The Oral History Program's mission is to record unique life histories, documenting historical events and memories of our time by preserving and adding these voices to the historical record. The Pettus Archives have been collecting and preserving stories, personal accounts, and recollections through recorded interviews as part of the Oral History Program since 1973. The Archives holds more than 800 interviews in audio, video and text formats, on a wide variety of subjects, including life at Winthrop, Rock Hill, SC and the Catawba Region and people, mill life and workers, American Wars and conflicts, Veteran History Project, women in politics and society, African American, and many other topics.
Disclaimer: The content of oral history interviews are personal and interpretive in nature, relying on memories, experiences, perceptions, and opinions of the interviewee. They do not represent the policy, views, or official history of Winthrop University and the University makes no assertions about the veracity of statements made by individuals participating in the Oral History Program.
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Interview with Eileen Moon - OH 373
Eileen Moon
OH 373
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 David Moore - OH 698
David Moore, George Fish High School, and Emmett Scott High School
OH 698
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with David Moore for the Emmett Scott High School project. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African Americans 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 1950 with the integration of Rock Hill, South Carolina’s public school district. David Moore was a teacher at George Fish High School which was the segregated school for African Americans from 1925-1968 in Fort Mill, SC. Mr. Moore worked at George Fish beginning in 1959. Fort Mill is about ten miles from Rock Hill in York County, SC. Mr. Moore details his experience at George Fish and the differences between Emmett Scott and George Fish.
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Interview with Henrietta Moore - OH 674
Henrietta Moore and Emmett Scott High School
OH 674
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Henrietta Moore. Moore sheds light on the history of Emmett Scott High School (ESHS) and her experience attending, and later teaching at, several of York County’s all-Black Rosenwald Schools like Carroll School. Henrietta Griffin Moore (1919-2021), a longtime educator, attended West End Elementary School, ESHS, and Friendship Junior College in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Named for Emmettt Scott, an advisor to Booker T. Washington, secretary-treasurer of Howard University, and prominent educator, ESHS (1920-1970) was an African American school that served the Black community of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Following the integration of S.C. public schools, Emmettt Scott closed its doors in 1970. In addition, Moore recounts the impact of the Friendship Nine, Civil Rights Movement, and segregation, especially as a Black woman living in the Jim Crow South.
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Interview with Dr. Lemuel Moore, III - OH 670
Lemuel Moore III, Emmett Scott High School, and Civil Rights
OH 670
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Dr. Lemuel Moore, III. Dr. Moore was a teacher at Emmett Scott High School. In this interview, Dr. Moore discusses his experiences working at Emmett Scott High School, as well as the Civil Rights Movement in Rock Hill, SC.
*Note: The audio for Dr. Moore is very low and difficult to hear. Also it appears that there was a second part to the interview that was not successfully recorded.
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Interview with Mary Moore - OH 383
Mary Moore
OH 383
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 Reverend Thomas J. Moore - OH 210
Thomas J. Moore
OH 210
In his interview with Michael Cooke, Reverend Thomas J. Moore (1922-1989) discusses his participation in the Progressive Democratic Party and their efforts during the Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Moore details his experiences growing up and living in Marion South Carolina. He discusses the impact the Progressive Democratic Party had on the area around Marion as well as the State of South Carolina in improving the lives of the black community. He also discusses the Warring Decision which did away with the Literacy Test in South Carolina, African American voter registration, and Jim Crow Laws.
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Interview with Mary Mootz - OH 387
Mary Mootz
OH 387
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 Jane Morgan - OH 449
Jane Morgan
OH 449
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 Agnes Morgan - OH 251
Mary Agnes Morgan
OH 251
In her interview with Michael Cooke, Mary Agnes Morgan discusses growing up in South Carolina, her education, and her experience with the Progressive Democratic Party. Mrs. Morgan details the impact the Progressive Democratic Party had on the local black community of Mullins, South Carolina. She also discusses how private education was established in the South for African Americans, the rise of African American politics in the South and race equality.
