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Manuscript Collection
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Allegro Music Club Rock Hill Records - Accession 946
Music Club of Rock Hill, Allegro
Accession 946The Allegro Music Club of Rock Hill Records consists of constitutions, meeting minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, magazines, financial records and other records related to the activities and operation of the club. The Allegro Music Club of Rock Hill was founded in August, 1950 as a music club for women. A committee composed of members of the Rock Hill Music Club formed the club with 11 members. The Allegro club joined the S.C. Federation of Music Clubs in 1951.
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Juvenile Music Club of Rock Hill Scrapbook - Accession 160
Music Club of Rock Hill, Juvenile
Accession 160The Juvenile Music Club of Rock Hill was sponsored by the Rock Hill Music Club of Rock Hill, South Carolina to foster an appreciation of music among the city’s youth. The scrapbook contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and program notes concerning weekly meetings, contests, programs, and other activities of the club.
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Rock Hill Music Club Records - Accession 100
Music Club, Rock Hill
Accession 100The Rock Hill Music Club Records consist of minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, historical sketches, programs of the meetings, minute books, newspaper clippings, membership records, and two scrapbooks relating to the activities and history of the club. The club was organized in 1914. The records date from 1941 to 1977.
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Rock Hill Music Club Records - Accession 1645
Music Club, Rock Hill
Accession 1645The Rock Hill Music Club was founded March 20, 1914, by Mrs. A. E. Smith and a group of ladies. The Club has provided music awards and scholarships and free community concerts since. This collection contains the annual reports, musical show flyers, letters, music performance programs, written music, award certificates, Music club yearbooks, scrapbooks and Winthrop University Scholarship Students photo.
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Rock Hill Music Club Records - Accession 535
Music Club, Rock Hill
Accession 535The Rock Hill Music Club Records consist of correspondence, an annual report, numerous awards, news clippings, yearbooks, conventions programs, musical programs, scrapbook pages, presidents’ reports, and magazines relating to the Rock Hill, SC Music Club.
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Rock Hill Music Club Records - Accession 932
Music Club, Rock Hill
Accession 932The Rock Hill Music Club Records consists of correspondence, yearbooks, and programs of the meetings, convention programs, numerous awards, newspaper articles, sheet music, presidents’ reports, handbooks, constitutions, photographs, and scrapbooks pertaining to the Rock Hill, SC club.
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Sallie Pearce Musser Papers - Accession 55
Sallie Pearce Musser
Accession 55Sallie Alta Pearce Musser [1902-1974] was a home demonstration agent (1930-1957), and head of the South Carolina Home Demonstration Service (1957-1965). The Sallie Pearce Musser Papers consist of biographical data, correspondence, letters of appreciation upon her retirement, newspaper clippings, photographs, and term papers written by Mrs. Musser while she was working on her MA in 1950 at George Peabody College for Women.
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Constance Myers Papers - Accession 725
Constance Ashton Smith Myers
Accession 725This collection consists of letters, lesson plans, examination, photographs, student papers written, course syllabi, newspaper articles, excerpts of written material for class handouts. Constance Ashton Myers was a historian, author, and professor born in 1927 affectionately known to her family and friends as Connie. During the 1970s, Myers traveled around the United States and interviewed Suffragettes and other women and recorded their interviews. She participated actively in the women’s liberation movement throughout her years giving speeches, writing books, and interviewing women. Dr. Myers attended and taught at Sacramento State College, University of South Carolina at Aiken, and Augusta College as well as worked with many other institutions. In 1969 Myers was dismissed from her teaching at Augusta College in Georgia and she filed for sex discrimination. Throughout her career Myers gave many lectures on women’s history particularly on the Suffragettes, race relations in the south, Marxism, and Latin America. Some of her writings include: The Prophet’s Army: Trotskyists in America, 1928-1941 and “God, Darwin, and the Founding Fathers: Voice of Resistance to the Woman Suffrage and Equal Rights Amendments a Study in Popular Culture”. In 2012 Myers was killed a bus-car collision her husband Cecil survived the crash. They had four children and many grandchildren.
