Manuscript Collection
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The Scotch-Irish and Their First Settlements on the Tyger River and Other Neighboring Precincts in South Carolina - Accession 1202 - M570 (623)
Scotch-Irish
Accession 1202 - M570 (623)The collection consists of a reprint of a discourse by Rev. George Howe delivered at Nazareth Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg District, South Carolina on September 14, 1861. It concerns the immigration of the Scotch-Irish to the Piedmont and Upstate sections of South Carolina and the Presbyterian Churches they established.
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Council of Scottish Clans Association, Inc. Records - Accession 585
Scottish Clans
Accession 585The Council of Scottish Clans Association, Inc. Papers consist mainly of newsletters of the associations and other affiliated organizations of the various Scottish Clans, but also included are correspondence, directories, membership lists, brochures, bylaws and constitutions, and books. Affiliated organizations include: Agnew Family Association, Clan Anderson Society, Clan Baird Society, Boggs Family, Clan Buchanan Society, Clan Cameron Society, Clan Campbell Society, Clan Carmichael Family, Clan Chattan Society, Clan Chisholm Society, Clan Colquhoun Association, Cranston Society, Cummins Family Association, Clan Cunning Association, Clan Donald, Clan Donnachaidh Society, Clan Douglas Society, Clan Dunbar Society, Elliot Clan Society, Clan Ewen Society, Clan Farquharson Society, Clan Ferguson Society, Forsyth Family Society, Clan Fraser Society, Clan Galbraith Association, Clan Gillespie Society, House of Gordon, Clan Graham Society, Clan Gregor Society, Clan Gunn Society, Clan Hamilton Society, Clan Hanna/Hannay/Hannah Society, Clan Hay Society, International Bell Society, Clan Irwin Association, Clan Johnstone, Keith Clan Society, Kennedy Society, Kerr Family Association, American Clan Leslie Society, Clan Lindsay Association, Clan MacAlister Society, Clan MacArthur Society, Clan MacBean, MacBeth Clan Association, Clan MacCallum/Malcom Association, Clan MacDougall Society, MacDuffie/MacFie Clan, Clan MacInnes Society, Clan MacIntyre Association, Clan MacKay Society, Clan MacKenzie Society, Clan MacKinnon Society, Clan MacKintosh, Clan MacLean Society, Clan MacLennan Society, Clan MacLeod, Clan MacMillan, Clan MacNab, Clan MacNaughton, Clan MacNeil Association, Clan MacPherson Association, Clan MacQuarrie Society, Clan MacQueen Association, Clan MacRae Society, Clan MacTavish Association, Clan MacThomas Society, Clan Maitland, Clan Matheson Society, Clan Maxwell Society, Clan Montgomery Society, John Moore Association, Clan Morrison, Clan Munro Association, Murray Clan Society, Clan Rose Society, Clan Ross, Scrimgeour Clan Association, Clan Sinclair, Clan Smith Society, Snodgrass Clan, Clan Southerland Society, St. Andrews Society, Turnbull Clan Association, Ultish American Society, Clan Urguhart Association, Clan Wallace Society.
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Scottish Merchant Magazine Collection - Accession 566
Scottish Clans
Accession 566The Scottish Merchant Magazine Collection consists of copies of The Scottish Merchant newspaper, which changed names to The Scottish American in 1986, from 1983-1990. Also included are copies of The Scottish Banner and Unicorn Limited’s order forms, six pages of abstracts on book collection, and a letter from W.A. Forsyth to W.R. McLeod with an excerpt of “The Forsyth Time,” 1236-1970.
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Second Baptist Church, Kershaw, S.C. Records - Accession 51
Second Baptist Church, Kershaw, S.C.
Accession 51The Second Baptist Church, Kershaw, SC Records consist of photocopies of the church’s records including minutes, membership lists, and financial records relating to the day-to-day operation and business of the church.
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Arnold Michael Shankman Papers - Accession 259
Arnold Michael Shankman
Accession 259The Arnold Shankman Papers are a treasure trove of historical research in a variety of areas. Within the American Civil War era, Shankman had extensively researched the “copperhead” movement of northern opposition to the war and was an expert on one of its leading members, Clement Vallandigham. Pursuing his interest in ethnic history, Dr. Shankman was a pioneer in the study of how ethnic and immigrant groups viewed each other. For example, he was one of the first to use early African-American newspapers to determine the views of blacks toward Italian immigrants and other groups. Shankman also was singularly instrumental in the publication of the speeches and writings of Marion Wright, a 20th century crusader for civil rights in North and South Carolina. Many of Mr. Wright’s papers are included within the Shankman files. In addition, Dr. Shankman’s papers include a wide variety of other interesting topics, many concerning the activities of individuals whose stories might have been lost otherwise. For example, Shankman’s papers include his research into the lives of Jewish immigrants to South Carolina in the late 19th and early 20th century, as well as the activism of women such as Dorothy Tilly, a Methodist and advocate for civil rights, and the Hicks sisters of Bainbridge, Georgia, who were early proponents of Socialism.
