Interview with Ruth Meacham

Interviewer

Nancy Biiggs Thomas Wofford

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Abstract

This interview with Elizabeth Moody Wilson was conducted by Nancy Thomas Wofford for her 1984 Winthrop thesis titled, Fort Mill: Transition From A Farming To A Textile Community, 1880-1920. Subjects include Fort Mill Manufacturing Co., Springs Industries, Ivey’s Mill in Fort Mill, Catawba Power Company. The Evolution of the Early Cotton Textile Mills in York County, SC.

Ruth Meacham (1895-1987) discusses her experiences growing up and living in Fort Mill, SC. Ruth owned most of the copies of photographs Nancy Thomas used in her thesis and they discuss each one. The photographs depict downtown Fort Mill, businesses, houses, the Fort Mill well pump, train depot, Fort Mill Academy, Fort Mill Manufacturing Company, 1916 flood, train tracks, cars, fire engine, bridges, Catawba Power Company, and many other Fort Mill scenes. (see Acc. 1786 for more about Ms. Meacham’s photographs). Ruth and Nancy talk about the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company, but spend most of the interview discussing the growth of Fort Mill, businesses and houses in the area, downtown Fort Mill, and what life was like in those days. Ruth’s grandfather, Dr. Thomas Boyd Meacham (1836-1908), owned the Meacham Drug Store on Trade Street in downtown Fort Mill and her father, Walter Banks Meacham (1864-1938), owned Meacham and Epps.

* The audio has an echo of the same interview in the background.

Publication Date

2-1-1982

Unique Identifier

OH 369

Format

2 Cassette; MP3; WAV;

Length

01:09:37

Restrictions

This interview is open for use.

Disciplines

Oral History

Keywords

Fort Mill Manufacturing Co., Ivey’s Mill in Fort Mill, Catawba Power Company

Interview with Ruth Meacham

LC Subject Headings

Springs Cotton Mills, Textile workers -- South Carolina -- Fort Mill, Textile workers -- Social life and customs, Cotton manufacture -- South Carolina -- Fort Mill, Textile industry -- South Carolina -- Fort Mill

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