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Interview with Hester Broughton

Hester Broughton

IN PROCESSING

Ms. Broughton is a Winthrop alumna and former employee. Subjects include Winthrop during the Great Depression, including a discussion of the Winthrop Administration, classes, student life, culture and entertainment, appropriation cuts, faculty/staff housing, Dr. James P. Kinard’s administration, Dr. Shelton Phelps, town girls, out-of-state students, and the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) controversy.
Interview with Bessie Garison

Bessie Garison

In December of 1980 and April 21, 1981, Anne Ledford and Susan Rippy interviewed Winthrop alumni and former faculty member Bessie Garison. Garison describes student life at Winthrop from 1908 until her graduation in 1912, as well as her memories of Winthrop’s training school. Garison discusses her memories of Winthrop’s founding, campus life, buildings, uniforms, and professors. Garison offers insights on changes made at Winthrop between her years as a student and when she began teaching in 1937. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Margaret W. Macaulay

Margaret W. Macaulay

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Macaulay, a former Winthrop faculty member, discusses life in Chester, South Carolina during the first two decades of the 20^th century and reminisces about the early history of Winthrop College, particularly the activities of President David Bancroft Johnson, Winthrop's first president (1886-1928).
Interview with Isabel Potter

Isabel Potter

In her April 22, 1980 interview with Jeff Clark, Isabel Potter shares her experience as a Biology instructor during the Depression. Potter recalls how budget changes affected her classes and the general atmosphere on campus. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Dorothy Rauch

Dorothy Rauch

In her April 30, 1980 interview with Jeff Clark, Dorothy Rauch recalls growing up on campus and attending Winthrop during the Great Depression. In particular, Rauch shares what it was like as a Day Student and the changes she witnessed on campus. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Walter B. Roberts

Walter B. Roberts

In his April 25, 1980 interview with Jeff Clark, Walter Roberts shares his experience as the chair of the Music Department and a faculty member during the Great Depression. Roberts discusses morale on campus and how the University remained fairly unaffected by change. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Celesta Wine Shippey

Celesta Wine Shippey

IN PROCESSING

Professor of English at Winthrop (1941-1965). Subjects include the biographical and family background of Mrs. Shippey, her views on the educational system in the U.S. and Brussells, where she lived until 1914, the Brethren Church, her teaching experience at Oak Park Junior College, Winthrop College, Pakistan and the AAUP censorship of Winthrop College. She also discusses her travels around the world, particularly China and Russia.
Interview with Melford Wilson

Melford Wilson

IN PROCESSING

This interview was conducted for an article in The Johnsonian(student newspaper).It concerns Wilson's run for a Rock Hill City Council seat.
Interview with Elizabeth F. Johnson

Elizabeth F. Johnson

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Professor of Modern Languages at Winthrop College from 1922-1955, Dr. Johnson discusses her background, honors in school, how the Great Depression affected Winthrop, teaching at Winthrop, American Association of University Women (AAUW) involvement, “adoption” of foster children, travel in Europe, the Rock Hill Planning Commission and other teaching positions after retirement.
Interview with Carol Bocan

Carol Bocan

IN PROCESSING

Dr. Bocan was an associate professor in the Home Economics Department at Winthrop College. This interview focuses on divorce, it’s after effects and some of the things that can be done to prepare for the aftermath.
Interview with William I. Long

William I. Long

IN PROCESSING

Professor of Drama at Winthrop College (1954-1976), William Long discusses his early interest in drama as a teenager, his education, his service as a company clerk in the army during World War II, his work in North Carolina as a drama director, his work in developing the drama department at Winthrop, his views on creativity, his work with the Children’s Little Theatre in Rock Hill, contests for high school students (Drama Festival) and the Lost Colony of North Carolina.
Interview with Julia H. Post

Julia H. Post

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Chairman of Physical Education Department at Winthrop College (1932-1962), Ms. Post discusses her early childhood, interest and work with various crafts and arts, including needlework, sewing, and flower arrangement, cooking favorites, creativity and her retirement.
Interview with Alice Hayden Salo

Alice Hayden Salo

Professor of Dance in the Physical Education Department at Winthrop (1937-1944 and 1948-1973), Ms. Salo describes her childhood and education in Florida, her interests, philosophy and creativity regarding modern dance and its development, her career teaching tennis, swimming and dance at Winthrop and her attendance at the Demonstration School.
Interview with Frank Tutwiler

Frank Tutwiler

IN PROCESSING

A former faculty member in the Chemistry Department at Winthrop College, Dr. Frank Tutwiler discusses various topics in connection with chemistry, physics, biology and coeducation.
Interview with Mary Denny Matthews

Mary Denny Matthews

In her April 21, 1975 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Mary Denny Matthews shares her experiences as a student from 1915-1919 and her career at Winthrop from 1920-1942. Matthews lends stories of student life and how WWI shaped Winthrop. Matthews also explains why she decided not to teach and instead have a career at Winthrop. Matthews concludes her interview with details on the strike at Winthrop for equal pay for women. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Robert Bristow

Robert O'Neil Bristow

IN PROCESSING

Bristow discusses his life, his writing and his teaching at Winthrop. He was a writer and professor of journalism at Winthrop from 1962-1987. Subjects include growing up in Oklahoma, influences upon his writing, his life in the navy, his views on creativity and writing, his family, and his four novels: Time for Glory (1968), Night Season (1970), A Faraway Drummer (1973), and Laughter in Darkness(1974). Mr. Bristow also discusses how his time in the navy led him to writing, inspirations, other writers, teaching in the classroom, his novels and research, his relationship with his son, communicating with students, creativity and writing, family experiences and writing as being therapeutic.
Interview with Marguerite Tolbert

Marguerite Tolbert

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Winthrop alumnae and educator who received her B.A. degree in 1914 from Winthrop College, Ms. Tolbert discusses her Winthrop student life and education, Board of Trustees membership, Organ Fund for Byrnes Auditorium and the Winthrop Training School. The interview includes comments by Wil Lou Gray regarding the summer teaching training institute.