Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978
Variant namesCharleston, S.C. museum director, librarian, and cultural leader. Born in Epping, N.J., she became director of the Charleston Museum in 1920, leaving in 1931 to serve as director of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Mass. After retiring from the Berkshire Museum in 1939 she returned to live in Charleston. A patron of the arts, Bragg was a founder of the Poetry Society of South Carolina and was the first librarian of the Charleston County Library.
From the description of Laura M. Bragg papers, ca. 1890-1977. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794061
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| creatorOf | Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978. Laura M. Bragg oral history interview, 1974 Mar. 27 / Constance Myers. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978. Laura M. Bragg papers, ca. 1890-1977. | South Carolina Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Marks, Robert W. Robert Walter Marks papers, 1890-1979. | College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library | |
| referencedIn | Cox, H. Morris (Headley Morris), 1916-. Research notes on the Charleston Poetic Renascence, 1920-1930. | College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library | |
| creatorOf | Berkshire Museum. Letter, 1934, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). | Houghton Library |
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| associatedWith | Association of Southern Museums. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Berkshire Museum. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Charleston Museum (Charleston, S.C.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | College of Charleston. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Constance Ashton Myers collection. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Cox, H. Morris (Headley Morris), 1916- | person |
| associatedWith | Jennings, Edward I. R. (Edward Ireland Renwick), 1898-1929. | person |
| correspondedWith | Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 | person |
| associatedWith | Mann, Cathy H. | person |
| associatedWith | Marks, Robert W. | person |
| associatedWith | Myers, Constance Ashton. | person |
| associatedWith | Poetry Society of South Carolina. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pollitzer, Anita, 1894-1975. | person |
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Birth 1881
Death 1978
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