Niels Christensen, Jr., oral history interview, 1974 May 23 / [interviewed by Constance Myers].

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Niels Christensen, Jr., oral history interview, 1974 May 23 / [interviewed by Constance Myers].

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Interview with Niels Christensen, Jr., native of Beaufort, S.C., son of S.C. Senator, Niels Christensen (1876-1939) and Katherine Wales ("Nancy") Straton Christensen, and grandson of Abbie Holmes Christensen (1852-1938). Topics discussed include his father's support for women's suffrage and his duties as founder, owner, editor, and publisher of Beaufort Gazette newspaper; his father's involvement with the S.C. Dispensary Board, Farmers and Taxpayers League, etc.; relations with the Pollitzer and Kennedy families and others; activities of his mother, Nancy Straton Christensen, a graduate of Radcliffe, as well as interests of other members of the Christensen family (Arthur, Andrea, Frederik Holmes, etc.), including temperance, religion, socialism, etc.

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Christensen, Niels, 1876-1939

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Mann, Cathy H.,

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Christensen, Katherine Wales Straton, d. 1938.

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Christensen family.

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Myers, Constance Ashton

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Historian Constance Ashton Myers was born in New York City in 1936, and has lived mainly in Augusta, S.C., and taught mainly at the University of Aiken, South Carolina. For biographical information, see Who's Who of American Women, 1981-1982. From the description of Papers, 1976, 1981. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007805 ...

Christensen, Niels, b. 1913.

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Pollitzer family.

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