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  Addie Stokes Mayfield Papers - Accession 548

  Addie Stokes Mayfield, Mayfield Family, Stokes Family, Moore Family, Rawlinson Family, Hutchinson Family, Caldwell Family, Springs Family, and Baxter Family

  Accession 548

  The Addie Stokes Mayfield Papers consist mostly of photocopies of genealogical material collected and prepared by Winthrop Training School graduate (1933) and Winthrop College graduate (1937) Addie Stokes Mayfield (1916-1999) related to the Moore, Stokes, Rawlinson, Hutchinson, Caldwell, Springs, and Baxter families primarily from Rock Hill, SC. The genealogical entries span mostly from 1791 to 1983. The materials consists of biographical data and narratives on family members, lineage and family charts, genealogical notes, bible entries, correspondence and applications to the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Children of the Confederacy, etc., and nomination of the Stokes-Mayfield House (Rock Hill, South Carolina) to the National Register of Historic Places. The subjects of the biographical sketches include Dr. James Richmond Stokes (1877-1949), Harriet Baxter Rawlinson (1849-1933), Joel Woodward Rawlinson (1822-1888), Jane Moore Rawlinson (1820-1892), Addie Hutchinson Rawlinson Stokes (1883-1960), Walter Joel Rawlinson (1845-1928), Addie Hutchinson Caldwell Rawlinson (1851-1884), Dr. William Shakespeare Moore (1791-1867), and Harriet Baxter Springs Moore (1802-1832).

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  Women of the Mayflower and Women of Plymouth Colony Index - Accession 857 - M381 (432)

  Mayflower and Plymouth Colony, Women of, Index; Ethel J.R.C. Noyes; and Roberta Lea Cowart

  Accession 857 - M381 (432)

  This collection consists of the Index to the book The Women of the Mayflower and Women of Plymouth Colony, compiled by Roberta Lea Cowart in 1992 to help genealogists and researchers find the names of these women pioneers. The original publication being indexed by Ms. Cowart was The Women of the Mayflower and Women of Plymouth Colony written by Ethel J.R.C. Noyes in 1921. The index includes all the names of the women from Ms. Noyes' 1921 publication and the pages where they are mentioned.

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  Benjamin Whitman Mayo Civil War Diary - Accession 630 - M271 (321)

  Benjamin Whitman Mayo

  Accession 630 - M271 (321)

  The Benjamin Mayo Diary consists of a typescript copy of Massachusetts resident Benjamin Mayo’s unpublished Civil War Diary. Benjamin Whitman Mayo (1836-1908) served in the Union Army in Company I, 25^th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. He describes the condition of the army, it’s movements, and army life during the American Civil War.

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  Alice Claire McColl Collection - Accession 1367 - M683 (738-739)

  Alice Claire McColl and Winthrop College

  Accession 1367 - M683 (738-739)

  The Alice Claire McColl Collection consists of material collected by Alice Claire McColl (Class of 1966) and her time as Winthrop undergraduate student from 1962-1967. Alice is a member of the Class of 1966, but she graduated in December 1965. The collection includes a commencement bulletin, Johnsonian articles, schedules for classes and Winthrop events, advertisement flyers, handbooks/booklets, several artist series programs and flyers, and a Rat Week program. There are also special items including four Winthrop ID cards for Claire McColl, a meal ticket, a swimmer qualification, student government (SGA), and inspection cards, items pertaining to WDC, a notice of admission, a diploma cover, and two signs for Claire McColl. This collection offers a great window into the life of an undergraduate student at Winthrop during the early to mid-1960s.

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  McConnell Family Papers – Accession 340

  McConnell Family

  Accession 340

  The McConnell Family Papers consist of correspondence, land plots and deeds, Fifth Regiment “E” Company Roll of the South Carolina Volunteers, program pamphlet, journal, family papers, a photograph, and recollections by John Daniel McConnell of his service in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. All of the material primarily relates to the McConnell family members in North and South Carolina, but also contains some material from families located in other states.

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  Hugh J. McCorkle Papers - Accession 341

  Hugh Jetton McCorkle

  Accession 341

  Hugh Jetton McCorkle (1893-1979) was a noted banker and prominent citizen of York, S.C. He worked in a number of banks around the area before settling at the Bank of York for 35 years, first as Vice President and Executive Vice President from 1944 to 1959, as President from 1959 to 1974, and as Chairman of the Board from 1974 until his death in 1979. He served during World War I from 1915-1918 as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Armed Forces in the 105^th Engineers in France and Belgium. He was wounded in Bellicourt, France and received a Purple Heart. The collection contains a few World War Records including lists of First Platoon members, Class Cards, and certification as Sergeant 1st Class. Also included in the collection are citations and awards, newspaper clippings, photographs, a scrapbook, and other papers relating to Mr. McCorkle’s business and community activities. Included in the Hugh J. McCorkle papers is a biographical file containing sketches of McCorkle’s life and an outline of his activities.