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NAACP Rock Hill Branch Program - Accession 1226 - M588 (641)
NAACP, Rock Hill Branch
Accession 1226 - M588 (641)A program booklet printed for the Nineteenth Annual Freedom Fund Dinner sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Rock Hill, SC Branch. The dinner was held on June 4, 2005. The booklet includes letters from the branch president, Pastor Anthony Johnson and Rock Hill Mayor, Doug Echols.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Rock Hill Branch Program - Accession 1153 - M529 (580)
NAACP, Rock Hill Branch
Accession 1153 - M529 (580)This collection consists of a program booklet that was printed for the Eighteenth Annual Freedom Fund Dinner sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Rock Hill Branch. The dinner was held in McBryde Hall on the Winthrop University Campus on June 5, 2004. The booklet includes letters from the branch president, Pastor Anthony Johnson and Rock Hill Mayor, Doug Echols.
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Nance Family Bible - Accession 1235
Nance Family, Johnson Family, White Family, Workman Family, and Bible
Accession 1235The Nance Family Bible consists of The Comprehensive Bible: According To Authorized Version With The Various Readings And Marginal Notes Usually Printed Therewith. A General Introduction, Containing Disquisitions On The Genuineness, Authenticity, And Inspiration Of The Holy Scriptures; Various Divisions And Marks Of Distinction In The Sacred Writings; Ancient Versions; Coins, Weights, And Measures; Various Sects Among The Jews; Introductions And Concluding Remarks To Each Book: The Parallel Passages Contained In Canne’s Bible; Dr. Adam Clarke’s Commentary, 7 Vols.; Rev. J. Brown’s Self-Interpreting Bible, 2 Vols; Dr. Blayney’s Bible; Bishop Wilson’s Bible, Edited By Crutwell; Rev. T. Scott’s Commentary, 6 Vols.; And The English Version Of Ragster’s Polyglott Bible, Systematically Arranged: Philological And Explanatory Notes: A Table Of Contents, Arranged In Historical Order: An Analysis And Compendium Of The Holy Scriptures: A Chronological Index, An Index Of The Subjects Contained In The Old And New Testaments And An Index To The Notes, Introductions, And Concluding Remarks printed in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott & Company in 1868. The Bible was owned by the Nance Family and contains genealogical entries with birthdates, death dates, and marriages dates (1848-1968). The family names included are: Nance; Johnson; White; Workman; Margaret Emily White Johnson Nance (1838-1903), the mother of David Bancroft Johnson, Jr. (1856-1928), Winthrop’s founder and first president, married Mr. William Harrison Nance (?-1873) after the death of her first husband David Bancroft Johnson, Sr. (?-1857). Also included are newspaper clippings concerning the death of Paul D. Workman, Jr. (1900-1968) and a school grade report for Florence Nance (1867-1868). Florence Nance Workman (1872-1940) was D.B. Johnson’s half-sister.
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Nashville Gas Company Records - Accession 879 - M398 (449)
Nashville Gas Company Records and Piedmont Natural Gas
Accession 879 - M398 (449)This series consists of the history of the Nashville Gas Company of Nashville, TN and eight annual reports of the Piedmont Natural Gas Company of Charlotte, North Carolina ranging from 1984 to 1992. Piedmont Natural Gas Company acquired Nashville Gas Company in March 1985.
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National Association of Teacher Educators of Vocational Home Economics Records - Accession 394
National Association of Teacher Educators of Vocational Home Economics
Accession 394This collection consists of records related to the National Association of Teacher Educators of Vocational Home Economics (NATEVHE). The collection consists of Constitution and Bylaws, minutes, reports, correspondence, committee lists, program notes, newsletters, financial records, and membership records. The NATEVHE was founded to facilitate colleague relationships among home economics teacher educators. The organization was formerly known as the National Association of Teacher Educators of Home Economics, an affiliate of the American Vocational Association. The name changed in 1980. Throughout the following series description, papers before April 1980 are referred to as NATEHE. In addition to financial records and membership lists, the collection contains a limited quantity of membership lists, reports, program notes, and newsletters.
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National Council of Negro Women, Inc.-Columbia Section Records - Accession 179 - M180 (221)
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Accession 179 - M180 (221)The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Columbia Section Records consist of agenda notes, letters, charters, newsletters (Black Women's Voice), pamphlets, clippings relating to the history of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and of the life of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955).
