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Episcopal Church Home For Children Records - Accession 31, Episcopal Church Home For Children
Episcopal Church Home For Children Records - Accession 31, Episcopal Church Home For Children
Manuscript Collection
This collection is a valuable source on the Church’s historical effort to extend its services for the social improvement of South Carolina (in this case the Episcopal Diocese’s program for destitute children.) While there is information on the Episcopal Home for Children from its beginning in 1850 to 1967, the actual records do not start until 1866. A centennial history of the Episcopal Home will serve as an aid and general guideline to the researcher. (See box 1, folder 1). The collection consists of minutes, reports of the annual meeting, general correspondence, superintendent’s records, health records, attendance registers, financial records, …
Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers - Accession 1049, Dorothy Moser Medlin
Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers - Accession 1049, Dorothy Moser Medlin
Manuscript Collection
(The Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers are currently in processing.)
This collection contains most of the records of Dorothy Medlin’s work and correspondence and also includes reference materials, notes, microfilm, photographic negatives related both to her professional and personal life. Additions include a FLES Handbook, co-authored by Dorothy Medlin and a decorative mirror belonging to Dorothy Medlin.
Major series in this collection include: some original 18th century writings and ephemera and primary source material of André Morellet, extensive collection of secondary material on André Morellet's writings and translations, Winthrop related files, literary manuscripts and notes by Dorothy Medlin (1966-2011), copies …
Miriam Williford Papers - Accession 157, Miriam Williford
Miriam Williford Papers - Accession 157, Miriam Williford
Manuscript Collection
The Miriam Williford Papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, lecture and teaching materials, research notes, professional files, rough notes and drafts of publications, copies of historical manuscripts from other repositories, and other Papers, The collection pertains to Willifords’ teaching and publishing activities, and to her involvement with professional organizations and seminars such as the Latin American Studies Association (1975). Her research files include extensive material on Jeremy Bentham and his interest in Latin America, and includes correspondence with Simon Bolivar and other leaders of Latin American independence; papers on the administration of Mariano Galvez, Chief of State of Guatemala from …
South Carolina Association Of Family And Consumer Sciences Records - Accession 180, Family And Consumer Sciences, South Carolina Association Of
South Carolina Association Of Family And Consumer Sciences Records - Accession 180, Family And Consumer Sciences, South Carolina Association Of
Manuscript Collection
This South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records (SCAFCS) is a valuable source on Family and Consumer Science history in South Carolina during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The organization was known as the South Carolina Home Economics Association (SCHEA) from 1914 to 1995. This collection contains records created by the organization, including correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, handbooks, financial records, newsletters, constitution and by-laws, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, as well as information about the organization’s annual meeting, various committees within the organization and the College Club Section of the organization. There is also a reference …
Sallie Pearce Musser Papers - Accession 55, Sallie Pearce Musser
Sallie Pearce Musser Papers - Accession 55, Sallie Pearce Musser
Manuscript Collection
Sallie Alta Pearce Musser [1902-1974] was a home demonstration agent (1930-1957), and head of the South Carolina Home Demonstration Service (1957-1965). The Sallie Pearce Musser Papers consist of biographical data, correspondence, letters of appreciation upon her retirement, newspaper clippings, photographs, and term papers written by Mrs. Musser while she was working on her MA in 1950 at George Peabody College for Women.
James Sisters Papers - Accession 869, James Sisters
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.
Knox-Wise Family Papers - Accession 591, Knox-Wise
Knox-Wise Family Papers - Accession 591, Knox-Wise
Manuscript Collection
The Knox-Wise Family Papers includes a land grant issued to John Knox in 1768; diaries written by Dr. John Knox [1792-1859] covering the 1840s and 1850s; James N. Knox [1806-1880] covering 1859-1880; and William D. Knox [1847-1928] covering 1869-1928; indentures, deeds, receipts, court summonses and other papers of Hugh Knox [1757-1821], sheriff and justice of the peace in Chester County, South Carolina (ca. 1780s and 1790s); correspondence of James N. Knox, correspondence, and other professional papers of Dr. John Knox; correspondence, and other papers of William D. Knox, Superintendent of Education in Chester County from 1896-1928. Papers of various other …
Ida Crawford Stewart Papers - Accession 487, Ida Crawford Stewart, Estee Lauder, Crawford Family, Stewart Family, Nilson Family, Wade Family, Winthrop University, Winthrop Training School
Ida Crawford Stewart Papers - Accession 487, Ida Crawford Stewart, Estee Lauder, Crawford Family, Stewart Family, Nilson Family, Wade Family, Winthrop University, Winthrop Training School
Manuscript Collection
This collection consists of personal, professional, genealogical and reference files of art-educator, beautician and business woman Ida Crawford Stewart (1922-2023). The collection contains correspondence, newspaper articles, citations, photographs, and church bulletins. Also included are family business papers from the time of Ida’s Irish immigrant great-great-grandfather, John Crawford (1750-1826) to the time of her father James Roy Crawford (1891-1980). The papers and correspondence which includes original deeds, wills, and other primary documents that reference the sale of slaves, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction of the South. There are many records that genealogists interested in the Crawford Family, Stewart Family, Nilson …
South Carolina Association Of Extension Home Economists Records - Accession 146, Extension Home Economists Association, South Carolina
South Carolina Association Of Extension Home Economists Records - Accession 146, Extension Home Economists Association, South Carolina
Manuscript Collection
The South Carolina Association of Extension Home Economists Records consist of histories, constitutions, minutes, annual reports, handbooks, brochures, membership lists, nomination records and clippings, relating to the activities and history of the Association. The South Carolina Association of Extension Home Economists was organized in 1941 for the Extension Agents of the state, both current and retired.
