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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 …

National Organization For Women (Now) South Carolina Records - Accession 142, National Organization For Women, South Carolina

Manuscript Collection

The National Organization for Women (NOW) South Carolina Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, agenda notes, financial records, newsletters, pamphlets and brochures, flyers, handbooks, newspaper clippings, and a tape recording relating to the organization's work to improve the status and life of South Carolina Women and their efforts toward the state ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) , the 1984 Mondale-Ferraro campaign, and other issues concerning the women of South Carolina. Also contains information on the National and Southeast Region NOW organizations.

Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers - Accession 155, Juanita Willmon Goggins

Manuscript Collection

The Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers include correspondence, speeches, biographical data, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, photographs and other papers documenting the political career of Goggins who was the first African-American woman elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. Subjects include home rule for York County, African-Americans in politics, sickle cell anemia, appropriations, taxes, and public education in York County.

Samuel Brooks Mendenhall Papers - Accession 115, Samuel Brooks Mendenhall

Manuscript Collection

The Samuel Brooks Mendenhall Papers consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, studies, newspaper clippings and other records, mainly relating to York County SC affairs. Subjects include public education, health, appropriations, legislation, taxes, home rule, Rock Hill history, South Carolina politics and government, York County SC economic conditions, York County Nature Museum, York County SC history, York General Hospital, Winthrop coeducation. Correspondents include Strom Thurmond, Ernest F. Hollings, Thomas S. Gettys, Kenneth L. Holland, Solomon Blatt, Frank Thornton, James B. Ellisor, and Jesse T. Anderson.

Alvin Laroy Duckett Papers - Accession 36, Alvin Laroy Duckett

Manuscript Collection

The Alvin Laroy Duckett Papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, reading lists, tests and newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Duckett’s position as a professor of history at Winthrop College (1950-1967). Also included is a thesis (1956) and a rough draft, final draft, and book reviews pertaining to his book John Forsyth: Political Tactician (1962). Although the papers range from 1941 to about 1966, the greater part of the collection concerns the years of his employment at Winthrop.

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 …