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National Council of Negro Women, Inc.-Florence Section Records - Accession 445 - M181 (222)
National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Florence
Accession 445 - M181 (222)The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. – Florence Section Records consist of correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to the organization’s activities at the local, state, and national levels. Much of the material focuses on educator Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955).
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National Master Farm Homemakers Guild Records- Accession 572
National Master Farm Homemakers Guild
Accession 572The National Master Farm Homemakers Guild Records includes the history of the National Master Farm Homemakers Guild, Country Women Council, Associated Country Women of the World, and the constitution and by-laws; minutes from annual meetings, other meetings, and programs; publications and brochures; correspondence, newsletters; lists of officers and members; reports; newspapers and a poster. The National Master Farm Homemaker’s Guild was founded in 1929 and the objective of the National Guild is to promote the highest possible standard of living in the farmhouse and focus attention on the positive aspects of farm life.
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National Organization for Women Greenville (SC) Chapter Records - Accession 270
National Organization for Women, Greenville
Accession 270The National Organization for Women (NOW) was organized to improve the status and life of Women and push for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The National Organization for Women (NOW) Greenville (SC) Chapter Records consist of newsletters, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, and correspondence relating to the equal Rights Amendment and its progress in the South Carolina State Legislature and U.S. Congress. Also included is correspondence pertaining to job discrimination in classified advertisements.
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National Organization for Women (NOW) South Carolina Records - Accession 142
National Organization for Women, South Carolina
Accession 142The National Organization for Women (NOW) South Carolina Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, agenda notes, financial records, newsletters, pamphlets and brochures, flyers, handbooks, newspaper clippings, and a tape recording relating to the organization's work to improve the status and life of South Carolina Women and their efforts toward the state ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) , the 1984 Mondale-Ferraro campaign, and other issues concerning the women of South Carolina. Also contains information on the National and Southeast Region NOW organizations.
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National Organization for Women-South Carolina Chapter Records - Accession 778
National Organization for Women, South Carolina
Accession 778The National Organization For Women- South Carolina Chapter Records consist of correspondence, memorabilia, memoranda, minutes, reports, agenda notes, financial records, newsletters, pamphlets and brochures, flyers, handbooks, newspaper clippings, and a tape recording relating to the organization work to improve the status and life of the South Carolina Women and to their efforts toward ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Also contained information on the National and South-East Region NOW organizations, along with information on the 1984 Mondale-Ferraro campaign. The National Organization for Women (NOW) South Carolina was organized to improve the status and life of South Carolina Women and to aid in efforts toward the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
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Native American Oral History Project Transcripts - Accession 542
Native Americans
Accession 542The Native American Oral History Project Transcripts were the result of an oral history project conducted by the History Department of St. Louis Community College, Missouri in 1978 titled, Listening to Indians. The project was conducted through a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to interview members of various American Indians and record their stories and histories. The Catawba Indian tribe were formerly members of the Sioux Tribe. (See Finding Aid for list of Native American tribes represented in the oral history project).
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Juanita H. Neely Papers - Accession 6
Juanita H. Neely
Accession 6The Juanita H. Neely Papers consist of correspondence, autobiographical and biographical data, speeches, radio talks, clippings, photographs, and articles mainly relating to her work with the South Carolina Home Demonstration Extension Service. There is also family history material relating to the Neely family. This collection is a good source of information concerning the South Carolina Home Economics Extension program in the first half of the twentieth century. While the papers range from 1911 to about 1970, the more valuable and greater part of the collection extends from the mid-1920s to 1957, when Juanita Neely rose from a county home economics extension agent to the State Demonstration Agent. The collection contains many of her speeches, radio talks and articles made during this period; the reference material that she used for her speeches; letters of appreciation from agents and others upon her retirement; and materials relating to the Winthrop-Clemson controversy in 1955 concerning the location of the Home Economics Extension Program. There is also biographical material, award notices, and some correspondence dating after Juanita Neely's retirement from the Home Economics Extension Program. Additional Neely information may be found by referring to the Winthrop Archives, record group 412, and the 1958-1959 edition of Who’s Who of American Women.
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The Work of Wil Lou Gray And Mary Elizabeth Frayser - Progressive South Carolina Educators - Accession 931-M419 (470)
Cristina R. Nelson
Accession 931 - M419 (470)This collection consists of a paper written for a history class at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill by Cristina R. Nelson. It examines the lives and careers of Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984) and Mary Elizabeth Frayser (1868-1968) who were two socially active South Carolina educators. The paper also covers their activities as professional club women as well as their roles as Southern Progressive reformers.