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  J.L. McCrorey Civil War Diary - Accession 472 - M194 (236)

  J. L. McCrorey

  Accession 472 - M194 (236)

  The J. L. McCrorey Civil War Diary contains a photocopied excerpt from a diary of J. L. McCrorey, 2nd Lieut., Co. B, 4th South Carolina Calvary which covers his capture and life as a prisoner of war held by the Union Army during the American Civil War. Lieutenant McCrorey died on August 20th 1864 of "Congestion of the Lungs" while still a prisoner of war. The Diary was transcribed by Margie Peak in October 1940 from the original manuscript in the possession of J.L. McCrorey of Columbia, S.C.

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  McCrory's Five and Dime Store Records - Accession 1467

  McCrory's Five and Dime Store Records

  Accession 1467

  This collection contains correspondence, titles, and leases concerning James S. White Jr. and McCrory’s Dime Store, as well as, blueprints, newspaper clippings, and a McCrory’s Store inventory. McCrory’s Dime Store was located on Main Street in Rock Hill, South Carolina in a building built in 1901. McCrory’s operated from 1937 through 1997 and from 1960-1961 was the site of several “sit-in” protests by black students from nearby Friendship Jr. College.

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  McDonald-Sadler Family Genealogy - Accession 936 - M422 (473)

  McDonald Family and Sadler Family

  Accession 936 - M422 (473)

  This collection consists of the lineage of the McDonald–Sadler families of Mecklenburg, NC and Carthage, Tennessee covering the years 1763 to 1996 from William McDonald (born about 1763) and Elizabeth Sadler who were married in Mecklenburg County, NC on September 16, 1789. The McDonald-Sadler Family Genealogy Collection was compiled by Douglas Wade McDonald of Tacoma Washington.

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  McFadden-Dillingham Papers - Accession 901 - M412 (463)

  McFadden Family and Dillingham Family

  Accession 901 - M412 (463)

  The McFadden-Dillingham Papers include photographs, correspondence, a history of the Episcopal Church of Our Savior (Rock Hill, South Carolina), city directory of Ogdensburg, New York, newspaper articles and other papers relating to the family of William Dillingham (1840-1894) who was a Western Union Telegrapher in Rock Hill and his wife Eliza McFadden Dillingham (1856-1930) who are both buried in Laurelwood Cemetery in Rock Hill, SC.

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  Lindsay Crawford McFadden Certificate of Commission - Accession 677 - M300 (351)

  Lindsay Crawford McFadden

  Accession 677 - M300 (351)

  The Lindsay Crawford McFadden Certificate of Commission was given in the State of South Carolina, for the Volunteer State Troops. Lindsay Crawford McFadden (1881-1961) was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Company H., First Infantry given by Gov. M. F. Ansel on April 5, 1907. The South Carolina Volunteer State Troops were the equivalent of the State Militia or State Guard. Lindsay McFadden would later serve in WWI and is buried in Laurelwood Cemetery in Rock Hill, SC.

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  Lizzie Graham McFadden Civil War Reminiscence - Accession 784 - M359 (410)

  Lizzie Graham McFadden

  Accession 784 - M359 (410)

  The Lizzie Graham McFadden Civil War Reminiscence Collection consists of a typescript copy of a reminiscence by Mrs. J.B. (Lizzie Graham) McFadden about how her father James Graham who helped organize efforts in Chester, SC to feed and shelter Confederate soldiers coming through the area during the American Civil War. Mr. Graham who was too old to fight in the war organized "the ladies in the town into committees, one for each day of the week" who would make certain that "the boys" would be fed and the wounded cared for.

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  Robert Lawrence McFadden Papers - Accession 378

  Robert Lawrence McFadden

  Accession 378

  The Robert Lawrence McFadden Papers consist of correspondence, reports, minutes, studies, legislative bills, and acts, amendment copies, financial records, news releases, policy statements, maps and newspaper clippings relating to Mr. McFadden’s career as a member of the S.C. House of Representatives for District #50 of York County. the papers relate to such diverse topics and organizations as the York County Nature Museum, alcohol and drug abuse, the Catawba Regional Planning Council, the death penalty, public education, social services, Winthrop University and York Technical College, rural fire departments, et al. The collection is arranged so that the general correspondence appears first in the collection followed by a subject file arranged alphabetically. A random collection of newspaper clippings closes out the collection. All records are arranged in their respective subject files in general chronological order.

