Rachel Maxwell Moore Collection, 1965-1979

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Rachel Maxwell Moore Collection, 1965-1979

1965-1979

Collection (1965-1979) consisting of correspondence, foundations minutes, biographical manuscripts, letters.

0.43 Cubic feet, 215 items

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Moore, Rachel Maxwell, 1890-1964

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Rachel Maxwell Moore was active in civic and educational affairs in Greenville from 1922 until her death in 1964. A native of Eastern North Carolina, Moore had a passion for art estalishing the East Carolina Art Society and the Greenville Art Center, now known as the Greenville Museum of Art. She established the Rachel Maxwell Moore Art Foundation in 1963 to acquire works of art for the museuem....

Green, C. Sylvester (Charles Sylvester), 1900-1980

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C. Sylvester (Charles Sylvester) Green (1900-1980) was a Baptist clergyman, newspaper editor, and educator. An alumnus of Wake Forest College, Green was a professor of religion and president of Coker College at Hartsville, S.C., 1936-1944; advisor in religious activities at Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1943-1944; and editor of the Durham Morning Herald, 1943-1949. Other activities Green was involved in were the NC Board of Conservation and Development (1950-1953), NC Art Society (1962-1965), P...

Jenkins, Leo W. (Leo Warren), 1913-1989

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Leo Warren Jenkins was born on May 28, 1913, in Succasunna, New Jersey. He earned a B.S. in education from Rutgers University in 1935, a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1938, and a doctorate degree from New York University in 1941. He joined in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, serving at Guadalcanal, Guam, and Iwo Jima. For his actions on Iwo Jima, he was awarded the Bronze Star for valor and also received two Presidential Unit Citations. After the war, Jenkins tau...