United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Bailey, Fred Arthur2003-04-01Encyclopedia article about Ellis Merton Coulter, a University of Georgia professor and historian of the South, who helped shape the southern public's interpretation of its heritage in general and Georgia's in particular. He taught at the state's flagship university in Athens from 1919 to 1958 (serving as chair of the history department from 1940 until retirement), edited the Georgia Historical Quarterly for fifty years, and produced 26 books, 10 edited volumes, more than 100 articles, and numerous book reviews and newspaper columns. He was also a founding member of the Southern Historical Association, serving as its first president in 1934 and nurturing it throughout its early years. He studied at the University of North Carolina and the University of Wisconsin.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.College teachers--Georgia--AthensHistorians--Georgia--AthensE. Merton Coulter (1890-1981)Text