Carol Weld papers, 1904-1979

Carol Weld (named Florence Carol Greene), was born in 1904. During her childhood she was the stepdaughter of writer H.P. Lovecraft due to his marriage to her mother, Sonia Greene. As a journalist, she served as a foreign press correspondent in France during the 1930s and 1940s, and claimed to be the first American to report on the abdication of British King Edward VIII in 1936. During World War II Weld worked for the British American Ambulance Corp as the organizer and co-chairman of the West Coast Committee for the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in France. From the 1930s to the end of her career, Weld wrote extensively on animal issues and rights. She worked as a reporter for various news organizations, including the “Chicago Tribune,” “United Press International,” and “Script Magazine,” before serving as director of advertising for RKO Radio in Miami, Florida and editor of the “New Smyrna News.” Weld died on March 31, 1979.