Manuscript Collection
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William Boyce White, Jr. Papers - Accession 1488
William Boyce White Jr.
The William Boyce White, Jr. Papers consists of his genealogical research as well as his research related to the history of York County and Rock Hill, SC. The papers also include records and manuscripts relating to several of his published works.
Mr. White is a Rock Hill native and taught at the Winthrop Training School (WTS) from 1958-1965 and taught at Rock Hill High School following the closing of the high school portion of the WTS. He also taught in Clover before coming to Winthrop. He was the organist at First Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill from 1945 until he moved to Virginia.
His interest in local history covers the Rock Hill train depot (included in the collection is a tintype of the original depot ca. 1860s), Colonel William Hill, the Catawba River, Catawba Indians, Rock Hill and York County schools, historic homes (includes several photographs, many of which were used by Elizabeth Reed in her long running series on historic homes in Rock HillEvening Herald), local churches, as well as Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Blackstocks, and York County in general. Of special interest is a copy of the Indian Land Chronicle dated January 21, 1859. Only three copies of the Chronicle are known to exist in the state of South Carolina.
The genealogical research conducted by Mr. White covers many of the prominent names of York County and of South Carolina in general. Below is a list of the prominent family names covered in Mr. White’s research:
Anderson; Bankhead; Barringer; Bell; Black; Button; Campbell; Carpenter; Coffey; Cowan; Crawford; Culp; Davis; Fennell; Fewell; Graham; Hanna; Hayes; Hill; Hutchison; Irwin/ Erwin; Johnson; Lee; Martin; Massey; McClain; McConnell; McCullough; McFadden; Miller; Mobley; Morrow; Neely; Neil; Patton; Pettus; Plexico/Plaxco; Rives; Robinson; Roddey; Setzer; Stephenson; Strait; Sturgis; Sutton; Templeton; Waggoner; Wallace; Wherry; White; Williams; Williamson; Workman; Wylie.
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William B. White Program Collection - Accession 1097 - M506 (556)
William Boyce White Jr.
This collection consists of programs and newsletters collected by William B. White. Most of the material relates to Rock Hill, SC area churches. Mr. White was the organist at First Presbyterian Church. Also included in the collection are programs pertaining to the Rock Hill High School Band and Chorus groups, a tribute to Dr. F. W. Gregg, the Saint John’s Methodist Church, the Waxhaws Chapter– Daughters of the American Revolution, The Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, The North Carolina Chapter American Guild of Organists, and the Nation Ford Historical Park Red River, South Carolina.
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Alice Wilks Letters - Accession 560 - M245 (293)
Alice Wilks
The Alice Wilks Letters consist of photocopies of typescript letters from Alice’s brother W. Thomas Wilks who was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War and two of her friends (1862-1864) . Subjects include the conditions and travels of Confederate troops, and the general health of family and friends.
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William Barnett and Sons Company Records - Accession 217
William Barnett and Sons Company
The William Barnett and Sons Company was founded in 1780 in Philadelphia by Bartholomew Bussier and was replaced to be the first starch factory in the United States. In 1817 the firm was sold by his heirs to Thomas Barnett, who had been manager, and the company remained in the Barnett family until its dissolution in 1967. The growth of the laundry industry prompted the company to discontinue the manufacture of wheat starch in 1916, and to devote all effort to the sale of many products used by laundries, dry cleaners, hospitals, and various industries, including the distribution of starches. The collection dates from 1873-1975 and includes a history, correspondence, minutes, reports, wills, deeds, financial ledgers, invoices, tax records, trust fund records, stock records, certificates, and photographs. Most of the photographs are from the late 1920s and early 1930s and depict vacations including Folly Beach, SC, Charleston, SC (John P. Grace Memorial Bridge), Providence, RI, Willoughby Beach, VA after the 1933 hurricane among other locations. About three fourths of the collection consists of financial records. The records also include much information on the Harmony Fire Company Stock Association and on the estates of Sellers Hoffman, Hannah R. Hoffman, and Grace Hoffman Barnett, wife of William Barnett, Jr.
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Williams Family Genealogy - Accession 541 - M235 (283)
Williams Family
The Williams Family Genealogy collection consists of photocopies of a pedigree chart and other notes and records pertaining to the James Cullen Williams (1935- ) family descended from Robert Newton Williams (1827-1899) in the Abbeville District of South Carolina.
