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  Commencement Exercises Of The South Carolina Military Academy- Accession 1300 - M644 (698)

  The Citadel, Francis Whitlock Gregg, and Edward McCrady Jr.

  Accession 1300 - M644 (698)

  This collections consists of publication titled, Commencement Exercises Of The South Carolina Military Academy: Sermon By Rev. Francis W. Gregg (Class 1894) June 28^th, 1903 and Address By General Edward McCrady June 30^th, 1903 published in Charleston, SC by Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., Printers in 1903.

  The Baccalaureate Sermon delivered by Reverend Francis Whitlock Gregg (1873-1958) was held at the Winthrop College Chapel in Rock Hill, SC on June 28, 1903. Rev. Gregg was a pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill, SC and the Gregg Chapel was named in his honor. The sermon deals with the difference between being rich and leading a rich life. He argues that life should be dedicated to servicing God and preparing for the afterlife. He also relates a story of when he was a cadet in 1894 when he and the rest of the Citadel Cadets marched from Rock Hill through Tirzah to Yorkville, SC. From there they marched to Kings Mountain to pay their respects. On the 20 mile march back to Yorkville they were overcome by a storm and were forced to take refuge at Bethany Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.

  The second address is by General Edward McCrady, Jr. (1833-1903) which focuses on the love one has for their home country and home state, arguing that a man will always love his state more than his country. He relates this idea to the history of South Carolina, which gave its residents a unique identity set apart from the rest of the United States. Gen. McCrady served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War with the 1^st Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers and rose to Lieutenant Colonel. He later served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and was appointed Major General of the South Carolina Militia.

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  The Educational: A Monthly Periodical for the Interchange of Thought - Accession 1391 - M689 (745)

  The Educational, Carolina Teachers' Journal, David Bancroft Johnson, Winthrop College, and McLaurin Hall

  Accession 1391 - M689 (745)

  The collection consists of one edition of The Educational: A Monthly Periodical for the Interchange of Thought published by McGhee & Davis, Columbia, South Carolina for June 1, 1902 (Vol. I, No. 5). The Educational was the successor to the Carolina Teachers' Journal which ran from 196-1901. This edition contains an article titled "The New Dormitory at Winthrop College" written by Winthrop founder and first president, David Bancroft Johnson. This article provides background on the College and offers a description and justification of the new dormitory (South Dormitory, later renamed McLaurin Hall) built in 1901 on Winthrop's campus in Rock Hill, SC.

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  The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter - Accession 214 - M95 (121)

  The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter

  Accession 214 - M95 (121)

  The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter is a newspaper of the Methodist Church that was published every two weeks in Baltimore, MD. The bound issues in the collection extend from November 10, 1830 to October 12, 1831.

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  The Land We Love Magazine Collection - Accession 1738

  The Land That We Love, New Eclectic, and Daniel Harvey Hill

  Accession 1738

  The Land We Love was a monthly Charlotte, NC based magazine that was founded and edited by ex-Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889) and published monthly from May 1866 through March 1869. In March 1869 this publication was absorbed by the New Eclectic which was based in Baltimore, Maryland. The magazine was literary in nature and consists of short stories, articles, poems, and throughout there are advertisements from the era. The publication focused mostly on history, agriculture, politics, and the military. According to a Julian Mason article titled “The Land We Love” (2006) “The Land We Love’s greatest significance was literary. Its contents and editorial positions highlighted the southern point of view and heritage, and its authors were primarily from the South.” The collection consists of four editions of the original publication and two from after it was acquired by the New Eclectic. Daniel H. Hill was the grandson of Colonel William Hill who founded Hill’s Iron Works in York District, South Carolina from which he made cannon for the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

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  The Legacy: Three Men and what they Built - Accession 1152 - M528 (579)

  The Legacy: Three Men and What They Built, Springs Industries, Samuel Elliott White, Leroy Springs, and Elliott White Springs

  Accession 1152 - M528 (579)

  This collection consists of two copies of The Legacy: Three Men and What They Built by Anne Springs Close on December 25, 1987. This short booklet contains a brief biography of three men who helped to shape the history of the South Carolina based textile company Springs Industries: Samuel Elliott White (1837-1911); Leroy Springs (1861-1931); and Elliott White Springs (1896-1959); They “established, built and guided through its first 72 years the company this is now Springs Industries,” (Close, Anne S., Preface).

