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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 8

  The 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 1528

  Mrs. 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 280

  Mrs. 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 1722

  The 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 100^th 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 390

  This 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 355

  This 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, 17^th 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 239

  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. 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 977

  The 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 591

  The 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 1236

  This 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:

  1. Emma Flora Kozlay (February 9, 1859 – May 13, 1860)
  2. Clara Louisa Kozlay (March 20, 1862 - October 29, 1931)
  3. Eugene Arthur Kozlay (August 7, 1863 - January 23, 1872)
  4. Bertha Kozlay (October 19, 1866 - September 5, 1867)
  5. William Henry Kozlay (August 11, 1868 - September 21, 1869)
  6. 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 1101

  The 19^th 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 19^th century.

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  Lancaster County History Collection - Accession 417

  Lancaster County, South Carolina

  Accession 417

  The 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 108

  The 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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  Robert Philips Lane World War II Letters - Accession 881

  Robert Philips Lane and World War II

  Accession 881

  The Robert Philips Lane World War II Letters collection consists of letters written by Robert P. Lane to his parents during World War II. Dr. Robert Philips Lane (1914-1977) was a Professor of English and Department Chair at Winthrop College from 1962-1977. Most of the letters originated in India, where he was stationed for a lengthy period of time. Also included in this collection are blank letter sheet envelopes which were the U.S. official V-Mail. They were specifically used to write letters to the armed forces overseas.

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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 530

  The 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 19^th 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 5

  The 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

  Accession 262

  The 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 161

  The 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 73

  The 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 1522

  The 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 379

  This 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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  Interinstitutional Library Committee Records- Accession 604

  Library Committee, Interinstitutional

  Accession 604

  The Interinstitutional Library Committee Records consists of correspondence, reports, memos, minutes, pamphlets, suggestions submitted by members of the institutional library, and general information concerning the committee. The Interinstitutional Library Committee was organized in 1964 by the South Carolina Council of Presidents of the State Institutions of Higher Learning “to promote closer working cooperation between libraries and their staffs. Winthrop President Charles S. Davis was Chairman of the Council and appointed J. W. Gourlay of Clemson University as the first Chairman of the Interinstitutional Library Committee for South Carolina and the committee was composed of the Head Librarian of each of the state supported schools at the time.

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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.

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  Kate Evans Cathcart Lindsay Papers - Accession 198

  Kate Evans Cathcart Lindsay

  Accession 198

  Kate Evans Cathcart Lindsay (1898-1975) was a Winthrop graduate (Class of 1919) and a former president of the Greenville, SC Chapter of the Winthrop Alumni Association. The Kate Evans Cathcart Lindsay Papers consist of a scrapbook and a diary relating to Mrs. Lindsay’s college days at Winthrop, as well as, correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to her role as the Greenville Alumni Association President. Correspondents include James P. Kinard and Shelton Phelps. The collection is a great source for information concerning student life at Winthrop (1915-1919) and of collegiate life during World War I.

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  Lineberger Family Papers - Accession 323

  Lineberger Family, Thomas James Lineberger, and American Civil War

  Accession 323

  The Lineberger Family Papers consist entirely of photocopies of original correspondence, poems, newspaper clippings, photographs, and financial records. The collection also includes photocopies of original American Civil War era records including confederate correspondence, pay rolls, medical records, duty rosters, enlistment records and company rolls related to American Civil War. The bulk of the collection focuses on Company C 28^th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers and its captain, Thomas James Lineberger (1838-1928), who was awarded the Southern Cross and is an excellent source for North Carolina History during the Civil War. Thomas James Lineberger moved to Rock Hill, SC and is buried at Laurelwood Cemetery in Rock Hill along with his wife Zuleika McCombs Lineberger (1848-1919).

  Also included is a genealogy of the Lineberger family descended from John Lineberger (1771-1854) and his first wife Katherine Miller. Of special interest is a signed order issued by General Robert E. Lee dismissing his troops.

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  Walter L. Lingle Reminiscence - Accession 589 - M253 (302)

  Walter Lee Lingle

  Accession 589 - M253 (302)

  The Walter L. Lingle Reminiscence consists of Memories of Rock Hill by Walter L. Lingle, a Presbyterian minister, was published in commemoration of the centenary of the First Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill which he pastored from 1902 until 1907.

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  Memories of Rock Hill by Walter L. Lingle, D.D., LL.D - Accession 1303 - M647 (701)

  Walter Lee Lingle; Rock Hill, SC; and First Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill, SC

  Accession 1303 - M647 (701)

  This collection consists of a reminiscence titled, Memories of Rock Hill by Dr. Walter L. Lingle, .D., LL.D. published by Order of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church Rock Hill, South Carolina In Commemoration of the Centenary of the Church A.D. 1969. This reminiscence by Dr. Walter Lee Lingle (1868-1956) of his time in Rock Hill, S.C. from 1902 to 1907 when he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill, SC. He delivered this address on November 10, 1944 upon the occasion of the church’s 75^th anniversary. The address was printed in 1969 as part of the celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the organization of the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Lingle’s remarks include recollections of the church and its members, Rock Hill and its citizens, Winthrop college and events in the area. Dr. Lingle would later become President of Davidson College in North Carolina from 1929-1940.