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J. Thomas Williams Reminiscences - Accession 396 - M161 (202)
Joseph Thomas Williams
The J. Thomas Williams Reminiscence was a seventeen page article by Joseph Thomas Williams, Sr. (1915-2005) entitled, “A Flavor That Made a ‘Good Town’ Better.” This paper, which Williams dedicates to the late Talbot Patrick, contains some interesting anecdotes concerning the history and growth of Rock Hill, SC.
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W.L. Williams Family Papers - Accession 441 - M178 (219)
William Lane Williams
The W. L. Williams Family Papers consist of photocopies of family history data concerning the family of Dr. William Lane Williams (1914-2002) and an article by his father , Oscar Kell Williams (1874-1952) about the Catawba Indians.
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Williford Family of South Carolina Genealogy - Accession 794 - M379 (430)
Williford Family
The Williford Family of South Carolina consists of genealogical information concerning the Williford family of York County, South Carolina and surrounding areas compiled by Willie May Williford Johnston (1916-2015) titled, “The Williford Family of South Carolina: A Genealogical Record of the Williford Family of York County, South Carolina and Surrounding Counties, As it Spread into the Southern States.”. Also includes family names of Anderson, Clinton, Fewell, Gregory, McFadden, Milholen, Miller, Neely, Poag, Shillinglaw, Williams, and others as connected to the Williford family.
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Miriam Williford Papers - Accession 157
Miriam Williford
The Miriam Williford Papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, lecture and teaching materials, research notes, professional files, rough notes and drafts of publications, copies of historical manuscripts from other repositories, and other Papers, The collection pertains to Willifords’ teaching and publishing activities, and to her involvement with professional organizations and seminars such as the Latin American Studies Association (1975). Her research files include extensive material on Jeremy Bentham and his interest in Latin America, and includes correspondence with Simon Bolivar and other leaders of Latin American independence; papers on the administration of Mariano Galvez, Chief of State of Guatemala from 1837-1838, including a complete file of Boletin, the official government newspaper; and material on liberalism in Latin America from 1820-1840.
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Woodrow Wilson Dinner Program - Accession 1110 - M512 (563)
Woodrow Wilson
This collection consists of a program from a dinner commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Woodrow Wilson, who was the 28th president of the United State, sponsored by the City of Columbia and the State of South Carolina held at Hotel Columbia on December 28, 1956. The dinner was attended by several notable South Carolinians including Columbia, SC Mayor J. Clarence Dreher, Jr., South Carolina Governor George Bell Timmerman, Jr., and former South Carolina Governor James F. Byrnes. President Woodrow Wilson lived in Columbia, SC from 1870 to 1874 while his father was a professor at the Columbia Theological Seminary.
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Robert C. Winthrop's Personal Letters - Accession 1010 - M476 (527)
Robert Charles Winthrop
The Robert C. Winthrop Letters Collection contains six personal letters of Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894) lawyer and philanthropist who was the benefactor and namesake for Winthrop University. In this collection, there is an invitation to a gentleman for lunch, a thank you note, an accepting to an invitation, and a request for Abraham Lincoln’s autograph.
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Winthrop Centennial Album Photograph Collection - Accession 641 - M279 (329)
Winthrop University
The Winthrop Centennial Album Photograph Collection consists of copies of photographs of Rock Hill, South Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina that were used in Winthrop’s pictorial history in 1986. Included are seven photographs: two photographs of Strawberry Hill Plantation in November 1897; one photograph showing the making of a street in Rock Hill, SC around 1890; one photograph showing white horses pulling a chariot in a parade in Rock Hill, SC; one photograph showing a map of North and South Carolina in 1882; one photograph of the Columbia Opera House; one of a Columbia, SC street scene depicting children and animals.