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  Robert Lawrence McFadden Papers - Accession 58

  Robert Lawrence McFadden

  Accession 58

  The Robert Lawrence McFadden Papers consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and financial records, relating to a wide range of topics and organizations, both at the state and York County level; including the York County Nature Museum, alcohol and drug abuse, the Catawba Regional Planning Council, the death penalty, public education, social services, Winthrop College and York Technical College, Catawba, South Carolina, Clover, South Carolina, Congaree Swamp, consumer protections, health care, Henry’s Knob, insurance, Jaycee Boys Home, judicial reform, dairy industry, Gov. John C. West, taxes, York County landfills, South Carolina wildlife, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Fort Mill, transportation, housing, senior citizens, South Carolina State Constitution revision, Home Rule, House Reapportionment, highways, environment, South Carolina Tricentennial. Celebration, York County Boys Home, civil defense, York General Hospital, race relations, and Veteran affairs.

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  McGee Family Papers - Accession 735 - M340 (391)

  McGee Family

  Accession 735 - M340 (391)

  The McGee Family Papers consists of photocopies of genealogical records including deeds, birth and death certificates, marriage licenses, and church records concerning the MaGee (Magee) family from Pennsylvania from 1709-1986.

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  Susie Norwood McKeown Papers - Accession 53 - M25 (36)

  Susie Norwood McKeown

  Accession 53 - M25 (36-37)

  The Susie Norwood McKeown Papers consist of correspondence, lists, statements and other papers mainly concerned with her work on the nominating and executive committees of South Carolina Library Association (SCLA).

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  Address of the Hon. J. Rion McKissick of Greenville, S.C. To the General Assembly of South Carolina - Accession 1201 - M569 (622)

  James Rion McKissick

  Accession 1201 - M569 (622)

  The collection consists of a publication titled Address of the Hon. J. Rion McKissick of Greenville, SC to the General Assembly of South Carolina in Joint Session at Columbia March 23, 1927 Upon the Occasion of the Presentation to the State of South Carolina of the Robe and the Gavel used by the Hon. William H. Wallace when presiding over the Historic “Wallace House” in 1876 published in 1927 in Columbia, SC. The publication consists of an address by James Rion McKissick (1884-1944) of Furman University to a joint session of the South Carolina general Assembly on March 23, 1927 concerning William H. Wallace and the events surrounding the South Carolina election of 1876. The address was given on the occasion of the presentation to the state of the robe and gavel used by Wallace as Speaker of the House in 1876. It includes biographical information about Wallace. McKissick became president of the University of South Carolina in 1936.

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  Marion W. McLester Papers - Accession 408 - M163 (204)

  Marion W. McLester

  Accession 408 - M163 (204)

  Dr. Marion Woodward Wright McLester (1895-1994) was civic leader and a principal and public school teacher in Sumter County, South Carolina from 1919 to 1964. The Marion Woodward McLester Papers consist of correspondence, reminiscences, and excerpts from an unpublished autobiography, relating to Mrs. McLester’s teaching career and work as a civic leader.

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  Medieval Manuscript Collection - Accession 1500

  Medieval Manuscripts

  Accession 1500

  The Medieval Manuscript Collection consists of documents dating from the 13th century. The collection consists of folios of music, law, the Bible, theology, Psalters, the Book of Hours, Science, Liturgy, as well as more modern representations of the medieval style. Although most of the pieces are from northern Europe, the reproductions are from the Middle East and North Africa. The works include notable authors such as Justinian, Thomas Aquinas, and John Chrysostom.

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  Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers - Accession 1049

  Dorothy Moser Medlin

  Accession 1049

  (The Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers are currently in processing.)

  This collection contains most of the records of Dorothy Medlin’s work and correspondence and also includes reference materials, notes, microfilm, photographic negatives related both to her professional and personal life. Additions include a FLES Handbook, co-authored by Dorothy Medlin and a decorative mirror belonging to Dorothy Medlin.

  Major series in this collection include: some original 18th century writings and ephemera and primary source material of André Morellet, extensive collection of secondary material on André Morellet's writings and translations, Winthrop related files, literary manuscripts and notes by Dorothy Medlin (1966-2011), copies of historical manuscripts and original research on various enlightenment figures, including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, information on the French Revolution and specifically le Terreur (1793-1794).

