Anne King Gregorie was a South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

 historian

Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

, and professor of history at Arkansas College

Lyon College

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 and at the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...

 where some of her papers are deposited.

She graduated from Winthrop College

Winthrop University

Winthrop University is a public, four-year liberal arts university in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA. In 2006-07, Winthrop University had an enrollment of 6,292 students. The University has been recognized as South Carolina's top-rated university according to evaluations conducted by the South...

 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.

Gregorie was also director of the South Carolina division of the National Historical Records Survey

Historical Records Survey

The Historical Records Survey was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States. Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives...

 from 1936 to 1941. 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

Savannah, Georgia

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

Charleston, South Carolina

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