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Interview With Sally Todd Bethea, Sally Todd Bethea
Interview With Sally Todd Bethea, Sally Todd Bethea
Winthrop University Oral History Program
Sally Todd Bethea’s 1974 interview with Freida C. Todd focuses on life at Winthrop in the late 1930s and includes why Ms. Bethea attended Winthrop, teacher training, dorm life, uniforms, gym, the dining hall, assemblies, clubs, campus restrictions, entertainment, classes, Winthrop Training School, bible class, orientation, Shelton Phelps, the Depression, the college farm and ice cream, and Saturday night dances. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview With Gray Taylor Grady, Gray Taylor Grady
Interview With Gray Taylor Grady, Gray Taylor Grady
Winthrop University Oral History Program
In her August 22, 1974 with Freida Todd, Margaret Gray Grady recalls her time at Winthrop from 1935-1939. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview With Leslye Fleniken, Leslye Fleniken
Interview With Leslye Fleniken, Leslye Fleniken
Winthrop University Oral History Program
In her August 13, 1974 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Leslye Fleniken recalls life at Winthrop from 1936-1940. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview With Bessie Poag, Bessie Poag
Interview With Bessie Poag, Bessie Poag
Winthrop University Oral History Program
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.
Interview With Anna Heriot Dixon, Anna Heriot Dixon
Interview With Anna Heriot Dixon, Anna Heriot Dixon
Winthrop University Oral History Program
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.
Interview With Nancy Hinson Cox, Nancy Hinson Cox
Interview With Nancy Hinson Cox, Nancy Hinson Cox
Winthrop University Oral History Program
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.
Interview With Rosa Elmore Bootle, Rosa Elmore Bootle
Interview With Rosa Elmore Bootle, Rosa Elmore Bootle
Winthrop University Oral History Program
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.
Christine South Gee Papers - Accession 10, Christine South Gee
Christine South Gee Papers - Accession 10, Christine South Gee
Manuscript Collection
The Christine South Gee Papers include family histories; biographical data; annual reports of home demonstration work in South Carolina (1920-1922) compiled by Mrs. Gee; speeches; magazine articles (1935-1963); newspaper clippings (1934-1968); photographs (1903-1954) and certificates of awards. The collection primarily pertains to Mrs. Gee’s work as South Carolina State Home Demonstration Agent (1918-1923); her role in the formation of the South Carolina Extension Homemakers’ Council (1921), formerly the South Carolina Council of Farm Women; her activities as president of the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1943-1945); her study of development in programs for adult education and rural women; …
Juanita H. Neely Papers - Accession 6, Juanita H. Neely
Juanita H. Neely Papers - Accession 6, Juanita H. Neely
Manuscript Collection
The Juanita H. Neely Papers consist of correspondence, autobiographical and biographical data, speeches, radio talks, clippings, photographs, and articles mainly relating to her work with the South Carolina Home Demonstration Extension Service. There is also family history material relating to the Neely family. This collection is a good source of information concerning the South Carolina Home Economics Extension program in the first half of the twentieth century. While the papers range from 1911 to about 1970, the more valuable and greater part of the collection extends from the mid-1920s to 1957, when Juanita Neely rose from a county home economics …
Interview With Charles B. Vail And Emily Vail - Oh 178, Charles Brooks Vail, Emily Vail
Interview With Charles B. Vail And Emily Vail - Oh 178, Charles Brooks Vail, Emily Vail
Winthrop University Oral History Program
Dr. Charles B. Vail (1923-) was the sixth president of Winthrop, serving from 1973 to 1982. He is joined in this interview by his wife, Emily Vail. Grace B. Freeman, editor of the Winthrop Alumni Magazine, interviews Dr. and Mrs. Vail for an article in the publication. In this interview, Dr. Vail discusses teaching and administration at multiple institutions, serving as an administrator, and having to quit teaching. Mrs. Vail discusses her husband’s personality, voice, desire for challenges, her role as the first lady, and finishing her graduate degree. Dr. Vail also discusses deciding to be a college president at …
Mary E. Frayser Papers - Accession 1, Mary E. Frayser
Mary E. Frayser Papers - Accession 1, Mary E. Frayser
Manuscript Collection
The Mary E. Frayser Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, reports, clippings, minutes, histories, family histories, constitutions and bylaws, membership lists, program notes, photographs, and other papers, relating to her work with the South Carolina Extension Service (1912-1940) Winthrop College, her involvement with the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1935-1952), the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs (1926-1952), the South Carolina Status of Women Conference (1945-1952), the South Carolina Division of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) (1929, 1935-1949), the South Carolina Interracial Institute (1938-1942), the South Carolina Division of the Southern Regional Council (1944-1951), and the South …
Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers - Accession 9, Henry Radcliffe Sims
Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers - Accession 9, Henry Radcliffe Sims
Manuscript Collection
The Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers consist primarily of personal and business correspondence and offers a good source of information on the Sims family's varied interests in South Carolina, especially their businesses in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The correspondence generally deals with Henry Sims' brief military career; his presidency at Winthrop; his efforts along with his brothers' help to establish a radio station at Orangeburg; his constant concern in the Sims Publishing Company; his interest in the political and educational welfare of his nephews; his devotion to his family; and his association with various South Carolina legislators. Areas of research would perhaps …
Frances Lander Spain Papers - Accession 4, Frances Lander Spain
Frances Lander Spain Papers - Accession 4, Frances Lander Spain
Manuscript Collection
The Frances Lander Spain Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, photographs, memorabilia, and copies of her publications relating to her involvement with professional library organizations such as the American Library Association; her library work in Thailand as a Fulbright and Rockefeller Foundation grantee (1951-1952 and 1964-1965); and her work as coordinator of children’s services at the N.Y. Public Library (1953-1961). Correspondents include librarian Louis Round Wilson. There is also a family history which includes the family names Chambers, Collier, Cook, Crossland, Dantzler, Gran, Hardeman, Lander, McDaniel, McPherson, Miller, Pearce, Pierce, Schenk, Snead, Spain, Sparks, Warlick and Zimmerman.