Manuscript Collection
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David Andrew Bigger Papers - Accession 1721
David Andrew Bigger, Bigger Family, Johnston Family, and Neel Family
Accession 1721The David Andrew Bigger Papers consists of genealogical research conducted by Dr. David Andrew Bigger (1891-1952). His research included records related mainly to the Bigger family, Johnston Family, and Neel Family, but also includes allied families such as Adams, Darby, Dunlap, Henry, McCaw, and Spratt among a few others. Included in the collection is a notebook containing typescript copies of original marriage records, deeds, wills, and genealogical notes. The collection contains original surveys and deeds from 1797, 1799, 1842, 1854, 1877, 1896 and photocopies of original documents pertaining mostly to the Revolutionary War service of Robert Johnston, and David Johnston Thomas Neel (1779-1785). Also included in the collection is a ledger for the Rock Hill Medical Club that includes rosters, minutes, dues records, and other functions of the club of which Dr. Biggers was a member.
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Black Family Bibles - Accession 1687
Black Family, McFadden Family, and Alexander Murray Black
Accession 1687The Black Family Bibles consists of two bibles belonging to the Black Family and extended family of Rock Hill, SC. The Black Family Bibles contain genealogical entries that range from 1798-1909 and mainly relate to the Black Family and McFadden Family. Many items were found in the bibles that were removed including several Confederate Veteran ribbons, newspaper articles and clippings (including obituaries), church programs, correspondence, cards, locks of hair, drawings, and cross-stitch.
The bibles belonged to Lieutenant Alexander Murray Black (1837-1915) who served in Company H, 12th regiment, South Carolina Volunteers for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Alexander Murray Black is the son of Alexander Templeton Black (1798-1875) who is considered one of the leading personages in the founding of Rock Hill, SC and deed away land to help develop the downtown area. The Black family can trace their lineage in the Rock Hill, SC area to A. M. Black’s Great Grandfather Alexander Black (1733-1800) who lived in the area.
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Black Oak Agricultural Society: The Constitution and Proceedings of Black Oak Agricultural Society for 1848 and 1849 - Accession 1317 - M654 (708)
Black Oak Agricultural Society and South Carolina Agriculture
Accession 1317 - M654 (708)This collection consists of a booklet titled, The Constitution and Proceedings of the Black Oak Agricultural Society, for 1848 & 1849 published by order of the Society in 1849 in Charleston, SC printed by Miller & Browne. This publication consists of the constitution for the Black Oak Society based in Charleston, SC and also includes resolutions, meeting minutes, list of committees and a list of members of the society itself.
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The Blue Ridge Railroad: Letters of Mr. George A. Trenholm and Mr. William Gregg on That Subject - Accession 1208 - M575 (628)
Blue Ridge Railroad, George A. Trenholm, and William Gregg
Accession 1208 - M575 (628)The collection consists of a booklet of letters to the editor from George A. Trenholm and William Gregg concerning The Blue Ridge Railroad. This railroad was to be built to complete the connection of the line that was to run from Charleston, SC to Cincinnati, Ohio. This line would have run from Anderson, SC to Knoxville, TN. Construction began in 1854 and ceased just before the beginning of the Civil War. The railroad was never completed. The letters appeared in the Edgefield Advertiser, Charleston Courier, and Charleston Mercury in 1860.
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Chief Samuel Taylor (Thunderbird) Blue Papers - Accession 496
Samuel Taylor (Thunderbird) Blue Jr., Catawba Indians, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Carolina
Accession 496The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence, genealogical information, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and a scrapbook collected by Samuel Taylor (Thunderbird) Blue (1872-1959), former chief of the Catawba Indians (1931–1938, 1941–1943, and 1956–1958). A large part of the collection relates to mission work with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Carolina (Mormon Church), and federal agencies on the problems facing the Catawba Indians.
