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Identifier

Accession 307

Inclusive Dates

1697-1975

Restrictions

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

Collection Size

10,882 pieces, 6.25 linear feet

Language

English

Historical Note

Eliza Ragsdale Wylie (1878-1964) was a genealogist and historian from Chester County, South Carolina.

Scope and Content Note

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.

Provenance

The papers of Eliza Ragsdale Wylie were deposited with the Archives on March 4, 1980 by Mrs. Lee McCrorey, Mrs. Wylie’s sister, via Mrs. Jean C. Agee and Mrs. Barnette Nichols.

Copyright

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

Eliza Ragsdale Wylie Papers - Accession 307

LC Subject Headings

Wylie, Eliza Ragsdale, 1878-1964--Archives; Wylie, Eliza Ragsdale, 1878-1964--Family; Women genealogists--South Carolina--Chester County; Women historians--South Carolina--Chester County; Ragsdale family; Wiley family; Caldwell family; Crawford family; Dorgan family; Harrison family; Thorne family; Walls family; Chester County (S.C.)--History; Chester County (S.C.)--Genealogy; South Carolina--History

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