Manuscript Collection
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Identifier
Accession 29
Inclusive Dates
1950-1973
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
3,500 pieces, 1.75 linear feet
Language
English
Historical Note
Thelma Ecord Busbee [1910-2004] was a Civic leader and club woman from Columbia, South Carolina. She was a past president of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, the South Carolina Status of Women Conference, and of the Lexington County Hospital Auxiliary and was on the Board of Directors for the Women's State Committee, Committee on Children and Youth, Richland-Lexington Tuberculosis Association, South Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. and the South Carolina State Library Board. Mrs. Busbee was also on the Board of Trustees for the Palmetto Outdoor Historical Drama Association and Advisory Board for the South Carolina Mental Health Association.
Scope and Content Note
Thelma Ecord Busbee [1910-2004] was a Civic leader and club woman from Columbia, South Carolina. The Thelma Ecord Busbee Papers consist of correspondence, reports, constitutions, financial records, program notes, and other papers relating to her many club and civic activities. The collection covers the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs (1950-1959), The South Carolina Status of Women’s Conference (1961-1968), the Richland-Lexington Tuberculosis Association (1961-1964), South Carolina Alert, Inc. (1961-1962), the Palmetto Outdoor Historical Drama Association (1965-1968), the South Carolina State Library Board (1967-1968), the Lexington County Hospital Auxiliary (1970-1972), and the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1966).
Provenance
The papers of Thelma Ecord Busbee, clubwoman and civic leader, were received on July 2, 1975.
Keywords
Women's History, South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, Status of Women Conference, Richland County SC, Lexington County SC
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Thelma Ecord Busbee Papers - Accession 29". Finding Aid 221.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/221
LC Subject Headings
Busbee, Thelma Ecord, 1910-2004--Archives; Lexington County Hospital Auxiliary (S.C.); Palmetto Outdoor Historical Drama Association (S.C.); Richland-Lexington Tuberculosis Association (S.C.); South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs; South Carolina Status of Women Conference; South Carolina Women's Council for the Common Good; South Carolina. State Library Board
