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Interview with Emma Stella Higgins Phelps - OH 785
Emma Estella Higgins Phelps
OH 785
This audio recording is of Emma Estella Higgins “Stella” Phelps (1887-1971). Stella was the wife of Shelton Joseph Phelps who was the third president of Winthrop College (1934-1943). Mrs. Phelps offers her recollections and experiences while she was at Winthrop from 1934 to 1943. As the “First Lady” at Winthrop, she hosted many gatherings at the President’s House, which included many influential and famous people, including Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Interview with Amy Phillips
Amy Phillips
OH 657
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 Mrs. Amy Phillips, Residential Learning Coordinator and Academic Associate at Winthrop University. In her interview with Andrew Russell, Amy Phillips discusses her memories and experiences of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mrs. Phillips describes her experiences and thoughts during the events as well as the response of her local community.
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Interview with Florence Phillips
Florence Phillips
OH 411
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 Fred D. Phillips
Fred D. Phillips
OH 209
IN PROCESSING
Fred Phillips gives an overview of his life experiences including his involvement with the Progressive Democratic Party and voter registration.
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Interview with Henrietta Phillips
Henrietta Phillips
OH 199
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 Esther Pinck
Esther Pinck
OH 073
IN PROCESSING
Pinck discusses her life in Russia and coming to America. She lived in Aiken, South Carolina for several years. She discusses here time at Winthrop, her friends and of difficulties of being a Jew. Much of the interview revolves around her family and of the problems that they encountered because of their faith.
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Interview with Martha Kime Piper - OH 202
Martha Kime Piper
OH 202
Dr. Martha Kime Piper (1932-1988) served as the eighth president of Winthrop from 1986 to 1988. She was the first woman to serve as president of Winthrop, as well as the first sitting president to die while in office since Dr. D. B. Johnson. This interview, which was conducted by Johnsonian Reporter, Kris Sykes, was intended to gain insight on Dr. Piper’s life so that students could become better acquainted with her. In this interview, Dr. Piper discusses her experience as an undergraduate in college, advice for graduating students, the difficult aspects of her job as Winthrop’s president, her open door policy and availability, day-to-day activities of a Winthrop president, plans for future renovations of Winthrop buildings, her taste in books and music, chocolate as a reward for herself, Winthrop’s centennial year, the legacy she would like to leave as president, funding for Winthrop, changes that should be made on campus, and her hope for Winthrop students.
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Interview with Bobby Plair - OH 678
Bobby Plair and Emmett Scott High School
OH 678
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Bobby Plair for his project on the history of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott 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 was opened in 1920 and then closed in 1970 with the full integration of Rock Hill School District. Mr. Plair is an Emmett Scott Alumnus and local musician. He talks about his experiences in Emmett Scott High School during the 1940s. He also discusses his experiences with higher education, including attending Friendship Junior College and working as a teacher and principal in the South Carolina School System. Mr. Plair details his experience with music both at Emmett Scott as well as during his career. He is a talented artist that has worked with many local musicians over the years.
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Interview with Bobby Plair - OH 684
Bobby Plair and Emmett Scott High School
OH 684
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Bobby Plair for the history of Emmett Scott High School project. The school was the segregated school for African Americans in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Emmett Scott High School was named for Emmett Scott a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school was opened in 1920 and then closed in 1970 with the full integration of the Rock Hill School District. Mr. Plair is an alumnus of Emmett Scott High School. In this interview he details his experience as a teacher in the South Carolina public school system. Mr. Plair also discusses his career as a musician. This interview is a continuation of a previous interview with Mr. Plair [OH-678] for some follow-up information.
*This interview is a follow-up to an earlier interview conducted on May 21, 2003 (OH-678).
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Interview with Terry Plumb
Terry Plumb
OH 230
In his interview with Winthrop History Project staffers Rebecca Masters and John Gaston, conducted on Feb. 15, 2015, the retired editor of The Herald, Terry Plumb, recalls: how the Winthrop campus was viewed when he first arrived in Rock Hill in 1987; issues, opportunities and changes in the Winthrop campus over the 24 years of the DiGiorgio presidency and The Herald’s approach to reporting them, the role of regional and state politics and political philosophy in higher education funding in South Carolina over the years, and his observations regarding the 11-month presidency of Dr. Jamie Comstock-Williamson. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Bessie Poag
Bessie Poag
OH 011
In her July 31, 1974 interview with Louise Pettus, Bessie Poag details her memories as a student at Winthrop Training School and Winthrop College. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Velma S. Polk
Velma S. Polk
OH 276
In her July 15, 2013 interview with Martha Manning, Velma Polk describes her two years at Winthrop until 1951. Addressed are rules and regulations, the Blue Line, and dorm life. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Carrie T. Pollitzer - OH 032
Carrie T. Pollitzer
OH 032
IN PROCESSING
Suffragette, teacher, social worker, and sister of Mabel Pollitzer (1885-1979) who was 92 years old at the time of the interview, Carrie T. Pollitzer (1881-1974) describes the suffrage booths she helped set up in Charleston’s city streets, her work as a kindergarten teacher in the city, and her work to have women admitted to the formerly all-male College of Charleston in 1918. She also discusses her childhood, work with kindergarten Children’s Festival and her position as board member for the Charleston Federation of Women’s Club.
