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  Barnett Spratt Papers - Accession 426

  Barnett Spratt

  Accession 426

  The collection consists of published and unpublished manuscripts by Miss Spratt and other authors, newspaper and periodical clippings, three scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, and personal notes.

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  Thomas Dryden Spratt Memoir - Accession 50 - M23 (34)

  Thomas Dryden Spratt

  Accession 50 - M26 (34)

  The Thomas Spratt Memoir consists of a typescript account titled Recollections of the Spratt Family, detailing the history of the Spratt family of York County, South Carolina from the arrival in America of Thomas Spratt from County Down, Ireland, in 1740 to 1876.

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  Springs Cotton Mill History - Accession 91 - M40 (53)

  Springs Foundation, Inc.

  Accession 91 - M40 (53)

  The Springs Cotton Mill History collection consists of a history of the Springs Cotton Mill based in Fort Mill, SC including a narrative and description of the company’s first 75 years of history from 1888 to 1963, which includes photographs and illustrations. Also included is a copy of the annual message to stockholders (a report of the 1962 calendar year) titled "Freedom to Fight with Both Hands" by H. W. Close, president.

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  Springs Foundation Booklet - Accession 1065 - M480 (531)

  Springs Foundation, Inc.

  Accession 1065 - M480 (531)

  This collection consists of Fifty Tears Improving the Quality of Life Through Community Service: Springs Foundation 1942-1992 written by Marshall Doswell which offers a history of the Springs Foundation, Inc. which is the philanthropic arm of Springs Industries, Inc. The foundation was created to promote “the general welfare of the residents” of Lancaster, Chester, and York counties of South Carolina regardless of their race, religion, or place of employment. It concentrates its activity in recreation, education, healthcare, community service, and religion.

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  Springs Foundation History - Accession 1079 - M490 (541)

  Springs Foundation, Inc.

  Accession 1079 - M490 (541)

  This collection consists of a booklet titled Profiles In Family Philanthropy Community Kinship: The Story of the Springs Foundation written by Carol Robbins and published by the National Center for Family Philanthropy in 2000. The Springs Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Springs Industries, Inc. The foundation was created to promote “the general welfare of the residents” of Lancaster, Chester, and York counties of South Carolina regardless of their race, religion, or place of employment. It concentrates its activity in recreation, education, healthcare, community service, and religion. The Springs Foundation was developed in 1942 by Elliot White Springs, a textile plant owner, writer, and World War I veteran. This publication includes a genealogy chart of the Springs-Close Family and a timeline of the Springs Foundation

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  Springs Bulletin - Accession 170

  Springs Mills, Inc.

  Accession 170

  The Springs Bulletin Collection consists of 13 microfilm rolls of a newsletter describing and listing the activities of Spring Mills, Inc. which is based in Fort Mill, SC.

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  Springmaid Fabrics Advertisement Collection - Accession 1555 - M759 (816)

  Springs Mills, Inc.; Springmaid Fabrics; and Elliott White Springs

  Accession 1555 - M759 (816)

  This collection consists of includes eleven advertisements made for the Springmaid Fabrics line by Springs Mills, Inc. to promote their new products. Springs Cotton Mill traces its beginnings to the organization of the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company when it opened a plant in Fort Mill, SC in 1888. The Springmaid Fabrics line was introduced by owner Elliott White Springs (1896-1959) and he used sex appeal to advertise the line during the 1940s and 1950s. This collection includes several of the racy illustrated advertisements that made liberal uses of double entendres.

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  Springsteen Plantation House Collection - Accession 1351 - M675 (729)

  Springsteen Plantation House and Rock Hill, SC Historic Home

  Accession 1351 - M675 (729)

  The Springsteen Plantation House Collection consists of photocopies and photograph copies of photographs of the house from 1948, 1950, and 1962. There are also photographs of the Springsteen lot from November 2008 and of the Laurence Farm House and the Laurence Farm tenant house from July 2009. There is also a photocopy of an article by Elizabeth Reed that was published in the Evening Herald (Rock Hill, SC) on September 9, 1948 about the house and its history. There are also a series of articles written by former Springsteen resident Joanne Pittman Hopkins in The Quarterly: A Publication of the York County Genealogical and Historical Society from March 2009 through September 2009 about the house and her recollections. The Springsteen Plantation House can trace its roots back to the mid-1800s when Richard Austin Springs, relative of the prominent Springs Family of Fort Mill, SC, built the home. This historic Rock Hill home was later razed in 1962.

