In Memoriam: Emily Spencer DeCosta and Janet D. Hicks - College of Charleston Libraries
April 8, 2011
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The Avery Research Center would like to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of two supporters, Emily Spencer DeCosta and Janet D. Hicks. Emily Spencer DeCosta was born in 1923 in Washington, D.C. to James Spencer and Evie Carpenter Spencer. In 1942, Emily received her bachelors degree from Virginia State College; in 1943, she earned a […]