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Arnold Michael Shankman Papers - Accession 98
Arnold Michael Shankman
Accession 98The Arnold Shankman Papers consist mainly of photocopies of manuscript collections which Dr. Shankman used for his research and writing. Included are pamphlets, biographical sketches, correspondence and newspaper accounts. Most of the collection relates to the American Civil War, particularly in Illinois, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, but there is material relating to Jewish history, African-Americans and United States foreign relations.
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Warrenette Duncan Sharp Collection - Accession 1574 M769 (826)
Mary Warrenette Duncan Sharp; Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Chester County; Providence Baptist Church; Hopewell Baptist Church; and Union County, SC
Accession 1574 - M769 (826)The Warrenette Duncan Sharp Collection includes four volumes of related to the history of Union County, Chester County and to Providence Baptist Church, Hopewell Baptist Church, and Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The collection includes a publication titled, Historic Sites Survey: Union County prepared by the Catawba Regional Planning Council in November 1976 whose purpose was “to describe historic sites in Union County” and “lists significant historic sites that can eventually be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.” The collection also contains “Minutes of Providence Baptist Church and Hopewell Baptist Church” which contains a note stating, “Records for most years from 1826-1876 now in possession of Miss Margaret Jordan, Richburg, South Carolina. The church building burned around 1926 and the cemetery is now unused. These records were copied from the original by Mrs. Jean C. Agee (1978).” Also included is, Hopewell A.R.P. Church: Chester County, SC 1787-1982 Published by the Chester Genealogical Society (1982) and History of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Chester County, SC Together with Biographical Sketches of Its Four Pastors by Rev. Robert Lathan (1879) republished by the Chester County Genealogical Society in 1981.
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Shaw Land Surveying Inc. Records - Accession 988
Shaw Land Surveying Inc.
Accession 988The Shaw Land Surveying, Inc. Records consist of the survey plats and field books pertaining to David Shaw and to Shaw Land Surveying, Inc. Shaw earned his professional surveying license in 1994 and operated his surveying business from 1994 until his death on November 5, 1998. The surveys are arranged in alphabetical order by the client requesting survey, how originally organized by David Shaw, and not necessarily the property owner, however, property owners of individual plats are cross-referenced in Appendix/Index I. There are often several surveys per job and many were performed by other surveyors, which are cross-referenced by the property owners. The inclusive dates for the plats are 1846, 1888, 1905, 1908 to 1998, with the bulk being from the 1970s to 1998, and cover predominately York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties. Included with the survey plats, if applicable, are tax assessment worksheets, notes, as well as deeds all pertaining to a particular property with the inclusive dates of 1853, 1889, 1890s to 1998, with the bulk dates ranging from the 1940s to 1998. The field books cover David Shaw's apprenticeship in 1987 and the Shaw Land Surveying, Inc. from 1994 to 1998.
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World War II: One Family’s Story - Accession 1537 - M746 (803)
Lyn McMaster Sheffield, World War II, and McMaster Family
Accession 1537 - M746 (803)This collection consists of a 105-page book entitled World War II: One Family’s Story. This spiral bound book written in 2011 presents information and personal recollections gathered by the author and Winthrop College graduate of 1970, Lyn McMaster Sheffield, about what the lives of her family members were like during World War II. Although the book primarily documents the war-time experiences of the members who served in the military, the book also presents details about what life was like for family members on the home front alongside information about the lives of the family’s servicemen both before and after the war. This book also contains some genealogical entries mostly related to the McMaster Family with subsidiary families that include: Sheffield Family; Harris Family; Grant Family; Hewitt Family; McCormac Family;
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Billy Austin Shepherd Collection - Accession 1505 - M733 (789)
Billy Austin Shepherd
Accession 1505 - M733 (789)This collection consists of a narrative and images relating to Billy Austin Shepherd’s time in the United States Navy from 1951-1954 and discusses boot camp, deployment to Guam, and some of his military experiences up until he with his marriage to Martha. This Collection also includes two United States flags, of differing sizes (placed in oversize, drawer 26 folder 100, item 679), from his years working at the “Bleachery” (Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company) and an Army song book titled, Army Song Book: compiled by The Adjunct General’s Office in Collaboration with The Library of Congress and Published by the Order of the Secretary of War, that he received when he entered the service.
