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John Royster Dupree collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 2014.001

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1972-1975

Biographical / Historical

John R. Dupree was born and raised on a tobacco farm in North Carolina. He began working in government in 1955 as a civilian in the Navy. In the late 1950s he was drafted by the Army and spent two years in Paris. In 1965, he began working with the Federation Aviation Administration. Then in 1972, he began working as part of a small team in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. The team was there at the request of then-president Mobutu to assist in establishing a civil aviation organization.

Dupree purchased the artifacts from local markets from all over the country.

Dupree retired from the FAA in 1990, and settled in Santee, SC.

Extent

47 boxes

52 oversize

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Dacs
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

Contact:
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608