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  Interview with Haywood Allen

  Haywood Allen

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  Topics include family background and experiences as sheriff of Cleveland County, North Carolina.

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  Interview with Gladys Talbert Barron

  Gladys Talbert Barron

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  This interview focuses on Ms. Barron’s memories of Winthrop College including Winthrop uniforms, the Blue Line, Morning Watch, YWCA, SGA, departmental clubs, Fine Arts Series, college chaperones, famous guests, rules, the Daisy Chain, Junior-Senior dance and the college farm.

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  Interview with Sara Margaret McKee Bratcher

  Sara Margaret McKee Bratcher

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  This interview focuses on the life of Mrs. Bratcher as a typical Southern farm woman of the 1900s. Topics include farm and house work, child rearing, religion and church life and her family. Mrs. Bratcher was also the first person in Anderson County to receive a pacemaker.

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  Interview with Naomi Banks Bridges

  Naomi Banks Bridges

  In her December 6, 1980 interview with her daughter Kathryn Bridges, Naomi Banks Bridges describes her schooling, time at Winthrop, and the effects of World War II on her family. Bridges concludes her interview describing Christmas day and her family’s Christmas traditions. 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

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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 John R. Friday

  John R. Friday

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  This interview is about the collegiate, military and early law career of Judge Friday and his views about parole, capital punishment, prisoner rights and other judicial and penal topics.

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  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.

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  Interview with Linnea Garrison

  Linnea Garrison

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  Subjects include education in the Northwest, the Depression years, her philosophy of art, differences in educational levels between the South and other regions of the U.S. and the difficulty of moving to small southern towns.

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  Interview with Myrtle Goldstein

  Myrtle Goldstein

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  Mrs. Goldstein talks mainly of her visits to China in 1980. She includes observations about transportation, Chinese diet, clothing and medical care, limited attractions for tourists, labor problems, restrictions on travel and government implemented birth control. She also discusses her initial reaction upon arriving in Chester in the 1970s.

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  Interview with Charles W. Hall

  Charles W. Hall

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  Mr. Hall talks about his background, his association with the public school system and the Museum of York County.

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  Interview with Minnie Hembree

  Minnie Hembree

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  This is part of a series of three interviews on the family life of mill workers in 20th century Rock Hill. Mrs. Hembree, born in 1893, describes her life in the mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina and her work in Rock Hill’s cotton mills.

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  Interview with Charles R. Jonas

  Charles R. Jonas

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  Former Representative Jonas discusses his college years, military service, career in Congress and his opinions on issues such as the Abscam scandal and the results of the 1980 elections.

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  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).

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  Interview with Dorothy Maddox

  Dorothy Maddox

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  Maddox, a 1943 graduate of Winthrop, discusses life at Winthrop, including President Phelps’ administration, classes, rules and regulations, the World War II period, physical education and sports, the School of Education, buildings on campus, expenses, class traditions and social life.

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  Interview with Jason D. McSwain

  Jason D. McSwain

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  Mr. McSwain discusses his service in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

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  Interview with Philip B. Mishoe and Lloyd W. Cannon

  Philip B. Mishoe and Lloyd W. Cannon

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  These two former soldiers discuss their experiences aboard the USS New York, the USS Independence, the North Atlantic Mission and the North African Torch Operation.

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  Interview with Cologera Petruzella

  Cologera Petruzella

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  Mrs. Petruzella talks about her life in Sicily and her life in the United States.

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  Interview with Katharine Strozier

  Katharine Strozier

  In her December 6, 1980 interview with Rebecca Myers, Katharine Strozier shares the details of her life at Winthrop from the time she was in Training School until the time she graduated. Included are the memories of her life after Winthrop as a teacher and how her mother lived after the death of President James P. Kinard. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

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  Interview with Lonny Svantesson

  Lonny Svantesson

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  Subjects include social customs, economics, hobbies, politics, education, Winthrop and comparisons of the U.S. and their countries.

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  Interview with Susie Westbrook

  Susie Westbrook

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  Mrs. Westbrook, a 1927 graduate student of Winthrop College, talks about her student days at Winthrop, including the Winthrop Training School, teachers, uniforms, culture, entertainment and changes to the school.