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Allegro Music Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 164, Music Club Of Rock Hill, Allegro
Allegro Music Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 164, Music Club Of Rock Hill, Allegro
Manuscript Collection
The Allegro Music Club of Rock Hill Records consist of a history, constitutions, minutes, yearbooks, correspondence, rating sheets, financial records, program notes, newspaper clippings, and awards of merit, relating to the history and activities of the local women’s music club which was founded in 1950.
John Gary Anderson Papers - Accession 158, John Gary Anderson, Rock Hill Body Company, Rock Hill Chamber Of Commerce
John Gary Anderson Papers - Accession 158, John Gary Anderson, Rock Hill Body Company, Rock Hill Chamber Of Commerce
Manuscript Collection
The John Gary Anderson Papers consist of biographical sketches of J.G. Anderson and Alice Holler Anderson (wife of J.G. Anderson), newspaper clippings offering accounts of the success and failures of the Rock Hill Buggy Company, the Anderson Motor Company and “the Rock Hill Plan” for reduction of the cotton crop in the south. Also included is a map of Rock Hill dated 1891 and scrapbooks containing advertising materials for Anderson’s products, photographs, and correspondence relating to Anderson’s business, his will and years as a trustee of Winthrop College (1920-1937).
York General Hospital Auxiliary Records - Accession 145, York General Hospital Auxiliary
York General Hospital Auxiliary Records - Accession 145, York General Hospital Auxiliary
Manuscript Collection
The York County Hospital Auxiliary Records consist of correspondence, minutes, bylaws, reports, financial records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the activities and duties of the York General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer group. The auxiliary was organized in 1956 in Rock Hill, South Carolina as a community mission project of Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill, SC. In 1958 the auxiliary joined the American Hospital Association and the South Carolina Hospital Association. The auxiliary was a volunteer group that tried to promote and advance the welfare of the York General Hospital, the American Hospital Association, the South Carolina Hospital …
Fleur-De-Lis Garden Club Records - Accession 163, Garden Club Of Rock Hill, Fleur-De-Lis
Fleur-De-Lis Garden Club Records - Accession 163, Garden Club Of Rock Hill, Fleur-De-Lis
Manuscript Collection
The Fleur-de-Lis Garden Club of Rock Hill Records consist of constitutions, bylaws, yearbooks, correspondence, program notes, photographs, and newspaper clippings, relating to the activities and history of the women’s garden club.
Pindarian Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 166, Book Club Of Rock Hill, Pindarian
Pindarian Club Of Rock Hill Records - Accession 166, Book Club Of Rock Hill, Pindarian
Manuscript Collection
The Pindarian Club of Rock Hill, SC was organized on February 25, 1954 as a daughter club of the Perihelion Club. The purpose of the literary club is to encourage and sustain the intellectual development of its members and to promote better citizenship, inviting therein such social factors as may contribute to this purpose. The records consist of histories, constitutions, bylaws, minutes, membership records, photographs, yearbooks, and newspaper clippings documenting the club’s history.
William Gist Finley Papers - Accession 167, William Gist Finley
William Gist Finley Papers - Accession 167, William Gist Finley
Manuscript Collection
William Gist Finley (1895-1969) was a lawyer and solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit (1930-1950) from York, SC. The William Gist Finley Papers consist of biographical data, correspondence, photographs, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to Finley’s career and death, and to York County’s history. Includes biographical sketch of David Edward Finley, a history of York, South Carolina, York Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church history, Bethel Presbyterian Church history, York County Bible Society records, Kings Mountain National Park, Rose Hill State Park near Union, South Carolina, and the Carolina and Northwestern Railroad.
Thomas Family Papers - Accession 147, Thomas Family
Thomas Family Papers - Accession 147, Thomas Family
Manuscript Collection
The Thomas Family Papers are a valuable source of information concerning family life in Rock Hill, S.C. during the period 1920-1945. The collection includes diaries, Thomas Tours brochures, newspaper clippings speeches, financial and estate records, genealogies, menus, photographs, memorabilia and an extensive body of correspondence comprising the largest part of the collection. Dr. Roy Zachariah Thomas brought his family to Rock Hill when he assumed the position of professor of Chemistry at Winthrop College in 1914. The correspondence in the collection traces the growth of the Thomas family and the tour business, Thomas Tours, Inc., that Dr. Thomas founded in …
Freidheim Family Papers - Accession 159, Freidheim Family
Freidheim Family Papers - Accession 159, Freidheim Family
Manuscript Collection
The Freidheim Family Papers consist of family histories, correspondence, financial records, wills, land deeds, and newspaper clippings, relating to the Rock Hill, South Carolina family. There is much material concerning the financial affairs and estate of Arnold Freidheim and his brother, Julius Freidheim, owners of Freidheim’s Department Store, and the heirs to their estates, which included the members of the Marshall Family. Also included are the executors annual reports concerning actions taken in carrying out the terms of the Freidheim’s will and a genealogy of the John Clawson Family.
York County Multiethnic Heritage Project Collection - Accession 186, York County Multiethnic Heritage Project
York County Multiethnic Heritage Project Collection - Accession 186, York County Multiethnic Heritage Project
Manuscript Collection
The York County Multiethnic Heritage project, administered by Dr. Joyce Pettigrew Berman of Winthrop’s English faculty, was made possible by a $38,000 grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of the U.S. government. The purpose of the project was to study the total contributions of ethnic groups to the total cultural heritage of York County School District No. 3, the York County Nature Museum and the city of Rock Hill Recreation Department. The project, which began in July 1976, and ended June 30, 1977, focused on ethnic groups in the area: Southern Appalachian, African-American and Native American. The …