  
  

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  Miscellaneous Memorabilia - Accession 1397

  Memorabilia

  Accession 1397

  This collection consists of miscellaneous memorabilia where the provenance is unknown. Included in this collection is a George Washington 3 Cents Stamp (1851), Sheet Music for “My Lover is a Fisherman” (1922), World War II US Ration Stamps (1940s), American Flag with 48 Stars, Japanese Print of a Women playing a Shamisen, a Pin with a Torch embossed with the letter “A”, large oversize photograph of an unidentified man, and a small Bell with a Purple and White ribbon.

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  Honoring Fallen Soldiers: America's First Memorial Day - Accession 1181 - M549 (602)

  Memorial Day; Charleston, SC; and American Civil War

  Accession 1181 - M549 (602)

  This collection consists of a program of remembrance held on May3-4, 2002 honoring the first Memorial Day observed in Charleston, SC on May 1^st, 1865 to honor those that fought and died in the American Civil War. This 48 page program was edited by Catherine Clinton and consists of several articles and typescript copies of period newspaper articles from 1865-1867. The program contains a Preface titled “Keep Their Memory Green” by Catherine Clinton, an excerpt titled “Decoration Days” from David Blight’s Race And Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory published in 2001, and an article titled “Sites and Rites of Civil War Memory by Thomas Brown. Also included is a section titled “Selected Sources” which includes typescript copies of “The Martyrs of the Race Course” published in the Charleston Courier, May 2, 1865, “Martyrs of the Racecourse” published in Harper’s weekly, May 18, 1867, an excerpt from A Woman Doctor’s Civil War: Esther Hill Hawks’ Diary which was edited by Gerald Schwartz (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1985), an article by Rev. Richard H. Cain which was published in the A.M.E. Christian Recorder, April 21, 1866, and an excerpt from Frances Rollin, Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868.

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  Mary Hester Mendenhall Papers - Accession 1370

  Mary Hester Mendenhall

  Accession 1370

  The Mary Hester Mendenhall Papers consist of records from Winthrop Alumna, Mary Hester Mendenhall. Mary Hester Mendenhall was a graduate of Winthrop Normal and Industrial College in 1914. The collection contains numerous notebooks for courses taken at Winthrop from 1910 to 1914 and offers a glimpse into the curriculum of a student at Winthrop in the early 1910s. The course notebooks in this collection are indicative of the courses in agriculture, biology, history, English, psychology, and education classes taught at the college from 1910 to 1914.

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  Samuel Brooks Mendenhall Papers - Accession 115

  Samuel Brooks Mendenhall

  Accession 115

  The Samuel Brooks Mendenhall Papers consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, studies, newspaper clippings and other records, mainly relating to York County SC affairs. Subjects include public education, health, appropriations, legislation, taxes, home rule, Rock Hill history, South Carolina politics and government, York County SC economic conditions, York County Nature Museum, York County SC history, York General Hospital, Winthrop coeducation. Correspondents include Strom Thurmond, Ernest F. Hollings, Thomas S. Gettys, Kenneth L. Holland, Solomon Blatt, Frank Thornton, James B. Ellisor, and Jesse T. Anderson.

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  York County Mental Health Association Records - Accession 1679

  Mental Health Association, York County

  Accession 1679

  This collection consists of the records produced by the York County Mental Health Association and consists of the constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, membership lists and directories, and other records. In addition, there are records pertaining to the Mental Health Association in South Carolina and the National Mental Health Association. “The York County Mental Health Association was a volunteer organization, private and non-profit, dedicated to improving services for the mentally ill and removing the stigma of mental illness.” It was a local chapter of the Mental Health Association in South Carolina, a division of the National Mental Health Association.

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  York County Mental Health Association Records - Accession 553

  Mental Health Association, York County

  Accession 553

  This collection consists of a historical sketch, bylaws, correspondence, minutes, financial records, promotional materials, statistical reports, flyers and brochures, newspapers and newsletters relating to the York County Mental Health Association. In addition, there are records pertaining to the Mental Health Association in South Carolina and the National Mental Health Association. “The York County Mental Health Association was a volunteer organization, private and non-profit, dedicated to improving services for the mentally ill and removing the stigma of mental illness.” It was a local chapter of the Mental Health Association in South Carolina, a division of the National Mental Health Association.

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  History of Early Methodism in Rock Hill, SC - Accession 1127 - M516 (567)

  Methodism and William Boyce White Jr.