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  The Proposed Alteration Of The Judicial Tenure In South Carolina - Accession 1257 - M609 (662)

  The Proposed Alteration Of The Judicial Tenure In South Carolina

  Accession 1257 - M609 (662)

  The collection consists of a booklet titled, The Proposed Alteration of the Judicial Tenure in South Carolina discussed by “The Black Sluggard” and printed at the Republican Office, Hamburg in 1844. This publication consists of essays that were originally published in the Charleston Courier consolidated into this booklet to discuss the proposed alteration of judicial tenure in South Carolina which includes reasons to be removed from office.

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  Thomas Family Papers - Accession 147

  Thomas Family

  Accession 147

  The collection is a valuable source of information concerning family life in Rock Hill, S.C. during the period from 1920-1945. The collection includes diaries, Thomas Tours brochures, newspaper clippings speeches, financial and estate records, genealogies, menus, photographs, memorabilia and extensive body of correspondence comprising the largest part of the collection. Dr. Roy Zachariah Thomas brought his family to Rock Hill when he assumed the position of professor of Chemistry at Winthrop College in 1914. The correspondence in the collections traces the growth of the Thomas family and the tour business, Thomas Tours, Inc., that Dr. Thomas founded in the 1920’s. Letters exchanged by family members give keen insight into the following: 1) the activates offered by Winthrop Training School and Winthrop College in the 1920’s and early 1930’s, 2) the burgeoning tour business, 3) the social events offered by Duke University during the mid-1930’s, 4) life during the depression, 5) the rigorous training of ROTC cadets at Clemson University during the early 1940’s, 6) the accelerated training of enlisted men and officers of the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII, 7) the effects of the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan, and 8) the growth of one of Rock Hill’s prominent families. A later addition was made to the collection in March 2022 by Nancy Thomas Wofford (Class of 1967 and 1984) of an article titled “History of Curriculum of Early Childhood Education of Winthrop College” by Nancy Wofford and a Winthrop Thesis titled Teaching The Individual with Special Reference to Florida by Nancy’s aunt, Lula Craig Mills (Class of 1936).

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  On The Profession of Arms Address - Accession 1298 - M642 (696)

  John P. Thomas and The Citadel

  Accession 1298 - M642 (696)

  This collection consists of a booklet titled, On The Profession of Arms: The Annual Address Delivered Before the Association of Graduates of the State Military Academy of South Carolina in Charleston, SC April 9^th 1859 by Professor John P. Thomas of the Citadel Academy published by Order of the Association. The Booklet was published by Walker, Evans & Co. Printers in 1859. The contents of this booklet consist of a transcription of a speech delivered to the State Military Academy in 1859 by Colonel John P. Thomas (1833-1912) who was a Citadel graduate of 1851 and was a Professor of English and History at the school. He later served as President of the Citadel from 1882-1885. The speech praises the military as the oldest and noblest profession and analyzes the work of three great American military men: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Winfield Scott.

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  Joseph Alexander Thomas Civil War Letter - Accession 70 - M32 (44)

  Joseph Alexander Thomas

  Accession 70 - M32 (44)

  The Joseph Alexander Thomas Civil War Letter consists of a typescript copy from Joseph Thomas, who was at James Island, Legares Point, near Charleston, to Mrs. Lewis B. Bryant (Jennett N. Hemphill) in York County. The letter mainly describes living and working conditions during the American Civil War. The letter is dated April 26, 1864.

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  Ruth Harvey Thomason Papers - Accession 739

  Ruth Harvey Thomason

  Accession 739

  The Ruth Harvey Thomason Papers consists of materials collected by Ruth Harvey Thomason Turner (1913-1984) was a 1929 graduate of Winthrop Training School and a 1933 graduate of Winthrop College. Ruth Harvey Thomason was the daughter of Winthrop professor, Dr. John Furman Thomason (1878-1967) who was a Professor of Rural Education from 1918-1943. The collection consists of materials she collected while she attended the Winthrop Training School (1925-1929) and Winthrop College (1929-1933). The collection consists of scrapbooks, personal correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, mementos, and memorabilia. This collection is an excellent snapshot of student and Winthrop life during the 1920s and 1930s.

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  Dorothy Perry Thompson Papers - Accession 1352

  Dorothy Perry Thompson

  Accession 1352

  Dr. Dorothy Perry Thompson was a Winthrop professor of English and an accomplished poet and writer. As well as teaching in the English Department, Dr. Thompson also coordinated the African American Studies program which she helped found. The Dorothy Perry Thompson Papers consists of her poems and writings, drafts, research, notes, contract agreements, awards and certificates, speaking engagement flyers and records, thank you letters, and promotion and tenure records.