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  S. S. Rock Hill Victory Ship Christening Bottle and Album- Accession 1706

  S. S. Rock Hill Victory Ship, World War II, and Rock Hill History

  Accession 1706

  This collection consists of the christening bottle used during the launch of the Victory Ship the S. S. Rock Hill. Also included is a commemorative book containing photographs of the ship, the ship’s construction, and the christening ceremony. The book also contains vital statistics of the ship and information about the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards in Baltimore, Maryland. The S.S. Rock Hill Victory Ship was launched on April 6, 1945 at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards in Baltimore, Maryland with the daughter of Rock Hill Mayor Erwin Carothers, Ann Carothers, serving as sponsor. The bottle in this collection was used by Ann Carothers to christen the ship the S. S. Rock Hill. The S. S. Rock Hill Victory like most Victory ships was a cargo ship produced during World War II. It had the MC Hull No. 647, was a Type VC2-S-AP2, was keeled on February 15, 1945, Launched on April 6, 1945, and Delivered on May 2, 1945.

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  Eunice Ford Stackhouse Biography - Accession 15 - M1 (1)

  Eunice Ford Stackhouse

  Accession 15 - M1 (1)

  This collection consists of a biography of Eunice Ford Stackhouse (1885-1980) titled Eunice Ford Stackhouse: Educator and Civic Leader by Mary Frayser published in 1959. Mrs. Stackhouse was an educator and civic leader. Mary Frayser includes excerpts and original correspondence of Mrs. Stackhouse in the publication.

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  Eunice Ford Stackhouse Papers - Accession 233

  Eunice Ford Stackhouse

  Accession 233

  Eunice Ford Stackhouse (1885-1980) was an educator and civil leader. The Eunice Ford Stackhouse Papers consist of letters, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and biographical sketches on the life and activities of Mrs. Eunice Ford Stackhouse. Included is information on the S.C. Federation of Women’s Clubs, and Limestone College. The collection also contains various poems and works written by Mrs. Stackhouse.

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  Eunice Ford Stackhouse Papers - Accession 310 - M129 (164)

  Eunice Ford Stackhouse

  Accession 310 - M129 (164)

  Eunice Ford Stackhouse (1885-1980) was an educator and civil leader. The Eunice Ford Stackhouse Papers consist of correspondence and biographical sketches of Mrs. Stackhouse, a bulletin, clippings, and a reminiscence of her days at Limestone College in Gaffney, SC where she served as instructor, professor, and Dean.

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  Eunice Ford Stackhouse Travel Diary - Accession 1031 - M458 (509)

  Eunice Ford Stackhouse

  Accession 1031 - M458 (509)

  Eunice Ford Stackhouse (1885-1980) was an educator and civil leader. The travel diary documents Eunice Ford Stackhouse’s visit to Europe viz. London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Amsterdam, Cologne and St. Petersburg in the summer of 1914 and across the United States in the summer of 1915 viz Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville Tennessee; St. Louis, Missouri; and numerous places in Colorado, Utah, & California. Also included are notes, receipts, a letter, a telegram, and two newspaper accounts of the wreck of the ship on which she traveled to Europe and the subsequent rescue of the passengers.

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  History of St. Anne's Parish - Accession 905 - M413 (464)

  St. Anne's Parish

  Accession 905 - M413 (464)

  St. Anne’s Catholic Parish traces its beginnings to 1919 is made up of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Tega Cay, South Carolina, and Fort Mill, South Carolina. It originally covered all of York County. This collection consists of a photograph and a history and chronology of Saint Anne Parish and Catholicism in York County, South Carolina. There is also information concerning early York County Catholics.

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  South Carolina State Council of the International Reading Association (SCIRA) Records - Accession 1343

  State Council of the International Reading Association, South Carolina

  Accession 1343

  The South Carolina State Council of the International Reading Association (SCIRA) Records consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters, highlights, bylaws and policies, board meeting goals and committee reports, financial reports and budgets, invoices, conference summaries, conference booklets, SCIRA and IRA memorabilia and promotional, IRA convention booklets, IRA various papers, applications, directories, educational materials, and various articles related to SCIRA and archival preservation methods.