  Accession 1127 - M516 (567)

  This collection consists of Early Methodism in Rock Hill, South Carolina 1856-1881: A History of the first Twenty-Five Years in the Life and Ministry of St. John’s United Methodist Church by William Boyce White, Jr. This historical sketch provides a complete history of the St. John’s United Methodist Church from the years 1856-1881. Some of the things included in this book are drawings of the church, biographies of past pastors and a map of Rock Hill’s lots and streets.

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  Middlebrook Family Register - Accession 357 - M142 (178-179)

  Middlebrook Family

  Accession 357 - M142 (178-179)

  The Middlebrook Family Register collection consists of a photocopy of the Register of the Middlebrook Family: descendants of Joseph Middlebrook of Fairfield, Conn. by Louis F. Middlebrook, 1909. The publication contains deeds, war records, genealogical records of first through the tenth generation, and wills, inventories, and surveys concerning the Middlebrook Family from 1686-1908.

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  Middle Eastern Manuscript Collection - Accession 1392

  Middle Eastern Manuscripts

  Accession 1392

  The Middle Eastern Manuscript Collection consists of two manuscripts that were found in an abandoned monastery in the country of Armenia and was purchased at an antique market by Mr. B. L. Price while he was living in the Middle East. Mr. Price donated the manuscripts to Winthrop to honor two Winthrop graduates (Ruth Douglas Davis Horton, Class of 1929 and Carolyn Caldwell Gaddy, Class of 1931) that were professors of his while attending Wingate College. Mr. B. L. Price states, “I should like to give these two books in honor of the two graduates who have been of great influence to me and to thousands of other students.” The first manuscript, bound in animal-hyde, is a war chronicle chronicling the invasion of Mecca and is written in Arabic. The second manuscript, re-bound, consists of 38 chapters of the Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi, a commentary on jurisprudence written at the end of the 12th century by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (d. 593 [1197 CE]).

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  Arthur Middleton Papers - Accession 668

  Arthur Middleton

  Accession 668

  The papers relate to the life and career of Arthur Middleton (1742-1787) of Charleston, SC who was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, state legislator, Revolutionary leader, and member of the Continental Congress. The collection contains correspondence and memoranda regarding both public and military affairs in Charleston and Philadelphia, and such issues as the Currency, the national debt, motions made in Congress, naval and army defenses. Notes in code about the deliberations concerning the Declaration of Independence.

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  Henry Augustus Middleton Plantation Journal - Accession 806

  Henry Augustus Middleton

  Accession 806

  The Henry Augustus Middleton Plantation Journal collection consists of microfiche copies of a journal Henry Middleton began when he took over Weehaw Plantation in 1855 through the early days of the Civil War, when he began recruiting for Hampton’s Legion. The journal does included data that predates his taking over the plantation and includes lists of slaves on the plantation, children vaccinated, tasks assigned, allowances of clothing and provisions, expenses, fields planted, yields (1842-1861), overseers (1841-1861), livestock, tools, rules governing work, “Form Contract with Overseer”, “Supplies purchased, contacts made, clippings re Confederacy and agriculture, and for 1861, a personal diary. Henry Augustus Middleton (1793-1887) was a Georgetown County plantation Owner born to Thomas Middleton (1753-1797) and Anne Manigault Middleton (1762-1811).

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  Hugh Williford Millen Collection - Accession 1213 - M578 (631)

  Hugh Williford Millen

  Accession 1213 - M578 (631)

  This collection consists of memorabilia collected by Chester County native, Hugh Williford Millen (1927-1999) including his high school diploma dated June 2, 1944 from Oakley Hall High School in Chester County, SC. Also included in the collection are two commencement invitations (one belonging to Hugh Williford Millen and the other to William David Ernandez), an Oakley Hall Junior/Senior Banquet invitation, four pictures of buses, a handbook containing rules and instructions for the “Entry and Transfer of Animals in the Herd Register of the American Guernsey Cattle Club,” a record-book or 1915-1916 at the Mt. Holly Consolidated Rural Grade School, newspaper clippings ranging from 1915-1965, and a Mount Holly Methodist Church guide.

