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Interview with George C. Land and Samuel Foster - OH 694
George C. Land, Samuel Foster, and Emmett Scott High School
OH 694
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with George C. Land and Samuel Foster for his History of Emmett Scott High School project. Both Mr. Land and Mr. Foster are former principals of the school. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill South Carolina schools. Mr. George land was principal from 1967-1968. Mr. Samuel Foster was principal from 1968-1970 when the school closed. Both Mr. Land and Mr. Foster discuss their experiences before and after serving as principal of Emmett Scott as well as the in the local community. Mr. Foster discusses some of his time with the South Carolina State General Assembly.
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Interview with Gayle and Joe Lanford
Gayle Lanford and Joe Lanford
OH 254
In their March 4, 2015 interview with Rebecca Masters and John Gaston, Gayle and Joe Lanford detail their work with Anthony DiGiorgio and involvement with Winthrop. In particular, Gayle recalls her time as an undergraduate student from 1958-1962 navigating the rules and regulations of Winthrop. Joe shares his work bridging the gap between Winthrop and the City of Rock Hill and describes his role in design of Hardin Family Gardens at Winthrop. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Celia Lausted - OH 381
Celia Lausted
OH 381
IN PROCESSING
Interviews with extension members and agents throughout the country documenting the history and development of the extension movement in the U.S. The interviews describe homemaking, child bearing and family management in the small towns and rural areas where they live. They also discuss the role of extension homemakers groups in their lives.
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Interview with Agnes Lawton
Agnes Lawton
OH 100
In her November 13, 1980 interview with Lewis P. Armistead, Agnes Lawton relays her family history and career as a teacher. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Tim Leary
Timothy Leary
OH 239
IN PROCESSING
This interview is about his 1960s experiences including his appointment to the Harvard University Faculty in 1960 and his experimentation with psychedelic drugs.
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Interview with William Ledford - OH 103
William Ledford
OH 103
In his November 30, 1980 interview with his daughter Anne Ledford, William Ledford remembers his service in the Army during WWII. In particular, Ledford details his basic training and journey through Iceland, England, and France. Ledford shares his recollection of the Battle of the Bulge and the aftermath of WWII. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Jai Lee
Jai Lee
OH 286
In her January 14, 2014 interview with Cody Willis, Jai Lee shares her experience as an economic major from Korea. Lee discusses the differences between Korean colleges and Winthrop. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Verna Lefman
Verna Lefman
OH 391
IN PROCESSING
Interviews with extension members and agents throughout the country documenting the history and development of the extension movement in the U.S. The interviews describe homemaking, child bearing and family management in the small towns and rural areas where they live. They also discuss the role of extension homemakers groups in their lives.
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Interview with Hazel Leininger
Hazel Leininger
OH 516
IN PROCESSING
Interviews with extension members and agents throughout the country documenting the history and development of the extension movement in the U.S. The interviews describe homemaking, child bearing and family management in the small towns and rural areas where they live. They also discuss the role of extension homemakers groups in their lives.
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Oral History - OH 764
LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter
OH 764
This interview was conducted by Margaret “Isa” Long with Interviewee J as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. The Interviewee discusses the significance of the Black Lives Matter movement and the greater issues surrounding race, particularly as a Black, transgender Canadian living in Montréal, Québec. They also detail the challenges within the LGBTQ+ community as a Black trans individual. Notable topics include personal and familial challenges, race, social unrest, identity, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Interviewee J (He/They), a resident of Montréal, Québec, identifies as trans-male, i.e. someone who was assigned female at birth but whose gender identity is male. They are also of both Haitian and Malian descent. At the time of the interview, Interviewee J was nineteen years old.
Spearheaded by Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, an Assistant Professor of History and African American studies at Winthrop University, Project 2020 is best summarized in her words: “The goal was to conduct interviews that explored the various ways in which Americans were experiencing and being impacted by the various watershed moments that emerged during 2020 (the global pandemic, social unrest, financial challenges, issues with healthcare, etc.)."
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Interview with Margaret Lien
Margaret Lien
OH 482
IN PROCESSING
Interviews with extension members and agents throughout the country documenting the history and development of the extension movement in the U.S. The interviews describe homemaking, child bearing and family management in the small towns and rural areas where they live. They also discuss the role of extension homemakers groups in their lives.
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Interview with Blair Whitney Ligon
Blair Whitney Ligon
OH 272
In her May 29, 2013 interview with Martha Manning, Blair Ligon, a third generation Winthrop alumna, shares her experience as an Integrated Marketing Communications major from 2007-2011. Ligon recalls the professors that made a lasting impression and shares some of her favorite classes. Ligon also expresses her pride in being a Winthrop alumna and current alumni relations employee. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Lillian Peay - OH 752
Lillian Peay, Winthrop University, and COVID-19 Pandemic
OH 752
In this recording, Winthrop student Lillian Peay shares the real-time challenges she faced amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a college student, personal trainer, and young adult. She also details the trials her mother, an obstetrician-gynecologist, confronted as a healthcare worker during the COVID crisis. Notable topics addressed in the recording include social isolation, healthcare, education, professional life, and personal health.
