Manuscript Collection
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John Jones Letter - Accession 7 - M6 (16)
John Jones
Accession 7 - M6 (16)The John Jones Letter was written by Mr. Jones in 1841, a farmer, from Montevallo, Alabama, to Jesse Trusdel of Santon in Kershaw District, South Carolina, in which Jones discusses economic and health conditions in Shelby County, Alabama, his family affairs, and future plans. The collection includes the envelope (in pieces) and a handwritten transcription.
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John Paul Jones Papers - Accession 607
John Paul Jones and American Revolutionary War
Accession 607John Paul Jones (1747-1792) was a U.S. Navy Captain during the Revolutionary war. The John Paul Jones Papers consists of 1776 list of U.S. navy captains, “A Plan for the Regulations & Equipment of the Navy” (1777), originals and typed transcripts of letters (1777) to Benjamin Franklin et. al. in Paris, Secretary of the Navy Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) and A. Livingston, and notes (1794) on expense of building, fitting and maintain a frigate for the U.S. Navy.
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Sarah Jones Plantation Account Book - Accession 758 - M353 (404)
Sarah Jones
Accession 758 - M353 (404)The Sarah Jones Plantation Notebook with lists of accounts due for supplies bought by Sarah Jones of Union, South Carolina for her plantation 1877 to 1880. There are also a few entries dated 1895.
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An Address to the People of South Carolina on the Present State of Public Affairs by Samuel Jordan - Accession 1190 - M558 (611)
Samuel Jordan
Accession 1190 - M558 (611)This collection consist of a booklet titled An Address to the People of South Carolina on the Present State of Public Affairs by Samuel Jordan published in 1834. The booklet includes reflections of Samuel Jordan (1793-1876) of Abbeville, S.C. concerning the rights and liberties of the citizens of South Carolina in relation to national concerns and, most specifically, nullification (the constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional).
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Edith Royster Judd Papers - Accession 1427 - M702 (758)
Edith Royster Judd
Accession 1427 - M702 (758)The collection consists of framed memorabilia pertaining to the Daughters of the American Revolution belonging to Edith Royster Judd including a photograph, lock of hair, certificate of membership into DAR, program honoring Mrs. Judd as Vice-President General, and several pins denoting her service in the organization. Also included are a photograph, notes relating to Mrs. Judd’s DAR service, articles relating to her accomplishments, and a copy of the Primary Library List: For North Carolina Children produced by the Primary Teachers’ Association of North Carolina which contains a note stating, “Work Initiated by E. R.” Mrs. Judd’s Winthrop Diploma was transferred to Memorabilia, W415.2-2B-1, Item 3.
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Rock Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce Scrapbooks - Accession 334
Junior Chamber of Commerce, Rock Hill and Jaycees, Rock Hill
Accession 334The Rock Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) is a not-for-profit organization that has provided leadership training through community service for more than 75 years. The Rock Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce Scrapbooks consists 8 scrapbooks (6 are very large oversize scrapbooks) detailing the events and activities of the organization. The scrapbooks contain mainly photographs and newspaper articles, but also contain programs, copies of the constitution and bylaws, correspondence, schedules of events and other records pertaining to the organizations activities. Some of the material is also related to the sister organization, the Jaycee-ettes and to other concerns of the city of Rock Hill, S.C. One of the scrapbooks concerns Lavinia Cox, Miss South Carolina, whom the Jaycees sponsored in 1976.
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Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Wade Hampton Council Records - Accession 1682
Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Wade Hampton Council and Rock Hill, SC, Club
Accession 1682Contained within the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Wade Hampton Council Records is primarily financial records, including old checks and bank statements, however there is also a printing plate with the seal of the JOUAM, and two identical ribbons presented to the Wade Hampton Council. This particular council no longer exists, however the overall Order is still running. Anyone interested in older financial records of this council will find this collection useful, as well as anyone interested in the organization’s seal. The records are all early 20th century, so anyone interested in how finance was conducted during that time, regardless of relation to the Order, may also have interest.
