Manuscript Collection
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Christmas Family Papers - Accession 480 - M197 (239)
Christmas Family
Accession 480 - M197 (239)The Christmas Family Papers consist of genealogical information (1765-1982) and correspondence relating to the Christmas family compiled by Howard W. Christmas.
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Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1092
Matthew Frederick Christopher and Frederic Martin
Accession 1092The Matt Christopher Papers consist of published manuscripts, published short stories (1943-1994) (drafts, synopses, plot outlines, and magazines, comics, and newspapers with articles and short stories), galleys (1954-1990s), leather bound author’s editions (1954-1991), and publisher’s editions of Matt Christopher’s children’s books (1954-2004). The collection contains many unpublished manuscripts and drafts outside the children’s book field (1954-1997), unpublished poems (1938-1993), unpublished screenplays (1940-1997), and unpublished short stories (1954-1997). Also included are taped (audio and video) interviews of Matt Christopher, as well as, puzzles for children (1988-1992), research materials and notes (1954-1997), sports rule-books (1954-1995), and writing guides (1909-1995), personal (1949-1997) and business correspondence (1952-2002), contract agreements (1952-1993), royalty statements (1954-1999), and biographical information (1917-2004), memorabilia (personalized baseball bat, framed pictures and award certificates, etc.), fan mail (1964-1999) and his personal book collection (1847-1995) (some signed by authors).
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Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1221
Matthew Frederick Christopher and Frederic Martin
Accession 1221Matt Christopher (1917-1997) was a prolific author of children’s books having written over 100 books as well as over 300 short stories, articles, poems, and screenplays. Most of his writings dealt with sports themes, but he also wrote fantasy and mystery themed stories as well. The Matt Christopher Papers consist of both published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, and short stories. Also included are personal and business correspondence, biographical information, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia.
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Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1309
Matthew Frederick Christopher and Frederic Martin
Accession 1309The collection includes letters written by the children’s book author, Matt Christopher, to his son, Marty Christopher. Many of the letters also contain newspaper articles of interest to Matt Christopher, which deal with local sports teams, his writing career, his participation in an exhibition baseball game against the New York Giants in 1938, and other of general interest. Most of the letters are personal in nature, however, a majority of the letters delve into Matt Christopher’s writing career, personal interests, the author’s health, as well as his family life.
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Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 531
Matthew Frederick Christopher and Frederic Martin
Accession 531This collection consists of Matt Christopher’s first drafts, edited galley proofs and author’s copy of five of his sports stories for children. They are entitled The Dog That Stole Football Plays, Run, Billy, Run (which was previously titled The Boy Who Didn’t Stop Running), Tight End, The Twenty-One Mile Swim (which was changed from The Forty-One Mile Swim) and Wild Pitch. All of the books were published by Little, Brown & Company of Boston. This collection is especially interesting for those interested in writing children’s literature.
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Church of the Good Shepherd History - Accession 360 - M145 (184)
Church of the Good Shepherd
Accession 360 - M145 (184)The Church of the Good Shepherd History consists of a centennial history of the Episcopal church located in York, SC. The history was written by Joseph E. Hart, Jr., and concerns mainly the beginning of the church. The appendix includes an alphabetical listing of people connected with the church and some biographical information.
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Church Women United in South Carolina-Aiken Section Records - Accession 231
Church Women United, Aiken, SC
Accession 231The Church Women United in South Carolina-Aiken Section was organized in 1955 as an organization of Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian women denominations that aim to work together toward building a world Christian community. The records consist of minutes, correspondence, program notes, membership and officer lists, financial records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and related records.
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Church Women United in Columbia Records - Accession 191
Church Women United, Columbia, SC
Accession 191The Church Women United In Columbia was founded in 1915 as the Women’s Interdenominational Missionary Union whose purpose was to work for the betterment of social and economic conditions in the city of Columbia, South Carolina. The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, lists, and other records relating to the history and civic activities of the organization.
