Mary Langston King papers, 1921-1975.

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Mary Langston King papers, 1921-1975.

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Consisting of general papers, topical files, writings, speeches, class notes, and photographs, re King's education, interests, and travels; papers re her service as a WAC in the Women's Army Auxilliary Corps, 1943-1946; files on the integration of public schools in Florence County, S.C., and elsewhere; various social and professional groups; Winthrop College, Columbia University Teachers' College, and other schools attended; and social and cultural life in Florence, S.C., ca. 1940s-1960s. Scrapbook, 1924-1929, contains clippings, photographs, and postcards documenting Kings' years at Winthrop College; and letters, 1928-1929, from Winthrop College classmates. King's professional career is documented by her writings and speeches; correspondence includes several letters from Jesse T. Anderson, State Superintendent of Education, who in a letter of 7 May 1954 encouraged King to accept the newly created position of state supervisor of special education. Social and cultural life of Florence, S.C., ca. 1940-1960s forms a significant part of the collection; topical files discuss the Cosmos Literary Club, a women's literary society in which King served as president, 1948-1949; flyers, 1954-1960, promoting the Florence Executive Club, which brought speakers of general interest to Florence; the Little Theatre Guild, 1947-1957; items reflecting King's membership in Central Methodist Church; and official reports, 1962-1964, of the School of Nursing at the McLeod Infirmary of Florence, for which King served as a member of the advisory committee.

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University of Pennsylvania.

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In 1919 Edward Bushnell was appointed publicity agent for the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment began a long and expanding effort at public relations at the University. In 1954 the Department of Public Relations expanded its work to include two new units, Motion Picture Services and the Office of Radio and Television. These two offices operated until 1975 when they were phased out of a stream-lined department. From the description of University Film Collection, 1915-1989. (...

Cosmos Literary Club (Florence, S.C.)

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Winthrop College

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Columbia University. Teachers College.

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United States. Army. Women's Auxiliary Corps.

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Central Methodist Church (Florence, S.C.)

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Florence Executive Club (Florence, S.C.)

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King, Mary Langston, 1907-1978.

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Langston was among the first public school psychologists in S.C.; she spent her career, 1929-1975, in the Florence, S.C., school system, with exception of World War II service, 1942-1946, in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; graduate, 1929, of Winthrop College; M.A. awareded, 1941, from University of Pennsylvania; doctorate completed, 1968, from Columbia Teachers College. In 1942, King volunteered for service in the Women's Army Auxilary Corps and was commissioned a seco...

McLeod Infirmary (Florence, S.C.). School of Nursing.

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Little Theatre Guild (Florence, S.C.)

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