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Jack Holt Boger Papers - Accession 1517
Jack Holt Boger
Accession 1517This collection consists mostly of books collected by Dr. Jack Holt Boger (1922-2008) and the Boger family. Included in the collection is former Winthrop Professor and Administrator (1965-1985), Dr. Jack Boger’s graduate thesis titled, An Inquiry into Life Certification of Teachers and a1973 Citadel yearbook (The Sphinx) that belonged to his son, Thomas Alcott Boger (1951-1976). The collection also consists of journals written by W.W. Hall of Lilly Chapel, Madison County, Ohio from 1892 to 1905. W.W. Hall was related to Jack’s wife (June Durrant Boger, 1920-2013) through her mother Edna Wayne Hall Durrant and was possibly her grandfather. Also, included in the collection is a journal kept by Jack Holt Boger while he served as Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Wasatch during WWII from June 27, 1944 through October 20, 1944. There are also several books that were collected by Jack Holt Boger, many of which belonged to his wife’s Durrant Family that range in years from 1841 to 1971.
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Bond Family Papers - Accession 809
Bond Family
Accession 809The Bond Family Papers includes biographical and genealogical information, correspondence, legal documents, financial papers, records relating to the Bond Bicycle shop, photographs, certificates, scrapbooks, memorabilia, maps, newspapers, magazines, and music sheets. There are also papers relating to the Cantwell family, deaths of various family members, travel, Winthrop College, the Internal Revenue Service, interior decorating, clubs and organizations, and the Roman Catholic Church.
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Eugene MacDonald Bonner Collection - Accession 743
Eugene MacDonald Bonner
Accession 743The Eugene MacDonald Conner Collection is a good source for the study of the life and art of the North Carolina born composer, music critic, and author, Eugene MacDonald Bonner (1889-1983). It contains some letter by Bonner himself; plus others by his aunt, Mary Virginia Bonner; and his friends Leon Barzin, conductor and music director of the National Orchestral Association; Claudio D’Agata, a conductor who knew Bonner when he lived in Taormina, Italy; Alan Hartman, a friend who knew him in New York; and H.C. Haynsworth who met Bonner, several taped recordings of his music, a number of photographs and newspaper articles, and several miscellaneous genealogical references to the Bonner Family. There are also tapes of interviews by Olimpio Guidi with Eva Strazzeri and Claudio and Brigette D’Agata.
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Palmetto Literary Society Records - Accession 495 - M206 (248)
Book Club of Chester, Palmetto Literary
Accession 495 - M206 (248)The Palmetto Literary Society Records consist of yearbooks of the Palmetto Literary Society of Chester, South Carolina’s for the period 1906-1928 which documents the women’s club’s growth, activities, and history.
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Amelia Pride Book Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 112
Book Club of Rock Hill, Amelia Pride
Accession 112The Amelia Pride Book Club of Rock Hill Records consist of a historical file, minutes, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, photographs, program notes, newspaper clippings, yearbooks, Winthrop publications and a scrapbook all pertaining to the origin, growth, and literary activities of the club.
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Book Review Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 1684
Book Club of Rock Hill, Book Review Club and Book Review Club of Rock Hill
Accession 1684This collection consists of the records produced by the Book Review Club and consists of the constitution and bylaws, meeting minutes, correspondence, rosters, scrapbooks, a tribute to certain deceased members of the club, a summary on the club’s history, and various newspaper clippings and photographs, and other records. The Book Review Club was organized in Rock Hill, SC on April 6, 1934 and was federated in the fall of 1934. The object of the club was “to further the cultural, educational, and social interest of its members and to promote interest in civic development and welfare.” This collection can offer prospective researchers a glimpse of the social dynamic of Rock Hillians during the span of this collection.
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Castalian Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 95
Book Club of Rock Hill, Castalian
Accession 95The Castalian Club of Rock Hill Records consist of short histories, minutes, by-laws, yearbooks, membership lists, programs and financial records, documenting the origin, development and activities of the club.
