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| Creator: | Pearson, Jessie J., 1922- |
| Creator: | Pearson, Ferdinand, 1925- |
| Creator: | Harvin, George F., 1922- |
| Creator: | Ranton, Jessie, 1919- |
| Creator: | Lemon, Bertice, 1922- |
| Creator: | Walker, Elven, 1920-1990 |
| Creator: | Nelson, Samuel, 1917- |
| Creator: | Harvin, Fladger, 1922- |
| Title: | Letter, 1946 July 6, (Manning, S.C., Davis Station, S.C.), Jessie J. Pearson [et al.], to W.A. Schiffley, (Columbia, S.C.) |
| Date: | 1946 July 6 |
| Description: | Letter or petition to the South Carolina Board of Education in Columbia, South Carolina signed by eight African American veterans in Summerton, South Carolina. The veterans request assistance to establish a program in agricultural education that the G.I. Bill provides for veterans and suggest Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. as a potential teacher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | Pearson, Jessie J. | Pearson, Ferdinand, 1925- | Harvin, George F. | Ranton, Jessie | Lemon, Bertice | Walker, Elven | Nelson, Samuel | Harvin, Fladger | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974 | Letters | African American veterans--South Carolina--Summerton | Veterans--South Carolina--Summerton | Veterans--Education--Law and legislation--United States | African American veterans--Education--Government policy | Agricultural education--South Carolina--Summerton | Summerton (S.C.) | Clarendon County (S.C.) |
| Collection: | Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000 |
| Institution: | University of South Carolina University Libraries Digital Collections |
| Contributors: | South Caroliniana Library | University of South Carolina. Library. Digital Collections |
| Online Publisher: | Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina, University Libraries, Digital Collections | 2008 |
| Original Material: | Legal size - 9625 - (Folder 1), Joseph Armstrong DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbus, South Carolina. |
| Rights and Usage: | Digital image copyright 2008, The University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. For more information contact The South Caroliniana Library, USC, Columbia, SC 29208. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/u?/jad,587 |