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Frances Crutchfield Kellers Winthrop and Family Letters Collection - Accession 1821
Frances Crutchfield Kellers
Accession 1821The Frances Crutchfield Kellers Winthrop and Family Letters Collection consists of letters written by Winthrop College graduate, Frances Crutchfield Kellers (1912-1993). Frances attended Winthrop from 1930-1934 and graduated with the Class of 1934. These letters are mostly addressed to her mother and father, describing various aspects of her time at Winthrop, her friends, her dorm-mates, her struggles and various escapades she enjoyed during her school days. The letters begin a few months before attending Winthrop and continue through the end of her junior year. Also included is a pocket calendar from the year 1986 as well as paper slips written by Frances Crutchfield Kellers in 1991 that give a brief summaries of some of the letters while at Winthrop.
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John Granberry Kelly Papers - Accession 30
John Granberry Kelly
Accession 30The John Granberry Kelly Papers consist mainly of correspondence but also included are reports, minutes, constitutions, speeches and other papers pertaining to Mr. Kelly’s work as Winthrop Registrar and to his role in organizing the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars.
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Robert C. Kendrick, Jr. Collection - Accession 439 - M177 (218)
Robert C. Kendrick Jr.
Accession 439 - M177 (218)The Robert C. Kendrick Collection consists of photocopies of historical articles: “The Present State of Carolina with Advice to the Settlers” written in 1682 by R. F. London and reprinted in North Carolina Genealogy, 1971; “Captain Samuel Cobrin’s company of Militia: The First Settlers of Gaston and Lincoln Counties” by Robert W. Ramsey and printed in Journal of North Carolina Genealogy; “Recollections of the Civil War” by John Daniel McDonnell, First Lieutenant Commanding Company E , South Carolina Volunteers, Longstreet’s Corps, including McDonnell’s service in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1864; “Details Concerning Battle of Williamson Plantation: York County, SC” by Fred M. Johnston; History of Yorkville, SC by an unknown author.
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Kennedy Family Papers - Accession 1131 - M519 (570)
Kennedy Family and Robert Kennedy
Accession 1131 - M519 (570)The Kennedy Family Papers consists of genealogical records following the lineage of Revolutionary War soldier and York County, SC resident Robert Kennedy (?-1813). The collection consists of photocopies of lineage charts, genealogical entries in the family bible, pension records, and other records relating the Kennedy family from 1150-1956 (bulk 1739-1956). The records were compiled and organized by Amelia Eliza Kennedy and Helen Kennedy.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Speeches - Accession 818 M373 (424)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Accession 808 - M373 (424)The John F. Kennedy Speeches Collection consists of a 16mm film titled Kennedy’s Last Message to Labor which was a speech he delivered to the AFL-CIO days before his assassination. Also included are five vinyl record recordings of John F. Kennedy including: John F. Kennedy’s Last Words To Labor and His Inaugural Address; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Memorial Album Highlights of Speeches Made by Our Beloved President (2 copies); John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Presidential Years 1960-1963 Original Speeches; Two Two For The Union: Two Presidents of the United States John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and Two Garment Workers Pauline Newman and Judy Anderson Talk About The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union…And Unionism;
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Kerr Artifact Collection - Accession 1527
Dorothy Kerr
Accession 1527The collection contains household artifacts from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Items included in the collection are a wax bead necklace, eyeglasses, a set of hand cotton cards, a clothes iron (or sad iron), a cast iron cobbler’s stand, a wooden shoe last and five wooden loom shuttles.
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Fay Johnston Kerr Papers - Accession 455 - M188 (299-230)
Fay Johnston Kerr
Accession 455 - M188 (229-230)The Fay Johnston Kerr Papers consists of genealogical materials compiled by Fay Johnston Kerr and Carl Brevard Kerr concerning the Johnston Family line. Included are pedigree charts, histories, articles, and notes. Of note is A Brief History of the Family of Johnston and The Johnston Family of Fort Mill Township. Also included are the allied family names of Faris, Henry, Spencer, Hand, Beard, and Kerr.