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Outlook Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 210
Book Club of Rock Hill, Outlook
Accession 210Organized in 1904 as the Monday Afternoon Club and later the Monday Club, it became the Outlook Club in 1916. The original purpose of the book club (later the interests of the club were literary, social, and philanthropic) was to affect a better relationship between the wives of the Winthrop College faculty, and the women of Rock Hill, SC. The club was federated by the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1907 and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1933. Minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, program notes, newspaper clippings, membership records, publications, constitutions and bylaws, historical data, yearbooks, bulletins, convention records, magazines, catalogs, memorabilia, and a scrapbook. The records provide information, not only on the club but also on other subjects, including the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, the role of women’s clubs during World War II, and the relationship between the wives of Winthrop College faculty and the women in the Rock Hill community.
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Over The Teacups Club Records - Accession 80
Book Club of Rock Hill, Over The Teacups
Accession 80The Over The Teacups Club Records consist of minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, reports, a historical sketch, reference material and memorabilia relating to the literary and civic activities of Over The Teacups. Over The Teacups Club was formed in Rock Hill, SC in the Fall of 1897 for the literary improvement and social intercourse of its members.
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Over the Teacups Records - Accession 976
Book Club of Rock Hill, Over the Teacups
Accession 976Over The Teacups is a literary society formed in Rock Hill, SC in 1897 with the purpose to be for the “literary improvement and social intercourse of the members.” The collection contains the constitution and bylaws, minutes and other related records, correspondence, yearbooks, a guest log of the centennial anniversary, and a scrapbook of the centennial anniversary tea.
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Perigee Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 156
Book Club of Rock Hill, Perigee
Accession 156The Perigee Club of Rock Hill Records consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, membership lists, yearbooks and newspaper clippings documenting the activities and history of the Rock Hill, SC book club. The Perigee Club of Rock Hill, a woman's book club, was organized on February 22, 1955 by The Perihelion Club of Rock Hill, SC. and federated by the South Carolina Federation of Women's Club on March 11, 1955.
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Perihelion Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 72
Book Club of Rock Hill, Perihelion
Accession 72The Perihelion Club of Rock Hill Records consist of minutes, financial statements, membership lists, yearbooks, correspondence and news clippings, concerning the literary activities of the club. The Perihelion Club of Rock Hill was organized in 1898 as a book club. It was federated with the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs in 1898 and with the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1929.
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Pierian Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 151
Book Club of Rock Hill, Pierian
Accession 151The Pierian Club of Rock Hill Records consist of yearbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, constitutions and bylaws, and other records relating to the club and its’ members.
The Pierian Book Club of Rock Hill, SC was federated on February 25, 1954 and existed as a daughter club of the Perihelion Book Club of Rock Hill. The object of the club is listed in the constitution and states “this club shall be to encourage and sustain the intellectual development of its members and to promote better citizenship, inviting therein such social features as may contribute to this purpose.”
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Pindarian Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 166
Book Club of Rock Hill, Pindarian
Accession 166The Pindarian Club of Rock Hill, SC was organized on February 25, 1954 as a daughter club of the Perihelion Club. The purpose of the literary club is to encourage and sustain the intellectual development of its members and to promote better citizenship, inviting therein such social factors as may contribute to this purpose. The records consist of histories, constitutions, bylaws, minutes, membership records, photographs, yearbooks, and newspaper clippings documenting the club’s history.
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San Souci Club of Rock Hill Yearbooks - Accession 153 - M74 (89)
Book Club of Rock Hill, San Souci
Accession 153 - M74 (89)The San Souci Club of Rock Hill Yearbooks collection consists of the various yearbooks of a local woman’s study club, San Souci Club of Rock Hill, SC.
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Saturday Afternoon Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 152
Book Club of Rock Hill, Saturday Afternoon
Accession 152This collection consists of the records produced and collected by the Saturday Afternoon Club of Rock Hill. The records consists of meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, rosters, yearbooks, calendars, and other records. There is also some yearbooks related to the Women’s Club of Rock Hill of which the Saturday Afternoon Club was a member. The Saturday Afternoon Club was organized in 1922 and was federated into the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1924. The purpose of the club is “to study together those things which will interest and improve the lives of its members through intellectual and social development and to foster better citizenship.”