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Interview with Mabel Pollitzer
Mabel Pollitzer
OH 031
IN PROCESSING
Teacher, civic worker, suffragette from Charleston, and sister of Carrie T. Pollitzer (1881-1974), Mabel Pollitzer (1885-1979) recollects her work as a teacher for fifty years at Memminger High School, her participation on library and museum boards, her and her sister’s involvement and participation in the Women Suffrage Movement and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and memories of Alice Paul and other suffrage leaders. She also discusses her childhood, efforts to pass legislation for construction of a library in Charleston, Sue Frost and the Charleston Split.
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Interview with Marjorie Pontius
Marjorie Pontius
OH 447
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 Ann Hunter "Annie" Popkin - OH 243
Ann Hunter Popkin
OH 243
Ann Hunter “Annie” Popkin (1945-) is a women’s rights activist, professor of women’s studies, and accomplished author who was active during the Radical 1960s. She is also a white woman, so this interview shows both sexism and racial tensions within the movement. In this interview, Popkin discussing her early life as an activist, including her childhood interest in disparities between neighborhoods, being a Beatnik, attending the March on Washington, and handling her progressive ideals and the conformist ideals taught during the 1950s. Popkin also discusses Women’s Liberation, the Religious Right, religious people aligned with the progressives, Black Power, the New and Old Left, homophobia, homosexuality, Marxism, the Civil Rights movement, Beatniks, and sexism. She also covered feminism, Gloria Steinem, McCarthyism, the Southern Organizing Committee, male chauvinism, and Betty Friedan.
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Interview with Dudley Posey
Dudley Posey
OH 334
IN PROCESSING
The Travelers (often referred to as “Gypsies”) are descendants of the Irish subculture of itinerant Irish men and women who emigrated from Ireland to the northern U.S. after the famine of 1840 and then migrated to the southeastern U.S. They settled in Aiken County, South Carolina in 1963. Interviewees include Peter Carroll, a Traveler who talks about the Traveler’s history, lifestyle and hopes for their children’s future, Joanne H. Spring, a newspaper reporter from North Augusta, who wrote about the Travelers, Mim Woodring of' the Aiken County Council, and Dudley Posey, a funeral director who describes burial practices of the Travelers.
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Interview with Rich Posipanko
Rich Posipanko
OH 186
In his March 23, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Rich Posipanko talks about how Winthrop built up its athletic department and the challenges it’s faced in the subsequent years. Specifically, Posipanko shares his opinions on how Title IX has affected athletics at Winthrop. Posipanko concludes his interview reminiscing of the changes he’s seen in the athletic department. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Julia H. Post
Julia H. Post
OH 038
IN PROCESSING
Chairman of Physical Education Department at Winthrop College (1932-1962), Ms. Post discusses her early childhood, interest and work with various crafts and arts, including needlework, sewing, and flower arrangement, cooking favorites, creativity and her retirement.
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Interview with Isabel Potter
Isabel Potter
OH 089
In her April 22, 1980 interview with Jeff Clark, Isabel Potter shares her experience as a Biology instructor during the Depression. Potter recalls how budget changes affected her classes and the general atmosphere on campus. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Amelia Potts, Janie Crocker, and Myrtle Starnes
Amelia Knight Potts, Janie Phillips Crocker, Myrtle Chapman Starnes, Fort Mill Manufacturing Company, Springs Industries, and Nancy Biggs Thomas Wofford
OH 370
This interview with Amelia Knight Potts, Janie Philips Crocker, and Myrtle Chapman Starnes 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., Ivey’s Mill in Fort Mill, Springs Industries, Catawba Power Company. The Evolution of the Early Cotton Textile Mills in York County, SC.
Amelia Knight Potts (1890-1984) worked for one of the original mills in Lancaster, SC beginning in 1902 at 12 years old. Her family were mostly famers from the Lancaster area. She talks about her early childhood days in Lancaster, cotton farming, memories of Mr. Leroy Springs, and Life in the Mill Village.
Janie Phillips Crocker (1910-1996) worked with Myrtle Starnes in the weave room at the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company. She discusses her experiences in the weave room, living in the Mill village, and s blow pipe incident that killed an employee in 1929.
Myrtle Chapman Starnes (1904-1999) worked with Janie Crocker in the weave room at the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company. She talks about Fort Mills’ population, Mr. Leroy Springs, migration of northern workers, the 1916 flood that devastated the area, the old mill that washed away, camp meetings at Oak Grove Arbor, and her mother who also worked at the mill.
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Interview with Opal Price
Opal Price
OH 461
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 Lona Fulmer Proctor - OH 284
Lona Mae Fulmer Proctor
OH 284
This interview was conducted with 1963 Winthrop graduate, Lona Mae Fulmer Proctor. She attended because she knew it was a good college and had several friends attend. She was originally from Ridge Springs, South Carolina. She lived on campus, and thinks the rules for dorm life were lenient enough. She discusses majoring in physical education and some of the classes she took. While at Winthrop, she was taught how to play golf and later after she married her military husband, they lived in Japan and Germany where she won several gold tournaments. She also talks about the fine arts performances that put on shows. She discusses how Winthrop has changed, including how campus had changed, buildings being altered, and the changes to the dress code.
