Rives, Blanche Hardee, 1887-1973
Blanche Hardee Rives (1887-1973), daughter of James Washington Hardee and Anna O. Lucas, resided in Enfield, Halifax County, N.C. She attended the Littleton Female College (1906-1908), after which she taught in the Hardee School, a small school near the plantation of her father. She married Ralph Cooper Rives in 1942. Throughout her life she participated in Methodist Protestant (United Methodist Church after 1939) activities. Other organizations in which she was active were the Hardrawee Home Demonstration Club, the Halifax Co. Home Demonstration Club, Order of the Eastern Star, Halifax County Historical Association, Northeastern North Carolina Branch of the English-Speaking Union, Frank M. Parker Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Littleton College Memorial Association. Her son, Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, is professor of English at East Carolina University.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Blanche Hardee Rives Papers, 1905-1999 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
| referencedIn | Ralph Hardee Rives Collection, 1852-2015 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library |
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| correspondedWith | Coppedge, Llewellyn J. | person |
| correspondedWith | Dixon, Arminius Gray | person |
| associatedWith | English-Speaking Union | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Halifax County Historical Association (Halifax County, N.C.) | corporateBody |
| alumnusOrAlumnaOf | Littleton Female College. | corporateBody |
| memberOf | Methodist Protestant Church (U.S. : 1830-1939) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | North Carolina Wesleyan College. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Order of the Eastern Star | corporateBody |
| hasFamilyRelationTo | Rives, Ralph Hardee | person |
| associatedWith | United Daughters of the Confederacy. Frank M. Parker Chapter. | corporateBody |
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| Halifax County | NC | US |
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| Farm life |
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