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Tuesday Afternoon Book Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 150
Book Club of Rock Hill, Tuesday Afternoon
Accession 150The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club of Rock Hill Records consists of constitutions and by-laws, minutes, membership and officer lists, correspondence, yearbooks and newspaper, clippings relating to the history of the book club. The Tuesday Afternoon Club was organized in Rock Hill, SC by the Saturday Afternoon Club of Rock Hill on May 12, 1955 as a book club for women.
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Boulware Family Papers - Accession 102
Thomas McCullough Boulware and James Richmond Boulware
Accession 102The Boulware Family Papers consist of photocopies of a plantation journal (302 pages) kept by Thomas McCullough Boulware I (1829-1889) and a genealogy of the Boulware family written by James Richmond Boulware II of Lakeland, Florida, in 1948. The journal concerns the Blackstocks Plantation in Chester County, South Carolina and subjects include the planting of crops and farming of land; family events, such as deaths, births and marriages; family travel and vacations; church affairs, including the local temperance league; land sales; free black and northerners in Chester County after the Civil War.
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Bowen-Moore Family Papers - Accession 1512
Bowen Family and Moore Family
Accession 1512The Bowen-Moore Family Papers consists of a detailed family genealogy with dated photographs, personal letters, military history, legal documents, genealogy trees, cemetery records, and descriptions of certain key members. Family names include Bowen, Moore, Erwin, Pearson, Cureton, Neely, Shurley, Matthew, and Youngblood. There is also information pertaining to Beth Shiloh Presbyterian Church and Bethesda Presbyterian Church in York County, S.C.
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Laura Tate Pearson Letters - Accession 1637 - M801 (858)
John B. Bowen III, Laura Tate Pearson, Neill W. Ray, and Pearson Family
Accession 1637 - M801 (858)This collections consists of a privately published booklet titled, Laura Tate Pearson Letters: Burke County, North Carolina written and prepared by John B. Bowen, III of Yorba Linda, CA in 2009 which contains transcriptions of 36 letters written Laura Tate Pearson of Morgantown, North Carolina to American Civil War veteran Captain Neill W. Ray in Fayetteville, North Carolina from December 31, 1875 through March 30, 1878. The letters were originally transcribed by Myrtle N. Bridges which are currently a part of the Pearson Family Papers (RL.01006) housed at the Duke University Archives and Manuscripts Collection. Also, included in the booklet is some genealogical information related to the descendants of Isaac Pearson (1778-1837) and Elizabeth Caldwell (1777-1855) and includes such family names as: Anderson; Caldwell; Ervin; Erwin; Moore; Ray; Tate;
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Rosamonde Ramsay Boyd Papers - Accession 331
Rosamonde Ramsay Boyd, South Carolina Conference on the Status of Women, American Association of University Women, and Equal Rights Amendment
Accession 331The Rosamonde Ramsay Boyd Papers consist of bylaws, minutes, financial records, handbooks, annual reports, congressional records, pamphlets, and newspaper articles relating to the South Carolina Conference on the status of Women, the South Carolina American Association of University Women, and various other organizations supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. Dr. Rosamonde Ramsay Boyd (1900-1993) played an instrumental role in founding the South Carolina Conference on the Status of Women and was active in many of the other organizations. The Boyd Papers also contain records relating to the League of Women Voters, the South Carolina Coalition for the ERA, and the South Carolina Council for the Common Good.
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Broyles, Laffitte, and Boyd Family Papers - Accession 376 - M155 (196)
Boyles, Laffitte, Boyd Families
Accession 376 - M155 (196)The Broyles, Laffitte, and Boyd Family Papers consist of a photocopy of Genealogical Data: Broyles, Laffitte, and Boyd Families Collected by Montague Laffitte Boyd, Jr., M.D. published by Mrs. Lucy Boyd Trosdal. The information covers a period from ca.1630 to 1958.
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Palmetto Area Council Boy Scouts of America Records - Accession 213
Boy Scouts Of America, Palmetto Area Council
Accession 213The Palmetto Area Council Boy Scouts of America Records is a source of boy scouting records in the upstate area of South Carolina during the twentieth century. While the Palmetto Area Council was organized in 1935, records of boy scouting in the area begin earlier and continue until the late 1960s. The collection consists of a brief history of the council, newspaper clippings, photographs, certificate of election, minutes of an organizational meeting, annual reports, a trust fund brochure and program for 1938 testimonial dinner. These records give a brief overview of the history of the Palmetto Area Council. They are a valuable resource in understanding the Boy Scout movement in South Carolina.