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  Fort Mill Lions Club Records - Accession 647

  Lions Club, Fort Mill

  Accession 647

  This collection consists of records relating to the Fort Mill Lions Club in Fort Mill South Carolina, ranging from the years 1936 through 1984, written and/or organized by Fort Mill Lions Club secretary Orris L. Spires. Included within are records from Lions International Clubs founded within the state of South Carolina: Fort Mill Lions Club, Rock Hill Lions Club, Gaffney Lions Club, Union Lions Club, and York Lions Club. The collection includes bylaws and constitutions, meeting minutes, correspondence, administrative records, financial records, membership reports, records related to state conventions, manuals, pamphlets, newsletters, and newspaper clippings.

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  Rock Hill Lions Club Records - Accession 93

  Lions Club, Rock Hill

  Accession 93

  The Rock Hill Lions Club Records consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, program notes, newspaper clippings, bylaws, supply catalogs, magazines, annual directories, newsletters, bulletins, membership records, ballots, activity reports, memorabilia, and a poster. Most of the material consists of records relating to various fund raising activities sponsored by the Rock Hill Lions Club to obtain money for charities. About one-third of the collection consists of financial records. It is a good source of information, not only for those doing research on the Lions Club but for those researching work done with the blind, the poor, the Boys Home of the South in Greenville, SC, the Episcopal Church Home in York, SC, and the SC Eye Bank. The club functions as a community service organization.

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  Sara Vandiver Liverance Papers - Accession 65

  Sara Vandiver Liverance

  Accession 65

  The Sara Vandiver Liverance Papers include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, program notes, newspaper clippings, legislative bills and publications, concerning Mrs. Liverance’s efforts as legislative chairwoman to the S.C. Council for the Common Good, to get jury service for women in S.C., and in trying to improve nursing care in the state. While the collection extends from 1954 to 1981, most of the material is for the period from 1966 to 1973.

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  Living @ Sun City Carolina Lakes Magazine Collection- Accession 1415

  Living@ Sun City Carolina Lakes Magazine Collection

  Accession 1415

  This collection consists of Living @ Sun City Carolina Lakes magazine created to provide news and information specifically directed to the residents of the Sun City Carolina Lakes community in Indian Land, SC. This magazine contains articles written by and for residents and often includes historical reminiscences of the area and biographical articles of residents. The Sun City Carolina Lakes community was built on property that was formerly owned by former Sun City resident, Louise Pettus and the Pettus Family. Louise Pettus also wrote several articles for the magazine. This collection is continuing to be added to as we receive new editions.

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  Mrs. J. Palmer Lockwood Journal - Accession 34 - M10 (20)

  Mrs. J. Palmer Lockwood

  Accession 34 - M10 (20)

  The Mrs. J. Palmer Lockwood Journal consists of a 76 page journal kept by Mrs. J. Palmer (Leize Brown) Lockwood concerning how the poem Carolina by Henry Timrod became the South Carolina state song. There is also a description of how Mrs. Lockwood worked to popularize the song, three copies of Timrod’s poem, and a copy of a poem titled “Carolina” by Mary Frances Wickliffe, Winthrop faculty member from 1895 to 1919.

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  Emma Frew London Papers - Accession 1695

  Emma Frew London

  Accession 1695

  The Emma Frew London Papers consists of material collected by Winthrop College 1910 alumna, Emma Frew London (1890-1969). The papers consists mostly of scrapbooks and newspaper clippings related to Miss London’s family and her interests as well as to some of the organizations she belonged to. Included in the collection are correspondence, family narratives and histories, obituaries, church programs (weddings and funerals), photographs and negatives, diaries, and other records related to the London Family and extended family. There are also several ledgers of minutes and other records related to the Catawba-Ebenezer Township Tuberculosis Association. Of particular interest is a narrative titled “My Story” written by Emma Frew London’s mother, Emma Dora Frew London (1852-1937), about the origins of her family arriving in Rock Hill, SC just after General Sherman burned the bridge over the Catawba River during the American Civil War.

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  Roberta London Papers - Accession 844

  Roberta Alexander London

  Accession 844

  This collection contains the office files of Roberta London from the Department of Home Economics. Roberta Alexander London (1913-1998) was an assistant professor of home economics and director of the undergraduate dietetics program at Winthrop College from 1948 to 1977 and a 1934 graduate of Winthrop College. The collection consists of personal photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, research and information on specific foods, recipes, drafts and published editions of manuscripts, class notes and student files. There is also information concerning the American Dietetics Association, the South Carolina Dietetic Association, the Piedmont Dietetic Association, the American Home Economics Association, and the South Carolina Home Economics Association, including conference material, memos, and correspondence. Miss London was president of the S.C.D.A. in 1967.