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Mary Elizabeth Frayser Papers - Accession 1739
No full textThe Mary Elizabeth Frayser Papers document the professional career, civic engagement, and reform work of Mary E. Frayser, an educator, home economist, social worker, and prominent women’s club leader in South Carolina during the twentieth century. The collection reflects Frayser’s long-standing commitment to education, social welfare, women’s rights, and public policy, as well as her involvement in numerous state and regional organizations dedicated to social and economic reform.
Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, reports, articles, pamphlets, meeting-related documents, publications, and other printed materials. These records document Frayser’s work with the South Carolina Extension Service (1912–1940), Winthrop College, and her leadership and participation in organizations such as the South Carolina Council for the Common Good, the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, the South Carolina Status of Women Conference, the South Carolina Division of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the South Carolina Interracial Institute, the South Carolina Division of the Southern Regional Council, and the South Carolina Conference of Social Work.
The collection contains extensive subject files addressing issues central to Frayser’s reform efforts, including women’s suffrage and political participation, child labor and child welfare, education, prison reform, vocational rehabilitation, taxation, public health, racial cooperation, and community development. Of particular note are materials related to the National Child Labor Committee, published articles and speeches circulated nationally, and documentation of conferences and public programs focused on children, youth, and social welfare. The papers also reflect Frayser’s interest in libraries and her advocacy for state-supported public libraries in South Carolina.
Newspaper clippings and collected publications provide context for contemporary debates on social policy and women’s roles in public life, while university reports and educational materials illustrate Frayser’s ongoing engagement with higher education institutions. Correspondence with notable figures—including Wil Lou Gray, Christine South Gee, and Maude Massey Rogers—further documents her professional networks and influence within reform and club movements.
The papers span from 1841 to 1972, with the bulk of the materials dating from the early 1930s through the late 1940s, the period of Frayser’s most active involvement in women’s organizations and social reform initiatives. Due to the interconnected nature of women’s club activities during this period, researchers examining a specific organization or issue are encouraged to consult materials across multiple series within the collection. The Mary Frayser Papers provide a rich resource for the study of women’s activism, social reform, and the role of voluntary organizations in shaping public policy in South Carolina.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2850/thumbnail.jp
Jordan Panoramic Photograph Collection - Accession 1767
No full textThe Jordan Panoramic Photograph Collection consists of two early twentieth-century panoramic photographs that document large-scale institutional and organizational gatherings in the American South. The images are dated 1905 and 1912 and reflect the use of panoramic photography to capture expansive scenes, collective identity, and public activity during this period.
The first photograph, taken in 1912 by the Russell Bros. photographic studio and labeled “Panorama no. 871,” depicts Camp Pettus, a military training camp located in Anniston, Alabama. The image provides a wide view of the camp’s layout, personnel, and infrastructure, offering visual evidence of early twentieth-century military preparedness and training practices in the years preceding the United States’ involvement in World War I.
The second panoramic photograph was taken in 1905 in Savannah, Georgia, by photographer M. Edward Wilson. It documents the Convention Head Camp, Division I, of the Woodmen of the World (W.O.W.), a fraternal benefit society prominent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The photograph captures a large assembly of members and reflects the social, ceremonial, and organizational culture of fraternal organizations during this era.
Together, these panoramic photographs provide valuable visual documentation of military and fraternal life in the early twentieth-century South and illustrate the role of panoramic photography in recording collective events and institutions of regional and national significance.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2858/thumbnail.jp
Young Men’s Christian Association of Rock Hill Pamphlet - Accession 1775 M838 (895)
No full textThe Young Men’s Christian Association of Rock Hill Pamphlet consists of a printed pamphlet produced during the 1913–1914 year by the Rock Hill chapter of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and titled Making a “Good Town” Better. The pamphlet documents the organization’s early efforts to promote the moral, social, and physical development of young men within the Rock Hill community through coordinated engagement with churches, schools, and civic institutions.
Founded in February 1913, the Rock Hill YMCA sought to advance the “welfare and up-building” of young men and quickly became an active presence in the community. The pamphlet includes a foreword, mission statement, descriptions of community programs and activities, a summary of accomplishments for the year, financial reports, and several photographs illustrating the organization’s facilities, leadership, and participants. Notably, Winthrop University’s founding president, David Bancroft Johnson, served as the inaugural president of the YMCA’s Board of Directors, underscoring the close relationship between the association and local educational leadership.