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Iva Larou Sherer Papers - Accession 311
Iva Larou Sherer
Accession 311Iva LaRou Sherer (1897-1992) was genealogist and historian from York County, SC. She is buried in Sharon Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sharon, SC. The Iva LaRou Sherer Papers consist of correspondence, land grants, deeds, census records, Bible and church records, maps, estate records, family histories, lineage sheets, pedigree charts, family trees, newspaper clippings, articles, biographical sketches, microfilm, and notes compiled by Iva LaRou Sherer and her son David in researching the family history. The material relates mainly to the Sherer family and to counties in the northwestern section of South Carolina and the southwestern section of North Carolina. There is some material related to other states and countries, as well as other people connected to the Sherer family. Family names include Beval, Bratton, Brown, Bryan, Black, Caveny, Dowdle/White, Feemster, Ferguson, Fowler, Gettys, Goodner, Gregorie, Hartness, Hayes, Heyl, Horton/Ogburn/Ussery/Croxton, Ingram, Love, McLaughlin, McSwain/Welchel, Maddock, Miller, Minter, Neely, Pratt, Sherer/Shearer, Sherer/Akers, Sherer/Gross, Sherer/Rogers, Sutton, Thomas, Turner, Wallace, and Wilson.
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Mary Wells Stevenson Shillinglaw Papers - Accession 387
Mary Wells Stevenson Shillinglaw
Accession 387The collection consists of genealogical notes relating to various families, personal correspondence, deeds, records relating to church histories, records relating to Bennettsville, S.C., and newspaper clippings. Included also is a book entitled The Dwelling Houses of Charleston, South Carolina. The genealogical material relates mainly to the Stevenson and McLelland (or McClelland) families. There is also material relating to other families connected with the Stevenson and McLelland families. Much of the material is handwritten notes on the various families. A listing of family names is listed in the Appendix I at the end of the Finding Aid.
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Shiloh Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Lancaster SC Records - Accession 577
Shiloh Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Lancaster SC
Accession 577This collection consists of photocopies of church session minutes from the Shiloh Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, SC extending from 1868 to about 1932. The collection also includes registers of baptisms, communicants, marriages, members, pastors, elders, deacons, and deaths from 1841-1970. Shiloh was organized in about 1802, however the church can trace its beginnings to the late 1700s preaching post known as Black Jack. Shiloh is the oldest Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lancaster County, SC.
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Celesta Wine Shippey Papers - Accession 200
Celesta Wine Shippey
Accession 200The Celesta Wine Shippey Papers consists of correspondence, photographs, speeches, newspaper clippings, publications, and other papers related to her research, club activities, and her travels as a Fulbright Fellow. Dr. Shippey served as a professor of English at Winthrop from 1945 to 1961. Much of her research as an English professor focused on the 16th century writer Nathaniel Woodes who wrote the morality play, Conflict of Conscience.
Also of interest are the photographic albums kept by Dr. Shippey, including photographs of Denmark (She attended Brethren Church) in 1913 through 1916, Manchester College, Oak Park, Illinois (ca 1920), Europe (1955), and Pakistan (1957-1958).
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Sierra Club- Henry's Knob Chapter History - Accession 816
Sierra Club - Henry's Knob Chapter
Accession 816 - M371 (422)This collection contains a history of the Henry’s Knob Chapter of the Sierra Club in 1992 in honor of the centennial year of the founding of the original Sierra Club. This publication titled, Henry’s Knob Group of the South Carolina Chapter of Sierra Club: An Evergreen History includes a history of the Henry’s Knob Mountain, the Henry’s Knob Chapter, and includes by-laws, lists of members and committees, and a running narrative of the chapter’s activities.
The Sierra Club was founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, CA “to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the Earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the Earth’s ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.” The Henry’s Knob chapter which included Cherokee, York, Chester, Lancaster, and Chesterfield counties in South Carolina was formed in 1973. The chapter was named after Henry’s Knob which is a mountain in York County left barren through years of strip mining for kyanite from 1947 through 1970.
