Sara Greene Shriner (1904-2003) was born in New Bern, North Carolina. She moved to the Washington, D. C. area in 1929 to attend the nursing program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After graduating in the early 1930s, she spent a decade working at Walter Reed as well as taking private-duty jobs, among them one withThe Lost Colonydrama. Throughout her life, Shriner had an affinity for the Outer Banks and collected materials about the area's history.The Sara Shriner Papers are arranged in 3 series: (1) correspondence; (2) newspaper clippings, ephemera, and research notes on a broad range of topics including the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, ferries, Portsmouth Island,The Lost Colony dram ... (more below)
Sara Shriner Papers
33MSS-75
1947 - 1993
English
Sara Greene Shriner (1904-2003) was born in New Bern, North Carolina. She moved to the Washington, D. C. area in 1929 to attend the nursing program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After graduating in the early 1930s, she spent a decade working at Walter Reed as well as taking private-duty jobs, among them one with The Lost Colonydrama. Throughout her life, Shriner had an affinity for the Outer Banks and collected materials about the area's history.
The Sara Shriner Papers are arranged in 3 series: (1) correspondence; (2) newspaper clippings, ephemera, and research notes on a broad range of topics including the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, ferries, Portsmouth Island, The Lost Colony drama, and the Roanoke Island Historical Association; and, (3) information about North Carolina ferries that includes a lengthy transcript of an interview conducted in 1981 by Sara Shriner of Captain Scarborough, a ferry boat captain.For current information on the location ofthese materials, please consult the Outer Banks History Center.
Shriner, Sara
Outer Banks History Center
This collection is divided into three main series: correspondence; newspaper clippings, ephemera, and research notes; and, information about North Carolina ferries including an oral history interview (audio tapes and transcript).
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Processed by Kelly R. Grimm, December, 2009
Encoded by Kelly R. Grimm, January, 2010
An oral history interview in 2 audio-cassettes with Captain Scarborough, a ferry boat captain, conducted by Sara Shriner in 1981, has been separated and placed among audio-visual holdings.
Sara Greene Shriner (1904-2003) was born in New Bern, North Carolina. She moved to the Washington, D. C. area in 1929 to attend the nursing program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After graduating in the early 1930s, she spent a decade working at Walter Reed as well as taking private-duty jobs, among them, one with The Lost Colonydrama. Throughout her life, Shriner had an affinity for the Outer Banks and collected materials about the area's history.
During the 1940s and 1950s Shriner did secretarial work for Congressman Michael J. Kirwan (D-Ohio) and Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R-Kentucky). In the 1950s, she was a secretary for Alice Paul's National Women's Party. In the 1960s, she became a volunteer nurse for the American Red Cross, often working at civil rights demonstrations and war protests. She also became a feature writer for the Capitol Hill Spectator newspaper.
Sara Greene Shriner (1904-2003) was born in New Bern, North Carolina. She moved to the Washington, D. C. area in 1929 to attend the nursing program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After graduating in the early 1930s, she spent a decade working at Walter Reed as well as taking private-duty jobs, among them, one with The Lost Colonydrama. Throughout her life, Shriner had an affinity for the Outer Banks and collected materials about the area's history.
During the 1940s and 1950s Shriner did secretarial work for Congressman Michael J. Kirwan (D-Ohio) and Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R-Kentucky). In the 1950s, she was a secretary for Alice Paul's National Women's Party. In the 1960s, she became a volunteer nurse for the American Red Cross, often working at civil rights demonstrations and war protests. She also became a feature writer for the Capitol Hill Spectator newspaper.
[Identification of item], 33MSS-75, Sara Shriner Papers, Outer Banks History Center, Manteo, N.C., U.S.A.
Donated by Mary Meehan in 2004.
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The Sara Shriner Papers are arranged in 3 series: (1) correspondence; (2) newspaper clippings, ephemera, and research notes on a broad range of topics including the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, ferries, Portsmouth Island, The Lost Colony drama, and the Roanoke Island Historical Association; and, (3) information about North Carolina ferries that includes a lengthy transcript of an interview conducted in 1981 by Sara Shriner of Captain Scarborough, a ferry boat captain.
This collection is divided into three main series: correspondence; newspaper clippings, ephemera, and research notes; and, information about North Carolina ferries including an oral history interview (audio tapes and transcript).
The Sara Shriner Papers are arranged in 3 series: (1) correspondence; (2) newspaper clippings, ephemera, and research notes on a broad range of topics including the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, ferries, Portsmouth Island, The Lost Colony drama, and the Roanoke Island Historical Association; and, (3) information about North Carolina ferries that includes a lengthy transcript of an interview conducted in 1981 by Sara Shriner of Captain Scarborough, a ferry boat captain.