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  C.C. Miller Papers - Accession 1005

  Clarence Carl Miller Jr., Gill Family, Curry Family, Wylie Family, Walker Family, Mills Family, and Kelso/Kelsey Family

  Accession 1005

  The C. C. Miller papers consist of genealogical research conducted by Clarence Carl “Bud” Miller, Jr. (1934-2024). These papers are the result of Mr. Miller’s extensive research into the history of several families of Scots-Irish immigrants who settled in the detailed genealogical information and interesting personal anecdotes about the subjects, particularly the activities of several who were Revolutionary War soldiers. The papers include references to land grants as early as 1767 (see report by Crowder in folder 1) and specific details concerning numerous real property conveyances as early as 1774. The collection contains extensive family trees of the following families: Gill, Curry, Wylie, Walker, Mills, and Kelso/Kelsey. Mr. Miller’s research included examinations of church records (e.g. baptismal and cemetery), county records (e.g., deeds and wills), census data, applications for pensions deriving from Revolutionary War service, and published sources. Most of the family histories date back to the mid-1700s when the families emigrated from Ireland, settling first in Pennsylvania and then moving south. The collection incorporates research reports on the Gill and Walker families written by Mrs. Louise Crowder, as well as relevant information obtained from the extensive research of Dr. Lyman Draper during the 1800s. The Kelso/Kelsey family series of documents includes information on the family dating back to 1022 in Scotland. It appears that Mr. Miller’s wife was a Gill, as several documents reference. “The Chester/York County Ancestors of Paula (Gill) Miller.”

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  Miller Family Papers - Accession 754 - M350 (401)

  Miller Family

  Accession 754 - M350 (401)

  The Miller Family Papers consist of a pedigree chart of the Miller Family line from William Clarke Miller (1889-1973) of Chester, SC. and a letter sent to family members with genealogical charts requesting information on the Miller Family. The Miller Family Papers were compiled by John Hamilton Miller (1920-).

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  Miller Family Papers - Accession 204 - M90 (115-116)

  Miller Family and William Joseph Miller

  Accession 204 - M90 (115-116)

  The Miller Family Papers consist of notes on the Miller, Cathcart, and Roddey families, genealogical data on the Lindsay, Stewart, and McCaughrin families, and an American Civil War reminiscence of William Joseph Miller (1845-1918) entitled, “My Experience as a Soldier in the Confederate Army. Written at the Request of Barnette, My Only Living Daughter.” Miller served in the 12^th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers of the Confederate Army.

  William Joseph Miller (1845-1918) was the son of Joseph Miller (1823-1890) and Mary Cathcart Miller (1825-1894) and married Margaret Josephine Roddey Miller (1845-1906). William and Margaret had six children: Dr. Joseph Roddey Miller (1867-1931); William Walter Miller (1869-1943); Annie Vena Miller Black (1876-1885); Mary Cathcart Miller (1873-1885); Innis Josephine Miller (1877-1880); Barnette Wylie Miller Spencer (1880-1952);

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  Miller Family Bibles - Accession 1686

  Miller Family, Walkup Family, Cathcart Family, and William Joseph Miller

  Accession 1686

  The Miller Family Bibles consists of three family bibles which contain genealogical entries, photographs, newspaper clippings and obituaries, and other memorabilia. The genealogical entries consists of birth dates, death dates, marriage dates, and a couple narrative entries related to family history. The family history records relate mostly related to the Miller Family but also includes entries for other allied families: Walkup; Roddey; Williams; Black; Lindsay; Wylie; Cathcart; Spencer; Davis;

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  John Hamilton Miller Papers - Accession 1428

  John Hamilton Miller and Miller Family

  Accession 1428

  The John Hamilton Miller Papers consist of genealogical materials and research pertaining to the Miller, Hamilton, Borders, Elder, Grier, Harris, Hawthorne, Henry, Kennedy, Meek, Torbit, and Witherspoon allied families conducted by John Hamilton Miller (1920-2018). The records consist of genealogical charts (1700s-2012), family histories, photographs, correspondence, notes, diaries, certificates, newspaper articles, and memorabilia.

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  William Joseph Miller Civil War Reminiscence - Accession 41 - M16 (26)

  William Joseph Miller

  Accession 41 - M16 (26)

  The collection consists of a photocopy of a typescript account of William Joseph Miller’s experiences as a soldier in the Confederate Army, 12^th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers detailing his role in campaigns in South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. Also included is a genealogy of William Joseph Miller’s family with his dates of birth and death and a photograph of Miller. William Joseph Miller (1845-1918) was the son of Joseph Miller (1823-1890) and Mary Cathcart Miller (1825-1894) and married Margaret Josephine Roddey Miller (1845-1906). William and Margaret had six children: Dr. Joseph Roddey Miller (1867-1931); William Walter Miller (1869-1943); Annie Vena Miller Black (1876-1885); Mary Cathcart Miller (1873-1885); Innis Josephine Miller (1877-1880); Barnette Wylie Miller Spencer (1880-1952);

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  Robert Mills Papers - Accession 514

  Robert Mills

  Accession 514

  The Papers of Robert Mills consist of all manuscripts, known to have been preserved by his descendants. When H.M. Pierce Gallagher published her biography of Mills in 1935, part of this collection was in the possession of Thomas Dabney Dimitry, a descendant of one of Mills’ Daughters, Mary Powell, who married Alexander Dimitry. Another part was in the possession of Robert Mills Evans; he was a descendant of the only other daughter who had children, Sarah Jane, the wife of Dr. John Evans. Both parts were inherited by Richard X. Evans, who is a descendant of both of these daughters and thus twice a great-great-grandson of the architect.