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Louisa Padgett Nettles Papers - Accession 1746 - M833 (890)
Louisa Padgett Nettles
Accession 1746 - M833 (890)The Louisa Padgett Nettles Papers consist of a recipe book, several recipes, commencement invitations, a teacher’s manual for arithmetic, a resolution containing a short biography for Mrs. Nettles’ sister, Eulala B. “Lala” Padgett (1890-1922) from Richland Baptist Church, and a certificate of completion from the State Home Demonstration Office at Winthrop College. Louisa Padgett Nettles was born December 1894, and died July 9, 1967 and attended a food and nutrition short course at Winthrop during the summer of 1942. She was the wife of Fred Cauthen Nettles (1892-1969) and they are interred in Memorial Park Cemetery in Orangeburg, SC. The collection includes an invitation for her niece, Isabella Janet Padget (1914-2001) graduation from Winthrop College in 1940, an invitation to her nephew’s, Ernest Wesley Padget (1926-1999), high school graduation from Saluda High School for her nephew, and an invitation to her nephew’s, John David Nettles (1925-2015), high school graduation from Cordova High School 1942.
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Newcomers Club Records - Accession 1590
Newcomers Club, Rock Hill
Accession 1590This collection consists of the records produced by the Newcomers Club of York County. The Newcomers Club “is a social and civic-minded women’s organization that is dedicated to offering a variety of opportunities for newcomers to meet their neighbors, enjoy social events with others, and learn more about their new community.” The records consists of minutes, reports, attendance records, directories, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper articles, charity records, financial records, and other records related to the club.
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Newcomers Club Records - Accession 843
Newcomers Club, Rock Hill
Accession 843The Newcomers Club Records consists of 18 scrapbooks created by the club. The Newcomers Club is a social as well as a service club of Rock Hill, SC. The purpose of the club is the development of friendship among new residents of the area and their assimilation into the social and civic life of the community. The Newcomers Club will also undertake and promote within the community one or more charitable, humanitarian or social welfare projects as proposed by the Executive Committee each year. Additionally, The Newcomers Club will provide moral, physical, and emotional support for local charities on a continuing basis. The collection consists of photographs, news clippings, monthly newsletters, invitations, pamphlets, flyers, club bylaws, picture negatives, and correspondence.
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New Guinea Natives Photograph - Accession 482 - M199 (241)
New Guinea
Accession 482 - M199 (241)The New Guinea Natives Photograph is of natives in New Guinea taken by Robert B. Evans during World War II.
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New Southern Women's Club Records - Accession 1765
New Southern Women's Club
Accession 1765The New Southern Women’s Club is a social organization in the Fort Mill and surrounding areas that provides activities and social opportunities for newcomers to the area. The goal of the club is to support women and help them meet friends through activities and work together on community service projects. The group was first formed when it broke off from the Rock Hill Newcomer’s Club in 1998. The group has monthly meetings and activities set for the group that include a book club, monthly luncheons, and various game nights. The New Southern Women’s Records consist mainly of photographs of events throughout the years, newsletters, guidelines for the club, board members lists, and descriptions of activities.
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The New South Magazine - Accession 1249 - M601 (654)
New South Magazine
Accession 1249 - M601 (654)The collection consists of a view book titled, The New South published as Volume 1, Number 1 February 1899. The magazine contains an article titled “Rock Hill: The City of the Great Piedmont Region of South Carolina” which describes life in Rock Hill, SC in 1899. The article was produced as an advertisement to recruit new citizens and includes information about crops, plants, schools, and churches. This publication also includes articles on southern historical figures such as, Ann Pamela Cuningham, Florida Governor, William D. Bloxham, Lieutenant William Ewen Shipp, and Wade Hampton. There is also an article titled, “The Philippine Islands: Our New Possessions.”
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Newspaper Articles-Historical Collection - Accession 1277
Newspaper Articles, Historical Collection
Accession 1277The collection consists of sixty newspaper articles dealing with seven subjects: historical landmarks in South Carolina, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I, Reconstruction, President Andrew Jackson’s birthplace, and miscellaneous. (The miscellaneous category contains single articles dealing with important issues of their day such as unions, women’s suffrage, and education.) The articles were published between 1910 and 1938, though the majority of them were not dated. Most of the articles were published in The Union Times.