Accompanying the pamphlet is a letter dated May 2019 from Starr Moore to the York County Library, documenting the donation of the item. The letter notes that Moore’s father, Owen Ray Moore (1901–1981), appears in one of the photographs included in the pamphlet. Together, these materials provide valuable insight into early twentieth-century civic reform efforts, youth development initiatives, and the social history of Rock Hill, South Carolina.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2861/thumbnail.jp
Lindsay Pettus–J. Marion Sims Research Papers - Accession 1733
No full textThe Lindsay Pettus–J. Marion Sims Research Papers document historical research conducted by historian and conservationist Lindsay Pettus (1940–2020) on Dr. James Marion Sims (1813–1883), a native of Lancaster County, South Carolina, who is historically recognized for his role in the development of modern gynecology. The collection reflects Pettus’s sustained interest in documenting Sims’s life, medical career, legacy, and public commemoration, particularly within South Carolina.
The collection consists of research files, correspondence, printed materials, photographs, postcards, and reference notes compiled during Pettus’s research activities. Research materials include internet articles, photocopies of published writings, a photocopy of Sims’s autobiography, bibliographies, book lists with prices, and handwritten or typed reference cards. Newspaper articles and newsletters span several decades and document public discussions of Sims’s medical contributions, controversies surrounding his work, exhibitions, monuments, and commemorative efforts.
Correspondence within the collection includes letters attributed to Sims as well as later communications related to historical research, public recognition initiatives, and induction ceremonies. Materials from historical societies document efforts to honor Sims through induction into the Lancaster County and South Carolina Halls of Fame. Dedication programs and resolutions reflect institutional and governmental recognition, including the establishment of James Marion Sims Day in Lancaster County and the naming and renaming of local medical facilities associated with his legacy.
Visual materials include original and copied photographs of Sims, members of his family, portraits, and images of medical and commemorative sites. Postcards depict buildings, monuments, and institutions bearing Sims’s name, with some images linked to the work of photographer Curt Teich. The collection also includes background research on Teich’s photographic work. Artifacts within the collection consist of two silver commemorative coins produced by the Medallia Art Company that memorialize Sims’s life and contributions to gynecology.
Together, the materials provide insight into Lindsay Pettus’s historical research process and offer documentation of the evolving public memory, interpretation, and commemoration of Dr. James Marion Sims at the local, state, and national levels.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2848/thumbnail.jp
U.S. Official Pictures of the World War - Accession 1491
No full textThis collection consists of a 1920 published volume titled U.S. Official Pictures of the World War Showing America’s Participation: Selected from the Official Files of the War Department, with Unofficial Introductory Photographs by William Emmet Moore. The volume contains photographic documentation of the United States’ involvement in World War I. The book was owned by World War I U.S. Navy veteran John Henry Pierczynski (1903–1982) and was donated by Doris Pierczynski in honor of her husband and their son, John Bishop Pierczynski (1934–2013), a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2450/thumbnail.jp
Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin Papers - Accession 1492
No full textThe Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin Papers document the educational experiences, academic achievements, and enduring relationship with Winthrop University of Dr. Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin (1932–2013), as well as the Winthrop education of her mother, Mary Seagle Faris. The collection reflects two generations of women whose academic lives were closely connected to Winthrop Training School and Winthrop College.
The collection includes commencement programs, diplomas and diploma covers, photographs, yearbooks, a student handbook, and artifacts. Commencement programs document graduation ceremonies for Mary Seagle Faris (Winthrop Class of 1930) and Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin (Winthrop Classes of 1954 and 1960). Diplomas span the period from 1926 to 1960 and include high school and collegiate diplomas awarded to Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin, as well as diplomas earned by her mother at Winthrop Training School and Winthrop College. Diploma covers embossed with Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin’s name mark key academic milestones in her educational career.
Photographs consist of class portraits and school images of both Mary Seagle Faris and Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin during their years at Winthrop Training School and Winthrop College, primarily dating from the 1920s through the 1950s. The collection also contains four bound volumes of the Garnet and Gold yearbooks from the Winthrop Training School, dating from 1946 to 1950, which provide visual and contextual documentation of student life during Mary Jean Martin’s attendance. A Winthrop student handbook from the 1928–1929 academic year, owned by Mary Seagle Faris, offers further insight into campus life during an earlier generation.
In addition, the collection includes artifacts documenting Mary Jean Faris Ligon Martin’s later relationship with Winthrop University, including letters, plaques, medals, and name badges. Together, these materials illustrate the multigenerational educational legacy of the Faris–Martin family and reflect Dr. Martin’s lifelong connection to Winthrop University as a student, alumna, and distinguished supporter of the institution.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2447/thumbnail.jp
Mary Elizabeth Massey Papers - Accession 1740
No full textThe Mary Elizabeth Massey Papers document the scholarly career and professional legacy of Dr. Mary Elizabeth Massey, a historian and longtime member of the Winthrop College Department of History. The collection consists of correspondence, published and unpublished writings, newspaper and biographical articles, certificates, photographs, and related materials that reflect Dr. Massey’s contributions to Civil War–era scholarship and her impact as an educator.
