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Interview with Susan Gayle Ludvigson
Susan Ludvigson
OH 165
IN PROCESSING
South Carolina poet and Winthrop professor of English, Ludvigson discusses biographical information, her writing career and the Guggenheim Fellowship Award.
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Interview with Cora Lykken
Cora Lykken
OH 483
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 Margaret W. Macaulay
Margaret W. Macaulay
OH 108
IN PROCESSING
Macaulay, a former Winthrop faculty member, discusses life in Chester, South Carolina during the first two decades of the 20th century and reminisces about the early history of Winthrop College, particularly the activities of President David Bancroft Johnson, Winthrop's first president (1886-1928).
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Interview with Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell - OH 195
Rosalie Anderson MacDowell
OH 195
This recording consists of a press conference held by Winthrop Public Information Office (PIO) with several media outlets regarding Actress/Model Andie MacDowell’s return to Winthrop for Alumni Weekend. Rosalie Anderson “Andie” MacDowell attended Winthrop for two years (1976-1978) before her modeling and acting career. Know as “Rose” when she attended Winthrop, she talks about her time at Winthrop. She also discusses her role in the movie “Greystoke” and the new movie “Saint Elmo’s Fire,” her modeling career before getting into acting, her previous acting experience, her lifestyle and hobbies, traveling and living in Paris for a while, and how her career as a model and now an actress has changed her plans for her future.
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Interview with Arnetta Gladden Mackey - OH 17
Arnetta Gladden Mackey
OH 017
This collection includes an interview with Arnetta Gladden Mackey (1948-2009) who, along with Delores Johnson Hurt, was one of the first two undergraduate students admitted to Winthrop in 1964. She graduated from Winthrop in 1967. Mrs. Mackey discusses her childhood and family, her feelings about attending college, receiving her scholarship to Winthrop, and her feelings about attending an all-white school. She also describes her experience living in the dorm, Rat Week, her social life, her experience with her white peers, and her experience with academics. Mrs. Mackey discusses her experience with the lack of Black churches in the area, the white church she initially attended (Oakland Baptist), and the Black church (Mt. Prospect Baptist Church) she attended once Oakland Baptist refused to let her in for worship. Mrs. Mackey also discusses the reaction she received from students, faculty, and members of the Rock Hill community, as well as her life and family after her graduation.
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Interview with Arnetta Gladden Mackey - OH 639
Arnetta Gladden Mackey
OH 639
This collection includes an interview with Arnetta Gladden Mackey (1948-2009) who, along with Delores Johnson Hurt, was one of the first two undergraduate students admitted to Winthrop in 1964. She graduated from Winthrop in 1967. She discusses her childhood, her family, the scholarship that allowed her to attend Winthrop, her experience coming into an all-white school, her participation in school events, the reactions of groups within the community, and her experience with the other students at Winthrop.
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Interview with Francis Murray Mack
Francis Murrary Mack
OH 051
IN PROCESSING
York County historian and civic leader. Colonel Mack discusses his paternal ancestry, siblings, children, early life, education, military service (National Guard and World War I) and additional history of the Fort Mill area.
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Interview with Marion Joseph Mack, Jr. - OH 686
Marion Joseph Mack Jr. and Emmett Scott High School
OH 686
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Marion Joseph Mack, Jr. for his Emmett Scott History Project. Emmett Scott 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 closed in 1970 with full integration of Rock Hill South Carolina schools. Mr. Mack is the son of Marion Joseph Mack, Sr. (1920-2006), who was a teacher at Emmett Scott High School from 1950-1970 and then at Northwestern High School from 1970-1981. In this interview Mr. Mack discusses his opinion of his father’s experiences and career in the South Carolina Education system. Mr. Mack details both his father’s and his mother’s challenges and ambitions in their careers as well as his experience growing up in Rock Hill during segregation and the period of integration. He details the cultural and environmental changes and how they effected not only the students but the teachers during the integration period.
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Interview with Dorothy Maddox
Dorothy Maddox
OH 101
IN PROCESSING
Maddox, a 1943 graduate of Winthrop, discusses life at Winthrop, including President Phelps’ administration, classes, rules and regulations, the World War II period, physical education and sports, the School of Education, buildings on campus, expenses, class traditions and social life.
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Interview with Madison McKnight - OH 747
Madison McKnight, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Rock Hill School District
OH 747
This interview was conducted by Stacy Steele with Madison McKnight as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. In the interview, McKnight discusses her experiences as an elementary student in the Rock Hill School District, particularly as a virtual learner, amid the novel COVID-19 pandemic. She details the educational and social challenges of schooling in 2020. Notable topics of conversation include education, virtual learning, technology, and social isolation.
Madison McKnight, at the time of the interview, was a fourth-grade student at Northside Elementary School of the Arts in Rock Hill, SC. She is the daughter of Project 2020 Director, Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight.
Spearheaded by Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, 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 Nancy Madre
Nancy Madre
OH 432
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 Martha Manning - OH 297
Martha Joyce Richardson Manning
OH 297
Martha Joyce Richardson Manning (1936-) is a 1973 Winthrop College graduate (Masters Degree) who was enrolled to further her career as a reading teacher at the suggestion of parents and school board members. Mrs. Manning was married the Reverend Jesse Franklin “Frank” Manning (1933-2006) and has three children at the time of her enrollment. Mrs. Manning discusses her professional life as well as her experience as a student in the education program at Winthrop. She talks about her professors, her rigorous class load, and the College president, Dr. Charles B. Vail (president from 1973-1982). Mrs. Manning graduated with a “Reading Teacher Award,” and took a test to receive a certification that allowed her to teach reading from elementary to college levels in South Carolina. She discusses how Winthrop helped her to further her passion for education.
Martha Manning is the author of her autobiography My Angel and Me (2017)
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Interview with Margaret R. Rucker - OH 760
Margaret R. Rucker, Civil Rights Movement, and Black Women
OH 760
This interview was conducted by Delmarie Wilson with Margaret R. Rucker as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. Rucker discusses her humble upbringing in the rural, segregated South and details her experiences as an African American during the Civil Rights Movement (1950s-60s). She also details her journey as a first-generation college student and later her involvement in nonviolent, civil rights protests. Notable topics of conversation include the 20th-century Black experience, the Civil Rights Movement, racial injustice, higher education, and the role of Black women in the fight for social justice. Rucker also reflects on the Black Lives Matter movement and its overall relation to the Civil Rights Movement—both its similarities and differences.
Margaret R. Rucker (b. 1940) is a native of Eastover, Richland County, South Carolina. While at college, Rucker studied Education with a concentration in English and a minor in Spanish. She is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Inc.
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 Jalie Martin
Jalie Martin
OH 454
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 Ruth Erline Mathis Martin
Ruth Erline Mathis Martin and Sickle Cell Anemia
OH 328
In her June 1984 interview with Michael Cooke, Ruth Erline Mathis Martin (1934-2020) discussed her time as a DHEC employee in the sickle cell anemia program. She covered topics of DHEC’s involvement with community groups, sickle cell anemia community groups and their success and failures, and the James R. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Henrietta Massey - OH 700
Henrietta Massey and Emmett Scott High School
OH 700
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Mrs. Henrietta Massey for his History of Emmett Scott High School project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated school for African Americans in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It 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 integration of the Rock Hill School District. Mrs. Massey was a teacher at Emmett Scott High School during the 1960s and then was moved along with the students to Rock Hill High School following integration of the school district. Mrs. Massey was born in Laurens, SC and worked in Abbeville, SC under the principal Lemuel B. Moore Jr., the son of Lemuel B. Moore who was the second principal at Emmett Scott. She discusses her experience as a teacher in the Rock Hill School District both in the segregated system and the integrated system. Mrs. Massey also discusses her personal experiences in the Rock Hill black community during the Civil Rights Movement and the student sit-ins that occurred in 1971. She details the impact of the faculty as individuals as well as Emmett Scott as a whole on the community.
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Interview with Willie T. "Dub" Massey - OH 138
Willie T. Massey
OH 138
In his April 27th, 1981 interview with Phil O’Quinn, Rev. Willie T. "Dub" Massey recollects his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement as one of the Friendship 9 protestors and non-violent activists. Massey retells the preparation and events leading up to the sit-in at McCrory’s lunch counter. Massey also shares the negative effects he experienced with his involvement as an activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, in particular, his arrest from the McCrory’s sit-in. Massey concludes his interview with advice and hope for the black community. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Frances Matthews
Frances Matthews
OH 398
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 Mary Denny Matthews
Mary Denny Matthews
OH 016
In her April 21, 1975 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Mary Denny Matthews shares her experiences as a student from 1915-1919 and her career at Winthrop from 1920-1942. Matthews lends stories of student life and how WWI shaped Winthrop. Matthews also explains why she decided not to teach and instead have a career at Winthrop. Matthews concludes her interview with details on the strike at Winthrop for equal pay for women. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Harvey Mayhill
Harvey Mayhill
Mayhill, Harvey, 2017
In his November 29, 2017 interview with Emily Deinert (nee Cranwell), Harvey Mayhill describes his time in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He shares why he enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, as well as what the basic training experience was like. He then discusses his time at various Air Force bases across the United States and what his responsibilities were as part of a Communications squadron. Mayhill also talks at length of how his Commander, Wayne Schrame, had invited Mayhill over for Thanksgiving the year Mayhill's mother died -- Mayhill points to this act of kindness as influencing the way Mayhill volunteers and serves those around him. He then describes some of the volunteer service he currently participates in.
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Interview with Elizabeth McAdams - OH 450
Elizabeth McAdams
OH 450
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 Letha McCall
Letha McCall
OH 466
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 Beatrice McCann
Beatrice McCann
OH 456
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.