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  John Thompson Letters - Accession 491 - M204 (246)

  John Thompson

  Accession 491 - M204 (246)

  The John Thompson Letters consist of copies of two typescript letters written by Private John Thompson, 1st U.S. Artillery, to his father, Robert Thompson of Articlave Northern Ireland, concerning the siege of Fort Sumter by confederate troops which marked the beginnings of the American Civil War. Also included are Private Thompson’s enlistment records from the National Archives.

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  O. Frank Thornton Papers - Accession 232

  O. Frank Thornton

  Accession 232

  O. Frank Thornton served as South Carolina Secretary of State of South Carolina from 1950 to 1979. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, and financial records. The correspondence is with family, friends, and associates and includes communication pertaining to Thornton’s elections as Secretary of State.

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  Our Danger and Our Duty by Rev. J. H. Thornwell, D. D. - Accession 1184 - M552 (605)

  James Henley Thornwell and American Civil War

  Accession 1184 - M552 (605)

  This collection consists of a booklet published posthumously by the South Carolina Tract Society titled Our Danger and Our Duty by Rev. James Henley Thornwell, D.D. (1812-1862) concerning the dangers being faced by and the duties of Southern citizens during the War Between the States. The writer discusses civic and religious duties and offers encouragement and guidance to his readers. Thornwell was a Presbyterian minister and later was a professor and then president of South Carolina College (the future University of South Carolina).

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  Letter to His Excellency Governor Manning on Public Instruction in South Carolina - Accession 1280 - M627 (681)

  James Henley Thornwell, John Lawrence Manning, and South Carolina Education

  Accession 1280 - M627 (681)

  This collection consists of a bound version of a letter sent to South Carolina Governor John Lawrence Manning (1816-1889) regarding problems with Public schools in South Carolina. The letter was written by James Henley Thornwell (1812-1862) and was published in 1853 in Columbia. Thornwell was an American Presbyterian preacher and religious writer from South Carolina. He supported the Confederacy and preached a doctrine that claimed slavery to be morally right and justified by the tenets of Christianity.

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  Strom Thurmond Annual Message to the General Assembly, 1951 - Accession 1032 - M459 (510)

  James Strom Thurmond

  Accession 1032 - M459 (510)

  This collection consists of a booklet that contains Governor Strom Thurmond’s annual message to the General Assembly of South Carolina in 1951 about the general state of the state of South Carolina.

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  Strom and Jean Crouch Thurmond Scrapbooks - Accession 27

  Strom Thurmond and Jean Crouch Thurmond

  Accession 27

  The Strom and Jean Crouch Thurmond Scrapbook collection consists of three scrapbooks containing photocopies of clippings relating to Mr. and Mrs. Thurmond’s family life, as well as the political career of Strom Thurmond. Senator Thurmond’s first wife, Jean Crouch Thurmond was a 1947 graduate of Winthrop College, the South Carolina College for Women.

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  Benjamin Ryan Tillman Address - Accession 59 - M28 (40)

  Benjamin Ryan Tillman

  Accession 59 - M28 (40)

  The Benjamin Ryan Tillman Address consists of Tillman's version of the Ned Tennant (July 1874 and February 1875) and the Hamburg (July 1876) race riots, which occurred in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Tillman was Governor of South Carolina1890-1894 and U.S. Senator 1894-1918. The speech appears to be a draft of a speech Tillman delivered in Anderson, SC on August 25, 1909.

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  Benjamin Ryan Tillman Photographs - Accession 336 - M134 (170)

  Benjamin Ryan Tillman

  Accession 336 - M134 (170)

  The Benjamin Ryan Tillman Photographs consist of two 8x10 photograph reprints of Governor Ben Tillman during his senior years.

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  Dorothy Rogers Tilly Papers - Accession 235

  Dorothy Rogers Tilly

  Accession 235

  Dorothy Rogers Tilly (1883-1970) was a Civil rights worker and church worker from Atlanta, Georgia. The collection consists of photocopies (from material in the possession of the Atlanta University Archives and Emory University) of biographical data, reports, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, minutes, speeches, and other papers collected by Dr. Arnold Michael Shankman, Winthrop history department member (1975-1983), who did research on Mrs. Tilly. Most of the collection concerns Mrs. Tilly’s work as a field worker and member of the Fellowship of the Concerned and the Southern Regional Council, with which the Fellowship was affiliated.