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Church Women United in South Carolina Records - Accession 230
Church Women United, South Carolina
Accession 230The Church Women United in South Carolina was organized in 1960 as an organization of Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian women denominations that aimed to work together toward building a world Christian community. The Church Women United in South Carolina Records consist of constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, and financial records, relating to the biracial women’s organization, which works for the betterment of social and economic conditions in the state. Subjects include the organization’s work with Women in Community Service, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), adult education, and the South Carolina Council for the Common Good.
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The Citadel/Shannon Faulkner Affidavit - Accession 850
Citadel/Shannon Faulkner Affidavit
Accession 850 - M378 (429)This collection consists of an affidavit of Jane Harris Odom ’80, ’82, concerning The Citadel’s use of her 1982 thesis “The Struggle for Coeducation at Winthrop College” without her permission in the Shannon Faulkner case. Shannon Faulkner successfully sued The Citadel to allow her to enroll and she became the first female cadet to enter the military academy. Also included is the state’s 35 page brief for the case.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Collection - Accession 1565 M764 (821)
Civilian Conservation Corps and Rock Hill History
Accession 1565 - M764 (821)This collection consists of a photocopy of a Camp Roster of all the staff, leaders, and members of the Rock Hill Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and a pictorial review of District A, Company 421 in Rock Hill, SC which consists of a history of the company and many photographs of the projects, activities, and members of the Rock Hill CCC. Also included in this collection is a photocopy of the Official Annual of District “I”, Fourth Corps Area, Civilian Conversation Corps from 1936. This annual contains a history of District “I” and photographs and rosters of: Company 5419 Awendaw, SC; Company 4468 Barnwell, SC; Company 4471 Bishopville, SC; Company 445 Cheraw, SC; Company 4475 Chester, SC; Company 4465 Clinton, SC; Company 4469 Columbia, SC; Company 4480 Edisto Island, SC; Company 4471 Effingham, SC; Company 4474 Gaffney, SC; Company 4467 Georgetown, SC; Company 4473 Kelton, SC; Company 4479 King’s Mountain, NC; ; Company 4468 Luray, SC; Company 4464 McClellanville, SC; Company 442 Moncks Corner, SC; Company 4470 Montmorenci, SC; Company 1408 Myrtle Beach, SC; Company 4472 Newberry, SC; Company 1407 Newberry, SC; Company 421 Rock Hill, SC; Company 1417 Rodman, SC; Company 442 Summerville, SC; Company 2414 Sumter, SC; Company 4468 Walterboro, SC; Company 2413 Wedgefield, SC; Company 4477 Winnsboro, SC; Company 5418 Witherbee, SC; Company 458 Union, SC; Company 4466 York, SC;
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Rock Hill Civitan Club Records - Accession 244 - M107 (137)
Civitan Club, Rock Hill
Accession 244 - M107 (137)The Rock Hill Civitan Club Records consist of manuals, brochures, newsletters and some correspondence relating to club projects, membership and the club organization related to the Civitan Club based in Rock Hill, SC.
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James Clark Family Genealogical Chart - Accession 422 - M168 (209)
James Clark
Accession 422 - M168 (209)The James Clark Genealogical Chart (1764-1884) covers the family of James Clark (1764-1823) and Mary Cowan (1768-1832) of Lincoln County, Tennessee and includes their nine children born between 1787 and 1806.
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Clover Presbyterian Church: Brief History 1881-1981 - Accession 1204 - M572 (625)
Clover Presbyterian Church
Accession 1204 - M572 (625)The collection consists of a brief history of Clover Presbyterian Church in Clover, SC (York County) in commemoration of its Centennial in 1981. It includes lists of the Centennial Committee, Presidents of the Women’s Organization, Ministers, Elders, Deacons, and World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War participants.