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Newspaper Collection - Accession 218
Newspaper Collection
Accession 218The Newspaper Collection consists of newspapers and portions of newspapers mostly from the United States with a focus on South Carolina Newspapers. These newspapers are rare or contain subjects of note and are placed in the oversize flat files. The following inventory contains the title of the newspaper in alphabetical order, the location they were printed, important subjects and/or notes, and the date they were published. This collection is continuously added to as they are received from various donors. These newspapers are added to this collection if they are not a part of a larger collection.
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Jean Hicklin Nichols Collection - Accession 295
Jean Hicklin Nichols
Accession 295The Jean Hicklin Nichols Papers consist of family histories and family history charts relating to the Pressley, Poag, McFadden, McKenney, Elder, and Simpson families, together with a journal concerning shipping and toll-keeping on the Fishing Creek Canal in Chester County, papers relating to the history of the Chester County towns of Richburg, Lando, and Bascomville, and information on the Lancaster and Chester (L&C) Railway Company.
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Charles H. Niehaus Scrapbook - Accession 1387 - M687 (743)
Charles Henry Niehaus
Accession 1387 - M687 (743)The Charles H. Niehaus Scrapbook Collection consists of a scrapbook devoted to life and work of the famous sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus (1855-1935). The creator of the scrapbook is unknown, but the scrapbook (24" x 18") is filled with newspaper articles, image of his works, and a few photographs all detailing Mr. Niehuas' artistic exploits. Monuments and statues created by Niehuas can be found in cities all over the United States including at the United States Capitol.
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Two Hundred Years of Student Life at Chapel Hill: Selected Letters and Diaries - Accession 893 - M407 (458)
North Carolina, University of, at Chapel Hill; Lisa Tolbert; Julia Smith; Helen Wolfe Evans; and James Leloudis
Accession 893 - M407 (458)This collection consists of a copy of Two Hundred Years of Student Life at Chapel Hill: Selected Letters and Diaries which was printed to honor the 200th year of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's founding. This publication was produced to highlight some of the student reflections, observations, and experiences through the letters and diaries housed in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill. Many of the reminiscences report on faculty, staff, administrators, and townspeople.
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20 Year History of Northwestern High School Athletics - Accession 1146 - M524 (575)
Northwestern High School
Accession 1146 - M524 (575)This collection consists of a bound volume detailing the 20 year history of the athletic program at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, SC. It was compiled by the Athletic History Steering Committee which was spearheaded by Chairman Ed Thompson. It includes photographs of Northwestern athletes, coaches, students, teachers, principals, and parents, quotes, honors, championships, team records, profiles, highlights, and credits.
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Terry Norton Children's Book Collection - Accession 1654
Terry L. Norton
Accession 1654This collection consists of the children’s books and magazines collected by Dr. Terry L. Norton. Dr. Norton was a Winthrop Professor of Education from 1981 until his retirement in 2008. He is also a 1981 graduate of Winthrop College. The books were organized in consecutive order numerically and then by subjects by Dr. Norton.
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Charles B. Notess Papers - Accession 265
Charles B. Notess
Accession 265Dr. Charles B. Notess (1928-2008) was a professor of Sociology at Winthrop College from 1975 to 1981. The Charles B. Notess Papers consist of bylaws, organizational records, correspondence, news releases, membership lists, newspaper clippings, and other material relating to the Concerned Citizens for Rural Recreation, York County Rural Development Commission, York County Recreation Study Committee, and a conference held at Winthrop College in 1980 titled “Dialogue on Human Values Guiding Regional Growth.” Also included are lecture notes, examinations, and syllabi from his courses.
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Jimmie E. Nunnery Family Papers - Accession 1353
Jimmie E. Nunnery
Accession 1353The Jimmie E. Nunnery Papers consists of correspondence, death certificates, certificate for administrator of estate, court petition for name change, birth certificates, other various certificates, photographs, high school diploma, plaques, marriage license, legal agreements, wills, newspapers, invitations to graduation, passport, property maps, genealogical information, school programs, recipes, church brochures, boy scout patches, report cards, drawings, records from the House of Representatives, stationary, SC legislative manuals, florist magazine, Kodak movie film, various books, American flag, recording tape, cemetery booklet, family bulletin, high school yearbook, and a scrapbook of time spent in the House of Representatives.
