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Amelia Pride Book Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 112, Book Club Of Rock Hill, Amelia Pride

Manuscript Collection

The Amelia Pride Book Club of Rock Hill Records consist of a historical file, minutes, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, photographs, program notes, newspaper clippings, yearbooks, Winthrop publications and a scrapbook all pertaining to the origin, growth, and literary activities of the club.

Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 81, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition

Manuscript Collection

The Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, flyers, newsletters, reports, newspaper clippings, mailing lists and financial records concerning the drive for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in South Carolina. The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.

Elizabeth Friench Johnson Papers - Accession 64, Elizabeth Friench Johnson

Manuscript Collection

The Elizabeth Friench Johnson Papers consist of essays written by Dr. Johnson and speeches given by her on various occasions. The essays and speeches serve as good sources of reference on South Carolina educators such as James Lide Coker, founder of Coker College, and Mary E. Frayser, home economist and clubwoman. The collection also contains newspaper and other articles. There are also program notes and reports on the Diocese of Upper South Carolina Episcopal Church, of which Dr. Johnson was the director, and on The International Federation of University Women. The correspondence is limited to a few pieces mostly relating …

Rock Hill Business And Professional Women's Club Records - Accession 74, Business And Professional Women's Club, Rock Hill

Manuscript Collection

The Rock Hill Business and Professional Women's Club Records consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, membership lists, yearbooks, photographs, awards, news clippings, and records relating to the Rock Hill, South Carolina, and national Business and Professional Women's Club (BPWC). The collection documents the origin, history, and activities of the Club. The Business and Professional Women's state branch was organized in 1919 and the Rock Hill chapter was established in 1925 with the mission to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information.

South Carolina Clergy Consultation Service For Problem Pregnancy Records - Accession 66, South Carolina Clergy Consultation Service For Problem Pregnancy

Manuscript Collection

The South Carolina Clergy Consultation Service For Problem Pregnancy Records consist of correspondence, financial records, case study questionnaires and reference materials, documenting the efforts of the Pro-Choice organization (SCCCS) to provide counseling service for women seeking abortions. The SCCCS opened its services in 1970. Correspondents include Rev. Howard Moody, National Clergy Consultation Service Coordinator; South Carolina Senators Ernest F. Hollings, and Strom Thurmond; and South Carolina Congressman James R. Mann.

Abortion Interest Movement Of South Carolina Records - Accession 67, Abortion Movement Of South Carolina

Manuscript Collection

The Abortion Interest Movement of South Carolina Records consist of correspondence, speeches, brochures, pamphlets, studies, newspaper clippings, and other records concerning abortion reform not only in South Carolina but in other states. The collection offers a good source of information on the movement to repeal abortion laws not only in South Carolina but also in other parts of the United States and in Europe. The Abortion Interest Movement (AIM) was organized in March, 1969 and developed as an extension of the People for Abortion Reform/Repeal. Its purpose is “to educate the citizens of South Carolina about the need for modern …

Over The Teacups Club Records - Accession 80, Book Club Of Rock Hill, Over The Teacups

Manuscript Collection

The Over The Teacups Club Records consist of minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, reports, a historical sketch, reference material and memorabilia relating to the literary and civic activities of Over The Teacups. Over The Teacups Club was formed in Rock Hill, SC in the Fall of 1897 for the literary improvement and social intercourse of its members.

Castalian Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 95, Book Club Of Rock Hill, Castalian

Manuscript Collection

The Castalian Club of Rock Hill Records consist of short histories, minutes, by-laws, yearbooks, membership lists, programs and financial records, documenting the origin, development and activities of the club.

Mary Johnston Gates Papers - Accession 110, Mary Johnston Gates

Manuscript Collection

The Mary Johnston Gates Papers consist of correspondence, minutes, histories, financial records, program notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and reference material, relating to the South Carolina Extension Homemakers’ Council (1930-1976), Bethel Home Demonstration Club (1941-1975), the National Extension Homemakers’ Council (1948-1976), the Associated Country Women of the World (1968-1976) and the South Carolina Agricultural County Extension Work (1928-1968) . There is also a 16mm film describing the dedication ceremonies of the Bethel Home Demonstration Club of Sumter, South Carolina, the first of its kind in the United States. Correspondents include Strom Thurmond, US Senator from South Carolina; Donald Russell, former …

South Carolina International Women's Year Conference Records - Accession 114, International Women's Year Conference, South Carolina

Manuscript Collection

The South Carolina International Women's Year Conference Records provide background information on the activities of an international women’s group dedicated to giving women a voice in all aspects of life and thus making women aware of their heritage and future horizons. The collection includes minutes, correspondence, financial records, resolutions, magazine and newspaper articles, government publications and other records.