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Marcus M. Key Collection - Accession 734 - M338 (390)
Marcus M. Key
Accession 734 - M338 (390)The Marcus M. Key Papers consists of genealogical information on the Key and Daniel families of Louisa County, VA from 1605-1950. The collection consists of a paper entitled "The Louisa County (VA) Key Orphans" by Marcus M. Key and Jonathan B. Butcher and a lineage chart of the Daniel Family.
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Keystone Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 286 - M122 (155)
Keystone Club Of Rock Hill
Accession 286 - M122 (155)The Keystone Club of Rock Hill Records consist of constitutions, minutes, yearbooks and study program booklets from Winthrop’s Extension Dept. in the early 1920s. The Keystone Club of Rock Hill, SC was organized in 1914 as a women’s study group. The club was a charter member of Rock Hill City Federation of Women's Clubs and was a member of the State Federation of Women's Clubs and of the General Federation of Women's Clubs.
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James Pinckney Kinard Papers - Accession 8
James Pinckney Kinard
Accession 8The James Pinckney Kinard Papers consist of family history charts of the Kinard family and related Kuhn and Summer families, and a Kinard family history, personal correspondence including letters to and from his wife Lee Wicker Kinard (1873-1963), their daughter Nelle Kinard, and other family members, business correspondence, financial papers, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, and photographs pertaining to Kinard’s student days at the Citadel, his personal and family affairs, his teaching career, his presidency of Winthrop, and his efforts to get his literary manuscripts published. This collection consists primarily of correspondence and offers an informative insight into the personal lives and family affairs of Dr. Kinard and his wife, Mrs. Lee Wicker Kinard. The correspondence generally deals with Dr. Kinard’s struggle against the South Carolina legislature’s cuts in educational appropriations for Winthrop during the Depression; and his varied activities on behalf of Winthrop as President Emeritus. The collection also includes several unpublished manuscripts ranging from his student days at the Citadel to his later life. Areas of research would perhaps include, among others, biographical information on Dr. Kinard and social history during the Depression.
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Marguerite Dawson King Papers - Accession 1528
Marguerite Dawson King
Accession 1528Mrs. Marguerite Dawson King (1901-1979) was a very active and civic minded woman and the collection of her papers attests to the valuable contributions which can be made by women and by senior citizens. The King Papers are a valuable source of information on women in politics and on the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). This collection consists of letters, records, and newspapers which belonged to Marguerite Dawson King, concerning Mrs. King’s activities as chapter chairman and assistant state director of the AARP; as district chairman of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; as the first woman County Chairman of the democratic party in S.C. and as a member of the Democratic Women’s Council of S.C., and the York County Democratic Women’s Club.
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Marguerite Dawson King Papers - Accession 280
Marguerite Dawson King
Accession 280Mrs. Marguerite Dawson King (1901-1979) was a very active and civic minded woman and the collection of her papers attests to the valuable contributions which can be made by women and by senior citizens. The King Papers are a valuable source of information on women in politics and on the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, bylaws, reports, agendas, yearbooks, handbooks, newsletters, brochures, speeches, legislative bills, program notes, newspaper clippings, awards, and certificates concerning Mrs. King’s activities as chapter chairman and assistant state director of the AARP; as district chairman of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; as the first woman County Chairman of the democratic party in S.C. and as a member of the Democratic Women’s Council of S.C., the York County Democratic Women’s Club, Partners of the Americas, and the Order of the Eastern Star. Also included in the collection is information on the development of the city of Rock Hill, S.C.
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Sallie Thompson King Collection- Accession 1469 - M714 (770)
Sallie Thompson King
Accession 1469 - M714 (770)The Sallie Thompson King Collection consist of a brief biography of Sallie Thompson King (1886-1976), who was a 1910 graduate of Winthrop College, her 1907 Tatler yearbook, a carte de vis of Sallie Thompson upon her graduation in 1910, and photocopies of two photographs of Sallie and her class while teaching at Neals Creek and Lebanon in Anderson County, SC. The biography was written by her niece, Sally T. Aycock who was raised by Sallie Thompson King and her husband Arthur Gignilliat King (1878-1957).