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Jimmie E. Nunnery Family Papers - Accession 404
Jimmie E. Nunnery
Accession 404The Jimmie E. Nunnery Papers consist of personal correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, compositions of Iva Jordan Nunnery, genealogical papers, historical sketches of Landsford Canal, of General W.R. Davie and of Fort Lawn, papers relating to South Carolina Volunteers of the Confederate Army and Revolutionary soldiers, newspaper clippings, photographs and various papers relating to members of the Nunnery family of Chester County.
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Jimmie E. Nunnery Family Papers - Accession 436
Jimmie E. Nunnery
Accession 436The Jimmie E. Nunnery Papers consist of papers relating to Jimmie Nunnery’s tenure in the South Carolina House of Representatives (1963-1968). Included is general correspondence, constituency correspondence, bills, resolutions, acts, speeches and various other correspondence and papers relating to Nunnery’s career.
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Jimmie E. Nunnery Family Papers - Accession 939
Jimmie E. Nunnery
Accession 939The Jimmie E. Nunnery Papers contains records relating to Jimmie Nunnery’s career as a professor at USC-Lancaster. Included are correspondence, information about the scholarship program, fund raising, and the Lancaster County Educational Foundation, USC-Lancaster publications, promotion and tenure, indoor and outdoor recreation complexes, salary, building plans, committees, Medford Library, public relations, news releases, reports, conferences, expense reimbursement, teaching awards, faculty, newspaper clippings related to USC-Lancaster, and papers relating to teaching. The collection also contains personal papers, papers relating to early education, higher education, the S.C. National Guard, and the S.C House of Representatives, legal documents, various family papers, certificates, photographs, publications, general newspaper clippings, memorabilia, calendars, and various other materials.
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Joseph Nunnery Family Papers - Accession 342
Joseph Nunnery, Ferguson Allston Nunnery, Henry Edward Jordan, Landsford Canal, Nunnery Family, and White Family
Accession 342The Joseph Nunnery Papers contains excellent examples of 19th century documents and even includes two 18th century land grants from King George III. The bulk of the collection dates from 1801-1898, but there are several papers from the 1700’s and early 1900’s. The collection includes land deeds, indentures, wills, bonds and mortgages, as well as personal letters and transactions relating to the Nunnery family. There are also several papers relating to the White family as well as various other families. These papers would be a tremendous asset to a genealogist or to a researcher focusing on land transactions or legal processes of the 19th century. Due to the fragile condition of several papers, photocopies have been made available. These should be used whenever possible in order to protect the originals from further deterioration. Refer to the appendix for a listing of family names.
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Melvin Ernest Nunnery Papers - Accession 301
Melvin Ernest Nunnery
Accession 301Melvin Ernest Nunnery (1951-1991) was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives for District #44 (Lancaster and Chester counties). The Melvin Ernest Nunnery Papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, minutes, and other papers relating primarily to Chester County affairs, including civil defense, tax rulings, and home rule. There is also state and national level information on the death penalty, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), gun control, “Laetrile” controversy, and mental health.
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Oakland Park Research Collection - Accession 1088 - M498 (549)
Oakland Park
Accession 1088 - M498 (549)This collection consists of several articles about Rock Hill, SC in the 1890s that discusses Oakland Park by Louise Pettus and an article and research about Oakland Park by Paul Gettys. Oakland Park was designed by Joseph Forsyth Johnson and was located on Oakland Avenue where Winthrop University is today. The land that comprised the park was given to Winthrop as incentive to move to Rock Hill, SC from Columbia, SC in 1895.
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Isabel Oates Papers - Accession 483 - M200 (242)
Isabel Oates
Accession 483 - M200 (242)Mrs. Isabel Jackson Oates (ca1906-1998) was married to John H. Oates and was a member of Tirzah ARP Church since 1924, where she belonged to the Women's Society of Tirzah ARP Church and was a Sunday school teacher. She was also a member of the DAR Catawba Chapter. Mrs. Oates for over 50 years did extensive mission work in the mountains of North Carolina. The Isabel Oates Papers consists of a reminiscence, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to Western North Carolina and its people, as well as Mrs. Oates’ experience as a missionary in the Appalachian mountains.