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  Dorothy Rogers Tilly Term Paper - Accession 998 - M439 (490)

  Dorothy Rogers Tilly and Bianca Tinsley Madden

  Accession 998 - M439 (490)

  Dorothy Rogers Tilly (1883-1970) was a Civil rights worker and church worker from Atlanta, Georgia. She worked as a field worker and member of the Fellowship of the Concerned and the Southern Regional Council, with which the Fellowship was affiliated. The Dorothy Rogers Tilly Term paper was a paper titled, "Dorothy Rogers Tilly: A women Beyond Her Times" by Bianca Tinsley Madden (Winthrop Class of 1995) as a class assignment for Dr. Lynn Willougby (Winthrop History Professor 1989-1997).

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  Mary Jewell Skinner Tindall Collection - Accession 1374 - M684 (740)

  Mary Jewell Skinner Tindall and Winthrop College

  Accession 1374 - M684 (740)

  The Mary Jewell Skinner Tindall Collection consists of materials collected by Mary Jewell Skinner Tindall (Class of 1948) related to her student days while at Winthrop College and offer a great snapshot of the life of a Winthrop student during the mid to late 1940s. The collection consists of programs related to Winthrop including; two Henry Radcliffe Sims inauguration programs (1945); a Junior Recital (1947); Senior Week activities (1948); Winthrop College Alumnae Association Inauguration (1948); May Day Pageant (1948); Junior Class Follies program titled “Home Was Never Like This” (1948); Commencement (1949); and a published play titled, All Night Service: A Comedy for Women in One Act by Bernard Merivale published by The Baker International Play Bureau in Boston, MA in 1935.

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  Marguerite Tolbert Papers - Accession 184

  Emmie Marguerite Tolbert

  Accession 184

  Marguerite Tolbert was a Winthrop alumna (Class of 1914), club woman, educator, Winthrop Board of Trustee member, and administrator with the Opportunity School in Columbia, South Carolina. The Marguerite Tolbert Papers consist of biographical data, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, a copy of her thesis titled, A Survey of Negro Elementary Schools of Oconee County (1940), a scrapbook, and other papers, mainly relating to her career as an educator and to her student days at Winthrop (1911-1914).

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  Marguerite Tolbert Papers - Accession 203

  Emmie Marguerite Tolbert

  Accession 203

  Marguerite Tolbert (1893-1982) was a Winthrop alumna (class of 1914), club woman, and administrator with the Opportunity School in Columbia, South Carolina. The Marguerite Tolbert Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, galley proofs, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, and other records relating to the publication of the book, South Carolina’s Distinguished Women of Laurens County. Miss Tolbert served as coordinator for the book project. Also included is an unpublished manuscript written by Clara Yarborough concerning the terms of office of seven former South Carolina governors. Miss Yarborough served as secretary under these governors.

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  Marguerite Tolbert Papers - Accession 456

  Emmie Marguerite Tolbert

  Accession 456

  Emmie Marguerite Tolbert (1893-1982) was a Winthrop alumna (class of 1914), club woman, and administrator with the Opportunity School in Columbia, South Carolina. The collection contains papers relating to Miss Marguerite Tolbert and her many activities and awards. Included in the Tolbert papers are correspondence, newspaper articles, program bulletins, invitations to various meetings and functions, minutes, citations, photographs, a scrapbook, slides, a framed letter from Miss Tolbert’s tenth grade teacher, and the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award.

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  John & Mary Hare Torbit Genealogical Chart - Accession 858 - M382 (433)

  Torbit Family

  Accession 858 - M382 (433)

  The John and Mary Hare Torbit Genealogical Chart consists of a 16 ¾” x 77” genealogy chart containing the descendants of John and Mary Hare Torbit of Chester County, South Carolina. Names include White, Henry, Patrick, Miller and Simpson. This information was compiled by Dr. John Hamilton Miller (1920-2018) of Bartow, Florida.