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  State Free Negro Capitation Tax Books, Charleston S.C. - Accession 663

  State Free Negro Capitation Tax Books, Charleston, S.C. and South Carolina, Charleston, Free Negro Capitation Books

  Accession 663

  This collection consists of two microfilm reels containing twenty-nine ledgers listing the names of free blacks who resided in Charleston, SC between approximately 1811 and 1860. Most of the residents in the microfilm lived in the St. Phillips and St. Michaels parishes and are listed alphabetically by year. Years included in the microfilm are: 1811; 1821; 1822; 1823; 1826; 1827; 1832; 1833; 1834; 1835; 1836; 1837; 1838; 1839; 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1855; 1857; 1860; The original books are housed at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia, SC.

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  Frances Patton Statham Papers - Accession 574

  Frances Patton Statham

  Accession 574

  This Frances Patton Statham Papers consist mainly of newspaper clippings (originals and photocopies) and advertising flyers for Ms. Statham’s books. Frances Patton Statham (1931-2020) was a 1951 graduate of Winthrop College. The newspaper clippings cover the years from 1979 to 1983, as do the advertising items. Also contained in this collection are 1984 and 1985 book reviews about From Love’s Ashes. There are also two manuscript copies of From Love’s Ashes, one being the original and the other a typescript copy. Literary Newsletters are also part of this collection. They are from the story “When the Gypsies Came.” It is a photocopy from a magazine dated 1983. As for visual data, there are a few promotional photographs (7”x 10”) and also a 15 minute 1983 documentary on Frances Patton Statham on a 500ft. magnetic movie reel consisting of a series of interviews with Ms. Statham.

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  Kenneth R. Staton Papers - Accession 1174

  Kenneth R. Staton

  Accession 1174

  Kenneth R. Staton from Rock Hill, South Carolina was a surveyor who operated primarily in York County, South Carolina from 1987 through 2004. The Kenneth R. Staton Papers consist of his survey plats, field books, and computer disks and diskettes.

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  Etta Jane Hutchison Steele Autograph Book - Accession 1690 - M813 (870)

  Etta Jane Hutchison Steele

  Accession 1690

  This collection contains Etta Jane Hutchison Steele (1862-1935) autograph book. Signatures in this book spans from 1878-1883. The book was a gift from her father James Porter “Papa” Hutchison (1832-1920). The book contains autographs, drawings, greetings, and notes written by many friends and family members most of whom resided in Rock Hill, SC. Most of the entries are dated 1878. Anyone looking for names of Rock Hillians from the 1870s-1880s will find the book useful.

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  Archibald Steele and His Descendants - Accession 1136 - M520 (571)

  Steele Family and Newton Chambers Steele

  Accession 1136 - M520 (571)

  This collection consists of Archibald Steele and His Descendants: A Short Historical Narrative Of Archibald Steele The First, As He Is Called In This Book, And His Descendants, With Genealogical Tables Showing The Proper Place In The Family Of Every Member Of It Whose Name Could Be Learned by Newton Chambers Steele, M.D. published in 1900. The book follows York County, SC resident the Archibald Steele (1728?-1805) line up to 1900. The book includes lineage charts, photographs, and anecdotes relating to the Steele family. The book includes handwritten notes and updates to various entries and was formerly owned by Bessie Poag who was a supervisor in the Winthrop Training School from 19221-1950.

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  Stenseth Family Papers - Accession 1058

  Stenseth Family and Arla Stenseth Holroyd

  Accession 1058

  This collection consists of Stenseth family letterhead, Christmas letters written to the Stenseth family by Christina and Britten, and a post card written by Elizabeth, about her summer vacation. Among the letters, there is a wedding announcement from Britten with a handwritten note about her new marriage. This collection also includes family photographs.

