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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Appalachian Beauty Festival and College |
| Title: | Collection 265. Appalachian Beauty Festival and College Records, 1916 - 1960, n.d. |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | This collection contains correspondence, notebooks, pictures and other itmes regarding Ina Rose Greer (later Ina Rose Greer Akers) of Marion, Virginia. Ms. Greer was involved with Southwestern Virginia Incorporated, which was a regional chamber of commerce. |
| Items in this collection give examples of social activities and courtship practices in Appalachia circa 1916-1917. Additionally, the types of work done by Southwestern Virginia Inc. in the late 1930's and funeral mementos are exampled in the collection. | |
| Extent: | 0.25 linear feet, 1 archival boxes |
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[Identification of item], Collection 265. Appalachian Beauty Festival and College Records, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from Bookworm and Silverfish on 8 October 1997. No accession number exists. This collection was opened to the public on November 2005.
Processed by Kathryn Staley and Lucas Clawson, November 2005.
Encoded by Lucas Clawson, November 2005.
Ina Rose Greer was the daughter of Walter Eugene Greer (1877-1924) and Phoebe Alice Blevins (1872-1951). Ina Rose was born in Marion, Virginia in 1899 and lived there most of her life. At some point she married Norville Akers, a native of Abingdon, Virginia. She passed away in 1992 and is buried in Marion, Va.
| Greer, Ina Rose |
| Akers, Rose Greer |
| Greer, Walter Eugene |
| Jackson, Walter B. |
| Southwestern Virginia Incorporated |
| Children's Home Society of Virginia |
| Chamber of Commerce of Smyth County (Va.) |
| Beauty Pageants |
