Record Group 183
Date Span: ca. 1974
Biographical Sketch: Margaret Pace Farmer was born in ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé in 1912 and received her B.S. degree from ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé State College. Farmer taught in the Enterprise, Brundidge, and Birmingham school systems. In 1934, she married Curren A. Farmer, also of ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé. Margaret served as the Alabama Historical Association’s twelfth president (1959-60) and served on its Executive Committee. Margaret Farmer held a lifelong interest in the history of Pike County. She organized the Pike County Historical Society as its first president and later served as secretary. Farmer was also part of The Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Colonial Dames of America, First Families of Virginia, and the Jamestown Society, as well as a lifetime member of the American Association of University Women. She served as co-chair of the Alabama National Women’s Committee, Civil War Centennial. Farmer lived in ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé until she died in January 2007. [Source: "AHA Presidents." Alabama Historical Association. . Accessed 4/22/2015.]
Scope / Content Note: Copy of a 57 page typed oral history interview with a "Merchant Farmer" recorded by Margaret Farmer titled "Turn of the Century Share Cropping in Pike County."
Provenance: Received from ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé Campus as part of their Vertical File Collection, RG 190. Separated for ease of access.
Preferred Citation: Margaret Pace Farmer Collection, RG 183, Wiregrass Archives, ÎÞÂë¾ÞÈé Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
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