The collection includes letters written by Dr. Massey, biographical and memorial articles, and a Pi Gamma Mu honor society membership certificate. Of particular significance are multiple essays authored by Dr. Massey, including published works such as “The Food and Drink Shortage on the Confederate Homefront” (1949) and “The Confederate Refugees in North Carolina” (1963), as well as unpublished or undated writings and manuscript drafts related to her research on the Confederate home front and wartime economies. These materials illustrate her scholarly focus on social and economic conditions in the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Also included is a senior honors thesis, “Benjamin Ryan Tillman: His Role in the Founding and Early History of Winthrop College,” for which Dr. Massey served as a committee member, documenting her role in mentoring undergraduate research. Memorial materials and photographs further contextualize her professional relationships within the academic community, including images associated with Winthrop College and the public reception of her work.
The collection contains posthumous correspondence addressed to Dr. Ross Webb requesting copies of Dr. Massey’s publications. Many of these letters were written by former students and colleagues and attest to Dr. Massey’s enduring influence within the Winthrop College History Department and the lasting esteem in which she was held as a teacher and scholar.
The materials date primarily from the late 1940s through the 1980s. This collection supplements previously processed Mary Elizabeth Massey Papers and provides additional documentation of her academic work, teaching legacy, and professional reputation.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2851/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Janice Chism Piano Music Collection - Accession 1744
No full textThe Dr. Janice Chism Piano Music Collection consists of piano sheet music owned and used by Dr. Janice Chism, a distinguished professor of Biology and Anthropology at Winthrop University. The collection reflects Dr. Chism’s personal musical interests and provides insight into popular and classical music performed in domestic and recreational settings during the early to mid-twentieth century.
The collection is composed primarily of individual pieces of piano sheet music dating from approximately 1919 to 1951, with the majority originating in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Titles include popular show tunes, jazz-influenced standards, patriotic and folk songs, and light classical arrangements. Composers and lyricists represented include Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Franz Liszt, Jacques Offenbach, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, among others.
Many pieces reflect music popularized through Broadway productions, films, and radio, such as “Ol’ Man River,” “September Song,” “Night and Day,” and *“Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered).” The collection also includes arrangements of folk and traditional melodies, international songs, and novelty pieces, illustrating the broad musical tastes common in American households during this period. Several titles are present in multiple copies, and one item consists of a partial score.
Together, the materials in the Dr. Janice Chism Piano Music Collection document patterns of music consumption and amateur performance in the twentieth century and complement the legacy of Dr. Chism by highlighting an aspect of her personal life beyond her academic career at Winthrop University.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2854/thumbnail.jp
Pat Conroy First Edition Book Collection - Accession 1747
No full textThe Pat Conroy First Edition Book Collection consists of first edition publications authored by Donald Patrick “Pat” Conroy (1945–2016), an acclaimed American novelist whose work is closely associated with the cultural, social, and physical landscapes of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Many of the volumes in this collection are signed by the author, enhancing their research and evidentiary value.
The collection spans Conroy’s literary career from his debut memoir The Boo (1970) through The Death of Santini (2013), a reflective work that revisits characters and themes central to his earlier writings. Included are major novels, memoirs, and nonfiction works such as The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, South of Broad, and My Reading Life, as well as The Pat Conroy Cookbook, which combines culinary traditions with personal and regional narrative.
Collectively, these first edition volumes document the evolution of Conroy’s literary voice and recurring themes, including family relationships, military culture, education, trauma, reconciliation, and a deep sense of place rooted in the Carolina coast. The collection serves as a resource for literary research, author studies, and the examination of Southern literature in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, while also preserving representative works of one of South Carolina’s most influential writers.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2855/thumbnail.jp
Louene Carolyn DuBose Collection - Accession 1777
No full textThe Louene Carolyn DuBose Collection consists of student publications, correspondence, and photographs documenting the collegiate experience and later alumni life of Louene Carolyn DuBose Ridgeway (1919–2015), a native of Great Falls, South Carolina, and a member of Winthrop College’s Class of 1940. DuBose earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Music and was an active participant in the literary and musical culture of the campus.
The collection includes DuBose’s personal copies of The Tatler from 1939 and 1940, both of which contain handwritten notes, messages, and signatures from classmates and faculty, reflecting social networks and student life at Winthrop during the late 1930s. The 1940 volume features original creative work by DuBose, including her song titled “We’ll Never Know” and an eight-line poem written in the form of a triolet, illustrating her engagement with music composition and poetry.
Also included are two reunion photographs commemorating the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the Class of 1940, as well as two letters: a 1940 letter addressed to DuBose from a former classmate named Betty, and a 2000 letter written by DuBose herself. Together, these materials provide insight into student creativity, personal relationships, and enduring alumni connections associated with Winthrop College.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2863/thumbnail.jp