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  Mary Mellichamp Stevens Collection - Accession 1503

  Mary Mellichamp Stevens

  Accession 1503

  The Mary Mellichamp Stevens Collection consists of four volumes of the Tatler from 1937-1940 as well as the Winthrop Handbooks from 1937-38, 1938-39, and 1939-40. Also included are various items such as a program for freshman week, tips for Winthrop college life, and a schedule for recitations. These items belonged to Mary Mellichamp Stevens, Winthrop alumna of the class of 1940.

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  Ida Crawford Stewart Papers - Accession 487

  Ida Crawford Stewart, Estee Lauder, Crawford Family, Stewart Family, Nilson Family, Wade Family, Winthrop University, and Winthrop Training School

  Accession 487

  This collection consists of personal, professional, genealogical and reference files of art-educator, beautician and business woman Ida Crawford Stewart (1922-2023). The collection contains correspondence, newspaper articles, citations, photographs, and church bulletins. Also included are family business papers from the time of Ida’s Irish immigrant great-great-grandfather, John Crawford (1750-1826) to the time of her father James Roy Crawford (1891-1980). The papers and correspondence which includes original deeds, wills, and other primary documents that reference the sale of slaves, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction of the South. There are many records that genealogists interested in the Crawford Family, Stewart Family, Nilson Family, and Wade Family will find useful.

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  Stitt-Howey (Howie) Family Papers - Accession 462, M261 (311)

  Stitt Family, Howey Family, and Howie Family

  Accession 462 - M261 (311)

  The Stitt-Howey (Howie) Family Papers consist of photocopies of deeds, indentures, Civil War correspondence, wills, newspaper clippings, and financial records, relating not only to the Stitt and Howey (Howie) families but also to the Dunn and Ezell families. The families lived in Mecklenburg County and Union County, North Carolina, and Sumter County, South Carolina.

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  St. Mary Catholic Church (Rock Hill, SC) History - Accession 808 - M365 (417)

  St. Mary Catholic (Rock Hill, SC) and Michael Rukstelis

  Accession 808 - M365 (417)

  This collection consists of a history of the St. Mary Catholic Church in Rock Hill, SC from about 1932 to 1992 written by Micheal Rukstelis titled, bRINGING iT aLL bACK hOME: A Brief History of St. Mary's Catholic Church Rock Hill, South Carolina. The church history also offers a glimpse into the lives of members of the African American community in the Crawford Road area of Rock Hill from the 1930s through the 1990s.

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  Stokes Family Bibles - Accession 1169

  Stokes Family, Boulware Family, Gillespie Family, Cunningham Family, Teague Family, Hood Family, Epting Family, Boozer Family, Holroyd Family, and Bible

  Accession 1169

  This collection includes two family bibles of the Stokes Family. The first was owned by Williams (1788-1850) & Ann Risher Stokes (1790-1860) is titled, The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments: Together With The Apocrypha: Translated Out Of The Original Tongues, And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised With Canne’s Marginal Notes And References To Which Are Added An Index; An Alphabetical Table Of All The Names In The Old and New Testaments, With Their Significations, Tables Of Scripture Weights, Measures, And Coins, &c. Published by Summer and Goodman in Hartford in 1845. The second was started by their son William (1833-1905) and his wife Eliza Jane Boulware Stokes (1837-1916) of Branchville, SC and Early Branch, SC and was titled, Holman’s Edition. The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of The original Tongues, And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised; With The Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms. The Text Conformance To The Oxford And The American Bible Society’s Standard Editions published in 1872 by A. J. Holman & Co., No. 930 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. The 1872 Bible contains names of births, deaths, and marriages of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren from 1833-1967. There is also a 1902 Boulware Family tree (Eliza was a Boulware) starting from Muscoe William Boulware (1758-1825) and Nancy Pickett Boulware (1762-1836). Included in the collection are various papers found between the pages of the bibles. Family Names included in the genealogical entries in the Bibles are: Stokes; Gillespie; Cunningham; Teague; Hood; Epting; Boozer; Holroyd; Boulware; Note: The William and Eliza Jane Stokes Collection, Acc. 760 M355 (406) contains photographs and photocopies of all the pages containing genealogical entries.

