Manuscript Collection
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World War I Photographs - Accession 228 - M98 (126-127)
World War I
The World War I Photograph Collection consists of copies of photographs of World War I Battle scenes taken by Rock Hill resident Captain Charles S. Caldwell, a captain in the U.S. Army medical corps, who served in Belgium and France from August, 1918, to July, 1919.
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World War II Ship Photographs - Accession 708 - M321 (372)
World War II
The World War II Ship Photograph Collection consists of 43 Photographs of World War II vessels including: USS Baussell, USS Comstock, USS Ernest G. Small, USS Gherardi, USS Benner, USS Cree, USS Fort Marion, USS Grouse, USS Bon Homme Richard, USS Cubera, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Greenlet, USS Chara, USS Edisto, USS Fred T. Berry, USS Juneau, USS Clamagore, USS Epperson, USS Gearling, USS Manchester, USS Navarro, USS Salamonie, USS Te Chandler, USS Worcerter, USS Newport News, USS Remora, USS Threadfin, USS President Jackson, USS Synder, USS Vogelgesang, USS Pursuit, USS Solace, USS Vulcan, and eight other photographs without names.
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Guide to the Origin of Names of Military Installations in South Carolina - Accession 134 - M61 (76)
World War II Military Installations in South Carolina and Mary Moore Allen
The Origin of Names of Army and Air Corps Posts, Camps & Stations in World War II in South Carolina by Mary Moore Allen of Goldsboro, North Carolina details the origin of names and brief history for army and air corps, posts, camps and stations built during World War II.
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World War II Prisoner of War Tag - Accession 269 - M116 (148)
World War II Prisoner of War Tag
The World War II Prisoner of War collection consists of a World War II prisoner of war tag issued by the United State Printing Office in 1942.
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A Diary of Gladys Terriberry - Accession 1045 - M469 (520)
World War I and Gladys Terriberry
This collection consists of a Diary of Gladys Terriberry: American Army Nurse, France, 1918 which was transcribed with historical background by David J. Riley. It is a transcription of a diary of Gladys Terriberry (1888-1975) who was an American U.S. Army nurse who was stationed at a base hospital in France during WWI. The Diary covers the period from February 7, 1918 through August 11, 1918. Gladys was stationed in Chaumont in the Marne Valley at the Base Hospital No. 15. She mostly wrote about "more pleasant activities and friendships" instead of "the horrors of the war."
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Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 197
Marion Allan Wright
The Marion Allan Wright Papers consist of correspondence, a journal, autobiographical writings, bibliographies, biographical data, essays, speeches, book reviews, short stories, poems, letters to the editor, oral history transcripts and other papers. Subjects include the death penalty, the civil rights movement, civil liberties, libraries in South Carolina and politics. Correspondents include R. Beverly Herbert, L. Mendel Rivers, J, William Fulbright, Sam Ervin, Jr., Reverend James P. Dees, Preston Wright (Wright's brother) and other relatives. See Acc 48 for an earlier accession of Wright papers and the oral history collection for recorded interviews with Wright.
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Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 48
Marion Allan Wright
The Marion Allan Wright Papers consist mainly of speeches relating to civil rights, civil liberties, the role of libraries in society, and capital punishment, but also included are autobiographical writings, articles, correspondence, and biographical data concerning the civil rights movement.
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Eliza Ragsdale Wylie Papers - Accession 307
Eliza Ragsdale Wylie
Eliza Ragsdale Wylie (1878-1964) was a genealogist and historian from Chester County, South Carolina. The Elizabeth Ragsdale Wylie Papers consists of personal and business correspondence, financial papers, research notes, lineage charts, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating to family history and Chester County history. Much of the material concerns the ancestry of the Ragsdale, Wylie, Caldwell, Crawford, Dargan, Harrison, Thorn, and Wall families.
