Anne King Gregorie

Anne King Gregorie (c. May 20, 1887 – December 4, 1960)[1] was a South Carolina historian, and professor of history at Arkansas College[2] and at the University of South Carolina[3] where some of her papers are deposited.[4]

She graduated from Winthrop College in 1906 and studied at USC from 1924 to 1929, receiving her master's degree in 1926 and her Ph.D., the first woman to receive one from USC's history department, in 1929.[5]

Gregorie was also director of the South Carolina division of the National Historical Records Survey from 1936 to 1941.[5] From 1949 to 1958, she was editor for The South Carolina Historical Magazine. She served as president of the South Carolina Historical Association from 1958 to 1959.

Gregorie was born on May 20, 1887, in Savannah, Georgia, and was the daughter of Ferdinand Gregorie and Anne Palmer (Porcher). She died on December 4, 1960, in Charleston, South Carolina.

Notes
  2. Blevins, Brooks (2003). Lyon College, 1872–2002: The Perseverance and Promise of an Arkansas College. University of Arkansas Press. p. 148. ISBN 1-55728-742-2.
  3. Bulletin, University of South Carolina, Issue 212, Part 1. 1931. p. 6.
  4. Anne King Gregorie papers, 1947 Mar. 6-1963. (Book, 1947). WorldCat. OCLC 36800274.
  5. Joey Holleman (March 23, 2006). "Snubbed by Her Professors, Historian Made History Herself". The State.

References
  • Surles, Flora Belle (1968). Anne King Gregorie. The R.L. Bryan Company. (Available through THE REPRINT COMPANY PUBLISHERS, Spartanbug S.C 29304)
  • Gregorie, Anne King (1954). History of Sumter County, South Carolina. Library Board of Sumter County. WorldCat
  • Copp, Roberta V.H. (October 1990). "Of Her Time, before Her Time: Anne King Gregorie, South Carolina's Singular Historian". The South Carolina Historical Magazine. South Carolina Historical Society. 91 (4): 231–246. JSTOR 27568176.
  • Edgar, Walter B. (2006). The South Carolina Encyclopedia. Columbia, S.C: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 405–406. ISBN 1-57003-598-9. Retrieved 2017-03-23.


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