Lillian Peay, a native of Columbia, SC, earned her B.S. degree in Exercise Science from Winthrop University in 2021. She currently works in the personal fitness industry and plans to attend graduate school to study physical therapy.
Spearheaded by Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, an Assistant Professor of History and African American studies at Winthrop University, Project 2020 is best summarized in her words: “The goal was to conduct interviews that explored the various ways in which Americans were experiencing and being impacted by the various watershed moments that emerged during 2020 (the global pandemic, social unrest, financial challenges, issues with healthcare, etc.)."
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Interview with Linda Ramge - OH 757
Linda Ramge, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Sun City Carolina Lakes
OH 757
This interview was conducted by Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight with Linda Ramge as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. Ramge discusses her experiences amid the COVID-19 pandemic and critical year 2020, particularly as a resident of Sun City Carolina Lakes in Indian Land, SC. She shares the challenges of taking care of her husband who suffered from dementia, specifically in the context of confinement and a public health crisis. Ramge also describes the sudden shutdown of her community after the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, and how it subsequently changed everyday life. Notable topics of conversation include COVID-19 protocols (masks, social distancing, etc.), vaccination, mental health, education, virtual learning, pandemic hobbies, and personal recovery.
Linda Ramge (b. 1946) is a native of Lima, Ohio and 30-plus-year resident of the Carolinas. She moved to the Sun City Carolina Lakes Community in 2015. She is a former instructor of medical assisting at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, NC.
Spearheaded by Dr. Dixon-McKnight, an Assistant Professor of History and African American studies at Winthrop University, Project 2020 is best summarized in her words: “The goal was to conduct interviews that explored the various ways in which Americans were experiencing and being impacted by the various watershed moments that emerged during 2020 (the global pandemic, social unrest, financial challenges, issues with healthcare, etc.)."
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Interview with Joyce Lineberger
Joyce Lineberger
OH 270
In her May 21, 2013 interview with Martha Manning, Joyce Lineberger details her life as a Winthrop undergraduate student from 1975-1977. Lineberger shares her experience with campus life: parking, dining, uniforms, and traditions. Lineberger also includes information on supportive teachers from her program but also an incident when she was accused of plagiarism. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Orrie Little
Orrie Little
OH 465
IN PROCESSING
Interviews with extension members and agents throughout the country documenting the history and development of the extension movement in the U.S. The interviews describe homemaking, child bearing and family management in the small towns and rural areas where they live. They also discuss the role of extension homemakers groups in their lives.
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Interview with Priscilla Lloyd
Priscilla Lloyd
OH 452
IN PROCESSING
Interviews with extension members and agents throughout the country documenting the history and development of the extension movement in the U.S. The interviews describe homemaking, child bearing and family management in the small towns and rural areas where they live. They also discuss the role of extension homemakers groups in their lives.
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Interview with Bill Long - OH 703
Bill Long and Emmett Scott High School
OH 703
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Bill Long for his history of Emmett Scott High School project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated high school for African Americans in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The school was named for Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. Emmett Scott High School was opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 with the implementation of integration in the Rock Hill School District. Mr. Long is an alumnus of Emmett Scott and attended in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Mr. Long discusses his experiences attending Emmett Scott High School and his time in the military. Mr. Long joined the Navy at the end of World War II. He also details his career after attending college and the influence he felt Emmett Scott High School had on his life.
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Interview with Carl Russell Long - OH 697
Carl Russell Long, Emmett Scott High School, and Negro Baseball League
OH 697
This interview is by Dr. George Garrison with Carl Long for his Emmett Scott High School project. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African Americans in the Rock Hill South Carolina School District. It was named for Emmett Scott, a former aid to Brooker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school was opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 with the integration of the school district. Carl Long is a Rock Hill native and Emmett Scott alumnus that grew up in the Boyd Hill area. Mr. Long went on to play professional baseball in the Negro Leagues during the 1950s. He played alongside such legends as Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Charlie Pride, Hank Aaron, and Buck O’Neal. After baseball Mr. Long became the first black Deputy Sheriff in Lenoir County, North Carolina and the first detective for the City of Kinston. He also was the first black Trailways bus driver in eastern North Carolina. In his interview Mr. Long discusses his baseball career and experiences at length. He also details his experiences growing up in Rock Hill and attending Emmett Scott. Dr. Garrison also interviews Clayton Strong, Sam Allen, Leroy Miller, and Edith Major while at an event hosted by Carl Long. Mr. Allen and Mr. Miller are also former Negro League Baseball players and discuss their career and experiences as part of that league. Mr. Strong and Ms. Major are part of an organization that is trying to bring a Negro League Museum to Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Strong also was a bat boy for the Birmingham Black Barons, the team for which Carl Long, Sam Allen and Leroy Miller played.
