Katharine Parker Freeman Memoir (#4988-z) 1975-1983

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Katharine Parker Freeman Memoir (#4988-z) 1975-1983

1975-1983

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04988/

Katharine Parker Freeman, a native of Goldsboro, N.C., received B.A. degrees from Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C., and Simmons College in Boston, Mass.; taught at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S.C., the University of Puerto Rico, and Meredith; married L. E. M. Freeman, pastor and professor of religion at Meredith; raised five sons; was an active member of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church; and worked to improve race relations. The memoir of Katharine Parker Freeman was written mostly in 1975, with some additions in the early 1980s. In it, Freeman recounted memories of her family; education; religious life; teaching career, including planning a home economics department at Meredith College; and daily life, chiefly in Raleigh, N.C., but also in Hillsborough, N.C., Boston, and Puerto Rico. In addition to family life, recurring themes include churches, ministers, Freeman's religious questioning, her study of music, and playing piano and organ for various churches and Sunday schools. She also discussed the interracial group that met at the Freeman's house and joined in other social occasions, ca. 1943-1960, and the Freemans' participation in activities sponsored by the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen. In addition to Freeman's children, people important in the memoir are her father Thomas Bradley Parker, L. E. M. Freeman, Delia Dixon-Carroll, Charles Maddry, McNeill Poteat, and Robert Seymour. Also included are photocopies of pictures of Katharine Parker Freeman and members of her family.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6626698

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Poteat, Edwin McNeill, 1892-1955

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Dixon-Carroll, Delia, 1872-1934.

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Simmons University (Boston, Mass.)

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Charles Maddry

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Freeman, Katharine Parker, 1888-1983

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Katharine Parker Freeman, a native of Goldsboro, N.C., received B.A. degrees from Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C., and Simmons College in Boston, Mass.; taught at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S.C., the University of Puerto Rico, and Meredith; married L. E. M. Freeman, pastor and professor of religion at Meredith; raised five sons; was an active member of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church; and worked to improve race relations. From the description of Katharine Parker Freeman memoir, ...

Seymour, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1925-2020

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Fellowship of Southern Churchmen

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