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Colleen Cecilia Yates Papers - Accession 296
Colleen Cecilia Yates
Colleen Cecilia Yates (1929- s.l.) was a 1950 graduate of Winthrop College and a politician and civic leader from Sumter, S.C. The Colleen Cecilia Yates Papers consist of biographical data, speeches, reports, memoranda, and newspaper clippings, mainly documenting her political activities, including her unsuccessful race against Congressman Ken Holland for the 5th district seat. Also included are some newspaper clippings relating to the Civil War and its aftermath. One clipping provides General Wade Hampton’s account of General William T. Sherman’s destruction of Columbia.
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Hilliard C. Yongue Family Papers - Accession 662 - M292 (343)
Yongue Family and Hilliard C. Yongue
The Hilliard C. Yongue Family Papers consists of a genealogy and history of the Yongue Family of Chester, SC descended from Hilliard Calamanchus Yongue (1832-1896) and covers the years 1806 through 1992.
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York County Land Records - Accession 382 - M156 (197)
York County
The York County Land Records collection consists of positive photocopies of land plots, deeds, and wills of Thomas D. Spratt and his family and of James McKee, Hugh White, and Robert Harris. These lands are in the same general area along the Catawba River and in the lands once belonging to the Catawba Nation. Other names mentioned in records are James Jackson, Joseph F. White, and John Merritt.
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York County Lease Holders Land Plat Map - Accession 549
York County
The York County Lease Holders Land Plat Map (69 ¾” x 48”) consists of a partial listing of people to whom grants of land, located in the Catawba Indian Boundary, were made by the commissioner of locations for York District,South Carolina during the years 1841-1842. Other grants were made upon expiration of leases as late as 1855 to surviving heirs, assignees, and transferees of earlier leaseholders. This map was prepared by Mr.& Mrs. J. Thomas Williams, Sr. from existing information obtained from plats on file in the York County Courthouse as of July 30, 1983.
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York County Photographs - Accession 38 - M13 (23)
York County
One photograph depicts, the “Klan Oak” located 2 miles south of Fort Mill, Route #36. Tradition says the Ku Klux Klan in the Eastern part of York County in late 1800s gathered here. The other photograph is the school established on Saluda Street by Willie Chisholm for purpose of training black females as maids.
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York County Bar Association Newsletter- Accession 811
York County Bar Association Newsletter
The York County Bar was incorporated in 1898 and is a non-profit professional membership association of attorneys and judges which serves the needs of the lawyers, judges and public of York County, SC. This collection consists of the newsletter, York County Bar Newsletter, produced for York County Bar Association (YCBA) members “to communicate items of interest to the York County Bar, including news, personnel changes, Bar Association business, and jury verdicts from the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit.”
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York County Board of Realtors,Inc. Records - Accession 274
York County Board of Realtors, Inc.
The Rock Hill Board of Realtors was founded in 1955 to promote and maintain high standards of conduct in the real estate business and to unite those engaged in the recognized branches of the real estate business in York County for the purpose of exerting a beneficial influence upon the real estate business and related interests. In 1976 the Rock Hill Board of Realtors became the York County Board of Realtors and, in 1977, the organization was incorporated. The York County Board of Realtors, Inc. Records consist of correspondence, constitutions, bylaws, minutes, financial records, reports, program notes, reference manuals, membership records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, bulletins, and pamphlets. The records are a good source of information not only for those doing research on the York County Board of Realtors, but for those researching the South Carolina Association of Realtors.
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York County Commission For Technical Education Minutes - Accession 279
York County Commission For Technical Education
The York County Commission for Technical Education is a local body established simultaneously with York Technical College (1964) to guide the physical and academic development of York Tech. The records consist entirely of minutes of Commission meetings.
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York County Cross Reference Directory - Accession 317
York County Cross Reference Directory
The York County Cross Reference Directory, City and Rural Coverage covers York County, South Carolina consisting of Rock Hill, SC, York, SC, Clover, SC, Hickory Grove, SC, Fort Mill, SC, Sharon, SC, and other small communities in York County, South Carolina. The directory is divided into a street section and a numerical phone section.
