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Interview with Carrie Colns - OH 672
Carrie Colns and Emmett Scott High School
OH 672
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Carrie Colns for the history of Emmett Scott High School project. Mrs. Colns is a former student of Emmett Scott High School which was the segregated high school for African-Americans. It was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school was opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, South Carolina schools. In this interview Mrs. Colns discusses her experiences growing up in the area and attending Emmett Scott High School during the 1920s and 1930s as well as her experiences with the Civil Rights Movement.
Carrie Colns was a longtime resident of Rock Hill, SC and attended Emmett Scott High School in the 1920s and 1930s. In this interview, Mrs. Colns discusses her experiences growing up in the area, attending and Emmett Scott High School as well as life in during the Civil Rights movement.
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Interview with Albertha Cook
Albertha Cook
OH 332
In her August 1984 interview with Michael Cooke, Albertha Cook discussed her time at the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA) and the organization’s association with DHEC. Cook covered the issues with the health system and physicians not understand what sickle cell anemia was and how to diagnose it, the lack of education in Black communities on genetic disorders, and the Black community’s aversion to admitting illness. She also discussed the issues with testing for sickle cell anemia, COBRA’s sickle cell anemia program’s goals, and DHEC’s involvement with sickle cell anemia education, prevention, and treatment. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Deanna Cook
Deanna Cook
OH 442
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 Buck Cooke
Buck Cooke
OH 714
This interview was conducted by Baylee Hughes with Buck Cooke who attended Winthrop from 1991-1995 and graduated with a degree in Mass Communication. Buck also did some graduate work at Winthrop from 1995-1996 before transferring to Florida State University. In this interview, Buck discusses his experiences at Winthrop for the “Being LGBTQIA+ at Winthrop” Oral History Project. This project was created to record the voices and experiences of historically marginalized LGBTQIA+ university students, former students, and employees of Winthrop University. This project aims to address the lack of source material available concerning the experiences of LGBTQIA+ students and staff on college campuses with the goal of helping to fill the gap in the historical record with these interviews.
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Interview with Mark Cooke
Mark Cooke
OH 219
In his March 25, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Mark Cooke details the role Title IX has played in athletics at Winthrop. Cooke details changes in recruitment and facilities. He also shares why he’s stayed at Winthrop for so many years. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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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 Beth Costner
Beth Greene Costner
OH 651
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 Dr. Beth Costner, Associate Dean and Director of Student Academic Students in the Office of the Dean of the College of Education. In this interview with Andrew Russell, Beth Costner discusses her memories and thoughts of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mrs. Costner describes her experience during the attacks and the response of the Winthrop community as well as the local area to the events.
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Interview with Violet Cottrell
Violet Cottrell
OH 428
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 Kathryne Courtney - OH 715
Kathryne Courtney
OH 715
This interview was conducted by Baylee Hughes with Kathryne (Ryne) Courtney who plan to graduate in December 2021. In this interview, Ryne discusses her experiences at Winthrop for the “Being LGBTQIA+ at Winthrop” Oral History Project. This project was created to record the voices and experiences of historically marginalized LGBTQIA+ university students, former students, and employees of Winthrop University. This project aims to address the lack of source material available concerning the experiences of LGBTQIA+ students and staff on college campuses with the goal of helping to fill the gap in the historical record with these interviews.
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Interview with James Covington - OH 537
James Covington, Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company, Bleachery, and Alexander Keith Windham
OH 537
In his July 10, 2017 interview with Alex Windham, James Covington detailed his thoughts and memories of his time at the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company referred to locals as the Bleachery. Covington spoke of the time of the 1950s through 2017 and on the follow topics: Race relations, day-to-day job responsibilities and actions, technology changes, the buyout of the Bleachery by Springs, the decline of the Bleachery. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Nancy Hinson Cox
Nancy Hinson Cox
OH 006
In her July 16, 1974 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Nancy Cox recalls Winthrop customs from 1930-1934. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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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 Iva Crouse
Iva Crouse
OH 393
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 William Leonard Culp - OH 133
William Leonard Culp
OH 133
This interview was conducted with William Leonard Culp on May 5, 1981. Mr. Culp was Director of the Physical Plant (Facilities Management) at Winthrop College. Mr. Culp discusses Winthrop’s buildings and equipment, including the water tank, Tillman Hall, and its basement, clocks, and post office.
William Leonard “Bill” Culp (1920-2007) was born in 1920 on Winthrop’s campus in the house that once stood behind the Little Chapel and was the son of Leonard Parks Culp (1887-1978) who served as the director of Winthrop’s Physical Plant (later called Facilities Management) for 39 years. Bill Culp attended Macfeat and Winthrop Training School later succeeding his father. Bill Culp began working at Winthrop in 1951 continued through 2001 in the Physical Plant Department. He was well known as “a walking encyclopedia of Winthrop lore” and a gifted story teller. During his Winthrop tenure he received the first ever Winthrop Employee of the Month Award in 1984, a Presidential Citation in 1995, and Winthrop’s Chiller Plant was named in his honor in 1997.
