Appalachian Beauty Festival and College Records 1916-1960.

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Appalachian Beauty Festival and College Records 1916-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71376335

Contains correspondence, notebooks, pictures, and other items regarding Ina Rose Greer. Ms. Greer was involved with Southwestern Virginia, Inc. which was a regional chamber of commerce. Includes correspondence with Walter B. Jackson and three letters about a job offer from the Richmond-based Children's Home Society of Virginia. Items give examples of social activities and courtship practices in Appalachia circa 1916-1917. Additionally, the types of work done by Southwestern Virginia, Inc. in the late 1930s and funeral momentos are exampled in the collection.

0.25 linear feet.

Appalachian State University, ASU

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SNAC Resource ID: 8082808

Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Children's Home Society of Virginia

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The Children's Home Society of Virginia was organized in 1899, and chartered by the General Assembly on 30 January 1900. Inspired by the work of the National Children's Home Society, it was born of concern on the part of its founders for the plight of abandoned and neglected children. As stated in its charter, the Society's goal was "finding family homes for homeless, indigent, or dependent poor children in the State of Virginia, and other purposes incident thereto." The...

Chamber of Commerce of Smyth County (Va.)

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Greer, Ina Rose.

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Jackson, Walter Brian

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Greer, Walter Eugene.

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