Hornet's Nest Girl Scout Council Records - Accession 105, Girl Scout Council, Hornet's Nest

Manuscript Collection

The Hornet's Nest Girl Scout Council Records consist of historical files, reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, news clippings, programs, and brochures documenting the origin, growth, and development of the Council. Also included are photocopies of scrapbooks.

South Carolina Association Of Future Homemakers Of America Records - Accession 120, Future Homemakers Of America Association, South Carolina

Manuscript Collection

The South Carolina Association of Future Homemakers of America Records are a valuable source on the history of girls’ home economics clubs in South Carolina from 1936 to 1970. While the first club was organized in 1933 to promote an appreciation of home life and to further interest in home economics on the part of young women in the state, the records do not begin until 1936. The collection includes a short history, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, handbooks, manuals, annual reports, minutes, newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks relating to the history and activities of the Association. The purpose of the …

Williamsburg County Extension Homemakers' Council Records - Accession 121, Extension Homemakers' Council, Williamsburg County

Manuscript Collection

The Williamsburg County Extension Homemakers' Council Records consist of annual reports, correspondence, financial records, and minutes relating to both the Williamsburg County Extension Homemakers’ Council (1930-1965) and the Williamsburg County 4-H Council (1930-1964). The Williamsburg County Extension Homemakers’ Council was founded in 1930 and the 4-H Council in March, 1938. The collection documents the origin, growth, and accomplishments of the two organizations.

Margaret Mae Bryant Papers - Accession 21, Margaret Mae Bryant

Manuscript Collection

The collection consists of Dr. Bryant’s professional and organizational files, biographical data, correspondence, and speeches. Most of the material relates to her publishing efforts, her work as a faculty member at Brooklyn College, and her involvement with professional organizations, especially the New York branch of the American Association of University Women. Most of the material extends form 1950-1975. A list of the more prominent individuals who corresponded with Margaret Bryant has been included as an appendix to the inventory. (For more extensive and comprehensive list of correspondents, see the list included in the collection control file.)

Marguerite Tolbert Papers - Accession 184, Emmie Marguerite Tolbert

Manuscript Collection

Marguerite Tolbert was a Winthrop alumna (Class of 1914), club woman, educator, Winthrop Board of Trustee member, and administrator with the Opportunity School in Columbia, South Carolina. The Marguerite Tolbert Papers consist of biographical data, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, a copy of her thesis titled, A Survey of Negro Elementary Schools of Oconee County (1940), a scrapbook, and other papers, mainly relating to her career as an educator and to her student days at Winthrop (1911-1914).

South Carolina Extension Homemakers Council Records - Accession 71, Extension Homemakers Council, South Carolina

Manuscript Collection

The South Carolina Extension Homemakers Council Records consists of minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, program notes, policy statements, studies, surveys and other records concerning the origin, growth, development and work of the Council, which was organized to promote the study of Home Economics and the work of home economics in the state. The council was formerly known as the South Carolina Council of Farm Women. It is now known as South Carolina Family and Community Leaders.

Sara Vandiver Liverance Papers - Accession 65, Sara Vandiver Liverance

Manuscript Collection

The Sara Vandiver Liverance Papers include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, program notes, newspaper clippings, legislative bills and publications, concerning Mrs. Liverance’s efforts as legislative chairwoman to the S.C. Council for the Common Good, to get jury service for women in S.C., and in trying to improve nursing care in the state. While the collection extends from 1954 to 1981, most of the material is for the period from 1966 to 1973.

Martha Frances Morgan Papers - Accession 33, Martha Frances Morgan

Manuscript Collection

The Martha Francis Morgan Papers includes teaching aids, reading lists and tests relating to her teaching; together with constitutions, correspondence, photographs, program notes, and newspaper clippings concerning her involvement with the many clubs and organizations in which she participated.

York County Democratic Women's Club Records - Accession 60, Democratic Women's Club, York County

Manuscript Collection

The York County Democratic Women's Club Records consist of minutes, correspondence, program notes, membership and guest lists, and reference files primarily relating to the Club’s organization, work, and relationship with local, state and national branches of the Democratic Party.

Aauw- Rock Hill Chapter Records (American Association Of University Women) - Accession 13, American Association University Women, Rock Hill

Manuscript Collection

The AAUW- Rock Hill Chapter Records consists of minutes, membership lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial statements, constitutions and by-laws and branch reports of the chapter’s presidents and committee chairmen to the national office, extending from 1925 to 1985.