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Lucy Brady Papers - Accession 907 - M415 (466)
Lucy Agnes Brady
Accession 907 - M415 (466)Lucy Agnes Brady (1899-1995) was a Winthrop graduate of the Class of 1920. The Lucy Brady Papers consist of programs of Winthrop events including the 1919 and 1920 Junior-Senior Receptions, a Banquet in honor of the returning World War I military men, piano recital, Christmas Vespers and the 1923 Annual Winthrop Dinner in Columbia, South Carolina; notes and letters to Miss Brady and a petition from the 1920 Seniors requesting a holiday instead of the usual trip to Magnolia Gardens. Of special note are letters from poet Amy Lowell (1874-1925), author Margaret P. Sherwood (1864-1955) and author, minister and professor of English at Boston University, Dallas Lore Sharp (1870-1929).
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Bratton Family Papers - Accession 144 - M70 (85)
Bratton Family
Accession 144 - M70 (85)This Bratton Family Papers consist of news releases describing the Bratton family at their homestead in York County, SC, the architectural history of the homestead, the decoration and furniture of each room, a newspaper clipping describing the diary of Dr. Rufus Bratton (1821-1897) who was a surgeon for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and an edited version of the diary covering the life of Dr. Rufus Bratton from 1821 to 1870.
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Bratton Family Papers - Accession 202 - M89 (114)
Bratton Family
Accession 202 - M89 (114)This Bratton Family Papers consist of a Yorkville Enquirer account (1903) of the unveiling of a monument by the King’s Mountain Chapter of the D.A.R. in commemoration of the Battle of Huck’s Defeat at Brattonsville, a newspaper account concerning the influence on Thomas Dixon and his writing the Klansman(Charlotte Observer, July 14, 1963); a biographical sketch of James Rufus Bratton, and a description of Brattonsville.
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Bratton Family Papers - Accession 398
Bratton Family and Brattonsville, SC
Accession 398The Bratton Family Papers consist of photocopies of bills of sales, financial records in the form of ledger entries for services rendered and for goods bought and sold, promissory notes, subpoenas, papers concerning tuition and fees for Mrs. Dupre Female Academy, the Virginia Female Institute, and the Kings Mountain Military School, and correspondence relating to The Bratton Family. The Bratton Family was a prominent family of York County, SC in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Col. William Bratton played a major role in the Battle of Huck’s Defeat during the American Revolution. Today, Historic Brattonsville is an historic site with three homes built between 1776 and 1855 by the Bratton Family and in 1971 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Bratton-Nisbet Family Papers - Accession 397 - M162 (203)
Bratton-Nisbet Family
Accession 397 - M162 (203)The Bratton-Nisbet Family Papers consist of a biographical sketch of Martha Bratton (wife of Colonel William Bratton), a photograph of the gravesite of Jane Nisbet, and genealogical information regarding the Bratton, Nisbet, and Bassett families.
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Brattonsville Archaeological Site Photographs - Accession 637 - M276 (326)
Brattonsville, SC
Accession 637 - M276 (326)The Brattonsville Archaeological Site Photograph Collection consists of two photographs taken of a well and of "level 2-3." Historic Brattonsville is an historic site with three homes built between 1776 and 1855 by the Bratton Family which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It was also the site of Huck's Defeat during the American Revolution.
