Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts 6-1-2003 Pace, Pearl Eagle (Carter), 1896-1970 (MSS 114) Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University,
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[email protected]. 1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101 Descriptive Inventory MSS 114 PACE, Pearl (Carter), 1896-1970 84 boxes. 852 folders. 18,051 items. Originals, photocopies, photographs. 1970.14.1 BIOGRAPHY Pearl Eagle (Carter) Pace was born in Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky on January 25, 1896, the daughter of James Clark Carter, Sr. and Idru (Tucker) Carter. She received her public education locally, graduating in 1915. Pace taught in two elementary schools in Monroe County, Kentucky, then furthered her education in 1917 at Western Kentucky State Normal School in Bowling Green, Kentucky. From 1917 to 1918 she was a public school teacher in the Cumberland County community of Marrowbone. Pace married Stanley Dan Pace of Waterview, Cumberland County, Kentucky on December 24, 1917, and they resided in Burkesville, Kentucky most of their married life.