Margaret Smyth McKissick collection, 1917 Aug. 30-1933 June 18.

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Margaret Smyth McKissick collection, 1917 Aug. 30-1933 June 18.

Newspaper clippings re award from the American Legion in recognition of McKissick's years of distinguished service to the community; her relief work during World War I; her tenure, 1915-1918, as state chairman of the French surgical dressings committee; her attendance at the 1932 Democratic Convention; and various other civic and historical activities during residence at Auburn, Ala., and Greenwood and Greenville, S.C. Also including poem, "On the way to Spartanburg," published in New York Times, 30 Aug. 1917, re leaving New York for training in "S'uth Keer'lina" en route to the trenches of France; attributed to Charles Divine, 1st N.Y. Infantry, Company H.

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McKissick, A. Foster

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McKissick, Margaret Smyth, 1870-

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Resident of Greenville, S.C.; wife of engineering professor Anthony Foster McKissick; eldest daughter of Capt. Ellison Adger Smyth. From the description of Margaret Smyth McKissick collection, 1917 Aug. 30-1933 June 18. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 38420312 ...

American Legion. Dept. of South Carolina.

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