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Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers - Accession 411
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
Accession 411The Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers consist of materials relating to the work of Mrs. Modjeska Monteith Simkins (1899-1992), who was and important Civil Rights leader during the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina. Included in this collection is a University of North Carolina oral history interview transcript of a 1976 interview of Mrs. Simkins by Jacquelyn Hall, correspondence, political campaign materials, and radio talk scripts by Mrs. Simkins. There are also photocopied newspaper clippings on civil rights issues, newsletters of several civil rights groups, business reports, voting material, and program notes. Of special interest are the 1970 Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Program note, the 1976 Mary McLeod Bethune Program note, and a program note including a biographical sketch of the Reverend Ralph David Abernathy. The collection also includes a number of newspapers. The collection contributes to insight into the life of Mrs. Simkins. For a comprehensive biography of Mrs. Simkins see: Women Leaders in South Carolina, Archives Records W409.2 and Aba Mecha, Barbara Woods, Black Women Activist in Twentieth Century South Carolina: Modjeska Monteith Simkins, 1978; E185.61 .A33x, Dacus Library, Winthrop University.
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The Sense of the Beautiful- An Address Delivered by W. Gilmore Simms, Before the Charleston County Agricultural and Horticultural Association - Accession 1315 - M652 (706)
William Gilmore Simms and South Carolina Agriculture
Accession 1315 - M652 (706)This collection consists of an address titled, The Sense of the Beautiful- An Address Delivered by W. Gilmore Simms, Before the Charleston County Agricultural and Horticultural Association (Now the Agricultural Society of South Carolina) May 3, 1870 by William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870). In his address Simms discusses: “The uses and the beauties of all things in Nature exist chiefly in our susceptibilities. It is in the degree in which we can find the use and appreciate the beauty, that the one is valued as of profit, the other as of pleasure.” The author focuses on beauty in depth, and describes beauty as a joy forever.
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An Essay on the Yellow Fever as it Occurred in Charleston, Including Its Origin And Progress Up To The Present Time - Accession 1319, M656 (710)
Thomas Y. Simons
Accession 1319 - M656 (710)The collection consists of Thomas Y. Simons, An Essay On The Yellow Fever, As It Has Occurred In Charleston, Including Its Origin And Progress Up To The Present Time. Walker and James: Charleston, SC, 1851. This essay was read before the South Carolina Medical Association at its anniversary meeting, May, 1851 and covers the history of yellow fever including its origin and progression up to 1851 and its outbreak in Charleston, SC.
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William Robinson Simpson Papers - Accession 571
William Robinson Simpson Jr., Simpson Family, Pride Family, Jones Family, and Sitgreaves Family
Accession 571The William Robinson Simpson Papers consists of photocopies of materials collected by William Robinson Simpson, Jr. (1902-1993) that relate primarily to line of the Simpson Family descended from John Simpson, Sr. (1770-1834). The collection consists primarily with genealogical materials related to the Simpson, Pride, Jones, and Sitgreaves families based mostly in Chester County, SC and York County, SC from the 1800s-1978s. Some of the genealogies extend as far back 400 AD. The collection consists entirely of photocopies of correspondence, receipts, ledger entries, legal documents (wills, power of attorney, etc.), newspaper articles, photographs, family narratives and biographies, and lineage charts.
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Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers - Accession 9
Henry Radcliffe Sims
Accession 9The Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers consist primarily of personal and business correspondence and offers a good source of information on the Sims family's varied interests in South Carolina, especially their businesses in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The correspondence generally deals with Henry Sims' brief military career; his presidency at Winthrop; his efforts along with his brothers' help to establish a radio station at Orangeburg; his constant concern in the Sims Publishing Company; his interest in the political and educational welfare of his nephews; his devotion to his family; and his association with various South Carolina legislators. Areas of research would perhaps include, among others, biographical information on Sims and his family; their contributions to South Carolina, especially in the area of publications (ex. Times and Democrat’s historical development). There is also material relating to Sims’ nephew, Hugo Sims Jr., and the latter’s 1946 campaign for a seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Correspondents include Olin Johnston, Burnet Rhett Maybank, John T. Riley and Strom Thurmond.
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Dr. William Randolph Sims Papers - Accession 1582
William Randolph Sims
Accession 1582The William Randolph Sims Papers consists of records primarily relating to the York County Hospital. Dr. William Randolph Sims, Sr. (1886-1972) was a longtime Chairman of the York County Hospital as well as the former Vice-President and Manager of J.P. Phillips Drugs Inc. The York County Hospital (also known as York General Hospital) opened on May 15, 1940 in the corporate limits of the Town of Ebenezer (now part of Rock Hill, SC) and included a nursing school and a home for nursing students. It was approved by the American College of Surgeons on February 2, 1944. It was later replaced by Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, which was built in 1983. The collection includes records concerning the school of nursing including both graduates and dropouts and their successes as nurses. Correspondence is also included on a variety of topics that range from general hospital relations to community relationships. Dr. Sims was also a record keeper and included in his papers are employee applications from the most basic to the position of administrator. Also, the collection contains Board of Trustees minutes spanning several years of the hospital and its business operations. The chairman also oversaw construction and additions to the building of York General and its affiliate locations. Finally, the collection contains financial and fiscal reports that show the expenses of the hospital.