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  William and Eliza Jane Stokes Family History Collection - Accession 760 - M355 (406)

  Stokes Family, William Stokes, and Eliza Jane Stokes

  Accession 760 - M355 (406)

  The William and Eliza Jane Family History Collection consists of genealogical information from the Stokes Family Bible and other sources. The original Bibles were transferred to Accession 1169. Other family names included are Boulware, Gillespie, Hall, McMaster, Neil, Pickett, Raines, Richmond, and others.

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  William Stokes Papers - Accession 882

  William Stokes and American Civil War

  Accession 882

  The William Stokes Papers mainly consist of personal correspondence from William Stokes (1833-1905) to his wife, Eliza Jane Boulware Stokes (1837-1916), during the American Civil War. William Stokes served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War with the 4^th Regiment South Carolina Calvary as Lieutenant Colonel. After the conclusion of the war he would be given the rank of Brigadier General by then Governor Wade Hampton. He was born on October 20, 1833, and died on June 30, 1905. The collection includes pre-Civil War, Civil War, and post-Civil War letters and military orders. Also includes writings by historians detailing William Stokes’ involvement, and actions by his regiment and other regiments, particularly those from South Carolina, during the Civil War. Most of the letters and orders are dated and identified.

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  Elizabeth Stowe Papers - Accession 752

  Martha Elizabeth Stowe

  Accession 752

  The Elizabeth Stowe Papers consist of yearbooks, newspaper clippings, letters, magazines, sheet music, prayer books, photographs, invoices, Winthrop College papers, envelops, letters, meeting minutes, alumna information, invitations, wills, insurance papers, genealogy books, contacts lists, Baptist newsletters, lesson plans, history books, and bibles. Martha Elizabeth Stowe (1910-2000) was a 1932 Winthrop graduate and remained very active on campus working with the Winthrop Christian Association and Gamma Delta Kappa Gamma. Stowe worked for Winthrop University for many years as a Residence Life Coordinator, graduate assistant, and as a training school supervisor. Ms. Stowe helped lead the campaign in the late 1980s to get Winthrop’s founder David Bancroft Johnson into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. She was very active in her church and the local community working with children, homeless shelters, the York County Historical Society, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, the Catawba Regional Planning Council, local schools, and the National Historic Preservation Society.

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  Clara Barrett Strait Papers - Accession 653 - M288 (339)

  Clara Barrett Strait and Edwin S. James

  Accession 653 - M288 (339)

  Clara Barrett Strait (ca. 1867-1948) was one of the foremost portrait painters in South Carolina during the first half of the 20^th century. The Clara Barrett Strait Collection consists of the manuscript, Clara Barrett-Strait: An Achievement and a newspaper clipping published in the State Magazine in 1985 about the artist, both written by former Winthrop professor Edwin S. James (1922-2011). Also included is a microcassette labeled “Clara Barrett Strait 1983” that includes a recording of Mr. James talking about Clara, and photographs and negatives of Clara Barrett Strait’s portraits, all of which were compiled by Edwin S. James.

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  William Kirkwood Stringfellow Family Papers- Accession 559

  William Kirkwood Stringfellow, Stringfellow Family, Adair Family, Gaston Family, Simonton Family, and Brice Family

  Accession 559

  This collection consists of photocopies of genealogical material that Mr. William Kirkwood Stringfellow (1904-1981) collected. This material includes information on the families Simonton, Adair, and Gaston, as well as, Stringfellow and include correspondence, obituaries, bible entries, wills, deeds, genealogical charts, and family narratives and anecdotes. Also included is a reminiscences of Mr. Stringfellow’s childhood in Chester, SC and a typescript copy of a reminiscence of the American Civil War by John James Stringfellow (1837-1931) from Chester, SC who served in Company F of the 6th South Carolina Infantry.

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  Stroud Family Genealogy Collection - Accession 1025 - M451 (502)

  Stroud Family

  Accession 1025 - M451 (502)

  The Stroud Family Genealogy Collection consists of information concerning the Stroud Family that lived in Chester County, South Carolina in the 18^th Century compiled by Leatha Ann Stroud Betts of Utah. The collection consists mostly of family charts and record groups, but also includes some typescript copies of deeds and wills, as well as anecdotes and narratives. Allied family names included are: Campbell; Carter; Franklin; Howard; Howell; Kitchens; Strickland; Walker; Wall;

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  Stroud Family Bible - Accession 1015

  Stroud Family, Hornsby Family, Blake Family, and Bible

  Accession 1015

  Consists of The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments . . . printed in Edinburgh by Adrian Watkins, His Majesty’s printer in 1756. The Bible contains genealogical information pertaining to the Stroud, Hornsby, and Blake families. There is also information on the family names of Crockett, Caldwell, Roden, Information includes death, marriage, and birth dates. The inclusive dates of the genealogical information are 1731 to 1949. Please see attached scans of the genealogical information.

