Background
Swope, Frances Alderson was born on December 5, 1911 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Joseph Newman and Frances (Richardson) Alderson.
Swope, Frances Alderson was born on December 5, 1911 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Joseph Newman and Frances (Richardson) Alderson.
Bachelor, University Kentucky, Lexington, 1933. Bachelor of Science in Library. Science, University Illinois, 1939.
Postgraduate, University Virginia. Postgraduate, University Michigan. Postgraduate, University London.
Teacher Alderson (West Virginia) High School, 1933-1939. Extension library Circleville (Ohio) Public Library., 1939-1941, Kanawha County Public Library., Charleston, West Virginia, 1941-1943. Alternate custodian commandant's confidential and secret files 3rd Naval District Headquarters, New York City, 1943-1945.
Cataloguer Yale University Library., New Haven, 1946-1947. Chief extension library Kanawha County Public Library., 1947-1967. Archivist Greenbrier History Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1969-1997.
Member National Trust Historic Preservation, National Society Colonial Dames in American, West Virginia Library. Association Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.
Married Kenneth Dabney Swope, December 27, 1958. Stepchildren: Jeanne Weikel, Lee Smith.