Joe and Dorothy Nesbitt.
Joesph Gordon Nesbitt (1917-2008) was the chief photographer of the Star-News from 1958-1982. He married Dorothy in 1951. She was a dancer and choreographer who toured Latin America with Col. W. de Basil's Original Ballets Russes. She promoted the art of dance through various non-profit organizations, and by teaching and writing stories, magazine and newspaper articles. She also wrote her autobiography "Scrapbook of a Dancer."
Joe and Dorothy Nesbitt Collection 1958-2011, Sp. Coll. #1301
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Donated to the New Hanover County Public Library by their daughter Diane Thomas in 2011
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