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York County Deeds - Accession 603 - M263 (312-313)
York County Deeds
The York County Deeds collection consists of real estate deeds registered in York County, S.C. with the exception of one from Iredell County, N.C., one arrest warrant, a court summons, a certificate of guardianship, and a sheriff’s title. Principle people involved in the transactions were Franklin H. Brown, Henry l. Killam, Samuel C. Youngblood, and member of the Fewell, Johnson, and Moore families.
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York County History - Accession 68 - M30 (42)
York County History
The York County History collection consists of a brief summary of York County, SC history from its settlement in 1750 to the Great Depression in the 1930s. The author is unknown.
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York County Human Services Demonstration Project Report - Accession 588 - M252 (301)
York County Human Services
The York County human Services Demonstration Project Report was authorized by the Chairman of the Interagency Demonstration Area Coordinating Committee, the Project Managing Authority for the York County Human Services Demonstration Project. The purpose of the project was to establish a demonstration model whereby the delivery of human services could be researched and studied in order to improve the availability, quality, and cost effectiveness of such services and to provide for a more efficient and orderly manner of service delivery.
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History of York County Library 1884-1984 - Accession 1064 - M479 (530)
York County Library
This collection consists of a brochure York County Library 1884-1984 written by Ruth Byers and Anne Harper to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the York County Library. The brochure details its history from Reverend James Spratt White (1841-1891) who founded the Rock Hill Public Library in 1884 up to the York County Public Library system in 1984. The publication also details the history the Palmetto Branch (1936), the York Public Library (1915), the Clover Public Library (1944), the Traveling Library (1937), and the Fort Mill Library (1964).
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York County Multiethnic Heritage Project Collection - Accession 186
York County Multiethnic Heritage Project
The York County Multiethnic Heritage project, administered by Dr. Joyce Pettigrew Berman of Winthrop’s English faculty, was made possible by a $38,000 grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of the U.S. Government. The purpose of the project was to study the total contributions of ethnic groups to the total cultural heritage of York County School District No. 3, the York County Nature Museum and the City of Rock Hill Recreation Department. The project, which began in July, 1976, and ended June 30, 1977, focused on ethnic groups in the area: Southern Appalachian, African-American and American Indian. The collection includes a wide variety of material that could be used for research on York County and for instructional purposes by teachers. The collection consists of magazines, newspaper clippings, books, photographs, slides, audio tapes, video cassettes, slide transparencies, and copies of historical documents such as letters and land records.
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York County Municipal Association Records - Accession 256 - M109 (140)
York County Municipal Association
The York County Municipal Association Records consist of by-laws, correspondence, minutes, agenda notes and financial records of the organization whose principle objective is to develop the Association as an agency for the cooperation of the municipalities of York County.
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York County Nature Museum Records - Accession 237
York County Nature Museum
The Children’s Nature Museum of Rock Hill, South Carolina (now called the Museum of York County) opened in 1950 as a result of a community effort led by the Junior Welfare League, to create a cultural opportunity for area children. The York County Nature Museum Records consist of bylaws, correspondence, legal and financial records, promotional materials, awards, and publications relating to the development of the museum in Rock Hill. These early organizational and developmental records were collected by Josephine B. Snypps during her tenure as chairman of the Children’s Nature Museum Committee of the Rock Hill Junior Welfare League, secretary of the Nature Museum’s (then named Rock Hill Children’s Nature Museum) Board of Directors, and treasurer of the Nature Museum.
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York County Annual Budget - Accession 1085 - M495 (546)
York County, SC
This collection consists of 1994-95 Annual Budget: York County Government, South Carolina. This bound volume consist of a breakdown of the operating and capital budgets for the operation of the county government of York County from 1994 through 1995.