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Dr. William Randolph Sims Papers - Accession 406
William Randolph Sims
Accession 406The William Randolph Sims Papers consists of records primarily relating to the York County Hospital. Dr. William Randolph Sims, Sr. (1886-1972) was a longtime Chairman of the York County Hospital as well as the former Vice-President and Manager of J.P. Phillips Drugs Inc. The York County Hospital (also known as York General Hospital) opened on May 15, 1940 in the corporate limits of the Town of Ebenezer (now part of Rock Hill, SC) and included a nursing school and a home for nursing students. It was approved by the American College of Surgeons on February 2, 1944. It was later replaced by Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, which was built in 1983. The papers consist of board of trustee meeting minutes, financial records, business correspondence, papers on construction, and correspondence concerning the York County Hospital.
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A Bridge To The Future: Six Mile Baptist Academy And Its Successors - Accession 1291 - M635 (689)
Six Mile Baptist Academy
Accession 1291 - M635 (689)This collection consists of a publication titled, A Bridge to the Future: Six Mile Baptist Academy and Its Successors by Virgil A. Mitchell, General Superintendent Emeritus, The Wesleyan Church. The Six Mile Baptist Academy located in Six Mile in Pickens County, South Carolina was a school which was operated from 1910 to 1955. It details the Academy’s development until it was combined with Central and Clemson high schools to form Daniel High School in 1955. The booklet also includes information regarding class reunions, photographs, and it lists all of Six Mile Alumni from 1914-1955.
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Six Mile Creek Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, SC Records - Accession 194 - M86 (110)
Six Mile Creek Presbyterian Church
Accession 194 - M86 (110)The Six Mile Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, SC Records consist of photocopies of a Six Mile Creek Presbyterian Church ledger, containing minutes of church meetings, registers of pastors, elders and deacons, minutes of the church session, registers of communicants, baptisms and deaths. Six Mile Presbyterian Church was started organized sometime around 1804. Included is a note stating the original ledger was rebound in 1971.
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The Attitude of the Antebellum South on Slavery Speech - Accession 1037 - M464 (515)
Slavery
Accession 1037 - M464 (515)This collection consists of a draft of a speech delivered in Rock Hill, South Carolina on May 10, 1913 titled, “The Attitude of the Antebellum South on Slavery.” The speech contains information on the history of slavery, how the institution was perceived by Southern society before and after being forced to hardline their position following Northern pressure to end the practice, and how the South’s position was justified leading up to the American Civil War.
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A South Carolina Protest Against Slavery - Accession 1191 - M559 (612)
Slavery and Henry Laurens
Accession 1191 - M559 (612)This collection consists of a publication titled, A South Carolina Protest Against Slavery: Being A Letter From Henry Laurens, Second President Of The Continental Congress, To His Son, Colonel John Laurens; Dated Charleston, SC August 14th, 1776 which was published in New York by G.P. Putnam in 1861. The publication is a reprint of a letter from Henry Laurens, to his son, Colonel John Laurens, from Charleston, S.C. on August 14, 1776. The editor notes that this letter shows that the difference of opinion between the North and South in 1861 on the subject of slavery did not exist at the time of the Revolution. Both parts of the country regarded slavery as “a social, political, and moral evil.” The editor contends that “it is the South which has changed, not the North.”
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Moses Roper: Escape from Slavery Paper - Accession 872 - M392 (443)
Slavery, Michael Melone, and Following Moses Roper: A Progress Report
Accession 872 - M392 (443)This collection consists of photocopies of maps, deeds, wills, and supporting material concerning a paper written by Winthrop student Michael Melone for Dr. Dorothy Thompson’s African-American Literature class titled “Following Moses Roper: A Progress Report” concerning the book titled A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery by Moses Roper. The student’s paper includes references to documents that prove Moses Roper’s accounts and claims concerning the people and places he encountered in North and South Carolina between 1828 and 1830.
Moses Roper was a mulatto slave born in Caswell County, North Carolina to his master, Henry Roper and his slave mother, Nancy. After he was seven years old he was exchanged to another master and eventually was exchanged or sold to another 17 or more masters in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. He had a particularly harsh master by the name of John Gooch of Chester County, South Carolina. Moses attempted to escape several times during these years before he successfully made his way from Florida to New York in 1934. He made his way to England and was educated there and wrote of his experiences as a slave and of his escape.
