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Interview with Kimberly Paul Simpson - OH 281
Kimberly Paul Simpson
OH 281
This interview is with Mrs. Kimberly Paul Simpson who attended Winthrop from 2002 to 2005 in order to get a Master’s in Early Childhood and Curriculum Development (December 15, 2005). Before she attended Winthrop, she graduated from College of Charleston in 1991 with her undergraduate degree. Mrs. Simpson discusses her time at Winthrop as a graduate student, including being a member of the Phi Delta sorority, her favorite professors and classes, learning teaching games and strategies, working in the library, and comparing Winthrop and the College of Charleston. She also talks about her career as a teacher, including her time at Mt. Holly Elementary, and how to help students with comprehension and her personal teaching style. Mrs. Simpson also mentions touring Winthrop with her daughter and the many relatives of hers that have graduated from Winthrop including her father.
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Interview with Shannon Simpson
Shannon Simpson
OH 273
In her June 12, 2013 interview with Martha Manning, Shannon Simpson detailed her time as an undergraduate student at Winthrop from 1995-1999. Discussed are details of Simpson’s life as a student – residence halls, classes, meals – rules and regulations on campus, and her desire to go back to Winthrop as a graduate student in 2013. Included are Simpson’s thoughts on professors, traditions, and cultural events on campus. Simpson also shares details of her career as a police officer after attending Winthrop to a transition as an employee in Human Resources. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Mrs. B. N. Simrall
Mrs. B. N. Simrall
OH 260
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 Skelley
Mary Skelley
OH 386
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 Elsa Skiles
Elsa Skiles
OH 375
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 ZaDonna Slay
ZaDonna Slay
OH 659
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 Ms. ZaDonna Slay, Admissions Coordinator and Instructor for the Master of Social Work at Winthrop University. In her interview with Andrew Russell, ZaDonna Slay discusses her thoughts and memories during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mrs. Slay describes her experiences as well as the response of her local community to the events.
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Interview with Alicia Faye Smith - OH 695
Alicia Faye Smith and Emmett Scott High School
OH 695
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Alicia Faye Smith for the Emmett Scott History Project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated African American high school in Rock Hill South Carolina which was named for Emmett Scott who was an aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. Emmett Scott High School opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 when integration was implemented in Rock Hill School District. Mrs. Smith attended Emmett Scott from 1969 to 1970 and then was transferred to Rock Hill High school after integration. Mrs. Smith discusses her education and experiences during this time. She details how she feels both segregation and integration impacted her education. She discusses the tension and conflict that arose during the process as well as the student walkouts that occurred. Mrs. Smith discusses the ‘Rattlercats’ which is how the students that were transferred from Emmett Scott referred to themselves.
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Interview with Bertha Olive Smith - OH 167
Bertha Olive Smith
OH 167
Bertha Smith from Spartanburg County, South Carolina (1888-1988) graduated from Winthrop College in 1913 and served as a Baptist missionary in China for 42 years (1917-1959). She is also the author of several inspirational books, and is credited for her work as a part of the “Shantung revival” in China in the late 1920s. In this interview, Ms. Smith discusses her teaching career after graduating from Winthrop, attending seminary in Kentucky in 1914, getting into the mission field, church services and activities, teaching night school in her community, and leaving for China. She discusses her 42 years in China as a Baptist missionary, having to retire at 70 years old, the Foreign Mission Board, learning the language, training for missions work, working in China and Taiwan, and teaching English to the children. Ms. Smith also discusses her first book, Go Home and Tell (1965), which was used as a study book and became a best seller. She also briefly mentions her second and third books. Ms. Smith discusses her class pin, her involvement with religious groups at Winthrop College, her homesickness while in China, Chiang Kai-shek, her personal relationship with God, small religious communities from the past, cooking Chinese food, her travels to speak at different churches after retirement, her memories of Dr. David B. Johnson, and Dr. Glen Thomas.
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Interview with Julia Souza, Mary Soon, and Kazuko Kurose
Julia Souza, Mary Soon, and Kazuko Kurose
OH 436
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 Frances Lander Spain
Frances Lander Spain
OH 081
In her April 26, 1980 interview with Arnold M. Shankman, the 1925 graduate
of Winthrop University, Frances Lander Spain, discusses her life and accomplishments.
