Interview with Jane Pinckney Hanahan deButts
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- Title:
- Interview with Jane Pinckney Hanahan deButts
- Date:
- 2019
- Interviewer:
- Blessing, Anne;Pemberton, Katherine
- Interviewee:
- deButts, Jane Hanahan
- Description:
- Interview of Jane P. de Butts (formerly known as Jane Hanahan), a direct descendant of General Pinckney and niece of Josephine Pinckney. In this interview, she discusses her and her first husband's families and the circumstances of their move from Richmond to 43 East Bay, where they lived and raised a family. She speaks about her daily life at 43 East Bay Street and Charleston in general: raising a family, socializing, recreation including summers at the Isle of Palms, Hurricane Hugo, and her association with Historic Charleston Foundation as a trustee and later as its first woman President. She discusses memorable HCF efforts such as the purchase and restoration of the Missroon House, acquisition of McLeod Plantation, and the Revolving Fund, and comments on how Charleston has changed over the years, specifically the changes brought on by tourism. She also speaks about each of her now grown children, one of whom (Anne), now lives in the George Summers House with her family.
- Collection Title:
- Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Historic Charleston Foundation
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- deButts, Jane Hanahan--Interviews
- Topical Subject:
- Historic preservation--South Carolina--Charleston--History--20th century and Historic Charleston Foundation--History
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs, Charleston (S.C.)--History--20th century, and Historic Charleston Foundation--History
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 2019.002.15
- Date Digital:
- 22/01/2019
- Digitization Specifications:
- MP4 derivative video created with Adobe Premiere Elements;Archival Master in Universal Disk format.
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © Historic Charleston Foundation
- Access Statement:
- All Rights Reserved.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact Archivist;Historic Charleston Foundation;P.O. Box 1120;Charleston, SC 29402.
- Admin ID:
- 250141
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