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Clover Presbyterian Church: History Read At The Celebration Of The Fiftieth Anniversary Of Its Founding, July 29, 1931 - Accession 1203 - M571 (624)
Clover Presbyterian Church
Accession 1203 - M571 (624)The collection consists of a history of Clover Presbyterian Church in Clover, SC (York County) prepared by W.N. Jackson, Pat H. Hobson, Mrs. Dutrow Matthews, and Mrs. Emma Quinn. The history covers the origins of the Presbyterian church in the area as well as the establishment of the church at Clover in 1881. It includes lists of the charter members, the elders, the deacons, and the ministers.
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South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Records - Accession 1017 - M721 (777)
Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, South Carolina
Accession 1017 - M721 (777)The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Records consists of records related to the organization. The specific and primary purposes of the organization was “1. To provide a statewide organization to deal with the concerns of all persons affected by Domestic Violence and sexual Assault. 2. To support positive interventions to end Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. 3. To promote awareness of the social and personal cost of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.” The records include meeting minutes, by-laws correspondence, objectives, newsletter, announcements, and a map.
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Presbyterian Church of the United States Coalition on Health Records - Accession 465
Coalition on Health, Presbyterian Church of the United States
Accession 465The Presbyterian Church of the United States Coalition on Health was “an advisory group of Presbyterians whose primary function was to: (1) to advise the General Assembly Mission Board in the areas of health care; (2) to define the nature of the health ministry of the P.C.U.S; and (3) to assist local churches in responding to health concerns.” The collection includes correspondence, speeches, minutes of the Coalition on Health from the years 1977-1979 and the 1974, Conference at Montreat, reference materials and papers relating to national health care, insurance, separation of church and state, international health, and interest groups, a legal docket pertaining to the reproductive freedom project, and papers relating to the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights and League of Women Voters.
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Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers - Accession 11
Charles Lonergan Cobb
Accession 11The Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers consists mainly of correspondence but also includes photographs, biographical material, magazine and newspaper clippings, all relating to Cobb's career as a banker at People's National Bank( 1905-1949); and the People's National Bank and Trust Company(1949-1953) in Rock Hill, SC as well as his association with Winthrop College as a Board of Trustees' member(1938-1953). Subjects include, railroad cotton shipping service to South Carolina mill towns, crop loans in the early 1920s, location of the Celanese Chemical Plant in Rock Hill, the Winthrop College Board of Trustees, and a1946 article about Cobb that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Bernace M. Cochran Papers - Accession 1560
Bernace M. Cochran
Accession 1560This collection contains records from the South Carolina Home Economics Association, County Council of Farm Women, National Extension Homemakers Council, and the Lexington County Home Demonstration Club collected by Mrs. Bernace M. Cochran (1908-2002). It also contains collections of miscellaneous papers, newspaper articles, letters, and informational booklets. Mrs. W. E. Cochran (Bernace “Bee” Cochran) married W. Edward Cochran (1889-1973); they were from Greenville County, South Carolina. She had a huge involvement in the South Carolina Extension Homemakers Council and branched off from that into the Council of Farm Women, and the Home Demonstration Club. While involved in the Extension Homemakers Council she wrote a book titled, History of South Carolina Extension Homemakers Council: Fifty Years 1921-1971. There is a copy of the History located in Box 1, Folder 1 of the Mrs. W. E. (Bernace) Cochran Papers - Accession 103.
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Mrs. W. E. (Bernace) Cochran Papers - Accession 103
Bernace M. Cochran
Accession 103The Mrs. W. E. (Bernace) Cochran Papers consist of histories, constitutions, bylaws, reports, memoranda, minutes, membership lists, newsletters, handbooks, brochures, manuals, newspaper clippings and photographs, relating to her involvement with the South Carolina Extension Homemakers’ Council (1936-1976), the National Home Demonstration Council (1960-1976), the Associated Country Women of the World (1947-1976), the Master Farm Homemakers’ Guild (1964-1976), and the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1968-1972).
