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Georgia Official and Statistical Register

A major reference work for historical research, the register contains brief biographical sketches of state elected officials, federal and state Congressional members, state agency organization and administration, and election statistics.

More About This Collection

Medium
lists (document genres)
registers (lists)
texts (document genres)

Creator
Georgia. Department of Archives and History

Date of Original
1923/1990

Subject
Georgia--Politics and government--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Georgia--Officials and employees--Periodicals
Georgia--Officials and employees--Registers

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Type
Text

Description
The Georgia Official and Statistical Register, published from 1923-1990 by the Georgia Department of Archives and History, is commonly known as the Georgia Blue Book. Considered to be a major reference work for historical research, the register contains brief biographical sketches of state elected officials, federal and state Congressional members, state agency organization and administration, and election statistics. Rosters of Georgia governors and congressional members, poets laureate, population of counties, lists of county officers, and the state song are a few examples of county and state miscellany.
Compiled by the state historian and director.
Vols. for 1925-1931 contains its 6th-12th annual report.

Rights

1. Georgia's official register, 1923 / compiled by Lucian Lamar Knight

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1923
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

2. Georgia's official register, 1925 / compiled by Ruth Blair

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1925
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

3. Georgia's official register, 1927 / compiled by Ruth Blair

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1927
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

4. Georgia's official register, 1929 / compiled by Ruth Blair

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1929
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

5. Georgia's official register, 1931 / compiled by Ruth Blair

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1931
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

6. Georgia's official register, 1933-1935-1937 / compiled by Mrs. J. E. Hays

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1937
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

7. Georgia's official register, 1945-1950 / compiled by Mrs. J. E. Hays

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1950
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

8. Georgia's official register, 1951-1952 / compiled by Mary Givens Bryan

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1952
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

9. Georgia's official register, 1953-1954 / compiled by Mary Givens Bryan

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1954
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library

10. Georgia's official register, 1955-1956 / compiled by Mary Givens Bryan

Creator:: Georgia. Department of Archives and History
Date of Original:: 1956
Collection:: Georgia Official and Statistical Register
Holding Institution:: University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library