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  “Francis Peyre Porcher, M.D., 1824-1895” - Accession 1318 - M655 (709)

  John Ferrars Townsend and Francis Peyre Porcher

  Accession 1318 - M655 (709)

  This collection consists of John F. Townsend’s article “Francis Peyre Porcher, M.D. (1824-1895)” which was reprinted from Annals of Medical History, Third Series, Volume 1, March 1939, pages 177-188. Copyright, 1939, by Paul B. Hoeber, Inc. This article was donated and autographed by the author Dr. John Ferrars Townsend (1880-1962) and is a biography about Frances Peyre Porcher who was a slaveholder and supporter of Succession who volunteered as a surgeon for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The book covers Porcher’s personal life and his achievements.

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  Walker Family of Chester County Genealogical Research Collection - Accession 1595 - M780 (837)

  Margaret Shuman Treece, Walker Family, and Cornwell Family

  Accession 1595 - M780 (837)

  This collection consists mainly of genealogical research conducted by Margaret Shuman “Peggy” Treece of the Walker Family of Chester County, SC from 1750-1925. Peggy Treece was aided in her research by William Edward Gregory, Jr., Virginia Westbrook Turner, and Ellouise James Hall. There are multiple references to the Cornwells. Two of Col. William Walker’s daughters married Cornwell’s. Also included are references to the Kennedys. They are likely connected to the early Walkers or McCulloughs and one of the Walkers married Allen (Alan) Kennedy. Fourth File includes miscellaneous information regarding the Walker family, which is not in any special order or time frame.

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  Trillium Garden Club of Rock Hill Records- Accession 1675

  Trillium Garden Club and Garden Club of Rock Hill, Trillium

  Accession 1675

  This collection consists of the records produced by the Trillium Garden Club and consists of the constitution and bylaws, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, yearbooks, correspondence, and other records. The Trillium Garden Club was organized in Rock Hill, SC in 1954 as an “incentive for members to continue to be informed on matters pertaining to gardening; to take part in civic projects related to gardening; and for the pleasure derived from the social relations of its members.” This collection can offer prospective researchers a glimpse of the social dynamic of Rock Hillians during the span of this collection and the evolution of gardening processes used by the club’s members.

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  Report on the Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State of South Carolina, 1844 - Accession 1320 - M657 (711)

  Michael Tuomey

  Accession 1320 - M657 (711)

  The collection consists of a publication titled Report On The Geological And Agricultural Survey Of The State of South Carolina by M. (Michael) Toumey, Geological Surveyor of the State (SC) published in Columbia, SC by A. S. Johnston in 1844. M. Toumey (1805-1857) as State surveyor spent the year of 1843 travelling and surveying the state of South Carolina to offer a more comprehensive view of the geology and agriculture of South Carolina. Toumey was the State Geological Surveyor from 1843-1846. Also included in this publication is a section titled, “Supplemental Report of the Agricultural Survey for 1843: Secondary and Miocene Marls on and Near Lynch’s Creek, in Darlington, Sumter, Williamsburgh, and Marion Districts” by Edmund Ruffin (1794-1865).

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  Frances Mikell Tupper Papers - Accession 1452

  Frances Mikell Tupper

  Accession 1452

  Frances Mikell Tupper (1924 –) attended Winthrop College from 1941 through 1945. She served as treasurer of her sophomore class and was, on occasion, invited to the President’s House (for tea). Questionnaires and other papers indicate that she coordinated class reunion events decades later, as recently as 2012. She currently lives in West Columbia, South Carolina. The contents of this collection include such items as newspaper clippings, materials from Winthrop College (official standards and policies, programs, brochures, and stubs), alumnae papers, senior chapel materials, church-related materials (including those pertaining to church music), Winthrop booklets, the Wilson Bulletin for Librarians, a classmate photograph, a Dixie Tournament sash and ribbon, hotel envelops and a folder divider.

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  Roscoe Turner Collection - Accession 1000 - M441 (492)

  Roscoe Turner

  Accession 1000 - M441 (492)

  The Roscoe Turner Collection consists of information concerning famous aviator Lt. Roscoe Turner 1895-1970), a World War I veteran, and his partner Lt. Harry J. Runser (1890-1981) as they barnstormed through South Carolina, including Rock Hill, in 1921. Turner and Runser were stunt pilots in the 1920s and 1930s. Roscoe Turner was known for his flamboyant style who won three Thompson Trophies. They arrived in South Carolina in 1921 to make their headquarters. The Roscoe Turner Collection consists of photocopies of newspaper articles, correspondence, and notes concerning the pairs lives, careers, and appearances including Rock Hill, SC.