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Letters from Cokesbury - Accession 1180 - M548 (601)
Cokesbury Conference Institute, Nathan Christian Whetstone, William Capers Whetstone, and Elmer Don Herd Jr.
Accession 1180 M548 (601)This collection consists of a booklet titled, Letters From Cokesbury 1847-1851: Correspondence of Nathan and William Whetstone combined and edited by Elmer Don Herd, Jr. (1932-1980) and published in 1980. The booklet contains 24 typescript copies of letters written by Nathan Christian Whetstone and William Capers Whetstone when they were at the Cokesbury Conference Institute (aka, Cokesbury Conference College) in Cokesbury, South Carolina from 1847-1851. “The thirty-four letters which comprise this volume represent the collected works of Nathan Christian Whetstone (November 26, 1831-May 25, 1904) and William Capers Whetstone (June 21, 1834-April 19, 1891) during the period when one or both of the brothers were students at the Cokesbury Conference Institute, Cokesbury, South Carolina.” “The original manuscripts of these letters, part of Gates Family Papers, are on deposit in the Manuscript Room, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.” These manuscripts represent the largest extant collection of student letters from the Cokesbury Conference Institute and cover a time span from February 1847 to June 1851.”
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Speech of the Hon. W. F. Colcock - Accession 1198 - M566 (619)
William Ferguson Colcock
Accession 1198 - M566 (619)The collection consists of a booklet titled Speech of the Hon. W. F. Colcock, Delivered Before the Meeting of Delegates from The Southern Rights Associations of South Carolina at Charleston, May 20, 1851 printed in Columbia at the South Carolinian Office in 1851. The booklet consists of a speech given by United States House of Representatives member from South Carolina (1849-1853) William Ferguson Colcock [1804-1889] before a meeting of delegates from the southern Rights Associations of south Carolina at Charleston on May 20, 1851. The speech concerns states rights and the question of the secession of South Carolina and possibly other states from the Union.
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Virginia Bellune Collier Papers - Accession 902
Virginia Bellune Collier
Accession 902The Virginia Bellune Collier Papers reflects her time as a student at Winthrop College, centering particularly on her senior year, 1929-1930. Virginia Bellune Collier (1909-1999) was a 1930 Winthrop College graduate. The collection consists of 9 small black and white photographs, one large (8’x10”) color photograph (reunion?); 27 printed items, a few handwritten (including a Winthrop Students’ Handbook, various cultural event programs, Baccalaureate and Commencement programs, and several invitations); and a leather-bound scrapbook entitled “My Memories” with the Winthrop University, the South Carolina College for Women’s seal, full of notes, mementos, programs, and news clippings. The initial collection also included two artifacts, a Winthrop College ring (1930) and a Winthrop College pin (ca1930). The Virginia Bellune Collier Papers offer a great snapshot into the life of a student in the mid to late 1920s before the Great Depression.
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Colonial Spy Poster - Accession 1274 - M625 (679)
Colonial Spy Poster
Accession 1274 - M625 (679)This collection consists of an advertisement for Colonial Spy, a novel dealing with the Revolutionary War in the Catawba region of South Carolina written by Mickey Beckham. The artwork on the poster was done by Winthrop students.
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Columbia Graded Schools, First year, 1883-1884 - Accession 1259 - M611 (664)
Columbia Graded Schools
Accession 1259 - M611 (664)The collection consists of a booklet titled, Columbia Graded Schools, First Year, 1883-1884 written by John Peyre Thomas and David Bancroft Johnson (Winthrop Founder and First President). This booklet describes Columbia, South Carolina’s public school system’s first year, 1883-1884 and outlines the plan for the first year of this school system.
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Come-See-Me Festival Records - Accession 1408
Come-See-Me Festival
Accession 1408The Come-See-Me Festival Records consist of papers, photographs, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, media kits, publicity kits, awards, applications, invitations, bylaws, guidelines, histories, correspondence, promotions and advertisements, posters, and memorabilia from the Come-See-Me Festivals from the 1980s to 2013.
