Pendleton Female Academy records, 1936, 1959, n.d.

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Pendleton Female Academy records, 1936, 1959, n.d.

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The collection consists of photocopies of two 1845 advertisements, a photocopy of an 1841 catalog, and a carbon typed copy of the accounts, trustees minutes and other items relating to the Academy for the period 1827-1904. The original Pendleton Female Academy records, 1827-1904 (Manuscripts I & O) at the South Carolianiana Library, University of South Carolina were copied by Addie S. Vance of Columbia, SC, in 1936 as part of Works Progress Administration Project 65-33-118, sponsored by the University of South Carolina and supervised by Dr. Anne K. Gregorie and Flora B. Surles. This copy has an index created by the WPA. The minutes discuss courses, tuition, and the hiring of teachers and principals. The advertisements are for the Pendleton Female Academy and the Pendleton Male Academy. The catalog is for the 1810-1811 academic year and includes lists of trustees, teachers, students, costs and textbooks, the 1840 annual report and a handwritten poem/song. The date when the photocopy of the catalog was made is unknown.

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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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...

Pendleton Male Academy.

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Pendleton Female Academy (Pendleton, S.C.)

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The Pendleton Female Academy was founded in 1827 and incorporated in 1828. The Academy operated as a boarding school; it was closed and the building and lot were sold in 1904. From the description of Pendleton Female Academy records, 1936, 1959, n.d. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 43722719 ...