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South Carolina Historical Slide Collection - Accession 719 - M327 (378)
Slides, South Carolina
Accession 719 - M327 (378)The South Carolina Historical Slide Collection consists of slides which are duplicates of photographs already on file in the Archives. They mainly consist of photographs from Winthrop campus scenes, the John R. Schorb Collection, the J.S. White Papers, and the Knox-Wise Family Papers. Inclusive dates range from 1840’s-1960’s.
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Horace W. Slocum Journals - Accession 23
Horace W. Slocum
Accession 23The Horace W. Slocum Journals include handwritten and typewritten accounts of Mr. Slocum’s journeys through South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Illinois, New Hampshire, and other states in search of rocks and minerals. Of special interest are photographs and maps of geological and mining sites in the typewritten, edited version of the journals. There is also a map index. The journals extend mainly from 1938 to 1956.
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Hattie Thompson Small Collection - Accession 1404 - M693 (749)
Hattie Thompson Small and Emmett Scott High School
Accession 1404 - M693 (749)The Hattie Thompson Small Collection consists of a children’s book written by Hattie Thompson Small titled, Ms. Butterfly & Old Bumble Bee published by American Literary Press, Baltimore, MD, 2002. The book is signed by the author with a note to the Director of Archives, Gina Price White. Also, included in the collection is a CD containing a song written by Hattie Thompson Small titled, “If I Could Only Turn Back Time.” Hattie Thompson Small is a native of Rock Hill, SC and a graduate of Emmett Scott High School (the first South Carolina school for blacks) which was the located in Rock Hill, SC.
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Bertha Smith Collection - Accession 812 - M369 (420)
Bertha Olive Smith
Accession 812 - M369 (420)Bertha Smith (1888-1988) was a Winthrop graduate in 1913 and served 42 years as a Baptist missionary to China, 1917-1959. The Bertha Smith Video, titled Bertha Smith: Handmaiden of the Lord, 1888-1988 details about the life of Bertha Smith. Included in this 1992 documentary is commentary on her life and impact from such noted Christian leaders as: Dr. Charles Stanley; Dr. Jack Taylor; Dr. Stephen Olford; Dr. John Hash; Rev. Peter Lord.
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George Gilman Smith Papers - Accession 358 - M143 (180-182)
George Gilman Smith
Accession 358 - M143 (180-182)The George Gilman Smith Papers consist of a typescript autobiography and a diary of Smith, a Methodist minister, writer, and historian, who lived in Newton County, Georgia. Subjects include his early life, his family history (Smith, Gilman, Howard, and Hall families among others), his service during the Civil War in Phillips Regiment, and his various pastorates in Georgia. The collection consists of photocopies of originals on deposit at the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Marcellus Smith Collection - Accession 1424 - M700 (756)
Marcellus Smith
Accession 1424 - M700 (756)This collection consists of two framed prints. One is a framed print of Abraham Lincoln and the other is a framed print of Booker T. Washington.
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Samuel Avon Smith Diary- Accession 284 - M121 (154)
Samuel Avon Smith
Accession 284 - M121 (154)The Samuel Avon Smith Diary is a journal written Samuel Avon Smith who was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War (Company H, 5th Regiment, SC) and a doctor. The journal was written from ca. 1830-1876 or beyond (some pages have been destroyed). The first part is a reminiscence of his life from 1830 to ca. 1873 and from that point on he gives a monthly account of life in Bullock’s Creek, SC. Subjects covered in the journal are the battles of Manassas and Seven Pines, Confederate Troops at Leesburg, the reorganization of the Confederate Army, the march to Richmond, the conditions of the troops, wounds received at the battle of Seven Pines and his medical treatment at the Confederate hospital in Manchester, Virginia, his education at the Ebenezer Academy and the Medical College of SC in Charleston; his life, practice, and health conditions in Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, and in Bullock’s Creek, SC; and sentiments towards the reconstruction government and Ku Klux Klan. There is also mention of a conflict between Blacks and Whites in Chester County, SC in 1871.
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Zadock Darby Smith Diary- Accession 243
Zadock Darby Smith
Accession 243 - M103 (132)The Zadock Darby Smith Diary includes information about weather conditions, death and burial of family members and about Confederate troops in the Civil War. The collection consists of photocopies of the original.