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  William Wilson Mills Letters - Accession 580

  William Wilson Mills

  Accession 580

  This collection contains correspondence, but includes some notes and newspaper clippings on the Mills family of Mayesville, S.C. during the periods 1837-1839, 1856-1864, and 1866-1868. This collection mainly consists of letters from family to Reverend William Wilson Mills (1837-1905) while a student at South Carolina College in Columbia, SC, and while a Confederate soldier in the 9th Regiment Co. F of the South Carolina Volunteers. Mills was also at Manassas, Monticello Hospital in Charlottesville, VA and was finally transferred to an arsenal in Charleston, S.C. Also included are letters received while he was a student at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia, SC. The Letters from Mill’s sisters concerned events at home in Mayesville, S.C. and her life at Harmony boarding school in S.C. A great deal about education in the years noted can be discerned from the correspondence as well as some general description of Civil War events. There is also some general information on the business farming.

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  Philip B. Mishoe Diaries - Accession 267 - M112 (144)

  Philip B. Mishoe

  Accession 267 - M112 (144)

  The Philip B. Mishoe Diaries collection consists of photocopies of two diaries kept by Mr. Mishoe when he served as a seaman during World War II, first aboard the USS New York during North Atlantic Convoy duty and secondly, during Operation Torch, North Africa campaign.

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  Miskelley Family Genealogical Research Collection - Accession 1602 M785 (842)

  John Thomas Misskelley and Miskelley Family

  Accession 1602 - M785 (842)

  This collection consists of genealogical research (1730-1997) conducted and organized by John Thomas Misskelley concerning the Miskelley Family descended from James Miskelley (1730-1780) who is buried in York, South Carolina. The collection contains genealogical charts, family trees, data sheets, family anecdotes and other information concerning the Miskelley Family and allied families.

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  Molony-Ryan Family Correspondence - Accession 371 - M151 (191)

  Molony Family and Ryan Family

  Accession 371 - M151 (191)

  This collection consists of photocopies of correspondence of Mary Ann Molony and her niece Geraldine Bellinger Ryan (1851-1891). The correspondence concerns their efforts to become Ursuline nuns. Mary would later become Mother Mary Charles and Geraldine would become Mother Ignatius. Also included is information on merchants and politics in the mid 1800s as well as letters from a Confederate Civil War Soldier. Of particular interest is a letter (August 24, 1864) to Col. John J. Ryan (1817-1869) (Geraldine’s father) from General Johnson Hagood (1829-1898) concerning the fighting at Weldon Railroad or Golden Tavern Battle; in which Patrick Molony was killed on August 21, 1864. Please refer to the Memoirs of the War of Succession by General Johnson Hagood.

  *Please note that “Molony” is sometimes spelled Malony/Maloney.

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  Moltke Family Papers - Accession 667 - M293 (344)

  Moltke Family and Joseph Hart

  Accession 667 - M293 (344)

  The Moltke Family Papers consists of Joseph Hart's research concerning Count Oscar P. A. Von Moltke (1828-1882), who is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in York, SC, and the Motlke Family from Denmark that lived in York(ville), SC in the 1870s-1980s. Included in the collection is a translated reminiscence of York(ville), SC by Harald Moltke (1871-1960), son of Oscar Motlke, which describes life in Yorkville, SC from the perspective of a Danish immigrant. Harald Motlke was an accomplished painter and participated as a draughtsman in several Arctic expeditions in the 1890s and early 1900s with such noted arctic explorers as Knud Rasmussen, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, and Jørgen Brønlund. Also, included is correspondence and book excerpts concerning the Moltke Family.