Mary Oni Holler Papers - Accession 111, Mary Louisa Oni Cornwell Holler
Mary Oni Holler Papers - Accession 111, Mary Louisa Oni Cornwell Holler
Manuscript Collection
The Mary Oni Holler Papers consist of genealogical material concerning the Holler family and correspondence related to Mary “May” Louisa Oni Cornwell Holler (1871-1951). The genealogy material are photocopied pages from an unknown publication and include information related to the following surnames: Cornwell (Cornwall); Walker; Holler; Eisenhower; Whiteaker; Maukert; Darby; Hobbs; Rice; Sigmon; Jeffords; Goebel; Wiggins; Wilson. Also included in the genealogical material is a biography of Mary Louisa Oni Cornwell Holler, Dr. William Jesse Williams Cornwell (1841-1910), Adlai Ellwood Holler (1871-1961), and Adley D. Holler (1840-1919), as well as sections titled: “Cornwall (Cornwell) Family Notes;” “Personal Account of A. …
Johnson Family Papers - Accession 162, Johnson Family
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.
Williamsburg County Extension Homemakers' Council Records - Accession 121, Extension Homemakers' Council, Williamsburg County
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.
Elizabeth Friench Johnson Papers - Accession 64, Elizabeth Friench Johnson
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 …
Mary Johnston Gates Papers - Accession 110, Mary Johnston Gates
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 Association Of Future Homemakers Of America Records - Accession 120, Future Homemakers Of America Association, South Carolina
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 …
Mrs. W. E. (Bernace) Cochran Papers - Accession 103, Bernace M. Cochran
Mrs. W. E. (Bernace) Cochran Papers - Accession 103, Bernace M. Cochran
Manuscript Collection
The Mrs. W. E. (Bernace) Cochran Papers consist of histories, constitutions, bylaws, reports, memoranda, minutes, membership lists, newsletters, handbooks, brochures, manuals, newspaper clippings and photographs, relating to her involvement with the South Carolina Extension Homemakers’ Council (1936-1976), the National Home Demonstration Council (1960-1976), the Associated Country Women of the World (1947-1976), the Master Farm Homemakers’ Guild (1964-1976), and the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1968-1972).
South Carolina Extension Homemakers Council Records - Accession 71, Extension Homemakers Council, South Carolina
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.
Martha Frances Morgan Papers - Accession 33, Martha Frances Morgan
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.
Margaret Mae Bryant Papers - Accession 21, Margaret Mae Bryant
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
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).
Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers - Accession 11, Charles Lonergan Cobb
Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers - Accession 11, Charles Lonergan Cobb
Manuscript Collection
The Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers consists mainly of correspondence but also includes photographs, biographical material, magazine and newspaper clippings, all relating to Cobb's career as a banker at People's National Bank( 1905-1949); and the People's National Bank and Trust Company(1949-1953) in Rock Hill, SC as well as his association with Winthrop College as a Board of Trustees' member(1938-1953). Subjects include, railroad cotton shipping service to South Carolina mill towns, crop loans in the early 1920s, location of the Celanese Chemical Plant in Rock Hill, the Winthrop College Board of Trustees, and a1946 article about Cobb that appeared in the Saturday …
South Carolina Home Economics Association Records - Accession 22, Home Economics Association, South Carolina (Schea)
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, …
American Association Of University Women- Rock Hill Chapter Records - Accession 13, American Association University Women, Rock Hill
American Association Of University Women- Rock Hill Chapter Records - 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.
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 …
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; …
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 …
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 …