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Come-See-Me Festival Records - Accession 815
Come-See-Me Festival
Accession 815The Come-See-Me Festival Records consist of records and memorabilia from the Come-See-Me Festivals since its founding in 1962. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, financial reports and papers, promotional materials, and other records and material chronicling the development of the Come-See-Me Festival in Rock Hill, SC.
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Commissioner of Location Book, Lancaster, SC - Accession 225
Commissioner of Location Book, Lancaster, SC
Accession 225The Commissioner of Locations Book, Lancaster, SC collection consists of a reel of microfilm that contains plat diagrams and boundary descriptions of land surveys in the Lancaster District, SC. John Adams was at that time Commissioner of Locations in the Lancaster District of South Carolina.
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South Carolina Commission on Women Records - Accession 375 - M154 (195)
Commission on Women, South Carolina
Accession 375 - M154 (195)The South Carolina Commission on Women Records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, publications, legislation, press releases, speeches, and financial papers. Subjects include; children, wage discrimination, divorce, marriage, domestic abuse, Women’s History Week, Title IX, and health insurance.
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South Carolina Commission on Women Records - Accession 691
Commission on Women, South Carolina
Accession 691The South Carolina Commission on Women Records consist of correspondence, minutes, legislation, press releases and forms, and documents relating to the activities of the agency. Broadcast Awards, Domestic Violence Project, White House Conference on Families, A week of Films By and About Women, and National Associate of Commissions for Women Conferences. The South Carolina Commission on Women was created in 1970 to “study the status of women and make periodic reports to the governor with its recommendations concerning educational needs and opportunities, to disseminate material relating to the rights, responsibilities and status of women.”
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Confederate Imprint- Accession 75 - M33 (45)
Confederate Imprint
Accession 75- M33 (45)The Confederate Imprint is an original imprint issued during the American Civil War on August 18, 1863 “To the people of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri and the Allied Indian nations” at Marshall, Texas by the governors of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri. It seeks to build up the support and confidence of the southern people in the Confederacy following the Union forces capture of New Orleans, LA which split the Confederacy, along the Mississippi River.
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Confederate States of America Records - Accession 772
Confederate States of America and American Civil War
Accession 772The Confederate States of America Records consist of 32 microfiche containing correspondence, orders and miscellaneous papers of the Fourth Brigade, South Carolina Militia, the State of South Carolina Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, and the Military Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida during the American Civil War. The documents consist of muster rolls, lists of officers, etc. for Charleston and other South Carolina troops, including the Arsenal Guards, Beauregard Light Infantry, Charleston Light Dragoons, Dixie Rangers, Ferguson's Battery of Light Artillery, Lafayette Artillery, Marion Rutledge Mounted Artillery, Vigilant Rifles, Washington Artillery, and Washington Light Infantry.
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Confederate Journal and Magazine Collection - Accession 1705
Confederate Veteran Magazine, Confederate War Journal Illustrated, and American Civil War
Accession 1705This collection consists of the first four editions of the Confederate War Journal Illustrated and an incomplete run of the Confederate Veteran Magazine from 1893, 1898 through 1930. The Confederate Veteran was originally started in 1893 by Sumner A. Cunningham (1843-1913) as an effort raise funds for the construction of a monument to honor Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, in Richmond, VA. The magazine became very popular and was one of the most influential monthly magazines in the South. The magazine would eventually become the official voice of the United Confederate Veterans and later of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The magazine stayed in print through 1932. These magazines provide a valuable insight into the southern mindset following the American civil War and Reconstruction while offering personal accounts of the war. Historiography students would find these magazines helpful in analyzing the histories of the American Civil War from the losing side’s perspective.
