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Interview with Marguerite Tolbert - OH 003
Emmie Marguerite Tolbert
OH 003
Marguerite Tolbert (1893-1982) was a Winthrop alumna (class of 1914), club woman, and administrator with the Opportunity School in Columbia, South Carolina. In this interview, Miss Tolbert discusses her experience as a student at Winthrop College. She discusses dining hall conversation and interactions with faculty members, her parents, and her home life with her parents. She also discusses riding the train to Winthrop, dorm life, holidays and weekends at Winthrop, Benjamin Tillman and his close supervision of Winthrop students, rules for Winthrop students, and the blue line. She also talks about her pride surrounding graduation, the training school, her internship, the Greatest Educators in America reception at the Waldorf in New York City, the controversy surrounding Billy Mitchell, summer school at Winthrop, notable male professors, Winthrop’s status as the best teaching college in the state, and Dr. D.B. Johnson. She also discusses dating at Winthrop, clubs, free time activities, and a pageant. Miss Tolbert also discusses the shift in her teaching philosophy as well as specific units taught at Winthrop. This interview also includes comments from Wil Lou Gray, (1883-1984) regarding the summer teaching training institute at Winthrop.
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Interview with Charles B. Vail and Emily Vail
Charles Brooks Vail and Emily Vail
OH 178
The editor of the Winthrop Alumni Magazine interviews Winthrop College President Dr. Charles Brooks Vail and Winthrop's First Lady Mrs. Emily Vail for an article in the publication. Mrs. Vail talks about her conception of the role of a college president's wife and Dr. Vail discusses his view of college administration and why he chose to come to Winthrop.
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Interview with Clara Hammond Buchanan
Clara Hammond Buchanan
OH 005
IN PROCESSING
She received a B.A. degree in 1921 from Winthrop College and was a suffragette and daughter of Columbia suffrage leader, Lottie Hammond. This interview includes information about her life, education at Winthrop, and involvement in the suffragist movement, including the Junior Suffragist Club.
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Interview with Carrie T. Pollitzer
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 Bel Wiley
Bel Wiley
OH 027
IN PROCESSING
She received a B.A. degree in 1921 from Winthrop College and was a suffragette and daughter of Columbia suffrage leader, Lottie Hammond. This interview includes information about her life, education at Winthrop, and involvement in the suffragist movement, including the Junior Suffragist Club.
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Interview with Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson - OH 661
Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson
OH 661
In her interview with Roy Flynn, Mrs. Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson (1878-1978) discusses her experiences as the wife of Dr. David Bancroft Johnson, founder of Winthrop. Mrs. Johnson describes what lead Dr. Johnson to found Winthrop and the process he went through to establish the college as well as the community around Winthrop. She discusses the beginning of Winthrop and her experience as a student and later as the President’s wife. Mrs. Johnson also discusses Dr. Johnson as a person both in his home life and his work life.
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Interview with Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson - OH 660
Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson
OH 660
In a series of interviews with Iva Bishop (1906-1975), Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson (1878-1978) discusses her life at Winthrop both as a student and as the wife of David Bancroft Johnson, Winthrop’s first President. Mrs. Johnson discusses her experiences as a student as well as the time leading up to her marriage. She details Mr. Johnson’s efforts to grow and expand Winthrop through the years. Mrs. Johnson discusses the many receptions and special occasion events she has hosted as well as the many interesting guests that have visited Winthrop. She includes many details of the personal lives of Mr. Johnson, her family, and the faculty and staff of Winthrop. Mrs. Johnson discusses how the campus has changed and the ways it has stayed the same over the years.
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Interview with Lee Wicker Kinard - OH 784
Leila Wicker Kinard
OH 784
This interview was conducted by Roy Flynn with Leila Wicker “Lee” Kinard (1871-1963). Mrs. Kinard was the wife of Winthrop’s second president, Dr. Kames Pinckney Kinard. Mrs, Kinard was hired as a Winthrop History professor in 1895 where James Pinckney Kinard was the Chairman of the Department of History and English. A couple years later they were engaged and married on June 29, 1899. Dr, Kinard would become president of Winthrop College in 1928 when founder and first president Dr. David Bancroft Johnson died. Dr. Kinard served as President until 1934. In this interview, Lee Wicker Kinard discusses her experiences at Winthrop and relates the experiences of Dr. Kinard as well. She discusses at length David Bancroft Johnsons’ legacy and how it’s born more from his progressive ideas about educating women, more so than the character of the man. She also discusses her and her husband’s relationship with Dr. Johnson, as well as the education of women in general.
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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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St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church History
R. Conover Bartram
OH 076
IN PROCESSING
This is an edited tape of personal reminiscences used by R. Conover Bartram to compile "The History of the Church of St. Thaddeus" of Aiken, South Carolina. Subjects include the various ministers of the church, church services, and activities, architecture, and landscaping. Also included is some church music.