Zadock Darby Smith was a captain in the Confederate Army. He was born in Mecklenburg County, NC, May 13, 1822 and died in York County, SC on November 25, 1884. Zadock Smith is buried at the Union Baptist Church cemetery in York, SC. His first wife was Martha Jane Glenn Smith (1828-1862) and his second wife was Jane Thomasson Smith (1838 - 1918). They owned a plantation on King’s Mountain Road.
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Helen Estis Snell Papers - Accession 1377
Helen Estis Snell
Accession 1377The Helen Estis Snell Papers consist of memorabilia from Winthrop Class of 1936 alumna, Helen Estis Snell (1915-1989) of Elloree, SC. The collection contains a scrapbook filled with mementos from Ms. Snell’s years at Winthrop. Items within the scrapbook are small memos from classmates, decorative Christmas napkins, gift tags, a couple photographs (cyanotype), postcards, letters, truck tags, event programs, news articles, and other memorabilia of her time at Winthrop. There are also programs for many events held during Senior Week in 1936 as well as a Senior Class of 1936 Patch.
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Rebecca Wilson Clark Snyder Papers - Accession 1622
Rebecca Wilson Clark Snyder
Accession 1622The Rebecca Wilson Clark Snyder Papers contains books that Mrs. Snyder read as a child, diaries of her years at Winthrop, accounts of trips, lesson plans from her teaching days, and writings over the span of her long life as well as Winthrop class reunion photographs, family scrapbooks, and extensive family genealogy. It also includes letters written to Mrs. Snyder from her husband, Theodore Allen Snyder.
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Social Service Workers Club of York County Records - Accession 127
Social Service Workers Club, York County
Accession 127The Social Service Workers Club of York County Records of a history, constitutions, and by-laws, minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership and officer lists, newsletters and newspaper clippings documenting the history and activities of the club which is composed of representatives of health, welfare, and recreation agencies in the county and whose purpose is to promote understanding and friendly relations between workers of the various agencies.
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An Oration On Reducing The Whole Body Of The Law - Accession 1258 - M610 (663)
South Carolina
Accession 1258 - M610 (663)The collection consists of booklet titled, An Oration on the Practicability and Expediency of Reducing the Whole Body of the Law to the Simplicity and Order of a Code: Delivered In the City-Hall, Before The South Carolina Bar Association, On Saturday, The 17th March, 1827, Being The Anniversary by Thomas S. Grimke which was published in Charleston, SC in 1827. Thomas Smith Grimké (1786-1834) was an American attorney, author, orator, and social activist.
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Last Day's Debate On The Tariff - Accession 1254 - M606 (659)
South Carolina
Accession 1254 - M606 (659)The collection consists of a booklet titled The Last Day’s Debate On The Tariff, In The Senate Of The United States. Address To the People of South Carolina, By Their Senators And Representatives in Congress And Address And Resolutions Adopted By The State Rights And Free Trade Party, At Charleston, July 30, 1832. Also, Proceedings Of a Meeting held in Georgia, &c. which was a debate on State Rights and Free Trade 1832-Tariff passed. This booklet discusses war and industry and effects they have on each other as well as the role the government plays in both and discloses the proceedings of State Rights and Free Trade Party of Charleston-July 30, 1832.
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Report Of A Special Committee Of The Senate Of South Carolina On The Resolutions Submitted By Mr. Ramsay, On The Subject of State Rights - Accession 1253 - M605 (658)
South Carolina
Accession 1253 - M605 (658)This collection consists of a report of a special committee of the Senate of South Carolina on the resolutions submitted by Mr. John D. Ramsay, on the subject of state rights. Printed on January 11, 1828 by order of the Senate of the United States. Also attributed to Robert J. Turnbull.
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An Essay on the Agricultural Capabilities of South Carolina and the Best Means of Developing and Improving Them - Accession 1316 - M653 (707)
South Carolina Agriculture
Accession 1316 - M653 (707)This collection consists of an essay titled, An Essay On The Agricultural Capabilities Of South Carolina And The Best Means Of Developing An Improving Them, Read Before the State Agricultural Society of South Carolina, in November, 1847, And September, 1848, by Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (1793-1855). Whitemarsh B. Seabrook was the 63rd Governor of South Carolina (1848-1850) and was President of the State Agricultural Society. The Essay offers a detailed account of Agriculture in South Carolina, historical trends, and how best to improve output.