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Pat Conroy Papers - Accession 1632
Donald Patrick Conroy
Accession 1632The Pat Conroy Papers consists of materials related to author Donald Patrick “Pat” Conroy (1945-2016). The collection consists of legal documents concerning a lawsuit between the Savannah School of Art and Design (SCAD) against Mr. Conroy, copies of newspaper articles concerning the SCAD lawsuit, legal documents concerning the divorce of Pat Conroy and his wife Lenore Guerwitz Fleischer Conroy, correspondence concerning the rights to “Beach Music”, manuscripts sent over the years to Mr. Conroy to read, One letter to Mr. Conroy concerning the possibility of Pat Conroy writing a screenplay for , “Look Homeward Angel”, along with what appears to be a screenplay for , “Look Homeward Angel”, two framed political cartoons, four college hoods, and two chefs coats.
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Zack Spratt's Butcher's Cookbook - Accession 678 - M301 (352)
Cookbook, Butcher's; A. D. Payne; and Zack Spratt
Accession 678 - M301 (352)The Butcher’s Cookbook consists of a leather bound notebook containing instructions on preserving and curing meat, and recipes for various meat dishes from around the 1910s. The name A.D. Payne is on the front cover and is the author of the book. Zack Spratt collected cookbooks, many of which are housed in the Winthrop Library, and speculated that “these notes were taken by someone [A. D. Payne] working in a packing plant.” Zack Spratt is most likely Zaccheus Spratt (1884-1978) and was a relative of the Fort Mill, SC Spratt Family.
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Cook Family Collection - Accession 1579 M774 (830)
Crawford Cook and Springs Cotton Mill
Accession 1579 - M773 (830)This collection consists of materials related to the Cook Family and to Crawford Cook in particular.) Crawford Cook (1934-2016) was a political consultant who advised state, national, and international clients who worked on the campaigns of Fritz Hollings, John West, and Jim Hodges among others. The collection consists of a photograph of Crawford Cook and The South Magazine for March 1979 that includes an article about Crawford Cook which describes his efforts to promote Saudi Arabian interests in the United States. Also of interest is a pillowcase produced by the Springs Cotton Mills which contains aerial views of the plant and several employees including Springs Mill President, Elliott White Springs (1896-1959).
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Copeland Family Papers - Accession 634 - M273 (323)
Copeland Family
Accession 634 - M273 (323)The Copeland Family Papers consists of an application for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for Wilma Earle Copeland Kirkland of Greenwood, South Carolina. The application contains genealogical information on her Copeland line through William Copeland (1753-1838) of York District, SC.
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Lena T. Copeland Memorial - Accession 148 - M71 (86)
Lena T. Copeland
Accession 148 - M71 (86)The Lena T. Copeland Memorial consists of a Eulogy given to commemorate the life of Mrs. Lena T. Copeland titled "In remembrance of Mrs. Lena T. Copeland." Mrs. Copeland lived in Renno, SC which is near Clinton, SC in Laurens County. Her maiden name was Hollingsworth and she was married to Mr. L. Watts Copeland. The remembrance covers Southern life from the American Civil War through Reconstruction and up to her death in 1899 and offers a valuable insight into womanhood during this time frame.
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Arthur Cornwall Papers - Accession 289
Arthur Cornwall
Accession 289The Arthur Cornwall Papers consist of personal, professional, genealogical and reference files of writer, musician, and historian Arthur Cornwall. The collection contains correspondence, radio scripts, feature articles, genealogical research notes, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Of particular value are the genealogical files which contain exhaustive research relating to the Cornwall-Cornwell and Colvin families of Chester County. The collection includes genealogical research on many other Chester County families, such as Bennett, Coleman, Feaster, Hardin, Loving, Tims, Wylie, and Yongue. Included are many community histories.