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Interview with Judy Longshaw - OH 656
Judy Longshaw
OH 656
This interview was conducted for the as part of the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks on the United States. This effort was to produce a history of the university’s, as well as the community’s, response in the days and weeks following the attacks. A key aspect of the project was a series of audio-taped interviews conducted with various members of the Rock Hill and Winthrop communities who felt their stories needed to be shared.
This interview is of Ms. Judy Longshaw, Manager of the Office of Communications and Marketing at Winthrop University. Ms. Longshaw takes a different approach to the oral history interview by reading some of the items that appeared in FYI, Winthrop University’s Faculty News Publication in the weeks after the attacks. Mrs. Longshaw also describes her memories of the events and experiences.
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Interview with William Ivy Long - OH 39
William Ivy Long
OH 039
Professor of Drama at Winthrop College (1954-1976), William Ivey Long (1911-1998), Sr. discusses his early interest in drama as a child, his family, his education at the University of North Carolina, his service as a company clerk in the army during World War II, his work in North Carolina as a drama director, his work in developing the drama department at Winthrop, some of his first Winthrop Productions, the creation of Winthrop’s annual One Act Play Festival as a result of his experience at the University of North Carolina, his interest in playwriting, the benefit of theatre on children’s mental and social development, his work with the Children’s Little Theatre in Rock Hill, Winthrop Theatre department’s role in the Rock Hill community, his experience with The Lost Colony outdoor drama, the changes in theatre students over the course of his career, his advice for young people, and his thoughts on creativity and creatives.
*The Interviewer Mary Wood Long (1919-1998) was the wife of William Ivey Long, Sr.
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Interview with Stephen Lovegrove - OH 126
Stephen Lovegrove
OH 126
In his December 2014 interview with Michelle Dubert-Bellrichard, Stephen Lovegrove shares his story coming to Winthrop as an “out” student recently kicked out of a religious college. Lovegrove details his perception of the attitude toward LGBTQ people and issues in Winthrop and Rock Hill. Lovegrove identifies resources in the community that are beneficial to LGBTQ people. He also comments on the LGBTQ social movement in terms of growing acceptance and the challenges it will face. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Rachael Myers WIS News Report with Guest Dr. Constance Myers on Women’s Suffrage - OH 42
Rachael Myers Lowe, Constance Myers, and Women's Suffrage
OH 042
This interview was a part of the WIS Special News Report on women’s suffrage in South Carolina. The anchor of this news report is Rachael Myers Lowe, and there are also clips of Dr. Constance Ashton Myers (1926-2012), a scholar who collected many interviews from South Carolina suffragists. In this interview, they discuss the ratification of the 19th amendment in South Carolina, suffragettes in South Carolina, the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association, the National Women’s Party, tactics for protest in South Carolina, opposition to the movement, and newspaper columns for suffragists. Dr. Myers also discusses Eulalie Salley (1883-1975) of Aiken, South Carolina, one of the most prominent South Carolina suffragists. Rachael Myers Lowe is the daughter of Constance Myers.
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Interview with David M. Lowry - OH 754
David M. Lowry, Winthrop University, and Organist
OH 754
This interview was conducted by Lenora M. Jeffcoat ‘01 and Ryan Holcombe with Dr. David M. Lowry, Professor Emeritus of Music at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. Dr. Lowry reflects on his storied career as an organist and college professor. He first touches on his early years as an aspiring musician and later highlights his work as an educator and advocate for organ playing—whether in the classroom or church. Dr. Lowry also recounts the installation of the Gabriel Kney Organ in Barnes Recital Hall as well as the restoration of the D.B. Johnson Memorial Organ in Byrnes Auditorium, both at Winthrop University. Other topics of conversation include the centrality of the Church and congregations in regard to the presence and upkeep of organs.
Dr. David M. Lowry (b. 1938) is a notable organist, harpsichordist, music director, and retired Professor of Music (1965-2012) at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. At the time of the interview, he served as the Parish Musician of the Church of the Good Shepard in Columbia, SC and as the principal of the Anglo-Catholic Parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. He previously served as the Music Director of the York County Choral Society in Rock Hill (1980-2011). Dr. Lowry has been an active member and officer of several music organizations including the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM), Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), and the American Guild of Organists (AGO).
He holds several academic degrees including a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of North Texas. Professor Lowry has also completed studies in New College – Oxford (UK) as well as in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