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Battle of King's Mountain Collection - Accession 1722
King's Mountain, Battle of and Revolutionary War
Accession 1722The Battle of King’s Mountain Collection consists of newspapers and newspaper articles detailing the history of and celebration of the Battle of King’s Mountain during the American Revolution. Also included is Historical Sketch Of The Battle Of King’s Mountain, Fought Between The American and British Troops, At King’s Mountain, York Co., S.C. October 7, 1780 by Rev. Robert Lathan published in 1880, a pamphlet containing an address titled, “The Real Battle Of King’s Mountain…”delivered by Albert Mason Grist on October 14, 1938 to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Gastonia, NC, a postcard depicting Colonel Patrick Ferguson’s grave dated from the Sesquicentennial celebration held on October 7, 1930, a program celebrating the “Completion by the Federal Government of a National Monument in Recognition of the Decisive Importance of the Battle of King’s Mountain dated October 7, 1909, handwritten notes of the King’s Mountain Obelisk, and an annotated copy of the 1880 Address of Hon. John W. Daniel of Virginia at the 100th anniversary celebration from an unidentified newspaper.
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King's Mountain Iron Company Minute Book - Accession 390
King's Mountain Iron Company and Cherokee Iron Works
Accession 390This collection consists of microfilm copies of minutes of the King’s Mountain Iron Company located in Cherokee County, SC, which includes the Cherokee Iron Works. The collection consists of minutes of the annual meeting of the company’s Board of Directors as well as financial reports.
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Barbara Kirwan Papers - Accession 355
Barbara Kirwan
Accession 355This collection consists of bylaws, constitutions, reports, and related records pertaining to the American Society of Interior Designers, Interior Design Educators Council, Foundation for Interior Design Education, the American Home Economics Association, and the South Carolina Home Economics Association; together with Kirwan’s teaching files and faculty information, including tests, classroom grade books and student papers, photographs, Winthrop committee papers, interior design projects, and correspondence.
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Smith Kitchen Civil War Diary - Accession 703 - M317 (368)
Smith Kitchen
Accession 703 - M317 (368)The Smith Kitchen (also spelled Kitchens and Ketchen) Civil War Diary is a running diary describing various battles and the everyday tribulations endured by the common Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. The diary was kept by Sargent Smith Kitchen (1826-1914) of Company A, 17th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers from 1861-1865 and contains 72 pages on text. Smith Kitchen was born in June 1826 to Zachariah and Nancy Smith Kitchen. He had two brothers, Charles and William, both served with Smith Kitchen and died in the war.
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Kiwanis Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 239
Kiwanis Club, Rock Hill
Accession 239The Kiwanis Club of Rock Hill was chartered in 1920 as a service club with a direct mission of service to the youth of the Rock Hill and York County, SC community. The collection consists of meeting minutes, publications, monthly reports, membership records, club charter, and some correspondence relating to the work and development of the Kiwanis Club of Rock Hill. The collection provides a concise overview of the activities and meetings of the organization.
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Kiwanis Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 977
Kiwanis Club, Rock Hill
Accession 977The Kiwanis Club of Rock Hill Records contains attendance record, membership rosters, annual, club reports, club election reports, board meeting minutes, proposed budgets, semi-annual billing summaries, financial reports, various club related programs, notes, reports, letters, and one scrap book. The Kiwanis Club of Rock Hill was chartered in 1920 as a service club with a direct mission of service to the youth of the Rock Hill and York County, SC community.
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Knights of Honor Address - Accession 83 - M34 (36)
Knights of Honor Address
Accession 83 - M34 (36)The Knights of Honor Address is an address given at an unknown subordinate lodge that describes the founding of the organization and its mission to provide for families of deceased members and binding in fraternal bonds those who became members as well as espousing the accomplishments of the local lodge. The Knights of Honor, according to the report, was organized in Louisville, Kentucky in 1873 and the text mentions the founding as being 15 years prior thus dating the address as being 1888. At the time of the report it claimed 125,000 members and 3500 lodges.