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  Frank Bryan Tutwiler Papers - Accession 252

  Frank Bryan Tutwiler

  Accession 252

  Frank Bryan Tutwiler (1924-1979) was a Professor of Chemistry at Winthrop from 1955 to 1979. The Frank Bryan Tutwiler Papers consists of laboratory notebooks, lecture notes, and research materials relating to Tutwiler’s student days at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and George Washington University; along with correspondence, reprints of journal articles, lecture notes, tests, class enrollment records, and papers relating to his teaching and research.

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  Dave Lyle Boulevard Extension Report - Accession 1620 - M790 (847)

  Laura Dawson Ullrich; Lucy Gallo; Dave Lyle Boulevard; and Rock Hill, SC

  Accession 1620 M790 (847)

  This collection consists of the June 10, 2015 report titled, Economic Impact of the Dave Lyle Boulevard Extension York and Lancaster Counties, South Carolina. The report was written and prepared by Winthrop professor, Dr. Laura Dawson Ullrich and Winthrop University Visiting Scholar, Lucy Gallo, Managing Principal, Development Planning and Financing Group (DPFG), Inc. The report discusses the benefits of the Dave Lyle Boulevard Extension in Rock Hill, SC and how the “expansion of the trade area (the area in which consumers do business within a 20-minute driving time) directly impacts (1) the retail sales potential, and therefore (2) sales tax revenue, and (3) employers’ access to a greater workforce within a 20 minute commute”

  Dr. Ullrich is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs/Professor of Economics at Winthrop. Lucy Gallo is the lead fiscal and economic impact consultant for large-scale development and redevelopment projects for the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions for DPFG.

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  United Daughters of the Confederacy Abbeville Chapter Pamphlet - Accession 140 - M67 (82)

  United Daughters of the Confederacy, Abbeville

  Accession 140 - M67 (82)

  This collection consists of a pamphlet written by Mrs. Ella Cox Cromer, member of the Abbeville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). Its full title is “Secession Hill: Its Purchase as a Site for a Memorial Building Urged by Duaghters (sic) of the Confederacy”. It is a sketch of a famous spot in Abbeville where a secession movement in 1860 was publicly advocated.

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  United Daughters of the Confederacy-Ann White Chapter Yearbook - Accession 755 - M351 (402)

  United Daughters of the Confederacy, Ann White

  Accession 755 - M351 (402)

  The United Daughters of the Confederacy-Ann White Chapter Yearbook consists of the 1989-1990 yearbook for the Ann White Chapter #123 of the United Daughters of Confederacy based in Rock Hill, SC. The Ann White Chapter was organized in 1897 professing that "the object of this organization shall be historical, educational, benevolent, memorial, and patriotic."

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  United Daughters of the Confederacy, Minnie Davis Chapter Minutes - Accession 125 - M53 (68)

  United Daughters of the Confederacy, Minnie Davis Chapter

  Accession 125 - M53 (68)

  The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Minnie Davis Chapter Minutes consist of the minutes of the meetings of the Minnie Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy 1950-1954. The chapter, located in York, South Carolina, is no longer in existence.

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  United Daughters of the Confederacy, S.D. Barron Chapter Records - Accession 1676

  United Daughters of the Confederacy, S. D. Barron Chapter and Children of the Confederacy, Iredell Jones Chapter

  Accession 1676

  This collection consists of the membership applications and petitions for the S. D. Barron Chapter (234) of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Also included are applications and petitions for the Iredell Jones Chapter (85) of the Children of the Confederacy which is an Auxiliary of the S. D. Barron Chapter. Most of the collection consists of applications or proofs that the applicants are descended from Confederate soldiers. The Daughters also recommended soldiers who fought in the Second World War be given awards, and some “memorandums of facts” arguing their worthiness are also found within. Those interested in the United Daughters of the Confederacy may be interested, especially those interested in these particular chapters, or anyone interested in Confederate heritage in the Rock Hill area. Of particular interest will be the applications for admittance which requires genealogical proof of lineage from the applicant to the Civil War ancestor. Anyone doing genealogy research of York County, SC families with Confederate connections would find this collection extremely helpful.

