Manuscript Collection
Fraser-Winthrop Papers - Accession 615
Files
Identifier
Accession 615
Inclusive Dates
1700-1905
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
4 microfiche
Language
English;
Scope and Content Note
The Fraser-Winthrop Papers consists of microfiche copies of “Sketches from Nature” by Alexander Fraser (1722-1860), a plantation owner and S.C. state legislator, and Charles Fraser (1782-1860), a Charleston, S.C. attorney and artist. The “Sketches” contain low country plantation and theater scenes, and studies of flowers and insects. Also included are notes (ca. 1700-1898) on the Winthrop family of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Charleston, South Carolina, two letters (1842, 1844) to Joseph Augustus Winthrop (1791-1864), Charleston, and seven letters (1806-1846) from Charles Fraser to his sisters and Miss Mary Witherspoon of Charleston.
Provenance
The microfiche was purchased from the South Carolina Historical Society as SCHS 6.
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Fraser-Winthrop Papers - Accession 615". Finding Aid 1060.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1060
LC Subject Headings
Fraser family; Winthrop family; Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860; Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860--Correspondence; Winthrop, Joseph Augustus, 1791-1864--Correspondence; Artists--South Carolina; Plantations--South Carolina--Pictorial works; South Carolina--History--Sources
Additional Notes
There are digital scans of the microfiche available for use in the Pettus Archives Research Area.