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Knox-Wise Family Papers - Accession 591
Knox-Wise
Accession 591The Knox-Wise Family Papers includes a land grant issued to John Knox in 1768; diaries written by Dr. John Knox [1792-1859] covering the 1840s and 1850s; James N. Knox [1806-1880] covering 1859-1880; and William D. Knox [1847-1928] covering 1869-1928; indentures, deeds, receipts, court summonses and other papers of Hugh Knox [1757-1821], sheriff and justice of the peace in Chester County, South Carolina (ca. 1780s and 1790s); correspondence of James N. Knox, correspondence, and other professional papers of Dr. John Knox; correspondence, and other papers of William D. Knox, Superintendent of Education in Chester County from 1896-1928. Papers of various other members of the Knox and Wise families including Hugh Boyd Knox [1814-1886], Robert Knox [1796-1879], Sally Knox Wallace [1803-1901], Alexander Walker Wise, and Emmie R. Knox [1885-1969]; family histories of the Knox, Wise, Dunlap, Gaston, and Wilks families; church histories, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also included are three published volumes of the United Confederate Veterans Minutes of the 21st (1911) and 25th (1915) Annual Meeting and Reunion; and the minutes of the annual reunion of the South Carolina Division of the United Confederate Veterans (1921-1927).
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Eugene Arthur Kozlay Family Bible - Accession 1236
Eugene Arthur Kozlay
Accession 1236This collection consists of a bible belonging to Eugene Arthur Kozlay (ca1828-1883) who was an officer for the Union Army during the American Civil War. The bible in the collection is The self-interpreting Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments according to the Authorized Version; With An Introduction, Marginal References And Illustrations; A Summary Of The Several Books; An Analysis Of Each Chapter; A Paraphrase And Evangelical Reflections Upon The Most Important Passages; And Numerous Explanatory Notes by Rev. John Brown, D.D.. New Edition, In Which The Text Is More Fully Elucidated By Upwards of Eight Thousand Explanatory and Critical Notes, And Concluding Observations on Each Book, By The Rev. Henry Cooke, D.D., LL.D. New York: Johnson, Fry and Company 27 Beekman Street, 1876. This bible was owned by the Arthur Kozlay Family and includes a page notated with family birth, marriage, and death dates spanning from 1850 through 1931:
“Eugene A. Kozley married Emma L. Meeker April 9, 1857
Children:
- Emma Flora Kozlay (February 9, 1859 – May 13, 1860)
- Clara Louisa Kozlay (March 20, 1862 - October 29, 1931)
- Eugene Arthur Kozlay (August 7, 1863 - January 23, 1872)
- Bertha Kozlay (October 19, 1866 - September 5, 1867)
- William Henry Kozlay (August 11, 1868 - September 21, 1869)
- Charles Meeker Kozlay (March 5, 1870 - August 14, 1924)”
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Phil Lader Papers - Accession 529 - M227 (274-275)
Philip Lader
Accession 529 - M227 (274-275)President of Winthrop College (1983-1985). The Phil Lader Papers consists of letters and newspaper clippings pertaining to Lader’s political and business activities prior to his becoming Winthrop president. Includes letters from Strom Thurmond, Alexander Haig, and other prominent Americans.
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19th Century Ladies Magazine Collection - Accession 1101
Ladies Magazine, 19th Century
Accession 1101The 19th Century Ladies Magazine Collection consists of 6 editions of magazines published from 1858-1881. The collection consists of Peterson’s Magazine (December 1858), Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (September 1859), Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (December 1868), Demorest’s Monthly Magazine (July 1869), Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine (May 1881), and Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine (June 1881). These publications offer a wonderful source for research concerning the everyday life of women in the 19th century.
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Lancaster County History Collection - Accession 417
Lancaster County, South Carolina
Accession 417The collection consists of duplicate items from the Perry Belle Bennett Hough Collection located at the Lancaster Public Library. The records include correspondence, newspaper clippings, histories, genealogies, brochures, and pamphlets dealing with local and family history dating back to 1825. Subjects included are Springs Mills, the Belk brothers, Andrew Jackson, the Daughters of the American Revolution-Waxhaw Chapter (DAR), the Tamassee School, Marion Sims, Lancaster County churches, and South Carolina Civil War regiments.
