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Social History

Manuscript Collection

Winthrop Normal and Industrial College

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James Sisters Papers - Accession 869, James Sisters Jan 1996

James Sisters Papers - Accession 869, James Sisters

Manuscript Collection

The James Sisters Papers consist of personal correspondence between the sisters and their parents while they attended Winthrop and other papers, memorabilia, and photographs relating to their college and professional lives.


Johnson Family Papers - Accession 162, Johnson Family Jan 1978

Johnson Family Papers - Accession 162, Johnson Family

Manuscript Collection

The Johnson Family Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, financial records, photographs, and other records relating to the family of David Bancroft Johnson, founder and first president of Winthrop (1886-1928) including, his wife Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson (Class of 1898), and their children, David Bancroft, Jr., Burgh, and Suzanne Johnson. The collection covers topics concerning David Bancroft Johnson’s work with the Columbia, South Carolina school system and the origins of Winthrop. Correspondents include Edward Southey Joynes, J.C. McCurry, Frances W. Parker, A.D. Mayo, William G. Burgin, and W.R. Bradford among many others.