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  David Stroupe Collection - Accession 1629 - M799 (856)

  David Stroupe, Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company, and York County Fair

  Accession 1629 - M799 (856)

  This collection consists of material collected by former Winthrop Biology Instructor David Stroupe who taught from 1969-1972. Included in the collection is an Official Program for the 1971 Come See Me festival in Rock Hill, SC, a Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company brochure titled “Howdy Neighbor” with several fabric swatches, a Lowenstein and Sons, Inc. textile manufacturing brochure titled, “Fiber To Fabric To Fashion…”, and a booklet titled “Official Premium List of the York County Fair Fifty-Fifth Annual Exhibition” which was produced for the 55^th annual York County Fair held in Rock Hill, South Carolina October 19-24, 1970.

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  St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Records - Accession 309 - M128 (163)

  St Thaddeus Episcopal Church

  Accession 309 - M128 (163)

  St. Thaddeus Church was founded in Aiken, SC in 1842 and is part of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina and the Episcopal Church. The St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Records consist an order of service of the ordination of Mellie Hussey Hickey, a program of the 125^th anniversary celebration of the church’s founding, and a history of the church titled, History of the Church of St. Thaddeus 1842-1966.

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  Sturgis-Schooly Family History - Accession 727 - M332 (384)

  Sturgis Family, Schooly Family, and Frances P. Stewart

  Accession 727 - M332 (384)

  The Sturgis-Schooly Family History was compiled by Frances P. Stewart of Atlanta, Georgia and consists of genealogical information concerning the Sturgis and Schooly families that lived in York County, South Carolina beginning in the latter half of the 18^th Century. The history covers the families from the 1600’s through 1988 when the history was printed.

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  George Hammond Sullivan Collection - Accession 654 - M296 (347)

  George Hammond Sullivan

  Accession 654 - M296 (347)

  The George Hammond Sullivan Collection consists of three bound volumes of his poetry including Some Expressions in Verse and Prose (1936) and Miscellaneous Expressions (1944) both published privately and an unpublished compilation of poetry composed from 1933-1944 by George Hammond Sullivan (1859-1956) titled “Miscellaneous Verses.” George Hammond Sullivan was the son of Mary Mildred Sullivan (1836-1933) and Algernon Sydney Sullivan (1826-1887). Mary and Algernon were well-known for their philanthropy and in 1934, George created a foundation in his parents name to honor their legacies at in over fifty higher education institutions, including Winthrop University, Mary Mildred Sullivan Awards and Algernon Sydney Sullivan awards are handed out to graduating senior who partake in unselfish service an demonstrate an altruistic character.

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  George Hammond Sullivan Triptych Collection - Accession 776

  George Hammond Sullivan

  Accession 776

  The George H. Sullivan Triptych Collection consists of three antique Italian religious wooden triptychs. One is labeled, “Imported From Javit, Italy” and the other two are labeled as from “Sarti Enrico, Via Villani 23, Florence (Italy) N. 143.” The triptychs were donated most likely in the 1940s or 1950s by Mr. George Hammond Sullivan for the Winthrop Museum that used to be housed in the Tillman Science Building. George Hammond Sullivan (1859-1956) was and lawyer and was well known for his philanthropic work, just like his parents, Mary Mildred Sullivan (1836-1933) and Algernon Sydney Sullivan (1826-1887). Mary and Algernon were well-known for their philanthropy. One of the highest awards given at Winthrop University is the Mary Mildred Sullivan Awards and Algernon Sydney Sullivan awards which are handed out to a graduating senior who partakes in unselfish service and demonstrates an altruistic character.