Spain goes into detail about her academic career prior to, during, and after her years at Winthrop, Emory University, and the University of Chicago. She discusses her work in the American Library Association, her library work in Thailand, as well as the contributions she made to the New York Public Library. In addition, Spain recounts more personal aspects of her life pertaining to her mother, husband-who had passed away by the time this interview took place, and the lives of her children.
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Interview with Hiram Spain - OH 140
Hiram Spain
OH 140
IN PROCESSING
Hiram Spain discusses his background, work at Dept. of Social Services, problems with taking the bar exam in South Carolina and the urban league.
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Interview with Joanne H. Spring
Joanne H. Spring
OH 181
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 Calvin Stallings
Calvin Stallings
OH 096
IN PROCESSING
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 Dennis Stamper
Dennis Stamper
OH 127
In his January 12, 2015 interview with Michelle Dubert-Bellrichard, Dennis Stamper shares his memories of being one of the first male, day students from 1969-1972. Stamper details his studies and professors from the Philosophy and Religion Department, as well as the Psychology Department. Stamper includes his perception of the atmosphere at Winthrop during a time of great change in the country, and how that experience coupled with his work in the Wesley Foundation and the influence he received from professors paved the way for he currently lives his life. Stamper concludes his interview detailing his studies and careers after Winthrop. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Tom Stanley - OH 628
Thomas Stanley
OH 628
This interview was conducted as part of the Winthrop History Project, an initiative led by Winthrop President Emeritus Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio and Rebecca Masters. The project aimed to document Winthrop’s transformation over Dr. DiGiorgio’s 24-year tenure, tracing the institution’s evolution from Winthrop College to Winthrop University. Designed to supplement Dr. Ross Webb’s The Torch is Passed, which chronicles Winthrop’s history up to Dr. DiGiorgio’s presidency, this project sought to provide a comprehensive account of this significant period.
A key component of the initiative was a series of recorded interviews with members of the extended Winthrop community who played a role in shaping the university’s progress. These firsthand narratives preserve the voices, experiences, and perspectives of those who contributed to Winthrop’s growth and development.
This interview features Thomas Stanley, who dedicated 27 years to Winthrop University before retiring in 2017 as the chair of the Department of Fine Arts. Appointed as the inaugural director of Winthrop University Galleries in 1990, Stanley advanced to department chair in 2007. In this conversation, he shares his experiences and insights from his tenure at Winthrop, including his interactions with President Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio.
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Interview with Leoda Starnes
Leoda Starnes, Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company, Bleachery, and Alexander Keith Windham
OH 546
In her May 26, 2017 interview with Alex Windham, Leoda Starnes detailed her thoughts and memories of his time at the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company referred to locals as the Bleachery. Starnes spoke of the time period of the 1940s through 2017 and on the follow topics: race relations, day to day job responsibilities and actions, technology changes, worker attitudes, the decline of the Bleachery, family, her other occupations up until the year 2017. Zeiders also offered her opinions on the Bleachery compared to other textile jobs.
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Interview with Robert Star - OH 685
Robert Star and Emmett Scott High School
OH 685
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Robert Starr for his History of Emmett Scott project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated high school for African Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aid to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 with the integration of the Rock Hill South Carolina School District. Mr. Starr attended Emmett Scott in the late 1940s. In this interview he discusses his experiences at Emmett Scott and how segregation affected him. He also discusses his career both in the military and after. Mr. Starr served in the US Navy during the time of the Korean War. Using his experience gained from the military Mr. Starr then went on the join the Merchant Marines, and later in his career he became a long-haul truck driver.
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Interview with Frances Patton Statham - OH 182
Frances Patton Statham
OH 182
Frances Patton Statham (1931-2020) was born in Catawba, South Carolina to Ernest Boyd & Kathleen Patton. She attended Winthrop College and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1951. The next year on June 28 Frances married Dr. George Wilkes Statham. Continuing her education, Mrs. Statham attended the University of Georgia and received a M.F.A in 1970. Frances also studied at the Royal Conservatory in Canada and with tenor Ralph Errolle. In November of 1976, France Patton Statham divorced her husband and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Statham has written several historical romances set in the south. In this interview, she discusses her discovery of an interest in writing, her inspiration behind her first novel, personal history as a part of living in the South, the necessity of accurate research for historical romance writing, her writing process, her experience with publishing, her decision to write historical romance novels instead of gothic novels, her other artistic interests, the relation between her music education and writing novels, the Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists, her involvement with Winthrop, her future plans, an approximation of her sales, and an explanation of book sales in foreign markets.
