Interviewer
Roy Flynn
Files
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Abstract
This interview was conducted by Roy Flynn with Leila Wicker “Lee” Kinard (1871-1963). Mrs. Kinard was the wife of Winthrop’s second president, Dr. James Pinckney Kinard. Mrs. Kinard was hired as a Winthrop History professor in 1895 where James Pinckney Kinard was the Chairman of the Department of History and English. A couple years later they were engaged and married on June 29, 1899. Dr. Kinard would become president of Winthrop College in 1928 when founder and first president Dr. David Bancroft Johnson died. Dr. Kinard served as President until 1934. In this interview, Lee Wicker Kinard discusses her experiences at Winthrop and relates the experiences of Dr. Kinard as well. She discusses at length David Bancroft Johnsons’ legacy and how it’s born more from his progressive ideas about educating women, more so than the character of the man. She also discusses her and her husband’s relationship with Dr. Johnson, as well as the education of women in general.
Publication Date
5-26-1962
Unique Identifier
OH 784
Format
1 Cassette, MP3; WAV:
Length
00:30:17
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Kinard, Leila Wicker, "Interview with Lee Wicker Kinard - OH 784" (1962). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 784.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/701
