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Size | 5 items |
Abstract | Dr. Mary Martin Sloop moved to Avery County, N.C., in 1911 with her husband and spent the rest of her life building up the Crossnore School, a home and school for mountain children. The collection contains letters from Sloop about her work at Crossnore School and from two children who benefitted from scholarship aid. |
Creator | Sloop, Mary T. Martin, 1873-1962. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Dr. Mary Martin Sloop (1873-1962), daughter of a Davidson College professor, moved to Avery County, N.C., in 1911 with her husband, Eustace Henry Sloop, and spent the rest of her life building up the Crossnore School, a home and school for mountain children. Her life and work are described in her autobiography Miracle of the Hills.
Back to TopThe collection contains letters from Mary Martin Sloop about her work at Crossnore School and from two children who benefitted from scholarship aid.
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LettersIncludes original finding aid. |