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South Carolina Clergy Consultation Service For Problem Pregnancy Records - Accession 66
South Carolina Clergy Consultation Service For Problem Pregnancy
Accession 66The South Carolina Clergy Consultation Service For Problem Pregnancy Records consist of correspondence, financial records, case study questionnaires and reference materials, documenting the efforts of the Pro-Choice organization (SCCCS) to provide counseling service for women seeking abortions. The SCCCS opened its services in 1970. Correspondents include Rev. Howard Moody, National Clergy Consultation Service Coordinator; South Carolina Senators Ernest F. Hollings, and Strom Thurmond; and South Carolina Congressman James R. Mann.
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Annual Address Before the Clariosophic and Euphradian Societies Of The South Carolina College - Accession 1292 - M636 (690)
South Carolina Culture, Clariosophic Society, Euphradian Society, and Stephen Elliott
Accession 1292 - M636 (690)This address titled, Annual Address Before The Clariosophic And Euphradian Societies Of The South Carolina College delivered by Reverend Stephen Elliott (1806-1866), Bishop of Georgia, focuses on keeping tradition and Southern culture alive. The Reverend argues that colleges are the way in which the venerable traditions are passed on, and that students represent the present and their family’s past with their behavior. Since it was delivered in 1859 and published in 1860, the speech provides valuable insight into the beliefs of the Southern religious establishment right before South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union in December of 1860.
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Into the 21st Century: A Plan for South Carolina Historical Records 2000-2005 - Accession 1040 - M467 (518)
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Accession 1040 - M467 (518)This collection consists of Into The 21st Century: A Plan for South Carolina’s Historical Records 2000-2005 which was published by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History was donated to the Winthrop Library in 2001. This publication is designed to provide a “roadmap that will ensure the availability of primary documentary evidence in the future. From mid-1998 through mid-2000, the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board (SC SHRAB) conducted a strategic planning project to establish priorities and goals for improving the management of, preservation of, and access to South Carolina's historical records for 2000-2005."
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Lord Ashley Cooper's Dictionary Of Charlestonese - Accession 1294 - M638 (692)
South Carolina Dialect and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.
Accession 1294 - M638 (692)This collection consists of a booklet titled, Lord Ashley Cooper’s Dictionary of Charlestonese written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. of The Post and Courier as a humorous guide to non-Charleston, SC natives visiting the city to aid them in understanding the local dialect. Frank Gilbreth, Jr. (1911-2011) was an author and an newspaper columnist for Charleston’s Post and Courier who often used Ashley Cooper as a pen name.
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A State Program in Vocational Education - Accession 1312 - M650 (704)
South Carolina Education
Accession 1312 - M650 (704)This series consists of a booklet titled, State of South Carolina State Department of Education: A State Program in Vocational Education prepared by Division of Vocational Education and issued by J.H. Hope, State Superintendent of Education in April 1925. The booklet was aimed to explain the Vocational Education program in the state of South Carolina and why it is important “to train people to earn a living from some honest occupation.”
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A Study of Costs in Higher Institutions of Learning - Accession 1311 - M649 (703)
South Carolina Education
Accession 1311 - M649 (703)This collection consists of a booklet titled, A Study of Costs in Higher Institutions of Learning Prepared Under Direction of the Governor for The General Assembly of South Carolina by B.L. Parkinson, Director Extension Division, University of South Carolina which was printed under the direction of the Joint Committee On Printing General Assembly of South Carolina in 1925. This publication shows the results of a study conducted to find the costs of higher institutions of learning in the state of South Carolina.
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Education in South Carolina: Prior and During the Revolution - Accession 1261 - M613 (666)
South Carolina Education
Accession 1261 - M613 (666)This collection consists of a booklet titled, Education in South Carolina: Prior to and during the Revolution which was a paper read before the Historical Society of South Carolina on August 6, 1883 by Confederate veteran and former South Carolina House of Representative General Edward McCrady, Jr. (1833-1903). This booklet by Edward McCrady refutes the accusation by John Bach McMaster (1852-1932) in his History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War where he claims that South Carolina was guilty of neglecting education before and during the Revolution.
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Proceedings of A Convention Of Teachers - Accession 1288 - M632 (686)
South Carolina Education
Accession 1288 - M632 (686)This collection consists of a booklet titled, Proceedings Of A Convention Of Teachers Held In Accordance With The Suggestion Of His Excellency Gov. Seabrook At Columbia, July 12th 1850 and published by “Order Of The Governor” in Columbia, SC and printed by A. S. Johnston in 1850. The booklet deals with a teacher’s convention that took place on July 12, 1850 at Governor Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook’s request and includes a roll call of people attending and several reports that came out of the convention regarding the state of education in antebellum South Carolina. Governor Seabrook (1793-1855) was South Carolina’s 63rd Governor and served from 1848-1850.
