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Identifier

Accession 19

Inclusive Dates

1785-1968 (Bulk: 1785-1935)

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

1,721 pieces, 1.25 linear feet

Language

English;

Historical Note

The Hutchison Family was a prominent family in Rock Hill, SC. Captain Adolphus Eugene Hutchison (1826-1905) founded the Rock Hill Cotton Mill.

Scope and Content Note

This collection is a valuable source on colonial life in the Carolinas, the southern antebellum plantation system, early relations with the Catawba Indians, post Civil War cotton manufacturing, especially in relation to the Rock Hill Cotton Mill established by Captain A. E. Hutchison, and the World War I era in Rock Hill. While the papers range from 1785 to 1968, the greatest part of the collection extends from the late 1780s to the early twentieth century. In addition to genealogical information, diaries, speeches, financial records, etc., located in a separate series, there are also included in the “General Correspondence and Related Papers” series such records as: last will and testament, inventory lists, certificates of indentured servants, legislative acts, (eg. 1840 Treaty with the Catawba Indians) and other similar documents. The Hutchison Family Papers consists of photocopies of the original material which was donated to the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina (Hutchison Family Papers – SCL-MS-11057).

Correspondents include Jude Grimke, A.E. Hutchison, David Hutchison, Hiram Hutchison, James Moore, John N. Morehead and Thomas Spratt.

Provenance

The papers of the Hutchison family, southern antebellum landholders, post Civil War cotton manufacturers, businessmen, lawyers and military officials, were received as a gift from Hiram Hutchison, by the College Archives on January 27, 1975.

Keywords

Textile mills, cotton, Catawba Indians, Native Americans, World War I, Spratt family, Johnston family, Moore family, Hutchison family, Mississippi, American Civil War, Rock Hill Academy, Jennie Johnston Hutchison, Anne Claire Hutchison

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Hutchison Family Papers - Accession 19

LC Subject Headings

Hutchinson family--Archives; Rock Hill Cotton Factory (Rock Hill, S.C.); Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church (Rock Hill, S.C.)--History; World War, 1914-1918--South Carolina; Catawba Indians--Land tenure--South Carolina; Indians of North America--Land tenure--South Carolina; Textile factories--South Carolina--Rock Hill; Plantations--South Carolina; Historic buildings--South Carolina--Rock Hill--History; Botanical gardens--South Carolina--Rock Hill--History; Rock Hill (S.C.)--Biography; Rock Hill (S.C.)--Genealogy; Rock Hill (S.C.)--History; Rock Hill (S.C.)--Social life and customs

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