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Interview with Opal Cypert
Opal Cypert
OH 520
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 Edna Dagnen
Edna Dagnen
OH 382
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 Harry Dalton
Harry Dalton
OH 261
In his May 12, 2015 interview with Rebecca Masters, Harry Dalton shares his time at Winthrop as a student from 1976-1986 and how he remained involved with Winthrop ever since. Recalled are the accomplishments of DiGiorgio, Dalton’s thoughts on President Mahony, and how Winthrop has changed from his time as a student. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Carolyn Dame - OH 488
Carolyn Dame
OH 488
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 Alvin Danielsen
Alvin Danielsen
OH 263
IN PROCESSING
Alvin Danielsen is a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and discusses how it operated.
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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 Queen Ann Butler Roseborough Davis - OH 124
Queen Ann Butler Roseborough Davis
OH 124
This interview was conducted by Reginald Gladney with Queen Ann Butler Roseborough Davis (b. 1938 for his Oral History Project. Mrs. Davis was born in Ridgeway, SC to Rev. James R. Butler (1903-2001) and Mary Green Butler (1910-1987). She discusses her childhood and the difficulties experienced by the black community in rural South Carolina during the Jim Crow period as well as the differences she experienced in the North during this time. She discusses the influences she had growing up that inspired her to join the Civil Rights Movement. Mrs. Davis also discusses the effects of the Movement in Winnsboro, South Carolina and more rural areas in general. Mrs. Davis attended Johnson C. Smith University for her BA in English and French and Winthrop College for her Master of Arts in Teaching. She details her experiences and opinion on the differences in education between the black and white communities. As well as her influences and decision to join the National Negro Council of Women (NCNW) and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
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Interview with Nancy Jane Day - OH 188
Nancy Jane Day
OH 188
This interview with Ms. Nancy Jane Day (1905-1995) talks about her work as a librarian in South Carolina. Ms. Day talks about working as a teacher before working in a high school library, college libraries, and public libraries. She was also the first Supervisor of Library Services of the South Carolina State Department of Education (1946-1970) and taught Library Science programs at various South Carolina colleges including Winthrop and Emory. Finally, she discusses what she accomplished as the Supervisor of Library Services and what she thinks about the future of libraries.
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Interview with Deirdre Healion - OH 735
Deirdre Healion, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Sun City Carolina Lakes
OH 735
This interview was conducted by Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon McKnight and Michaela Bessinger with Deirdre Healion as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. In the interview, Healion reflects on her experiences amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the critical year 2020, often touching on topics such as social isolation and the digitization of everyday life (virtual activities, Zoom, etc.). She also discusses her military background and its influence on her response to the pandemic, notably in terms of the vaccine. Other notable topics of conversation include social unrest, religious services, and the gradual return to normalcy.
Deirdre Healion (b. 1950), a native of New York City, is a retired U.S. Air Force Officer who now resides in the Sun City Carolina Lakes community of Indian Land, SC. Following twenty years of military service, Healion worked for a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor before retiring. She is 1972 graduate of Molloy University.
Spearheaded by Dr. Dixon-McKnight, an Assistant Professor of History & African American Studies at Winthrop University, Project 2020 is best summarized in her words: “The goal was to conduct interviews that explored the various ways in which Americans were experiencing and being impacted by the various watershed moments that emerged during 2020 (the global pandemic, social unrest, financial challenges, issues with healthcare, etc.)."
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Interview with Deitre Owens Helvy
Deitre Owens Helvy, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Education
OH 737
This interview was conducted by Winthrop student Michaela Bessinger with Deitre Owens Helvy as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. Helvy details her experiences as a Black female educator in Greenville County School District during the critical year of 2020. Her testimony provides a unique point of view by considering the Black experience in 2020, particularly in relation to the pandemic, education, and social justice. Other notable topics of conversation include the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual education, teacher recruitment, and social unrest.
Deitre Owens Helvy (b. 1977) is a Recruitment Specialist for Greenville County School District, a position she has held since 2016. She previously worked as a special education teacher and Instructional Support Specialist. Helvy holds a B.A. in Special Education and M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision, both from Clemson University.
Spearheaded by Dr. O. Jenifer Dixon-McKnight, an Assistant Professor of History & African American Studies at Winthrop University, Project 2020 is best summarized in her words: “The goal was to conduct interviews that explored the various ways in which Americans were experiencing and being impacted by the various watershed moments that emerged during 2020 (the global pandemic, social unrest, financial challenges, issues with healthcare, etc.)."
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Interview with Delancy McBride - OH 746
Delancy McBride, Black Women, and Small Businesses
OH 746
This interview was conducted by Kaniya Simpson with Delancy McBride as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. McBride discusses her work in the haircare industry as well as the symbolic nature of hair to the African American community. She also details the role of social media in growing her business, and the importance of inspiring other Black women in the field.
Delancy McBride, a Rock Hill native, is a cosmetologist who works in the haircare industry.
Spearheaded by Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, an Assistant Professor of History & African American Studies at Winthrop University, Project 2020 is best summarized in her words: “The goal was to conduct interviews that explored the various ways in which Americans were experiencing and being impacted by the various watershed moments that emerged during 2020 (the global pandemic, social unrest, financial challenges, issues with healthcare, etc.)."