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Council for the Common Good Collection - Accession 887 - M402 (453)
Council for the Common Good, South Carolina
Accession 887 - M402 (453)This collection consists of addresses by Strom Thurmond, Dr. Robert E. Seibels, and Dr. WM. P. Jacobs to the 21st Annual Club Institute-Third Institute on Public Affairs at Winthrop University July 9, 10, and 11, 1936 conducted by the Council for the Common Good. Senator Strom Thurmond's Address was titled, "Regular School Attendance-South Carolina's Most urgent Need." Dr. Robert E. Seibels' address was titled, "Maternal Mortality in South Carolina" where he discusses midwifery as well as deaths resulting from child birth including through natural causes and through abortions. Dr. William P. Jacobs, President of Presbyterian College and Secretary-treasurer of Cotton Manufacturers Association of South Carolina, address was titled, "The Place of Agriculture in South Carolina."
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South Carolina Council for the Common Good Records - Accession 117
Council for the Common Good, South Carolina
Accession 117The South Carolina Council for the Common Good Records consist of constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, minutes, reports, yearbooks, brochures, financial records, membership lists, and newspaper clippings relating to the council’s governance and its activities, including its work to improve child welfare (1959, 1967-1968); its lobbying against Richard Nixon’s 1970 cutback of public library funds (1969-1971); its lobbying for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (1970-1973); its work to promote passage of jury service to women in South Carolina; and its efforts to strengthen the South Carolina Status of Women’s Conference (1965-1977).
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South Carolina Council on Family Relations Records - Accession 199
Council on Family Relations, South Carolina
Accession 199The South Carolina Council on Family Relations was organized in 1956 to promote communication among representatives of participating organizations and citizens in order to further their common objective of strengthening family life in South Carolina. The South Carolina Council on Family Relations Records consist of constitutions, brochures, pamphlets, minutes, correspondence, membership lists, and annual reports, documenting the council’s growth, development, and functions.
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Rock Hill Council on Human Relations Records - Accession 47
Council on Human Relations, Rock Hill
Accession 47The Rock Hill Council on Human Relations Records consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, program notes, newsletters, membership lists, and other records of a body organized in 1954 by the Rock Hill City Council to further communication between the city’s African- Americans and whites. The collection includes material relating to the South Carolina Council on Human Relations with which the Rock Hill Council was affiliated, American Friends Services committee, Southern Regional Council, and a black & white 16mm film pertaining to the origin and early development of the Council. Correspondents include Alice Spearman Wright, civil rights activist and former executive secretary of the South Carolina Council on Human Relations.
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Country Women's Council, USA Records - Accession 659
Country Women's Council, USA
Accession 659The Country Women’s Council, USA Records consists of records related and produced by the organization. The records include meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, credentials, reports, proposed budgets, financial information, voting records, and other items related to the council’s business and activities. This collection is a good source of rural women’s activities during the mid to late twentieth century.
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Covenanters of South Carolina Collection - Accession 208 - M92 (118)
Covenanters of South Carolina
Accession 208 - M92 (118)The Covenanters of South Carolina Collections consists of a "Sketch of the Covenanters of Rocky Creek, South Carolina About 1750 to 1840" by Miss Mary Elder, 1886 as dictated to her by her father Mr. Matthew Elder, Yorkville, SC. Also included is an undated genealogical sketch of William Stinson (Stevenson) (1752-1809) who was a covenanter from Rocky Creek, SC and a "History of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church by Mrs. Frank Hicklin" that was written ca. 1958. The Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church was organized ca. 1752.
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Col. Asbury Coward Papers - Accession 600 - M259 (308)
Asbury Coward
Accession 600 - M259 (305)Colonel Asbury Coward (1835-1925) was a Yorkville (York), SC citizen, founder of Kings Mountain Military Academy, Confederate veteran, and past president of The Citadel. The Colonel Asbury Coward Papers consist of two letters, one written by E.M.H. Frost to Mrs. Hughes conveying sympathy for the death of a member of the family, and one to Col. Coward from Mrs. Jennie Clarke Hughes wanting to know of his wellbeing and soldiers in his company.
