Tombstone inscriptions at the Second Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.), ca. 1981.

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Tombstone inscriptions at the Second Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.), ca. 1981.

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Typescript index to the lot owners and individuals buried in the cemetery at the Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, South Carolina and a map of the cemetery drawn to scale by James Fuller Yates and Alice Anderson Yates. Includes a photocopied list of inscriptions compiled by a 1932 W.P.A. project. The map includes the locations of all graves (ca. 1811-ca. 1981), numbered to correspond with the index. Inscriptions of tombstones in the interior of the Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, South Carolina and in its cemetery were compiled by Elizabeth C. Curtis for a 1932 Works Progress Administration project.

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Curtis, Elizabeth C.

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Yates, Alice Anderson.

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Yates, James Fuller.

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Second Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.)

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Presbyterian congregation founded in 1809 as Second Presbyterian Church of Charleston and Its Suburbs or The Second Presbyterian Church of the City and Suburbs of Charleston. The sanctuary, which was dedicated in 1811, is located at Meeting and Charlotte Streets. From the description of Second Presbyterian Church records, 1809-1981. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 318900619 Congregation organized in 1809. From the description of Secon...