Keller H. Barron papers, 1967-2004

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Keller H. Barron papers, 1967-2004

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Correspondence, biographical information, speeches, subject files and other materials relating to Bumgardner's activities as both state and national officer of the League of Women Voters, and as member of the following state commissions: Civil Rights, Human Affairs, and Reorganization. Contains "A Simple Matter of Justice," Nov. 1977, a videotaped film of the International Women's Year Conference in Houston, Texas, including an interview with Bumgardner; videocassette, 26 Feb. 1978, of discussion with Mackie Quave, WOLO-TV, about ratification of Equal Rights Amendment; undated audio cassette (T68) featuring song "200 Years Too Long," commissioned and distributed by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., regarding the women's movement. Files, 1994-2004, document Barron's service on the Board of the Southern Regional Council, 1989-2004, as Secretary, Vice-Chair, and Nominating Committee Chair. Barron was nominated for a Life Fellows Award in 2004. Reports, strategic plans, and other documents describe efforts to define the mission of the SRC in the midst of changing demographics and competition for foundation and donor dollars. The collection also includes guidelines for the Lillian Smith Award and a history of the SRC, 1944-1994, "Next Steps to Democracy: The First Fifty Years of the Southern Regional Council," by Robert J. Norrell.

2 videocassettes + 1 sound cassette.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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League of Women Voters (U.S.)

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The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that was formed to help women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote. It was founded in 1920 to support the new women suffrage rights and was a merger of National Council of Women Voters, founded by Emma Smith DeVoe, and National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution g...

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (U.S.)

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Southern Regional Council

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The Help Our Public Education (HOPE) project was established in 1958 by a group of community leaders and concerned citizens to disseminate information regarding school integration in Georgia. After the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision of 1954, HOPE anticipated that many of Georgia's public schools would close, because the state would refuse to comply. HOPE believed an informed public would take the necessary action through elected representatives to keep Georgia's public schools ope...

South Carolina. State Reorganization Commission

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Barron, Keller H., 1932-

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Civic leader, of South Carolina; formerly Keller H. Bumgardner. From the description of Keller H. Barron papers, 1967-2004 (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28414957 ...

South Carolina. State Civil Rights Commission

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International Women's Year Conference (1977 : Houston, Tex.)

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Norrell, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson)

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South Carolina. State Human Affairs Commission

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League of Women Voters of South Carolina

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Non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization formed in 1951 from the three local leagues then existing in Charleston, Columbia and Spartanburg, S.C.. The League encourages voter education and participation in national, state, and local government and the political process. From the description of Records, 1909-1952. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 58802520 ...

Quave, Mackie.

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