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The Old Mill Stream - Accession 1067 - M482 (533)
Lando, SC
Accession 1067 - M482 (533)This collection consists of two copies of a magazine, The Old Mill Stream: Lando, South Carolina put together by Rev. Charles & Judi Inabinet, Susan Meiselas and the people of Lando, South Carolina. The magazine relates the history of the town of Lando located in Chester County, South Carolina, through oral history interviews, photographs, drawings, and essays. Subjects include Manetta Cotton Mill, child labor, education, influenza, World War I, and everyday life in Lando, South Carolina.
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Landsford Canal Assessment - Accession 1066 - M481 (532)
Landsford Canal
Accession 1066 - M481 (532)This collection consists of a copy of Landsford Canal State Park: The Landsford West Expansion (LWE) Tract, Summary: Assessment and Need for Purchase produced by the Landsford West Resource Team of the Catawba Valley Land Trust. It gives a general history of the South Carolina park and surrounding area, lists natural/cultural/educational resources associated with the park and area, includes maps, geological and architectural surveys, recreational and various other information concerning the Chester County park partially in Lancaster County, and the need for expansion further west into Chester county.
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Landsford Canal Records - Accession 135 - M62 (77)
Landsford Canal
Accession 135 - M62 (77)The Landsford Canal Records consist of newspaper clippings describing the history of the canal, photographs of the canal, and a report of the Landsford Committee, which was charged with investigating the conditions of the canal and making recommendations for its preservation and use by the general public. The Landsford Canal was built along the Catawba River in Chester and Lancaster counties, South Carolina to help make the river commercially navigable from 1820 to 1835 and to supply a direct water route from the upstate settlements and the towns on the fall line. The area is now a State Park.
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Robert Philips Lane Papers - Accession 108
Robert Philips Lane
Accession 108The Robert Philips Lane Papers consist of lecture notes, term papers, examinations, class rolls, seating charts, speech notes and papers relating to Dr. Lane’s career as an English professor at Winthrop. Comprising a significant portion of the collection are research notes, writings, research papers, and other notes on literary figures and genres while Dr. Robert Philip Lane was a student at Thayer Academy, Harvard University, and the University of North Carolina.
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Maude Moore Latham Tribute Booklet - Accession 428 - M173 (214)
Maude Moore Latham
Accession 428 - M173 (214)The Maude Moore Latham Tribute Booklet consists of a program of tributes to Mrs. Latham (1871-1951) who was the driving force, both actively and monetarily, behind the restoration of the Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina. These tributes were delivered at the dedication of the Maude Moore Latham Memorial Garden on April 8, 1961. Among those tributes included are Mrs. John A. Kellenberger, daughter of Mrs. Latham; Christopher Crittenden, Director of State Department of Archives and History; Morley Jeffers Williams, Landscape Architect; The Honorable Terry Sanford, Governor of North Carolina; William G. Perry, Restoration Architect; Louise M. Hunt; Virginia Brown Douglas; Gertrude S. Carroway, Restoration Director and Misses Mary R. Taylor and Lucie Taylor. Also included is an explanation of the memorial inscription on the tablet in the garden and a prayer of dedication by Rev. Robert L. Pugh, Supt., Craven County Schools. In addition the program included several photographs of the garden, Tryon Palace Restoration, and Mrs. Maude Moore Latham.
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Latimer House Restoration Collection - Accession 1638 - M802 (859)
Latimer House, Wilkerson Family, and Howard Randolph Wilkerson
Accession 1638 - M802 (859)This collection consists of 6 CDs containing scanned copies of a printed manuscript titled, The Restoration: Evolution of the “Latimer House” at 160 York Street, Chester, SC from about 1900 to 1980 by Howard and Helen Wilkerson, January 1997, also includes an update from July 2012. The manuscript details their experiences and how the restore the Latimer Home from when they purchased the property in 1974 and later sold it in 1979. The manuscript contains a history of the house and detailed explanations of their restoration efforts. It also contains many photographs and architectural drawings detailing their progress to completing the restoration. Also included in the collection are scanned copies of newspaper articles and clippings from the Chester News and Reporter (1975-1983) that relate to the Wilkerson’s restoration efforts and others related to the Wilkerson Family (including Howard and Helen Wilkerson and their children Howard R. Wilkerson, Eileen Wilkerson, and June Wilkerson Sealy (another son Alan Wilkerson is not represented by any articles) and several friends and neighbors in Chester, SC.