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Winthrop Presidential No Confidence Controversy Papers - Accession 1345
Winthrop University, Anthony Joseph DiGiorgio, William Blough, and Robert Gorman
The Winthrop Presidential No Confidence Controversy Papers relate to the Vote of No Confidence by Winthrop faculty of Winthrop President, Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio and the papers consists of correspondence, editions of the Johnsonian, photocopied newspaper articles from The Herald and the York Observer, Winthrop University budget information, salary information, incoming Freshmen SAT scores along with average of other local colleges in South Carolina, Tenure information, newspaper articles on art student censorship scandal and the DiGiorgio presidency, correspondence between Winthrop staff and Herbert Kirsh pertaining to DiGiorgio, and various records pertaining to the No Confidence controversy that occurred under President DiGiorgio’s term.
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Winthrop Presidential Vote of No Confidence Papers - Accession 1530
Winthrop University, Anthony Joseph DiGiorgio, William Blough, and Robert Gorman
The Winthrop Presidential No Confidence Controversy Papers relate to the Vote of No Confidence by Winthrop Faculty Conference of Winthrop President, Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio. The collection contains papers from the Board of Trustees, Faculty Conference meetings, evaluations of the President, problems at Winthrop, Freedom of Information Act, rumors reported, and papers from different clubs or organizations meeting at that time.
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Woman's Club of Rock Hill Yearbooks - Accession 154 - M75 (90-91)
Women's Club of Rock Hill
The Woman's Club of Rock Hill Yearbooks details the structure and activities of the the organization. The Women’s Club of Rock Hill's mission is to further the cultural, educational, and social interest of its members and to promote interest in Rock Hill, SC's civic development and welfare.
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Woman's Club Yearbooks - Accession 39 - M14 (24)
Women's Club of Rock Hill
The Woman's Club Yearbooks Collection consists of a Woman’s Club of Rock Hill Yearbook (1950-1951) and Woman's Club of Gaffney Yearbook (1935-1936).
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Women's Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 219
Women's Club of Rock Hill
The Women's Club of Rock Hill's mission is to further the cultural, educational, and social interest of its members and to promote interest in Rock Hill’s civic development and welfare. The Women's Club of Rock Hill Records consist of constitutions and bylaws, histories, minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, program notes, brochures, newsletters, membership lists, yearbooks, questions, certificates, awards, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The records also relate to the thirteen affiliated clubs comprising the Woman’s Club of Rock Hill: Amateur Arts, Arts Appreciation, Book Discussion, Book Lovers, Crafts, Hearthstone, Hermitage, Home Study, Lantern, Literary, Outlook, Palmetto, and Politeia, and to other records for the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Club and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Records of various organizations not directly related to the Woman’s Club of Rock Hill are also included, such as the Tri-County Parents Without Partners, the Rock Hill Community Council, the Rock Hill Model Cities Commission, the Rock Hill Senior Center, and the South Carolina Conference on the Status of Women.
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Junior Women's Club Girls' Home - Accession 698 - M314 (365)
Women's Club of Rock Hill, Junior
The Junior Women's Club Girls' Home Records details the establishment and operation of the Rock Hill Girls Home by the Junior Women’s Club of Rock Hill, SC. The records consist of minutes, correspondence, promotional material and newspaper clippings documenting the history, purpose, and the progress of the Girls Home sponsored by the Junior Women's Club of Rock Hill. The Rock Hill Girls’ Home opened in 1972 under the sponsorship of the Junior Women’s Club and there primary goal was to reunite troubled girls between 12 and 16 who need short-term counseling with their families.
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Junior Women's Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 94
Women's Club of Rock Hill, Junior
The Junior Woman's Club of Rock Hill Records consist of an historical file, minutes, correspondence, membership lists, financial records, project reports, newsletters, yearbook and thirty scrapbooks relating to the growth, activities and community contributions of the Rock Hill Junior Women’s Club from 1955 to 2000.
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South Carolina Federation of Women's Club Yearbook - Accession 92 - M41 (54)
Women's Club, South Carolina Federation
The South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs Yearbook (1924-1925) describes the activities and accomplishments of the Federation during the previous year and reports on various subjects. Reports include such subjects as American Citizenship, Community Service and Civics, Friendly Co-operation with Ex-Service Men, Applied Education, Education, Home Economics, Library Extension, Home Demonstration, Fine Arts, Art, Music, Literature, Legislation, Publicity, Public Welfare, Child Welfare, Health, Industrial and Social Conditions, International Relations, Recreation, Anti-Narcotics and Federation business.