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  United Daughters of the Confederacy, South Carolina Division Records - Accession 377

  United Daughters of the Confederacy, South Carolina

  Accession 377

  This collection consists of the minutes from eleven annual conventions of the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and of four national annual conventions, and are separated accordingly. The United Daughters of the Confederacy South Carolina Division was organized in the Senate Chamber of the State House in Columbia, SC on May 28, 1896. The organization is a “Southern preservation heritage organization made up of the direct and collateral female descendants of the soldiers, sailors, and statesmen of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865) or those whom gave Material Aid to the Cause.”[1]

  [1] South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy® webpage https://www.scudc.org/

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  Belair United Methodist Church Records - Accession 345 - M136 (172)

  United Methodist Church, Belair

  Accession 345 - M136 (172)

  Belair United Methodist Church is located in the Indian Land community of Lancaster County, South Carolina, one-half mile east of highway 521. It was founded by the Reverend Adam Ivy and was initially called “Mount Arrarat”. The Belair United Methodist Church Records consist of a history, notes, lists of pastors, a land plat, newspaper clippings, minutes, church rolls (1892-1947), and marital and baptismal registers.

  
  

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  University of Maryland Memorabilia - Accession 1232

  University of Maryland at Baltimore

  Accession 1232

  This University of Maryland Memorabilia collection includes a 1914 yearbook titled, Terra Mariae from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. There is a handwritten note on the first page, "Daddy - Freshman - p. 202-203". This collection also includes a Christmas greeting card with an illustration of Mackenzie Hall and a signature in the right hand bottom corner by Sara Lee. The origin or provenance of this collection is entirely unknown.

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  Up-to-Date Club Records - Accession 1171

  Up-to-Date Club and Book Club of Chester, Up-to-Date Club

  Accession 1171

  The Up-To-Date Club began in Chester County, South Carolina, in 1897 as an organization of married women meeting monthly to discuss books and topics of current interest. The materials in this collection include the Club’s journals of meeting minutes, newspaper clippings dating to the early 1900s, yearbooks, program notes, parliamentary procedure manuals, limited correspondence, various items of memorabilia, and early copies of The Keystone, a publication of the S.C. Federation of Women’s Clubs.

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  Charles Brooks Vail Winthrop Administration Autobiographical Collection - Accession 1511 - M741 (798)

  Charles Brooks Vail

  Accession 1511 - M741 (798)

  The Charles Brooks Vail Winthrop Administration Autobiographical Collection contains an autobiographical account and a brief history of Presidency of Dr. Charles Brooks Vail (1923-2024) at Winthrop College from 1973 to 1982. The materials reflect on his experiences and the challenges he encountered during his tenure. Included is a "Compendium of Developments," which outlines specific issues faced by the College and Dr. Vail’s responses to each. The autobiography is based on excerpts from Dr. Vail’s journal, kept during his presidency, which he later transcribed and annotated to serve as both a personal reminiscence and a historical record of his time at Winthrop. This reminiscence titled , "Reflections On My Years As President of Winthrop College" is an invaluable resource to any researcher studying Winthrop in the 1970s and 1980s and especially Winthrop College's efforts to become fully Coeducational.

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  F.W. Zile Easter Tour At Mt. Vernon Photograph - Accession 1263 - M615 (668)

  F. W. Van Zile

  Accession 1263 - M615 (668)

  This collection consists of a photograph of The F.W. Van Zile Easter Tour taken in front of Mt. Vernon. F.W. Van Zile was a travel company based in Rochester, NY founded in 1911 to coordinate group trips to various locations. There is large group of unidentified persons in the photograph and the origin is unknown.

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  Louvain Vaughan Papers - Accession 1024 - M450 (501)

  Louvain Vaughan

  Accession 1024 - M450 (501)

  The Louvain Vaughan Papers consists of various Literary Society Celebration programs, Commencement programs, two 4th of July Celebration programs from 1914, State Teachers’ Association meeting program from 1914, an inspection list of the buildings of Winthrop Normal and Industrial College from 1914, a Winthrop University reunion program from 1914, a program of “The Miracle of the Roses” play acted out in 1907, and a program of a sermon given by Rev. Richard Wilkinson from 1914. Louvain Vaughan (1886-1961) graduated from Winthrop College in 1908 with Bachelor’s Degree in Normal Kindergarten. She became a teacher and principal at Fairforest Grammar School in Fairforest, SC

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  Rosa Cornelia Veal Papers - Accession 1766

  Rosa Cornelia Veal

  Accession 1766

  This collection includes classroom, teaching and personal materials from Mrs. Rosa Veal’s time as an educator. The teaching materials, school manuals, and workbooks from her time as an elementary school teacher provide a fascinating look into the environment of a classroom during this time period. Many of the educational materials are from Ms. Veal’s time as an elementary school teacher at the Burris School and education professor with Ball State Teachers College from 1936-1948. The collections educational books includes the book she helped co-author called I Learn to Write. Her personal journals give insight into the everyday life of a school teacher and also contains poetry and other writings she worked on. It also includes documents from her community involvement with the Delta Kappa Gamma teacher’s sorority and the Muncie branch of the Association for Childhood Education.

