
 
1986 Catawba County Historical Society
Wake County Historical Society
 
1985 Mordecai Square Historical Society
Broad River Historical Society
 
1984 Historic Salisbury Foundation
Historic Preservation Society of Durham
Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County (Honorable Mention)
 
1983 Murfreesboro Historical Society
Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Properties Commission
 
1982 Rockingham County Historical Society
 
 
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