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Friends of Historic Brattonsville Records - Accession 1593
Brattonsville, SC and Historic Brattonsville
Accession 1593This collection consists of records relating to Friends of Historic Brattonsville which exists as a nonprofit organization aimed to provide support to Historic Brattonsville, located in York County, South Carolina, which is “a living history farm presenting the history of the Scots-Irish and African-Americans in the South Carolina upcountry largely through preserving and interpreting the story of the Bratton family.” The collection also contains records relating to the governing historical bodies of York County including the York County Historical Commission (YCHC). The collection itself is organized in the original order maintained by the donor and spans from the original charter granted in 1983 through 2001. The collection consists of one spiral bound book and three binders. The spiral bound book contains the tax preparation for fiscal year 1997-1998 from Gamble&Livingston CPA’s. The first binder mostly refers to meetings, minutes, programs, or correspondence to/from the York County Historical Commission (YCHC). It begins in September of 1996 and continues through December of 1997. The second binder refers mostly to the Friends of Historic Brattonsville (FoHB) by way of minutes/agendas, bylaws/charter, tax/financial records, and general correspondence. The final binder refers to achievements and actions of the York County Culture and Heritage Committee throughout the late 1990’s and early 2000’s.
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Breakfast Rotary Club of Rock Hill Records - Accession 1496
Breakfast Rotary Club of Rock Hill Records and Rotary Club of Rock Hill
Accession 1496The Breakfast Rotary Club of Rock Hill operated from 1993 to 2006 in Rock Hill, SC as a service organization devoted to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian services and to promote ethical standards in all vocations. In 2006, the Breakfast Rotary Club of Rock Hill was absorbed into the original Rotary Club of Rock Hill. The Breakfast Rotary Club Records consist of photographs, newspaper clippings, brochures, flyers, pamphlets, manuals, membership records, scrapbooks, and various club records that detail the clubs activities.
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Breazeale Family Papers - Accession 742 - M343 (394)
Breazeale Family
Accession 742 - M343 (394)The Breazeale Family Papers consists of photographs and newspaper clippings relating to the Breazeale family of Anderson,South Carolina. There is one photograph of Kenon Breazeale (1814-1893) from the 1880s and one undated photograph of former Winthrop Board of Trustee (1891-1926), John Enoch Breazeale (1848-1926). The former Winthrop dormitory Breazeale Hall (1924-12004) was named in John Breazeale’s honor.
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Myra Potter Bregger Papers - Accession 763
Myra Potter Bregger, UNICEF, and American Association of University Women
Accession 763This collection consists of the papers of Myra Potter Bregger (1905-2001), community leader and social activist, and includes personal correspondence and papers spanning over sixty years. Also included are records from various organizations with which Mrs. Bregger worked, such as UNICEF, American Association of University Women, and the South Carolina Citizens Committee on Children and Youth. Especially interesting in this collection are letters written during the Great Depression and during World War II, as well as records kept by Mrs. Bregger on her Children and Nutrition Tour in 1965.
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Myra P. Bregger Family Papers - Accession 782
Myra Potter Bregger, Georgia Ann Weir, UNICEF, American Association of University Women, Bregger Family, and Potter Family
Accession 782This collection consists of the papers of Myra Potter Bregger (1905-2001), community leader and social activist. Included in the collection is an autograph book belonging to Georgia Ann Weir, mother of Myra Bregger, family account books, travel diaries and correspondence, papers concerning the Bregger-Potter Families, newspaper clippings, papers concerning UNICEF, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and Personal Correspondence.
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Brick Church Cemetery Papers - Accession 490 - M203 (245)
Brick Church Cemetery
Accession 490 - M203 (245)The Brick Church Cemetery is located eight miles southeast of Chester, South Carolina, the cemetery of Brick Church is all that remains of a Covenanter Church that existed in Chester County, South Carolina during the late 18th century and the early 19th century. The Brick Church Cemetery Papers consist of photographs and a paper titled “The Covenanters of Brick Church”, written by Gina Price, covering the church’s history.
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Robert O'Neil Bristow Papers - Accession 1719
Robert O'Neil Bristow
Accession 1719Robert O’Neil Bristow (1926-2018) was an accomplished writer, author, and professor of journalism at Winthrop College from 1962-1987. This collection consists of copy of the original manuscript for Season of Glory, a copy of the original manuscript of Rebel in Darkness, and a copy of Rebel in Darkness with galley proof edits. Also, included is correspondence from family and friend and business correspondence from editors and publishers dating from 1966-1971.
