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Interview with Mary Kell Wade
Mary Kell Wade
OH 122
IN PROCESSING
Mrs. Wade was the granddaughter of John R. Schorb. Mrs. Wade identifies photographs from the John R. Schorb Collection to be used in an article for Sandlapper magazine by Ron Chepesiuk. She also discusses her genealogical research on the Schorb family.
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Interview with Ernest D. Williams
Ernest D. Williams
OH 125
IN PROCESSING
Subjects include background information, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and running for political office.
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Interview with Wade Hampton Witherspoon
Wade Hampton Witherspoon
OH 134
This interview was conducted with Mr. Wade Hampton Witherspoon (1908-1996) and his wife Emma K. (possibly Kershaw) Witherspoon (1915-1995). The first half of the interview is with Emma Witherspoon and she discusses her family and childhood growing up in South Carolina. She discusses her education and attending college and then her teaching career, as well as her experiences living in South Carolina. The second part of the recording beginning at the 1:02:32 mark consists of the interview with Mr. W. H. Witherspoon. Mr. Witherspoon graduated from the Colored Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina (now South Carolina State University) in 1930. He is a Rock Hill native attending Emmett Scott when it opened and later became principal on Emmett Scott High School from 1959-1967. In the interview Mr. Witherspoon discusses Rock Hill history, his childhood, his family, and his education. A large portion of his interview includes his discussion on the education of African Americans in South Carolina with a focus on secondary education. He touches on the Civil Rights movement in Rock Hill, SC towards the end of the interview.
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Interview with Essie Smith Aiken
Essie Smith Aiken
OH 098
IN PROCESSING
The Aiken native discusses her experiences as a Baptist missionary and teacher in China from 1923-1929.
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Interview with Haywood Allen
Haywood Allen
OH 099
IN PROCESSING
Topics include family background and experiences as sheriff of Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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Interview with Gladys Talbert Barron
Gladys Talbert Barron
OH 117
IN PROCESSING
This interview focuses on Ms. Barron’s memories of Winthrop College including Winthrop uniforms, the Blue Line, Morning Watch, YWCA, SGA, departmental clubs, Fine Arts Series, college chaperones, famous guests, rules, the Daisy Chain, Junior-Senior dance and the college farm.
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Interview with Sara Margaret McKee Bratcher
Sara Margaret McKee Bratcher
OH 111
IN PROCESSING
This interview focuses on the life of Mrs. Bratcher as a typical Southern farm woman of the 1900s. Topics include farm and house work, child rearing, religion and church life and her family. Mrs. Bratcher was also the first person in Anderson County to receive a pacemaker.
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Interview with Naomi Banks Bridges
Naomi Banks Bridges
OH 110
In her December 6, 1980 interview with her daughter Kathryn Bridges, Naomi Banks Bridges describes her schooling, time at Winthrop, and the effects of World War II on her family. Bridges concludes her interview describing Christmas day and her family’s Christmas traditions. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Hester Broughton
Hester Broughton
OH 088
IN PROCESSING
Ms. Broughton is a Winthrop alumna and former employee. Subjects include Winthrop during the Great Depression, including a discussion of the Winthrop Administration, classes, student life, culture and entertainment, appropriation cuts, faculty/staff housing, Dr. James P. Kinard’s administration, Dr. Shelton Phelps, town girls, out-of-state students, and the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) controversy.
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Interview with Margaret Corder
Margaret Corder
OH 092
IN PROCESSING
This interview is one of a series of interviews conducted about the family life of mill workers in the 20th century. In this interview Mrs. Corder describes her life as a mother and housewife in the Highland Park Mill Village of Rock Hill, South Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s.
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Interview with Nellie Crouch
Nellie Crouch
OH 116
IN PROCESSING
Mrs. Crouch recollects about Winthrop founder and first president, David Bancroft Johnson and his wife Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson. Subjects include Mr. Johnson’s early life, marriage, children and the Johnson’s social and religious life.
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Interview with Ethel Ayers Davis
Ethel Ayers Davis
OH 102
IN PROCESSING
Mrs. Davis majored in Home Economics and graduated in 1923 with the first class to offer that major. She discusses her home extension work, Winthrop College in the early 1920s, teaching high school, working in Chester County as a Home Demonstration agent and the Chester School lunch program during the 1950s.
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Interview with John R. Friday
John R. Friday
OH 114
IN PROCESSING
This interview is about the collegiate, military and early law career of Judge Friday and his views about parole, capital punishment, prisoner rights and other judicial and penal topics.
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Interview with Eddie Friel, Kathleen Neill, Donna Hotaling
Eddie Friel, Kathleen Neill, and Donna Hotaling
OH 082
IN PROCESSING
Subjects include genealogical research facilities in Ireland, problems in genealogical research and how to use certain types of public records.
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Interview with Bessie Garison
Bessie Garison
OH 104
In December of 1980 and April 21, 1981, Anne Ledford and Susan Rippy interviewed Winthrop alumni and former faculty member Bessie Garison. Garison describes student life at Winthrop from 1908 until her graduation in 1912, as well as her memories of Winthrop’s training school. Garison discusses her memories of Winthrop’s founding, campus life, buildings, uniforms, and professors. Garison offers insights on changes made at Winthrop between her years as a student and when she began teaching in 1937. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Linnea Garrison
Linnea Garrison
OH 107
IN PROCESSING
Subjects include education in the Northwest, the Depression years, her philosophy of art, differences in educational levels between the South and other regions of the U.S. and the difficulty of moving to small southern towns.
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Interview with Myrtle Goldstein
Myrtle Goldstein
OH 106
IN PROCESSING
Mrs. Goldstein talks mainly of her visits to China in 1980. She includes observations about transportation, Chinese diet, clothing and medical care, limited attractions for tourists, labor problems, restrictions on travel and government implemented birth control. She also discusses her initial reaction upon arriving in Chester in the 1970s.
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Interview with Charles W. Hall
Charles W. Hall
OH 118
This interview is with Mr. Charles W. Hall, who was the Director of the Museum of York County. Mr. Hall talks about his personal and educational background, his association with the public school system and how he contributed to changes in the school system. He also talks about the Museum of York County and the changes he made as director, including the establishment of summer classes, the redesigning of the museum, the completion of the planetarium in 1977, and the additions of new exhibits and monthly art shows in order to draw in people. Mr. Hall also discusses his personal travels and travelling with Maurice Stans in order to add to the African animals’ collection at the museum.
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Interview with Minnie Hembree
Minnie Hembree
OH 094
IN PROCESSING
This is part of a series of three interviews on the family life of mill workers in 20th century Rock Hill. Mrs. Hembree, born in 1893, describes her life in the mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina and her work in Rock Hill’s cotton mills.
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Interview with Vera Johnston
Vera Johnston
OH 093
IN PROCESSING
This is part of a series of three interviews on the family life of mill workers in 20th century Rock Hill. Mrs. Johnston describes her life on the farm, her move to Rock Hill, and her work in the local cotton mills. Topics include background and family life, work attitudes and experience, J. P. Stevens Cotton Mills, Springs Cotton Mills in Fort Mill, mill villages, race relations, unionization and mill prospects for the future.
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Interview with Charles R. Jonas
Charles R. Jonas
OH 113
IN PROCESSING
Former Representative Jonas discusses his college years, military service, career in Congress and his opinions on issues such as the Abscam scandal and the results of the 1980 elections.
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Interview with Primavat Khutrakul
Primavat Khutrakul
OH 264
IN PROCESSING
Subjects include social customs, economics, hobbies, politics, education, Winthrop and comparisons of the U.S. and his country.
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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 William Ledford
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 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).