Manuscript Collection
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The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter - Accession 214 - M95 (121)
The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter
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 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
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
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
The Thomas Family Papers are a valuable source of information concerning family life in Rock Hill, S.C. during the period 1920-1945. The collection includes diaries, Thomas Tours brochures, newspaper clippings speeches, financial and estate records, genealogies, menus, photographs, memorabilia and an 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 collection traces the growth of the Thomas family and the tour business, Thomas Tours, Inc., that Dr. Thomas founded in the 1920s. Letters exchanged by family members give keen insight into the following: 1) the activities offered by Winthrop Training School and Winthrop College in the 1920s and early 1930s, 2) the burgeoning tour business, 3) social events offered by Duke University in the mid-1930s, 4) life during the Great Depression, 5) the rigorous training of ROTC cadets at Clemson University during the early 1940s, 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.
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Joseph Alexander Thomas Civil War Letter - Accession 70 - M32 (44)
Joseph Alexander Thomas
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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Dorothy Perry Thompson Papers - Accession 1352
Dorothy Perry Thompson
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
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
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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Strom Thurmond Annual Message to the General Assembly, 1951 - Accession 1032 - M459 (510)
James Strom Thurmond
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
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
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 Carolina from 1890-1894 and U.S. Senator from 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
The Benjamin Ryan Tillman Photographs consist of two 8x10 photograph reprints of Governor Ben Tillman during his senior years.
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Dorothy Rodgers Tilly Papers - Accession 235
Dorothy Rodgers Tilly
Dorothy Rodgers 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
Dorothy Rodgers 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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Marguerite Tolbert Papers - Accession 184
Marguerite Tolbert
Marguerite Tolbert was a Winthrop alumna (Class of 1914), club woman, educator, and administrator with the Opportunity School in Columbia, South Carolina. The Marguerite Tolbert Papers consist of biographical data, newspaper and magazine 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
Marguerite Tolbert
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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John & Mary Hare Torbit Genealogical Chart - Accession 858 - M382 (433)
Torbit Family
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 H. Miller of Bartow, Florida.
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Frances Mikell Tupper Papers - Accession 1452
Frances Mikell Tupper
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
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
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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United Daughters of the Confederacy Abbeville Chapter Pamphlet - Accession 140 - M67 (82)
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Abbeville
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
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
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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Belair United Methodist Church Records - Accession 345 - M136 (172)
United Methodist Church, Belair
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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Charles Vail Journal Excerpts- Accession 1511 - M736 (793)
Charles B. Vail
The Charles Vail Journal Excerpts Collection consists of excerpts from Dr. Charles Brooks Vail’s journal kept at Winthrop while Dr. Vail served as president 1973-1982. Dr. Vail copied the entries from his journal and annotated them as a reminiscence and record of his time at Winthrop.
