Records, 1941 Dec. 15-1943 Mar. 3.

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Records, 1941 Dec. 15-1943 Mar. 3.

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Bound volume of correspondence, executive memoranda, and typescripts of speeches documenting the participation of South Caroina and various other states in a national program to ensure preservation of records and artifacts. Correspondence discusses general guidelines for documenting, microfilming or evacuating valuable cultural properties, as well as directives promoting the collection of material re the impact of World War II on South Carolina. Collection includes typescripts of speeches presented around the U.S. by Collas G. Harris, Chairman, Executive Committee of CCCR, Washington, D.C.; also includes other mailings from national headquarters, including copy of memorandum, 12 Feb. 1942, re storage space available for paintings, books, and manuscripts at various educational institutions in Colorado; bulletin re air raid procedures, types of incendiary bombs and methods of extinguishing them; and provisional plans, 17 Feb. 1942, for protection of the South Caroliniana Library by R.L. Meriwether. Correspondents include Lester J. Cappon, University of Virginia; J. Isaac Copeland, Furman University; Margaret D. Davies, Division of Community Service Programs; Anne King Gregorie, Works Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey; Robert Lee Meriwether, South Caroliniana Library; and Robert N.S. Whitelaw, Gibbes Art Gallery.

1 vol.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7322959

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Cappon, Lester Jesse, 1900-1981

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Lester Jesse Cappon (1900-1981) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Jesse Cappon and Mary E. Geisinger Cappon. He studied music, earning a diploma from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in 1920, but was also interested in history and earned degrees at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and at Harvard University, acquiring a Ph.D. in 1928. In 1925, Cappon went to the University of Virginia, where he worked on editions of Virginia historical publications and newspapers funded by the...

South Caroliniana library

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Gregorie, Anne King, 1887-1960

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Whitelaw, Robert N. S., 1905-

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Davies, Margaret

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Copeland, J. Isaac (James Isaac), 1910-1995

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J. Isaac Copeland (1910-1995), a native of Clinton, S.C., was graduated from Presbyterian College in 1931. Copeland then entered George Peabody College for Teachers in 1932, where he earned a B.S. in Library Science and an M.A. in history. In 1936, Copeland became the library director at Furman University. He returned to George Peabody College in 1942 and remained there for more than six years. He then became the head of the documents department in the Library of the University of North Carolina...

United States. National Resources Planning Board. Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources

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National committee promoting preservation of U.S. records and artifacts of cultural, scientific, and historic importance, and encouraging the active collection of contemporary materials documenting World War II; established March 1941. From the description of Records, 1941 Dec. 15-1943 Mar. 3. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31682212 ...

Meriwether, Robert Lee, 1890-1958

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Harris, Collas G.

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