Thelma Ecord Busbee Papers - Accession 29, Thelma Ecord Busbee

Manuscript Collection

Thelma Ecord Busbee [1910-2004] was a Civic leader and club woman from Columbia, South Carolina. The Thelma Ecord Busbee Papers consist of correspondence, reports, constitutions, financial records, program notes, and other papers relating to her many club and civic activities. The collection covers the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs (1950-1959), The South Carolina Status of Women’s Conference (1961-1968), the Richland-Lexington Tuberculosis Association (1961-1964), South Carolina Alert, Inc. (1961-1962), the Palmetto Outdoor Historical Drama Association (1965-1968), the South Carolina State Library Board (1967-1968), the Lexington County Hospital Auxiliary (1970-1972), and the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1966).

South Carolina Home Economics Association Records - Accession 22, Home Economics Association, South Carolina (Schea)

Manuscript Collection

This collection is a valuable source on home economics history in South Carolina during the twentieth century. While there is information on the SCHEA from its beginning in 1914 to 1980, the actual records do not start until 1920. An outline of what the South Carolina Home Economics Association was doing from 1914 to 1920, is provided in the “historical file” (see Box 1, folders 1 to 4). The inclusive dates for a particular series may vary and, for most series, the records are incomplete. The collection contains all the records normally created by an organization, including constitutions, correspondence, minutes, …

Mary Elizabeth Massey Papers - Accession 20, Mary Elizabeth Massey

Manuscript Collection

The Mary Elizabeth Massey Papers consist of Dr. Massey’s professional and organizational files and includes biographical data, correspondence, lecture and teaching materials, rough notes and unpublished drafts of Dr. Massey’s journal articles and books, speeches, research notes and photocopies and typescript copies of historical manuscripts from other repositories. Most of the material pertains to Dr. Massey’s publishing efforts, her work as a Winthrop faculty member and scholar and her involvement with professional organizations, especially the Southern Historical Association and the Civil War Centennial Commission. While there is material extending from Dr. Massey’s student days at Hendrix College (a 1937 graduate), …

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; …

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.

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 …

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 …

Sims To Address Northwestern District Alumnae Association, Winthrop News Service

Winthrop News 1946

• Winthrop College Alumnae Association Northwestern District consisted of the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, and Pickens in South Carolina.
• The meeting took place on November 2, 1946 in Anderson, SC at Kirk of the First Presbyterian Church.
• Winthrop President Henry R. Sims presented a talk on the future of Winthrop.
• Speakers and presenters included: Mrs. Frank Kitchen, Mrs. Douglas McDougald, Mrs. John C. Taylor, Miss Nell Cochran, Miss Mel Lee Daniel, Mrs. Rosa B. Guess, Mrs. Paul H. Leonard, Miss Marguerite Tolbert, Mrs. B. D. Cloaninger, Miss Rachel Lee, Mrs. Melvin Bruce, Mrs. T. C. Anderson, Mrs. …

Eastern District Alumnae Association To Hold Meeting, Winthrop News Service

Winthrop News 1946

• Winthrop College Alumnae Association Eastern District consisted of the counties of Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg.
• Meeting place on October 26 was First Baptist Church, McColl, SC
• Morning speakers: Rev. D. H. Montgomery, Mrs. Ben Moore Tatum, Mrs. E. M. O'Tuel, Mrs. Rosa B. Guess, Mrs. Horace Tilghman, Mrs. E. B. Bridges, and Miss Ruth Williams
• Music by Miss Mary Elizabeth Dunlap and Miss Katherine Pfohl
• Luncheon speaker was Winthrop President Henry R. Sims introduced by Mrs. F. P. Copeland

North Central District Alumnae Association To Hold Meeting, Winthrop News Service

Winthrop News 1946

• Winthrop College Alumnae Association North Central District consisted of the counties of Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, and York in South Carolina and Charlotte, Gastonia, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and surrounding communities in North Carolina.
• Morning speakers were Mrs. John M. Massey and Mrs, Rosa B. Guess.
• Panelists were Mrs. Louise Thomas Miller, Mrs. W. R. Wallace, Mrs. J. H. Drennan, Miss Maria Culp, Mrs. Dix Sarsfield, and Miss Mayme Colvin.
• Luncheon speaker was President Henry R. Sims
• Music was provided by Miss Virginia Austin, Miss Katherine Pfohl, and Dr. Walter B. Roberts
• Special guests were Board of Trustee members Mr. C. …