Manuscript Collection
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Identifier
Accession 55
Inclusive Dates
1950-1966
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
.25 linear feet
Language
English
Historical Note
Sallie Alta Pearce Musser [1902-1974] was a home demonstration agent (1930-1957), and head of the South Carolina Home Demonstration Service (1957-1965).
Scope and Content Note
Sallie Alta Pearce Musser [1902-1974] was a home demonstration agent (1930-1957), and head of the South Carolina Home Demonstration Service (1957-1965). The Sallie Pearce Musser Papers consist of biographical data, correspondence, letters of appreciation upon her retirement, newspaper clippings, photographs, and term papers written by Mrs. Musser while she was working on her MA in 1950 at George Peabody College for Women.
Provenance
The papers of Sallie Pearce Musser, state home demonstration agent and leader were deposited with the Archives on July 25, 1976 by Benjamin Pearce, nephew of Mrs. Musser.
Keywords
Home Demonstration, Home Extension, Home Economics, Women's History
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, "Sallie Pearce Musser Papers - Accession 55". Finding Aid 223.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/223
LC Subject Headings
Musser, Sallie Pearce, 1902-1974--Archives; Musser, Sallie Pearce, 1902-1974--Correspondence; Home economics extension workers--South Carolina; Home demonstration work--South Carolina; Home economics extension work--South Carolina