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  Walter Caswell Sullivan Papers - Accession 201 - M88 (112)

  Walter Caswell Sullivan

  Accession 201 - M88 (112-113)

  The Walter Caswell Sullivan Papers consist of correspondence; bills of sale; a biographical sketch of Edward Walter Hall (1859-1949), pioneer educator of Rock Hill; a journal (1912-1915) of the Eats Club in Rock Hill; and war ration books. Most of the correspondence concerns a John H. Allen of Chester and subjects include the health and financial affairs, the shooting of a doctor, Hall family genealogy, and business transactions. The Eats Club's members were Julia Cork, Eva Fewell, Josie Hall, Anne Claire Hutchison, and Susan Steele.

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  Sumter Garden Club Records - Accession 450

  Sumter Garden Club and Garden Club, Sumter

  Accession 450

  The Sumter Garden Club Records consist of secretary, treasurer’s and president’s reports and minutes. The collection also consists of several newspaper clippings, photographs, and awards pertaining to flower shows, yearbooks, and programs from a radio show sponsored by the club. The collection includes two historical sketches and records relating to the club’s reconstruction after World War II. The collection also contains records relating to civic work by the club. The Sumter Garden Club was organized in March 1927 in Sumter, SC. The Sumter Garden Club is a member of the Garden Club of South Carolina, The National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., and The Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter. The Object of the Club is “to promote the Love of Gardening and to Increase the Knowledge of Horticulture; to Project and Promote the Growth of our Native Flowers, Trees, Shrubs and Birds; and to Encourage Civic Planting.”

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  Surasky Family Papers - Accession 250 - M115 (147)

  Surasky Family

  Accession 250 - M115 (147)

  The Surasky Family Papers consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, reminiscences, poetry, and other papers mostly photocopies. Of particular interest are a reminiscence by Esther Pinck entitled “Remembrance of Things Past”, concerned with the Jewish experience in Aiken, SC; papers related to Mina Tropp, a painter who developed a unique medium of painting with flora and who is also published poet; and letters of Judge Justine Wise Polier, well known Juvenile Court judge in New York. Collection is almost all photocopies.

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  Hugh Lorraine Swann Letters - Accession 1182 - M550 (603)

  Hugh Lorraine Swann and American Civil War

  Accession 1182 - M550 (603)

  This collection consists of materials related to Hugh Lorraine Swann (1829-1863) who was born in York County, South Carolina and died during the American Civil War. Lorraine served in the Confederate Army in the 2^nd “E” Company, 9^th South Carolina Regiment. The Collection consists of photocopies of two letters that Swann wrote during the war while stationed near Chattanooga, Tennessee. One of the letters is dated October 11, 1863 and was sent to his sister-in-law, Mary Davison and the second letter was dated October 21, 1863 and was to his wife Jane M. Latimer Swann. . Also included in the collection is a listing of Hugh Swann’s movements during the war from October 16, 1863 through November 16, 1863 when he was killed by an artillery explosion that “tore off Robert “Bob” McKinght’s arm, which is what actually struck Lorraine killing him brutally (gruesomely) as per Joel [sic] D. McConnell’s Recollections of the Civil War. [1]” The collection has a couple genealogical charts for the Swann family as well.

  [1] This reference is to the John Daniel McConnell Recollections of the Civil War. A copy of the recollection is in the McConnell Family Papers – Accession 340.

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  Sweatt Family Papers - Accession 401

  Sweatt Family

  Accession 401

  The Sweatt Family Papers consist of photographs, correspondence, Christmas cards, envelopes, a newspaper article, and memorabilia related to the family. The majority of the collection consists of photographs of family members. The photographs include tintypes, cartes-de-visite, and postcards. The Sweatt family was predominately located in Rock Hill, SC.

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  Tamassee Industrial School Records - Accession 138 - M65 (80)

  Tamassee Industrial School

  Accession 138 - M65 (80)

  The Tamassee Industrial School Records consist of brochures, pamphlets and bulletins describing the purpose, history and work of the school which was established by the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as a Christian Boarding School for boys and girls. The school is located in Tamassee, SC in Oconee County and was established in November 1914.