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The Life and Times of the Cowpens Battleground Community - Accession 940 - M424 (475)
Cowpens, SC and Bertha Olive Smith
Accession 940 - M424 (475)This collection consists of a booklet written and signed by Bertha Smith (1888-1988) concerning the history of the Cowpens Community, SC and battleground written in honor the United States Bicentennial. In this publication Miss Smith writes a brief history of the Battle of Cowpens and then writes about her family and personal recollections of the history of the Cowpens community through her family and personal experiences. The publication touches on the following Cowpens, SC related subjects: The Battle of Cowpens; Early Churches; Early Schools; Home Training; Association Meetings; The Whipping Post; Corn Shucking; Quilting Parties; Arrowood Baptist Church; Clothes Fashion; Life in Arrowood Community; Stores in Cowpens; My School Days; Community Life; Cowpens Churches; Cowpens Homes. Bertha Smith (1888-1988) was a Winthrop graduate in 1913 and served 42 years as a Baptist missionary to China, 1917-1959. Miss Smith was a resident of Cowpens, South Carolina.
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Craig Family Photographs - Accession 1494
Craig Family
Accession 1494The Craig Family Photograph Collection consists of photographs of the Craig family in Chester, Rock Hill and at Winthrop. The photographs are of family members, friends, and African-American caregivers. The Photographs also show scenes of houses, churches, buildings, pools, farms, dams, bridges, and other scenes of the area.
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Ruby M. Craven Papers - Accession 407
Ruby Mae Craven
Accession 407This collection consists of the professional papers of Dr. Ruby Mae Craven (1913-2006), S.C. educator and home economist at Clemson University. Dr. Craven was a 1934 graduate of Winthrop College. “The driving force for Extension home economics in its formative years, Ruby Craven began her career in the classroom, teaching home economics in high school. But it wouldn’t be long before she took her teaching beyond the schoolhouse and into the home. She made the move to Extension work in 1947 as a home demonstration agent in Spartanburg and Lancaster counties before becoming a poultry specialist at Winthrop College. She held the title of Extension home management specialist at Winthrop for 13 years until the Extension Home Demonstration Department was transferred to Clemson, where she became a district agent, state agent and, in 1967, state leader of home economics programs.” worked in the Extension service for The papers include professional correspondence, Dr. Craven’s thesis for her Ph. D. (1963), samples of special programs carried out by the Clemson Extension Service, typescripts of speeches, papers relating to home economics as a profession and materials concerning various seminars and workshops.
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Paulina Kerr Creed Papers - Accession 1694
Paulina Kerr Creed, Creed Family, and Kerr Family
Accession 1694This collection mostly consists of genealogical material collected by Paulina Kerr Creed (1898-1982), who was a 1918 alumna of Winthrop College. Records consist of family group sheets, family Bibles, newspapers, newspaper clippings (a sizeable collection on the Catawba Indians), photographs, copies of deeds, letters of correspondence, and military service records from the Revolutionary War through World War II. There are also records in the collection relating to Paulina Kerr Creed’s involvement in the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the United Daughters of 1812. Much of the collection is focused on the Creed Family but material is also present for related families such as Wood, Cherry, Sawyer, McFadden, Kerr, Kneece, Culp, Johnson, Edwards, Anderson, DeWolfe, and Roddey. Also included in the collection are teaching certificates and diplomas belonging to Paulina and Henrietta Creed, a collection of Peterson’s magazines, cassette tapes from Saint John’s Church, a collection of obituaries, a collection of engagement/wedding announcements, a store ledger of unknown origins, cookbooks and children’s books, a scrapbook, two photographs of the delegation to create Catawba County in the early 20th century, two souvenir letter openers from the Philippines, and a fork that was forged in William Hill’s Ironworks in the late 1700s-early 1800s.
