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  Interview with Aileen Cole - OH 019

  Aileen Cole

  OH 019

  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 John S. Cole - OH 206

  John S. Cole

  OH 206

  This interview includes a brief biographical history of John S. Cole. This interview also discusses the Warring Decision which did away with the literacy test that was administered at the voting polls. The Progressive Democratic Party and the Democratic Party also discussed along with the many methods for registration voters.

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  Interview with Harry "Pop" Collins - OH 308

  Harry Collins

  OH 308

  IN PROCESSING

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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 - OH 332

  Albertha H. Cook

  OH 332

  In her August 1984 interview with Michael Cooke, Rev. Albertha H. 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 - OH 442

  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 - OH 714

  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 - OH 219

  Marvin Mark Cooke

  OH 219

  In his March 25, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Mark Cooke (1953-2023) 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 Mark Cooke - OH 587

  Marvin Mark Cooke

  OH 587

  This interview was conducted for the as part of the Winthrop History Project spearheaded by Winthrop President Emeritus Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio and Rebecca Masters to “document the 24-year path of the original Winthrop College to becoming Winthrop University.” This effort was to produce a history of the institution and Dr. DiGiorgio’s tenure as president as a supplement to Dr. Ross Webb’s history of Winthrop (The Torch is Passed) that covered Winthrop history up to Dr. DiGiorgio becoming president. A key aspect of the project was a series of audio-taped interviews conducted with various members of the extended Winthrop community who participated in or helped guide the advancement of Winthrop over these years. That way, the Winthrop story will be told in an array of participants’ own words, own voices and from their own perspectives.

  This interview is with Winthrop softball coach Marvin Mark Cooke (1953-2023). Coach Cooke started at Winthrop in 1990 as the softball coach and the softball team until he retired in 2018. Coach Cooke also coached volleyball for eleven years and was the compliance officer for 6 months. In the interview he discusses his career as well as his Winthrop experiences since he began his Winthrop career in 1990.

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  Interview with Margaret Johnston Corder - OH 92

  Margaret Johnston Hembree Corder

  OH 092

  This interview was with Margaret Johnston Hembree Corder (1929-2009). Mrs. Corder describes her life as a mother and housewife in the Highland park Mill Village of Rock Hill.

  This interview was conducted by Winthrop graduate student, Fred E. Hembree (1952-2010) and was part of a series of three interview conducted about family life and mill workers in 20^th century Rock Hill, SC. The other interviewees in this series are Vera Taylor Johnston (1913-1988) and Minnie Brown Hembree (1893-1984).

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  Interview with Beth Costner - OH 651

  Beth Greene Costner

  OH 651

  This interview was conducted for the as part of the 20^th Anniversary of the September 11^th 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 - OH 428

  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 - OH 006

  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 - OH 116

  Nellie Crouch

  OH 116

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  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 - OH 393

  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 Martie Curran - OH 588

  Martha Hardin Curran

  OH 588

  This interview was conducted for the as part of the Winthrop History Project spearheaded by Winthrop President Emeritus Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio and Rebecca Masters to “document the 24-year path of the original Winthrop College to becoming Winthrop University.” This effort was to produce a history of the institution and Dr. DiGiorgio’s tenure as president as a supplement to Dr. Ross Webb’s history of Winthrop (The Torch is Passed) that covered Winthrop history up to Dr. DiGiorgio becoming president. A key aspect of the project was a series of audio-taped interviews conducted with various members of the extended Winthrop community who participated in or helped guide the advancement of Winthrop over these years. That way, the Winthrop story will be told in an array of participants’ own words, own voices and from their own perspectives.

  This interview is of longtime Director of the Alumni Office, Martha Hardin “Martie” Curran. Martie worked at Winthrop the 1980s until she retired in December 2015. She was born and raised in Rock Hill, SC and was a Winthrop Training School graduate (Class of 1960). In the interview she discusses her childhood growing up in Rock Hill and attending the Winthrop Training School, as well as her career at Winthrop.

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  Interview with Opal Cypert - OH 520

  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 - OH 382

  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 M. Dalton - OH 261

  Harry McRae Dalton

  OH 261

  This interview was conducted for the as part of the Winthrop History Project spearheaded by Winthrop President Emeritus Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio and Rebecca Masters to “document the 24-year path of the original Winthrop College to becoming Winthrop University.” This effort was to produce a history of the institution and Dr. DiGiorgio’s tenure as president as a supplement to Dr. Ross Webb’s history of Winthrop (The Torch is Passed) that covered Winthrop history up to Dr. DiGiorgio becoming president. A key aspect of the project was a series of audio-taped interviews conducted with various members of the extended Winthrop community who participated in or helped guide the advancement of Winthrop over these years. That way, the Winthrop story will be told in an array of participants’ own words, own voices and from their own perspectives.

  This interview is of longtime benefactor of Winthrop, Harry Dalton. Harry McRae Dalton graduated from Winthrop with a Masters in History in 1986 after taking usually a class a semester from 1976 through 1986. He also took classes towards a Masters of Business. Harry and his wife, Becca, participated in several Winthrop capital campaigns from the 1980s and 2000s. Winthrop’s former Life Sciences Building was renamed Dalton Hall on April 26, 2010 in honor of Harry and Becca Dalton. The Dalton’s are generous donors to Winthrop University whose donations include a $1 million leadership gift to establish the Harry and Becca Dalton Endowed Chair in Environmental Sciences and Environmental Studies. In the interview he discusses his relationship to Winthrop and his experiences as a student and a benefactor to the University.

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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 - OH 263

  Alvin James Danielsen

  OH 263

  This interview was conducted with Alvin James Danielsen (1899-1989). Mr. Danielsen was a native of Newberry, SC, mill worker, and a member of the Klu Klux Klan. In this interview Mr. Danielsen discusses his experiences as a member of the Klu Klux Klan, how it operated, what they did, and what it was like being in the Klan.

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  Interview with Ethel Ayers Davis - OH 102

  Ethel Ayers Davis

  OH 102

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  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.