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  Sallie B. Tannahill Lantern Slides - Accession 346

  Sallie B. Tannahill

  Accession 346

  The collection is composed of lantern slides which were given to Eleanor Burts by Sallie B. Tannahill. The slides were used by Miss Tannahill and Dr. Jean Betzner in the courses they taught at the Teachers College at Columbia University in the 1920s and 1930s, with Miss Tannahill teaching courses about typography, graphic design, and the fine arts while Dr. Betzner taught classes about Children’s Literature.

  The Sallie B. Tannahill Lantern Slides collection is a good summary of the ideas and inspirations Miss Tannahill had, as many slides are in German, Czech, and French, showing the European influence Miss Tannahill received. Additionally, many of the slides are not of typography and letter analysis, but rather of textiles, woodcuts, architectures, photographs, and other expressions of art, showing that Miss Tannahill lectured about the fundamental principles she believed every craft shared.Some slides may have additionally come from lectures Miss Tannahill gave at museums.

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  Doris Mitchell Tant Collection - Accession 1501 - M731 (787)

  Doris Mitchell Tant

  Accession 1501 - M731 (787)

  This collection consists of regulation and flight maneuver handbooks (Platter for Elementary Flight Maneuvers: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 31 (February 1943) and Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 22 (October 1943). Also included is a medical certificate given by the U.S. Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration to Doris Mitchell Tant (1923-2011). Doris served as a pilot during WWII. The Civil Aeronautics Administration taught women to pilot airplanes for non-military aviation purposes. Doris Tant was a 1946 graduate of Winthrop College graduated with a degree in Physical Education.

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  William Knox Tate Biography By Howard O. Long - Accession 1108 - M511 (561-562)

  William Knox Tate and Howard O. Long

  Accession 1108 - M511 (561-562)

  This collection consists of a photocopy of a1952 dissertation by Howard O. Long for a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the George Peabody College For Teachers titled, An Abstract of a Biography Of William Knox Tate: Southern “Educational Engineer”. The dissertation includes an extensive biography on Professor William Knox, Sr. (1870-1917) who was a former State Supervisor of Rural Schools in South Carolina, Superintendent of Memminger Normal School in Charleston, SC, and was a professor at Winthrop College from 1910-1914 and at the George Peabody College for Teachers in Tennessee. The aim of the dissertation was “(1) to point out the important work and to indicate the unique contributions of professor William Knox Tate to the field of Southern education in his role as “educational engineer,” and (2) to preserve for posterity a record of the works and thoughts of a great Southern educator so that history of southern education will be more complete.”

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  South Carolina Teacher Association History - Accession 240 - M101 (130)

  Teacher Association, South Carolina

  Accession 240 - M101 (130)

  The South Carolina Teacher Association History collection consists of a publication written by David Duncan Wallace titled History of the South Carolina Teachers' Association in 1924. The publication covers the history of the South Carolina Teacher Association from its founding in 1850 to 1924.

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  Daniel Webster Terry Diary Collection - Accession 339

  Daniel Webster Terry

  Accession 339

  Daniel Webster Terry lived in Albany County, New York and was a farmer/ teacher/ salesman. These 23 nineteenth century diaries that comprise this collection are a valuable source of family life and general lifestyles of the period 1860-1900 spanning from the American Civil War to the turn of the Twentieth Century. Daniel Webster Terry was the father of Winthrop Geography Professor Elwood Idell Terry (1879-1962) who taught from 1930-1947. Daniel Terry was also the grandfather of Winthrop Librarian Georgene Terry Sanders (1921-2016) who worked at Winthrop from 1962-1982. Researchers and social historians could develop a wide variety of research topics from the diaries.

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  South Carolina Textiles: Southern Workers, Northern Bosses - Accession 1269 - M621 (674)

  Textiles, South Carolina

  Accession 1269 - M621 (674)

  This collection consists of a printed edition of South Carolina Textiles: Southern Workers, Northern Bosses which is a research department economic report and study of industrial concentration and locale of ownership conducted by the Textile Workers Union of America, C.I.O. in 1949. The publication details the plight of Southern textile mill ownership where most are owned by Northern "firms with far-flung interests outside of the state." The report investigated 227 mills in South Carolina that were "engaged in spinning, weaving and dyeing of cotton, wool, and rayon fabrics...as of October 1948."