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  Interview with Rosa Elmore Bootle - OH 007

  Rosa Elmore Bootle

  In her July 3, 1974 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Rosa Bootle remembers her time as a Winthrop student and the various traditions she partook in. 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

  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 Anna Heriot Dixon - OH 008

  Anna Heriot Dixon

  Anna Dixon, in her July 1974 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, described the lifestyle and traditions she experienced during her years as a student at what is now Winthrop University (then Winthrop Normal and Industrial College). Dixon graduated in 1917 and covered topics such as being campused, the train station, education for women, uniforms, curriculum, and the training school. She also touched on what might get a girl expelled and how the students were graded. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

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  Interview with Leslye Fleniken - OH 013

  Leslye Lightsey Fleniken

  This interview features Leslye Lightsey Fleniken (1920–2019), a native of Fairfax, South Carolina, who attended Winthrop College from 1936 to 1940, graduating in 1940. Following her graduation, Fleniken taught for 35 years in the public schools of Williston-Elko, Bamberg, and Lake City, South Carolina, before later serving as a guidance counselor. In this interview, she reflects on her experiences as a student at Winthrop, discussing dormitory life, academics, the infirmary, student organizations, campus activities, dining services, college regulations, and long-standing traditions. The interview provides a vivid snapshot of the Winthrop College student experience during the late 1930s.

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  Interview with Gray Taylor Grady - OH 012

  Margaret Gray Taylor Grady

  In her August 22, 1974 with Freida Todd, Margaret Gray Taylor Grady (1918-1981) recalls her time at Winthrop from 1935-1939. In this interview Gray Grady discusses her experiences while attending Winthrop College including dorm life, student clubs, student organizations, rules and regulations, and physical education.

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  Interview with Bessie Poag - OH 011

  Bessie Poag

  In her July 31, 1974 interview with Louise Pettus, Bessie Poag details her memories as a student at Winthrop Training School and Winthrop College. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

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  Interview with Sarah Willette Padgett Satterwhite - OH 004

  Sarah Willette Padgett Satterwhite

  IN PROCESSING

  Ms. Satterwhite received a B. A. degree in 1945 and discusses student life during the 1940s. Subjects discussed include dorm life, World War II, the AFROTC (Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp), rules and regulations, uniforms, fire drills, food, clubs, classes, cheating, recreation, the Blue Line, dating, President Phelps, Henry Sims, and the teacher training school.

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  Interview with Marguerite Tolbert - OH 003

  Emmie Marguerite Tolbert

  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 Clara Hammond Buchanan - OH 005

  Clara Hammond Buchanan

  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.