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Robert O'Neil Bristow Papers - Accession 3
Robert O'Neil Bristow
Accession 3Robert O’Neil Bristow (1926-2018) was an accomplished writer, author, and professor of journalism at Winthrop College from 1962-1987. The Robert O. Bristow Papers consist of drafts, revisions, galley proofs, notices of publication, book reviews, promotional literature and photographs, mainly related to the sale, publication, promotion and review of four Bristow novels: Time for Glory was published in 1968, Night Season in 1970, A Faraway Drummer in 1972 and Laughter in Darkness was originally called Rebel in Darkness. The papers cover the period from 1961-1974 with all of the material pertaining to the four published novels extending from 1967 to 1974.
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A Defence of the South Against the Reproaches and Encroachments of the North: In Which Slavery is Shown to be Institution of God Intended to Form the Basis of the Best Social State and the Only Safeguard to the Permanence of a Republican Government - Accession 1193 - M561 (614)
Iveson Lewis Brookes and Slavery
Accession 1193 - M561 (614)The collection consists of booklet titled, A Defence [sic] of the South Against the Reproaches and Encroachments of the North: In Which Slavery is Shown to be an Institution of God Intended to Form the Basis of the Best Social State and the Only Safeguard to the Permanent of a Republican Government by Rev. Iveson Lewis Brookes printed by The Republican Office in Hamsburg, SC in 1850. This publication by Rev. Iveson Lewis Brookes was in response to an article against the extension of Slavery to the Territory acquired by the Mexican Treaty that was published in the 1st number of the Christian Review for 1849. Brookes argues that slavery is an institution of God proven by the Bible. In an Appendix, Brookes sets forth a plan that he says would be satisfactory to both North and South “which would preserve the Union upon Constitutional principles and insure peace and prosperity to the country.” (missing pages 13-16)
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A Defense of Southern Slavery - Accession 1194 - M562 (615)
Iveson Lewis Brookes and Slavery
Accession 1194 - M562 (615)The collection consists of a1851 pamphlet titled, A Defence Of Southern Slavery. Against The Attacks of Henry Clay And Alex'r. Campbell : In Which Much of The False Philanthropy And Mawkish Sentimentalism of The Abolitionists Is Met And Refuted. In Which It Is Moreover Shown That The Association of The White And Black Races In The Relation of Master And Slave Is The Appointed Order Of God, As Set Forth In The Bible, And Constitutes The Best Social Condition Of Both Races, And The Only True Principle Of Republicanism written by Rev. Iveson Lewis Brookes of Hamburg, S.C. The booklet written in answer to Henry Clay’s Letter on Emancipation and Alexander Campbell’s Tract for the People of Kentucky maintains that Clay and Campbell under the guise of writing against slavery in Kentucky, maligned the whole of the Southern States. Brookes refutes each man’s stance point by point. Iveson Lewis Brookes (1793-1865) was a planter and Baptist minister from Rockingham, NC educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a staunch defender of slavery and owned several plantations and many slaves.
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Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Photograph Collection - Accession 1543
Brookgreen Gardens
Accession 1543This collection consists of an artificially bounded book of 76 photographs taken of 74 sculptures at Brookgreen Gardens around the 1940s, possibly as early as the 1930s. Brookgreen Gardens is located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, and was established as a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve. The bound volume of photographs was given to Carnegie Library at Winthrop College in January of 1951.
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Samuel Fewell Broughton Letters - Accession 421 - M167 (208)
Samuel Fewell Broughton
Accession 421 - M167 (208)Samuel Fewell Broughton (1908-1985) was born in Warren, Alabama, graduated from Mayville College in Maryville, TN, and later lived and worked as businessman in Rock Hill, SC where he is buried in the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church cemetery. The Samuel Fewell Broughton Letters consist of two letters written to Sam Fewell Broughton (1908-1985) from his mother describing local happenings in Warren, Arkansas. Also included is a brief letter from friend John describing a rabbit hunt and an unsigned YMCA identification card.
