Laura McManus collection, circa 1925-1974.

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Laura McManus collection, circa 1925-1974.

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The collection consists of albums, photographs, clippings, printed material and writings that belonged to Laura McManus. Most of the materials pertain to Laurel Falls Camp and its director, Lillian Smith. The albums contain many photographs of campers and counselors during the 1920s and 1930s. Of particular interest is a 1925 album which includes a written memoir that accompanies the photographs.

0.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7555234

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Smith, Lillian Eugenia, 1897-1966

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"Lillian Smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and often brutally enforced world of Jim Crow. From as early as the 1930s, she argued that Jim Crow was evil ("Segregation is spiritual lynching," she said) and that it leads to social moral retardation."--"Lillian Smith (1897-1966)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. From the descri...

McManus, Laura.

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Laurel Falls Camp.

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