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Interview with Hans Morgenthau - OH 058
Hans J. Morgenthau
OH 058
IN PROCESSING
Lecture on 20th century foreign policy before an unidentified group that was transferred from the Williford Papers.
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Interview with Pam Morrell - OH 619
Pam Morrell
OH 619
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 Pam Morrell. Pam, who professionally worked as a realtor and a professional mediator, was a member of the Community Leaders Advisory Board, York County Regional Chamber of Commerce, and a member of Winthrop’s Presidential Advisory Board. In this interview she discusses her experiences and impressions working with Winthrop President, Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio.
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Interview with Ellen Mosley - OH 329
Ellen Mosley
OH 329
In her June 1984 interview with Michael Cooke, Ellen Mosley detailed her experience working for the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation and the problems with informing communities of sickle cell anemia. Mosley discussed the problems had with DHEC, funding the foundation, and aiding the communities in the Midlands area. She also discussed possible exploitation of the Black community, stigmas that the Black community had towards sickle cell, and the many misconceptions about sickle cell of all races. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Ethel Hughes Muhvich - VHP 037
Ethel Hughes Muhvich
VHP 037
In her November 11, 2004 interview with Lauren Weldishofer, Ethel Hughes Muhvich recalls her time in service during WWII. Muhvich describes why she enlisted, what her assignment was, and why her generation was the greatest. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Gussie Mumey - OH 379
Gussie Mumey
OH 379
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 Minnie Murphey - OH 427
Minnie Murphey
OH 427
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 Estella Myers - OH 409
Estella Myers
OH 409
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 Dora Elizabeth Bailey Neal - OH 158
Dora Elizabeth Bailey Neal
OH 158
This interview was conducted by Susan Ghent who interviewed her grandmother Dora Neal for her Gerontology 504 class project. The contents of the interview centers around the life of Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Bailey Neal (1890-1984) who grew up on a farm in Lancaster, SC. In the interview, Mrs. Neal talks about her parents, her three brothers and two sisters, her childhood, her husband who died of cancer, her three daughters, and how things were when she was growing up and what she thinks about things now.
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Interview with Hautie Nelson - OH 468
Hautie Nelson
OH 468
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 Minnie Ness - OH 388
Minnie Ness
OH 388
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 Betty Newman - OH 463
Betty Newman
OH 463
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 Josephine Nixon - OH 499
Josephine Nixon
OH 499
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 Richard Norman and Lucy Gordon - OH 288
Richard Norman and Lucy Gordon
OH 288
IN PROCESSING
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Interview with Charles B. Notess - OH 145
Charles Boris Notess
OH 145
This interview was done by Winthrop student, Debbie Mollycheck, for an article for the Johnsonian (student newspaper). Debbie Mollycheck is a Winthrop College graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in 1976 and a Master of Science in 1979 and worked for a time as a student editor for the Johnsonian. She conducted this interview with Dr. Charles B. Notess (1928-2008) who was a professor of Sociology at Winthrop College from 1975 to 1981. The subject of the interview is the international folk-dance group formed at Winthrop College through Dr. Notess’ efforts in September 1975. The group met weekly, and all students and community members were encouraged to join along. Dr. Notess discusses how he became interested in folk dance when he was in college, why he feels folk dance is important, and how it offers insight into the cultures from which the dances originate.
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Interview with Melvin Ernest "Ernie" Nunnery - OH 136
Melvin Ernest Nunnery
OH 136
This interview was conducted with South Carolina House Representative Melvin Ernest “Ernie” Nunnery (1951-1991) regarding the mysterious death of eighteen-year-old black man Mickey McClinton which sparked a series of protests in Chester, SC during the fall of 1979. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) organized these protests. Mickey McClinton’s death was initially determined to be the result of a hit-and-run accident, but rumors quickly spread that McClinton was the victim of a racially motivated slaying sparking the protests. Mr. Nunnery was a member of the South Carolina House of Representative from 1975-1982 and discusses the incident and how the events of unfolded during the fall of 1979. Subjects include civil rights in Chester; and social unrest among blacks in Chester. Subject Mr. Golden Frinks and Chester Civil Rights.