Ben Robertson vertical files collection, 2003.

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Ben Robertson vertical files collection, 2003.

Souvenir keepsake issued by the Birchwood Center for Arts and Folklife in conjunction with the centennial celebration of Ben Robertson's birth; and photocopy of newspaper article, 18 June 2003, from The Pickens Sentinel, "'Old Southern Family' Manuscript celebrates Ben Robertson's 100th birthday on June 22, 2003."

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Birchwood Center for Arts and Folklife (Pickens County, S.C.)

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Robertson, Ben, 1903-1943

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War correspondent. Ben Robertson was killed Feb. 22, 1943, in the crash of the Yankee Clipper en route to London, England. From the description of Letter : Clemson, S.C., to Charles Francis Jenkins, Philadelphia, Pa., 1942 Dec. 28. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144705 Benjamin Franklin Robertson, Jr., born June 22, 1903 in the Calhoun Community of Clemson, South Carolina; 1924 graduated Clemson Agricultural College; 1926 degree in journalism,...