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South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs Records - Accession 272
Women's Clubs, South Carolina Federation
The South Carolina Federation of Women's Club was organized on June 15, 1898 in Seneca, SC and was admitted to the General Federation of Women's Clubs on July 29, 1899. The Women's Club is one of the oldest nonpartisan and nondenominational women’s service organizations in the country which strives to unite diverse women in a single goal to improve the lives of others by bringing about cooperation between the many women's clubs in the state. The South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs Records consist of a retrospective 10 year history of the formation and early years of the SCFWC, constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, annual reports , minutes, program notes, financial records, yearbooks, directories, speeches, bulletins, magazines, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. More than half of the collection consists of SCFWC yearbooks, and the South Carolina Clubwoman magazine and its predecessor, the Keystone. These provide a rich source of information on women’s history throughout South Carolina. The records also provide some information on the General Federation of Women’s clubs and the various state organizations which make it up.
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Women's Investment Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 1546
Women's Investment Club of Rock Hill; Investment Club; and Rock Hill, SC, Club
The Women’s Investment Club of Rock Hill (WICRH) Records consist of by-laws, articles of partnership, meeting minutes, correspondence, member rosters, biographies, certificates and awards, stock information and securities evaluations, investment progress sheets, and investment research. The WICRH was founded in 1993 as a cooperative partnership formed “for the purpose of educating the members in securities evaluation and for investment through periodic contributions by the members for their mutual benefit.”
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Heber Rhea Thomas Workman Papers - Accession 308
Heber Rhea Thomas Workman
Heber Rhea Thomas “Dimples” Workman (1918-1988) was a 1937 graduate of Winthrop College and was an English professor at Columbia College from 1957 to 1977. She was married to journalist and politician William Douglas Workman Jr. and the mother of former mayor of Greenville, SC, William Douglas Workman III. The Heber Rhea Thomas Workman Papers consist of correspondence, reports, resolutions, minutes, membership lists, newsletters, and newspaper clippings relating to Mrs. Workman’s tenure as Winthrop College Alumni Association President and to the history of Winthrop alumni-administration relations.
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Paul D. Workman Photograph Collection- Accession 1109
Paul D. Workman
The Paul D. Workman Photograph Collection consists of photographs taken by Rock Hill, SC resident and WWII veteran Major Paul D. Workman (1900-1968). Maj. Workman was the nephew of Winthrop founder and first president, David Bancroft Johnson (1856-1928) through Dr. Johnson’s half-sister Florence Nance Workman (1872-1940). The collection consists of 168 slides, 5 negatives, and 76 photograph prints. Most of the images are of Rock Hill, SC and are of spring scenes including Glencairn Gardens and other gardens, the Rock Hill Centennial Parade in 1952, local businesses, Sullivan Middle School (formerly Rock Hill High School, the Southern Rail Road, and the Elks Club of Rock Hill.
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Work Projects Administration: Research and Records Work in South Carolina Report - Accession 131 - M58 (73)
Work Projects Administration
The Research and Records Work in South Carolina Report was conducted by the Professional and Service Division of the Works Project Administration. The report describes the various projects undertaken by the division to gather and publish from available records basic facts concerning the socioeconomic and governmental structure of the state. The report offers an abstract of all the reports, surveys, and projects produced by the Professional and Service Division of the Works Projects Administration in the state of South Carolina as of 1940. The reports, surveys, and projects with abstracts include: Farm Mortgage Survey (1937); Survey of Sales Price and Assessed Value of Farm Real estate (1938-1939); Survey of Farm Real estate Tax Delinquency (1938-1939); Property Identification Map (1938-1940); A Graphic Appraisal of South Carolina (1939); Cancer Survey (1939-1940); Rural Housing Survey (1939-1940); Social Survey of South Carolina (1939-1940); Farm Family Food Study (1939); Housing Survey (1939-1940); Park and Recreational Area Survey (1938); Park and Recreational Activity Study (1939-1940); Forest Resources Survey (1938); South Carolina Historical Records Survey (1935-1940); Statewide Historical Project (1935-1938); Charleston Historical Project (1935-1940); manuscript and Newspaper Work (1936-1940); Preservation of early Public Records (1935-1940); County Records Indexing and Filing (1935-1940);