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South Carolina State Association of Occupational Health Nurses Records - Accession 430
Occupational Health Nurses, South Carolina
Accession 430The collection consists of correspondence, organizational records, President’s Reports, biographies, Vice President’s Reports, advisory council members, committee chairs, membership secretaries kit, history of the South Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Bylaws, amendments to the bylaws, Treasure’s Report, letters from the Medical Advisory Board, general documents, forms and applications, sample letters, articles and newspaper clippings, all pertaining to the South Carolina State Association of Occupational Health Nurses. Also includes three (3) bound volumes; (2) scrapbooks and (1) photograph album, containing events pertaining to the South Carolina State Association of Occupational Health Nurse Records.
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Rock Hill Board of Officials Records - Accession 645 - M283 (334)
Officials, Rock Hill Board of
Accession 645 - M283 (334)The Rock Hill Board of Officials were created to promote desirable sports programs for girls and women and to improve the quality of officiating for girls' and women's sports contests. The records consist of constitutions and bylaws, financial records, handbooks, correspondence, and lists of officials.
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Gwendolyn Oliver Collection - Accession 1717 M829 (886)
Gwendolyn Oliver, Winthrop College, and Winthrop College History
Accession 1717 M829 (886)This collection consists of memorabilia collected by Gwendolyn Oliver related to Winthrop College. Some of the material relates to her coming to Winthrop for summer conferences while still in high school, while the rest is related to her undergraduate career at Winthrop from 1959-1963. She graduated from Winthrop with Bachelor of Arts in English in 1963. The collection consists of Carolinas Editor’s Conference certificates (1956, 1957), summer session notepads (1955, 1956), and summer session letterhead (1957). Also included are Rat Week Programs (1959), theater and music programs (1959-1963), “Sign Out” Cards (1959-1960), College Laundry cards, Student government Association Card (1959), Certificate of Award for Winthrop Alumnae Scholarship (1959-1960), and a program for “Off To College Banquet: Park Inn Grill” (1961). This collection offers a glimpse of life as a college student at Winthrop from the mid to late 1950s through 1963.
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Evangelist Willie Laurel Olive Photograph - Accession 1673 - M811 (868)
Willie Laurel Olive, Elizabeth Temple, and Four Square Gospel Church
Accession 1673 - M811 (868)Willie Laurel Dick Olive (1886-1959) was a Pentecostal evangelist who worked throughout the Carolinas and was the founder of the Elizabeth Temple, largest of the Four Square Gospel Churches, in Concord, NC. The collection consists of a large panoramic photograph print dated September 5, 1923 (or 1926). A Sunday tent service is taking place in Rock Hill, SC. It was nightly at 7:45pm. The photograph consists of hundreds of people standing and sitting outside, in front of a large tent. It has a sign on it stating, “Willie Laurel Olive, Evangelist, Nightly At 7:45, Preaching The Four Square Gospel”. The adults are standing in the rear while the children are in the front mainly sitting on the ground. Within the crowd, there are a few parked automobiles of different models. The photographer was J. W. Moon [James William] of Charlotte, N.C. The photograph measures 32" x 8".
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Lucy Hardee Olsen War Diary - Accession 87 - M38 (51)
Lucy Hardee Olsen
Accession 87 - M38 (51)The Lucy Hardee Olsen War Diary consists of a photograph, newspaper clippings, and a diary titled My War Diary, which was written from December 7, 1941 to February 3, 1945. A typed copy was presented to Mrs. Olsen on the occasion of her eightieth birthday. It is a diary of her experiences as an American held in occupation in the Philippine Islands during the Second World War.
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Optimist Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 927
Optimist Club, Rock Hill and Rock Hill, SC Club
Accession 927This collection consists of the records of the Optimist Club of Rock Hill which was founded in 1948 and chartered by Optimist International on January 15, 1949. The Optimist Club of Rock Hill “provides funds through charitable activities to assist the youth of Rock Hill in a number of programs.” The organization sponsors scholarship essays and oratorical contests for youth. The collection consists of a history of the organization, the original charter, pamphlets and flyers, photographs, Optimist International paperwork, Monthly magazines and pamphlets, programs from various dinners, and other records related to the club.