Secretary of State Cathy Cox presents Georgia Historical RecordsAdvisory Board Award for Excellence to David Williams, Teresa CrispWilliams and David Carlson
November 16, 2004
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Secretary of State Cathy Cox presents Georgia Historical RecordsAdvisory Board Award for Excellence to David Williams, Teresa CrispWilliams and David Carlson
ATLANTA, GA Secretary of State Cathy Cox and Georgia Historical
Records Advisory Board (GHRAB) Chairman R. Lee Kinnamon presented
the GHRAB Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of an
Archives to David Williams, Teresa Crisp Williams, and David
Carlson during the Second Annual GHRAB Archives Awards Ceremony on
Monday, October 4th.
The GHRAB awards recognize outstanding efforts in archives and
records work in Georgia. GHRAB selected the award winners for their
historical records activities over the past eighteen months.
David Williams and Teresa Crisp Williams of Valdosta and David
Carlson of Atlanta collaborated to publish Plain Folk in a Rich
Man's War: Class and Dissent in Confederate Georgia. The authors
extensively used archival holdings to tell the story of Georgia's
Civil War home front. Their analysis springs from work in a wide
variety of archives in the state of Georgia and elsewhere and
relies heavily on manuscript sources and other rare materials.
Plain Folk demonstrates what a dedicated team of researchers can
accomplish by approaching archival holdings energetically and
creatively. Reviewers have praised the quality and depth of the
project's scholarship and its significant contribution to advancing
our understanding of the social and political history of the Civil
War.
Additional winners in the category of Research Using the Holdings
of an Archives included Steve Oney, David Paterson, and Velma Maia
Thomas.
GHRAB works to promote the educational use of Georgia's documentary
heritage and to support efforts to improve the condition of records
statewide. The Board is charged with advising the Governor, the
Secretary of State, and the Georgia Archives on records and policy
issues.
The Georgia Archives hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Directions are available at www.GeorgiaArchives.org. For
additional information about GHRAB, please contact Elizabeth Aloi
Barr at 678-364-3718 or ebarr@sos.state.ga.us.
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