John Royster Dupree collection
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
Source
- Dupree, John Royster, 1935-2013 (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Dupree, John Royster, 1935-2013 (Person)
- 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
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu