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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.
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Interview with John Henry McCray - OH 212
John Henry McCray
OH 212
John Henry McCray (1910-1987) was a journalist, newspaper publisher, politician, civil rights activist who was instrumental in forming the Progressive Democratic Party which was the African American party of choice throughout the South including many counties in South Carolina. In this interview, Mr. McCray discusses Jim Crow Laws, African American voter registration, Aa newspaper called the Black National Farmer's Paper which which he founded. This newspaper was an early voice for civil rights.
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Interview with Florence McDonald
Florence McDonald
OH 423
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 Rebecca McGee
Rebecca McGee
OH 080
IN PROCESSING
This is an interview with Rebecca McGee, the niece of Mary Bethune who reminisces about the life of her aunt.
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Interview with Jacquelyn McGirt - OH 707
Jacquelyn McGirt and Emmett Scott High School
OH 707
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Jacquelyn McGirt for Dr. Garrison’s project on the History of Emmett Scott High School. 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 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, South Carolina schools. Ms. McGirt is the daughter of Ralph McGirt, who was the principal of Emmett Scott from 1938 until he passed away in 1959. In this interview, Ms. McGirt discusses her father, her experiences and recollections of Emmett Scott High School and the impact it had in the black community of Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Interview with Virginia McIntyre
Virginia McIntyre
OH 464
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 Carole McIver and Laurance Mitlin - OH 173
Carole R. McIver and Laurance Mitlin
OH 173
IN PROCESSING
This interview was conducted in preparation for an article for the Wilson Library Bulletin entitled “SOLINET: Impact on a Member Library.” The discussion centers on changes in public and technical services that were brought on by the computer system SOLINET and CLSI.
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Interview with John Paul McKee - OH 618
John Paul McKee
OH 618
This interview was conducted for the as part of the Winthrop History Project spearheaded by Winthrop President Emeritus Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio and Rebecca Masters to “document the 24-year path of the original Winthrop College to becoming Winthrop University.” This effort was to produce a history of the institution and Dr. DiGiorgio’s tenure as president as a supplement to Dr. Ross Webb’s history of Winthrop (The Torch is Passed) that covered Winthrop history up to Dr. DiGiorgio becoming president. A key aspect of the project was a series of audio-taped interviews conducted with various members of the extended Winthrop community who participated in or helped guide the advancement of Winthrop over these years. That way, the Winthrop story will be told in an array of participants’ own words, own voices and from their own perspectives.
This interview is with John Paul “J.P.” McKee. JP came to Winthrop University as a graduate student from 1975-1976 and graduated with a Master’s in Business Administration. He was hired in August 1976 as budget Analyst. He later became an Assistant Vice President and then under President Martha Kime Piper, he was promoted to Vice President for Finance and Business until he retired in 2018. In this interview he discusses his early Winthrop career and his experiences and impressions working with Winthrop President, Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio.
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Interview with Howard McKinney - OH 706
Howard McKinney and Emmett Scott High School
OH 706
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Howard McKinney for the Emmett Scott High School History project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated high school for African-Americans named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, South Carolina school district. Mr. McKinney attended Emmett Scott High School. He discusses his experiences growing up in Rock Hill and in the segregated school system. Mr. McKinney also details his experiences while attending Friendship College during the Civil Rights Movement in Rock Hill. He was an active participant in the sit-in movement, though not a member of the Friendship Nine. Mr. McKinney discusses the pros and cons of the integrated school systems as well as the changes in the community has a whole.
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Interview with Marion W. McLester
Marion W. McLester
OH 146
Dr. Marion Woodward Wright McLester (1895-1994) was a civic leader and a principal and public school teacher in Sumter County, South Carolina from 1919 to 1964. Subjects include her background, her grandparents and slavery, voting for African Americans, education, family life, farm life and the roles of church and African American women.
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Interview with Joanne Woods McMaster and Lois Morton
Joanne Woods McMaster and Lois Morton
OH 299
IN PROCESSING
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Interview with Hillard McMoore
Hillard McMoore
OH 135
IN PROCESSING
Subjects include background information on his life, who raised him, his marriages and where he lived.
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Interview with Marjorie Clinton McMurray - OH 147
Marjorie Clinton McMurray
OH 147
This interview was conducted with Marjorie Clinton McMurray (1911-2006) who was the first African American to write a column for The Lancaster News in Lancaster, SC. This recording begins partway through the interview. In this interview, Mrs. McMurray discusses her research into her family history, which includes several African Americans serving on the state legislature including Frederick Albert Clinton (1834-1890), who in addition to successful political career, was also a very successful farmer. She also discusses organizing a celebration for an important black history month in Lancaster County. She had trouble not only getting her ancestor recognized as black but also getting memorials and celebrations in place due to various committees blocking her proposals. She also discusses her research into Mt. Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church and the Mt. Carmel Campground it owned.
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Interview with Jason Dector McSwain - OH 115
Jason Dector McSwain
OH 115
Mr. Jason Dector McSwain (1917-2007) talks of his service in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Kings Mountain, S.C., which was part of the New Deal program established by President Roosevelt during the great depression. He talks about how he joined the C.C. Camp and his lifestyle living in the barracks, including his uniforms, schedule, food, activities, classes and lessons, writing home, and getting paid each month. Mr. McSwain also talks about serving in the military for a time before returning to the Civilian Conservation Corps as a leader. Mr. McSwain served in World War II and served as Post Commander of the V.F.W. in Clover, SC. He worked at the Celanese Plant in Rock Hill and was a farmer.
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Interview with Ruth Meacham - OH 369
Ruth Meacham; Fort Mill Manufacturing Company; Springs Industries; Fort Mill, SC; and Nancy Biggs Thomas Wofford
OH 369
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.
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Interview with Pearl Mehl
Pearl Mehl
OH 434
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 Barry Melton
Barry Melton
OH 246
IN PROCESSING
An interview with Barry Melton and his rock filled 1960s experience including his start in a loose-knit jug band called the Fish which focused itself on the Vietnam antiwar movement.
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Interview with Leah Simpson Mercer - OH 282
Leah Simpson Mercer
OH 282
Leah Anne Simpson Mercer (b. 1968) attended Winthrop from 1986 to 1992. She is a Rock Hill native who lived on campus at Winthrop. She describes living in her dorm with her roommate. Leah majored in child education and graduated in 1992. She talks about how policies regarding the students have changed over time. She also talks about the food available at the dining hall. She discusses being in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She also talks about the professors and classes that stood out to her. She describes her feelings about Winthrop, including if she would recommend it to other people. Leah’s mother Elizabeth “Betty” Anne Hoffman Simpson (b. 1936) attended Winthrop from 1954-1956 and began working at Winthrop in 1958.
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Interview with Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
OH 517
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 Sarah Michaux - OH 287
Sarah Marie Dimery Michaux
OH 287
This interview was conducted with 1963 Winthrop graduate, Susan Marie Dimery Michaux. In this interview, Mrs. Michaux discusses her time at Winthrop and starts with a description of her hometown and why she chose Winthrop. She also talks about the various rules and regulations that Winthrop had in place while she lived on campus. Sarah was a psychology major and discusses some of the more interesting classes she took. She also talks about her career decisions after leaving Winthrop and some interesting things about dorm life that stood out to her. Susan’s sister Jeanette Dimery Butler also was graduate of Winthrop (Class of 1957).