Anne King Gregorie papers, 1947 Mar. 6-1963.

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Anne King Gregorie papers, 1947 Mar. 6-1963.

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Papers reflecting King's activities documenting South Carolina history, including 6 Mar. 1947, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., to Margaret B. Meriwether, Columbia, S.C., re portrait material collected by the WPA and her dealings with Albert Guerry; letter, 30 Sept. 1953, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., to "Mr. Stubbs," re location of the Minutes of Court for an unidentified Alabama county. Later materials include editorial, 6 Dec. 1960, News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), re Gregorie's work and her death; 2 letters, 31 Dec. 1960 and 3 June 1961, from Flora Belle Surles, re death and burial of Gregorie; and printed leaflet, [ca. 1963], with portrait and discussion of her work, published to announce acquisition of her papers by the South Carolina Historical Society.

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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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Federal writer's project

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Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. From the guide to the Martha Adeline Hinton interview, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) One of the first actions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s was to extend federal work relief to the unemployed. One such relief program was the Works Progress Administration, which FDR established in 1933. By 1941 the WPA had provided empl...

Surles, Flora Belle, 1887-1971?

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Surles graduated from Alabama Girls' Technical College and Alabama College, and held a secretarial post with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, where in 1924, she met congresswoman Jeannette Rankin. She also supervised WPA historical records and research projects (1935-1941), and published a biography of her friend, Anne King Gregorie, in 1969. From the description of Papers, 1917-1973 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122407610 ...

Gregorie, Anne King.

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Historian and author of South Carolina; editor of various projects for the Works Progress Administration (WPA); b. 1887; d. 1960. From the description of Anne King Gregorie papers, 1947 Mar. 6-1963. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 36800274 ...