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  Quilters's Oral History Project Collection - Accession 1278

  Dottie Moore, Quilters, Piecing a Quilt of Life, and Women Artists

  Accession 1278

  This collection contains materials related to Dottie Moore’s oral history project for the organization “Piecing a Quilt of Life.” Dottie Moore is a fiber artist from Rock Hill, SC. Mrs. Moore that specializes in quilt art. She has been featured in many art and craft shows and is the author of Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years and has been published in numerous magazines and newsletters. She is also the founder of Piecing a Quilt of Life, “an international project dedicated to empowering senior women by recognizing their creative abilities.” Through this project Mrs. Moore interviewed over a hundred women artists and the majority of this collection consists of materials related to this project. The collection includes audio cassette tapes of the interviews, transcriptions, correspondence, slides, brochures, forms, inventories, poems, a VHS tape of a South Carolina Educational Television show concerning the project, a DVD of containing her interactive book, Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years, and other materials related to the project. For more information about Dottie Moore and her work please visit her website.

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  Elizabeth Finley Moore Papers - Accession 327

  Elizabeth Finley Moore, Finley Family, Gist Family, Moore Family, and Neely Family

  Accession 327

  The Elizabeth Finley Moore Paper consists of correspondence, land grants, deeds, surveys and other legal documents (1763-1864), photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to some of the oldest families in the Catawba region. Documents trace area land ownership for several family names, including Neely, Finley, Moore, Gist, and Crenshaw. Several documents bear the signatures of Charles Pinckney or Henry Middleton. The collection also contains correspondence from family in Ireland, from students at Troy Female Seminary and the College of Charleston, and from family in World Wars I and II. There are papers relating to S.C. activities in the Revolution; S.C. including the Revolutionary War Recollections of Major Henry Moore (1755-1842), churches and church people; The Daughters of the American Revolution in York, S.C.; David Edward Finley, director of the National Gallery of Art; and the restoration of Rose Hill, the Union County mansion of SC Governor William Henry Gist (1807-1874). The collection is a valuable record of several generations of Moore family life.

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  John Hammond Moore Papers - Accession 435

  John Hammond Moore

  Accession 435

  The John Hammond Moore Papers consists of records and materials related to Dr. John Hammond Moore's literary career. Dr. Moore (1924-2017) was a Winthrop professor of History from 1962-1965. The vast majority of the papers relate to Dr. Moore’s book, The Faustball Tunnel, which is an account of the escape of 25 German prisoners of war from Papago Park Camp, Arizona, December 23, 1944. The papers include National Archives records of the military papers relating to the escape, correspondence concerning the book, and photographs used in the book. Also included in the papers are records, notes, documents, correspondence, maps, photographs, reviews, and manuscripts concerning Dr. Moore’s books, The Young Errol, which was about Errol Flynn’s life, and Over-Sexed, Over-Paid and Over Here, which was about Americans role in Australia during World War II. Within the John Hammond Moore papers there are also articles, both published and unpublished, that spanned topics other than those of Dr. Moore’s books.

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  Thelma Chandler Moorhead Autobiography - Accession 1672 - M804 (861)

  Thelma Chandler Moorhead and Baptist Missionary

  Accession 1672 M804 (861)

  This collection consists of a 2006 DVD prepared by Meggan Moorhead that includes a recording of Thelma Chandler Moorhead (1917-2014) in 1996 presenting her “Autobiography in Scripture” in Claremont, California to a group of ecumenical missionaries from Japan. Thelma Chandler Moorhead was born in Hopewell, Virginia to Thomas Jefferson and Theodus Bramlett Chandler and was orphaned at 5 years old. She grew up with her brother Douglas at the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood, SC. She later graduated from North Greenville Junior College in 1937, Winthrop College with an AB in History in 1939, and Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas with a Master’s degree in Religious Education. She married Dr. Marion Francis Moorhead in 1940. They were both appointed as Southern Baptist Missionaries to Japan in 1946 and Thelma served in Fukuoka, Sapporo, Kokura, and Tokyo for 36 years until she retired in 1982.

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  Martha Frances Morgan Papers - Accession 33

  Martha Frances Morgan

  Accession 33

  The Martha Francis Morgan Papers includes teaching aids, reading lists and tests relating to her teaching; together with constitutions, correspondence, photographs, program notes, and newspaper clippings concerning her involvement with the many clubs and organizations in which she participated.

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  Moriah Baptist Association Records - Accession 584 - M250 (299)

  Moriah Baptist Association

  Accession 584 - M250 (299)

  The Moriah Baptist Association Records consists mainly of photocopies of minutes of the Association which include constitutions, obituaries, lists of officers and committees, reports on education, the state of religion, home missions, and finances. There is also a photocopy of the 150^th Anniversary history titled Moriah Baptist Association, Lancaster County, South Carolina, 1815-1965: 150 Years Of Service To The King Of Kings. The records in this collection were photocopied from documents held in the Baptist Historical Collection at Furman University.