- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- George Claud Adams historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Putnam County
Educators--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Putnam County, 33.32177, -83.37284
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: In front of auditorium at Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center
Text of marker: "GEORGE CLAUD ADAMS. G.C. Adams, leading educator in Georgia, was born in Newton County in 1868. He became Newton County School Superintendent in 1902, after several years of teaching. While Superintendent he worked to consolidate the county schools, a pioneer achievement in this field. In 1904- 05 he organized the Newton County Boys' Corn Club, the first of the Boys' Corn Clubs in the South. These clubs were forerunners of today's 4-H Clubs. From 1927-29 he served Newton County in the Georgia House of Representatives and from 1933-35 served as the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. Adams died in 1949. 117-9 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1962" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_george-claud-adams
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_george-claud-adams
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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