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  Victoria Cotton Mill Ledger - Accession 1708 - M823 (880)

  Victoria Cotton Mill; Rock Hill, SC; and James Knox Roach

  Accession 1708 - M823 (880)

  This collection consists of ledger compiled by James Knox Roach (1878-1948) for the Victoria Cotton Mill. Mr. J. K. Roach worked as a bookkeeper for the Mill and this financial ledger details the purchasing of cotton (price, amount, etc.) and also supplies a list of dentists, medical doctors, contractors, lawyers, pharmacists, bookkeepers and Officemen in the area (Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Yorkville, Chester, Blacksburg, etc.). Victoria Cotton Mill began as Globe Cotton Mill in 1889 and was renamed Victoria Cotton Mill in 1904. It operated up until at least into the 1950s with William Joseph Roddey, Jr. (1893-1987) as president.

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  South Carolina Vocational Association Records - Accession 552

  Vocational Association, South Carolina and Career and Technical Education, South Carolina Association

  Accession 552

  The South Carolina Vocational Association Records consist of correspondence, minutes, bylaws, reports, and memoranda relating to annual conferences, awards, administrators of the organization, and its activities. Subjects include the annual summer conferences from 1981-1984, minutes and agenda of business meetings during this same time, other South Carolina Vocational Association (SCVA) advertised events, as well as original resumes and correspondence for the 1981 director position.

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  Maria von Trapp Visit to Rock Hill Records - Accession 1615 - M794 (851)

  Maria von Trapp

  Accession 1615 - M794 (851)

  This collection consists of materials related to a visit to Rock Hill, SC by Maria (Kutschera) von Trapp (1905-1987) in April 1978. Maria gained fame as the inspiration for the Broadway musical (1959) and movie musical (1965), The Sound of Music which was based on her book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (1949). Maria was the stepmother and matriarch of the Austrian singing family, the Trapp Family Singers. The group was comprised of Maria and her seven stepchildren through her marriage to Captain Georg von Trapp (1880-1947). They began their career in Europe, but after Germany annexed Austria the family located to the United States and began touring the Us and Canada.

  In 1976, the United Methodist Women at St. Johns United Methodist Church in Rock Hill, SC initiated a request to Maria von Trapp to see if she would be interested in visiting as a lecturer for a planned Arts festival held at St. Johns. She eventually agreed and arrived on April 11, 1978, had dinner with the Hornsby Family, gave her lecture, and stayed overnight at the Howard Johnson Motel in Rock Hill. She departed on April 12, 1978.

  This collection consists of correspondence discussing the possible visit, a photocopy of a newspaper article concerning her visit, several receipts of her stay, and a brief biographical write-up of her and her visit.

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  Carole Sellers Moon Walker Papers - Accession 1736

  Carole Sellers Moon Walker, Walker Family, Sellers Family, Bell Family, and Moon Family

  Accession 1736

  The Carole Sellers Moon Walker Papers consists of the genealogical research conducted by Martha Carole Sellers Moon-Walker (1936-2019) concerning her family and extended family. The collections consists of correspondence, photographs, family histories and anecdotes, research printouts and notes, copies of primary documents, genealogical charts and lineage charts, family charts, and other research related to Carole Walkers genealogical research. The more prominent family names included in the research are: Allen; Ausburn; Beagle; Bell; Bellamy; Brown; Carrington; Case; Casey; Cash; Catlett; Caudell; Christopher; Clayton; Crisler; Crow/Crowe; Dodd; Duckworth; Dunson; Edwards; Gammon; Gober; Goolsby; Gunter; Hancock; Henry; Hogshead/Hogsed; Hopewell; Ivey; Jackson; Kelley; King; Langston; Loggins; Martin; McCarty; McCracken; McKinney; Mealor; Moon; Moseley; Murray; Norton; Orr; Porter; Posey; Prince; Reynolds; Richardson; Sailors; Sargent; Sellers; Seymour; Sheriff; Staple; Thompson; Turner; Vaughn; Walker; Ward; Yarbrough;