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Browne Family Papers - Accession 646
Browne Family
Accession 646The Browne Family Papers consist of incoming correspondence (mainly from the 1840s to the 1850s) of Newton Browne and Jane Morris Browne from various relatives, together with deeds, wills, indentures, land plats, photographs, and various other papers concerning the Browne Family of Anderson County, South Carolina. The collection also includes information on the allied families of Breazeale, Carpenter, Dobbins, Gunnin, Hillhouse, McFall, McGregor, and Morris.
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Browns of Beersheba - Accession 1070 - M484 (535)
Brown Family
Accession 1070 - M484 (535)The Browns and Beersheba collection consists of a photocopy of a genealogy titled “Browns of Beersheba” compiled by Juanita H. Steffy and Rev. John H. Jackson concerning the Brown family of Western York County, SC beginning with Jane Brown (1754-1803) and George Black ( ?-1820). The collection consists of linage charts, anecdotes, and photocopies of photographs, newspaper articles, maps, and diary entries. Allied names included in the genealogy are: Brown; Castle; Caveny; Davis; Fewell; Gault; Graves; Hall; Hinson; Hilton; Hudspeth; Jackson; Jordan; McGill; Osborne; Poplin; Putnam; Sherer; Steffy; Ware; Whiteside; Whitesides; Thomas;
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Brownlee Family Papers - Accession 525 - M224 (271)
Brownlee Family
Accession 525 - M224 (271)The collection consists of a history of the Brownlee Family of Abbeville County, South Carolina compiled from wills, tombstone records and family Bible records. The records extend from Thomas Brownlee of Torfoot, Scotland and consists of an article, “The Homes of the Brownlees In Scotland,” by Janet L. Brownlee. Also included is a genealogy of the Brownlee Family done by Leonardo Andrea for Mr. David A. Williams of Rock Hill, SC dated August 27, 1955 that traces his line to James Brownlee (1726-1798) who was the first in his line to come to America from Ireland.
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Robert Little Brown, The Boy And The Farm Collection - Accession 1626
Robert Little Brown; Winthrop College History; Olde Stone House, Winthrop; College Farm, Winthrop; Brown Family; Lindler Family; and Little Sheppard Lindler
Accession 1626This collection consists of Robert Little Brown’s memoir titled, The Boy And The Farm: A personal Memoir: The Winthrop College Farm & Stone House 1942-1946 which was published by the author at The Ravens Nest at Crow Hill Farm (the name of the farm) in Dalzell, SC in 2010. The memoir details the experiences of Robert L. Brown (1938-2016) growing up on Winthrop’s farm in the Old Stone House. Brown’s grandfather, Little Sheppard “L.S” Lindler (1886-1970). L.S. Lindler was the Farm Manager at Winthrop’s Farm from 1937-1947 and Robert and his mother, Henry Linnette “Nette” Lindler Brown (1917-2001), went to live with L. S. Lindler in 1942 while his father, William Hall Brown (1914-2008), served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He offers vast details on life on the Winthrop College Farm and the Olde Stone House. He delves into the operation of the farm and the work of his grandfather while also offering details of family history before and after his stay at the farm from 1942 to 1946. Family Names included are, Brown, Lindler, Goodson, and Stockstad. Mr. Brown also attended the Winthrop Training School while he lived at the farm and writes about his experiences. The chapter titles are: “The Boy Comes To Live At The Farm,” “The Lindler Family,” “The Lindler Daughters- Wives and Mothers,” “The Stone House,” “Early Farm Impressions and Lessons,” “Sand Boxes and Threshing Machines,” “Farm Playmates,” “Ice Cream and Green Apples,” “The Winthrop Training School,” “The World Outside the College Farm,” “The War,” “The Original Farm,” “The Farm’s Management and Production,” “Problems On The Farm,” “Changing Times ~ Moving On,” “The Boy at the Catawba Farm ~ New Lessons Learned,” “The End of an Era,” “The Boy Grows Older,” “Robert L. Brown,” and “The Renovated “Olde Stone House.” The collection contains the original unbound layout copy of Robert Brown’s memoir in a loose leaf binder, as well as, the digital copy on a CD and correspondence with Winthrop University about printing the book.
