The From Winthrop to Washington section consists of short biographies of the women who have been identified as having been cryptographers and interviews with those women who are still alive.
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A Brief History of Cryptology and Winthrop
Susanna O. Lee
This is a brief history of the Cryptology program and Winthrop College's involvement in the program in World War II
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Interview with Jeuel Bannister Esmacher - OH 144
Jeuel Bannister Esmacher
Jeuel Bannister Esmacher (1924-2022) attended Winthrop College from 1940 to her graduation in December of 1943. In this interview, she discusses her admission to Winthrop, her family, her decision to major in music, her classes and favorite professors (George Trumble and Dr. Roberts), her experience as a female band director for a high school, her experience with travelling to the University of Georgia for a charity event during World War II, her health issues and experience at the Winthrop infirmary, her experience as a music counselor at a girls summer camp, dorm life, her experience as a part of a band called “the Swanks,” Winthrop traditions, her experience with coupons during WWII, Winthrop during WWII, meeting her husband, her experience with cryptology courses and codebreaking in Washington D.C. during WWII, the Air Force cadets’ classes at Winthrop College during the war, her experience learning Japanese during the war and then Russian immediately after, her experience working at Arlington Hall, her life after she resigned from cryptography in 1950, and her experience at her class reunion in November of 2014.
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Oral History-Sara James Stringfellow
Sara J. Stringfellow
This is an oral history interview with Mrs. Sara Stringfellow about her time at Winthrop and her work as a cryptographer during World War II