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Samuel Lowry Latimer, Jr. Papers - Accession 530
Samuel Lowry Latimer Jr., The State, McDavid Horton, Ambrose E. Gonzales, Narciso Gener Gonzales, and William Elliott Gonzales
Accession 530The personal papers of Samuel Lowry Latimer, Jr. (1891-1975) include insurance, financial and tax records, various state-related pamphlets, photographs (mainly from The State newspaper) and postcards, and galley proofs of Three Scores and Ten, a history of The State written by Mr. Latimer (published in 1970 under the title The Story of The State and the Gonzales Brothers, see appendix #2). Also included are items of personal and business correspondence of Mr. Latimer and Major McDavid Horton (1884-1941) (editor of The State from 1938 to 1941), various personal items and memorabilia from Mr. Latimer’s two trips abroad, newspaper clippings and articles relating to or published in The State, critiques of The Story of The State and the Gonzales Brothers done by Mrs. Albert D. (May) Oliphant, and several miscellaneous newspaper articles. One of the major subjects of the collection is founding of The State newspapers and the Gonzales Brothers. The Gonzales brothers are Narciso Gener Gonzales (1858-1903), Ambrose Elliott Gonzales (1857-1926), and William Gonzales (1866-1937) and the former two founded The State newspaper in Columbia, SC in 1891. Narciso would later be gunned down on January 15, 1903 (he died four days later) by James H. Tillman. James Tillman was Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (and nephew of SC Senator Benjamin Tillman) and was a frequent target of criticism by the paper. Tillman would be acquitted by a jury despite many witnesses and received no punishment.
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James Latta Plantation Study - Accession 838 - M397 (448)
James Latta
Accession 838 - M397 (448)This collection consists of a study of the James Latta Plantation by Jack Orr Boyte to provide guidelines for continuing the preservation, restoration, reconstruction and demonstration of this early 19th century farm as a living history site. This study has information on boundaries, partnership, labor, trade, estate, overseer, land, remnants, equipment, records, etc. The plantation is located in the Hopewell Community of northern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The Latta House was built about 1800 by James Latta and was a cotton plantation which contained more than 800 acres during its most prosperous years. It is currently located within the Latta Plantation Nature Preserve and the original home and smokehouse is situated on a 62-acre lot.
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Jessie Huey Laurence Papers - Accession 5
Jessie Huey Laurence
Accession 5The Jessie Huey Laurence Papers primarily consist of correspondence, but also included are speeches, program notes, minutes, financial records, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks relating to her role in the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs (1928-1937); her promotion of a compulsory school attendance bill for South Carolina (1934-1936); the formation of the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1935); Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration (PWA) projects in South Carolina; and her interest in the Catawba Indians of York County, as chairman of Indian Affairs Committee for the Catawba Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Subjects include literacy, Santee-Cooper Dam, Winthrop College, World War II, York County Historical Society, York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties and family history material including: Adams, Craig, Jackson, Lesslie, Lessly, Mull, Muehl, Robinson, Taylor, Weidner, Witherspoon, and Wylie families.
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Laurens City Schools High School Diploma - Accession 1356 - M677 (732)
Laurens City Schools and Olivia Orme Adams
Accession 1356 - M677 (732)This collection consists of a Laurens City Schools High School Diploma awarded to Olie Orme Adams on May 19, 1905. Olivia (Olie) Orme Adams (1888-1978) would go on to graduate from Winthrop College with a Bachelor of Arts in Normal Latin on June 1, 1909 and a Master of Arts degree from Winthrop on June 2, 1914. She also employed as an Assistant Instructor in History at Winthrop College during the 1918-1919 academic year.
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South Carolina League of Nursing Records - Accession 477 - M196 (238)
League of Nursing, South Carolina
Accession 477 - M196 (238)The South Carolina League of Nursing Records consist of a copy of the act creating a State Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses, various reports concerning nursing and education of nurses in South Carolina, a brief history of nursing in South Carolina, and an obituary of Miss Nellie Cunningham, the first state nurse.