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Interview with Frances Patton Statham - OH 647
Frances Patton Statham
OH 647
Frances Patton Statham (1931-2020) was born in Catawba, South Carolina to Ernest Boyd & Kathleen Patton. She attended Winthrop College and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1951. The next year on June 28 Frances married Dr. George Wilkes Statham. Continuing her education, Mrs. Statham attended the University of Georgia and received a M.F.A in 1970. Frances also studied at the Royal Conservatory in Canada and with tenor Ralph Errolle. In November of 1976, France Patton Statham divorced her husband and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Statham has written several historical romances set in the south. In this interview, Mrs. Statham discusses the Winthrop College sextet, the changes in Winthrop since her time there, her work on the Winthrop College Foundation Board, her research in Europe for some of her novels (including Wings of Fire), “creative listening/looking” within her research process, her process for completing her novels, her latest novel To Face the Sun, the key to being a successful historical author, and the success of Wings of Fire.
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Interview with Ida Crawford Stewart - OH 197
Ida Barksdale Crawford Stewart
OH 197
This interview was conducted by Winthrop archivist and professor Ron Chepesiuk for an article on Mrs. Ida Crawford Stewart for The State Magazine published on January 5, 1986 titled, “Estee Lauder’s Missionary.” Ida Crawford Stewart (1922-2023), art-educator, beautician and businesswoman, was a 1943 Winthrop College graduate and served as Director of Alumni Affairs at Winthrop College. She began her career at Estee Lauder in 1961 as Vice President and later Acting President for Estee Lauder Inc., New York The interview focuses on Stewart’s Winthrop experiences and her career.
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Interview with J. B. Stewart - OH 306
J. B. Stewart
OH 306
This interview focuses on Winthrop alumna Mrs. J. B. Stewart, class of 1933, and her time at Winthrop College. Mrs. J. B. Stewart attended Winthrop College from 1929-1933 and graduated magna cum lade. She was a French and English double major. In the interview, Mrs. Stewart discusses her classes and teachers at Winthrop College, dorm life and campus life, and what has changed on campus since she attended.
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Interview with Brenda Stone
Brenda Stone
OH 326
In her June 1984 interview with Michael Cooke, Brenda Stone discussed her work with DHEC and her relationship with the community organizations that dealt with sickle cell. Stone discussed topics of DHEC’s role in handling sickle cell patients, the community organizations, and sickle cell patient care. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Gary Lee Stone- OH 629
Gary Lee Stone
OH 629
This interview was conducted as part of the Winthrop History Project, an initiative led by Winthrop President Emeritus Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio and Rebecca Masters. The project aimed to document Winthrop’s transformation over Dr. DiGiorgio’s 24-year tenure, tracing the institution’s evolution from Winthrop College to Winthrop University. Designed to supplement Dr. Ross Webb’s The Torch is Passed, which chronicles Winthrop’s history up to Dr. DiGiorgio’s presidency, this project sought to provide a comprehensive account of this significant period.
A key component of the initiative was a series of recorded interviews with members of the extended Winthrop community who played a role in shaping the university’s progress. These firsthand narratives preserve the voices, experiences, and perspectives of those who contributed to Winthrop’s growth and development.
This interview features Dr. Gary Lee Stone, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Winthrop University. Joining the faculty in August 1975, Dr. Stone served as the Director of Winthrop's Center for Economic Education and held the position of Chief Faculty Marshal for several decades. In this discussion, he reflects on his experiences at Winthrop and his interactions with President Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio.
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Interview with Jessie Lee Strong
Jessie Lee Strong
OH 077
IN PROCESSING
A Rock Hill resident, most of the discussion concerns Mrs. Strong and her activities as a teacher and community leader, but also included is information on the Depression and the lives of African Americans in Rock Hill.