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League of Women Voters of South Carolina Records - Accession 236 - M100 (129)
League of Women Voters, South Carolina
Accession 236 - M100 (129)The League of Women Voters of South Carolina Records consist of a history which describes the League of Women Voters of South Carolina and its activities from 1920-1976 titled Proud Heritage: A History of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina 1920-1976 by Mary L. Bryan (1978). The League was the successor to the South Carolina Equal Suffrage League.
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South Carolina League of Women Voters Records - Accession 262
League of Women Voters, South Carolina Chapter
Accession 262The League of Women Voters of South Carolina Records consists of correspondence, minutes, annual reports, membership records, and state board reports, national board reports, records on provisional status, finance committee records, records of local government projects, newsletters, bulletins, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains studies that the league was involved with, such as: education, energy, air and the environment, public relations, prison study, welfare and foster homes, family courts, pamphlets on issues that the league was involved with and pamphlets and books of family issues. This collection also contains books and brochures on cities, towns and counties that the league dealt with including Rock Hill, SC and York County.
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York County League of Women Voters - Accession 161
League of Women Voters, York County
Accession 161The York County League of Women’s Voters is a political organization active in encouraging citizen participation in the electoral process and the government in general. The collection consists of bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, membership lists, newsletters, publications, program notes, minutes, annual reports, model cities information, project information, and questionnaires concerning the creation, activities and early history of the League.
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York County League of Women Voters Records - Accession 73
League of Women Voters, York County
Accession 73The York County League of Women Voters Records consist of constitutions, by-laws, correspondence, membership lists, newsletters, publications, election questionnaires and program notes, concerning the origin, development and early history of the League.
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Edmund D. Lewandowski Collection - Accession 1522
Edmund D. Lewandowski
Accession 1522The Edmund D. Lewandowski Collection consists of correspondence, notes, emails, newspaper clippings, exhibit catalogues, a signed print, and other material relating to Edmund D. Lewandowski (1914-1998), artist and Chairman of the Winthrop Art Department from 1973-1984.
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South Carolina Library Association Records - Accession 379
Library Association, South Carolina
Accession 379This collection consists primarily of detailed organizational records of the South Carolina Library Association (S.C.L.A.) for the period 1915-1981. Financial records of the organization are included. Comprehensive information concerning the S.C.L.A.’s annual conventions from 1915 until 1981 is present. Various projects in which S.C.L.A. participated (e.g. Tennessee Valley Library Council Survey, S.C.L.A. Loan Fund, National Library Week) are well-documented. Publications of the organization as well as other professional publications are included in the collection. Correspondence of the association’s president, treasurer, and secretary is found in this collection. S.C.L.A. was founded in 1915 with the purpose “to stimulate throughout South Carolina an interest in free public libraries and to promote the establishment of such libraries in all communities so that good books may be readily accessible to the people of all classes in every community in the State.” The purpose has evolved since “to arouse and stimulate an interest in the development of libraries, to be a medium of information in (that) regard..., and to bring into touch her library force that they may gather additional strength and inspiration for the work.”[1]
[1] South Carolina Library Association webpage (2021). https://www.scla.org/history-of-the-association
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Abraham Lincoln "Wanting to Work" Letter - Accession 1399 - M691 (747)
Abraham Lincoln
Accession 1399 - M691 (747)This collection consists of a copy of former President Abraham Lincoln’s famous “Wanting to Work” letter to Major George D. Ramsey dated October 17, 1861. The Archives copy of the letter is most likely a forgery, as the “real” letter was supposedly sold at auction in the late 1970s to the Forbes Magazine. The Archives’ copy of the “Wanting to Work” letter was given to Dr. Alta Y. Forbess and her husband in the 1950s as payment for a debt from a man while they lived in the Midwest. The man said that he had purchased the letter at an auction. The letter later changed hands to her sister, Carolyn Yelvington of York, SC who in turn donated it to the Winthrop Archives. The name of the man who claimed to have bought the letter at auction in the 1950s is not known.