10,667 research outputs found
York County History - Accession 68 - M30 (42)
No full textThe York County History collection consists of a brief summary of York County, SC history from its settlement in 1750 to the Great Depression in the 1930s. The author is unknown.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1119/thumbnail.jp
York County Cross Reference Directory - Accession 317
No full textThe York County Cross Reference Directory, City and Rural Coverage covers York County, South Carolina consisting of Rock Hill, SC, York, SC, Clover, SC, Hickory Grove, SC, Fort Mill, SC, Sharon, SC, and other small communities in York County, South Carolina. The directory is divided into a street section and a numerical phone section.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2141/thumbnail.jp
York County, S.C. Map - Accession 699 - M315 (366)
No full textThe York County, SC Map Collection consists of a map of York County, S.C. done by Jones and Walker of Rock Hill, S.C. The map shows the townships and school districts of the time, public roads, neighborhood roads, R.F.D. routes, telephone lines, railroads, transmission lines of the Southern Power Co. and individual residences. The map measures 28”X 38 ½” and is on a scale of 1” = 1 mile.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1670/thumbnail.jp
York County Library Photograph Collection - Accession 1728
No full textThis collection consists of photographs, negatives, and contact sheets collected by the York County Library. The collection consists mostly of photographs relating to York County SC, many of which are of Rock Hill, SC in particular, and includes photographs of people, places, and events in the county. Some of the subjects include graduating classes of Rock Hill Graded School and of early Rock Hill High School graduating classes, graded school of York faculty, Edgemore School, aerial photographs of downtown Rock Hill, Rock Hill Train Depot, Rock Hill businesses and street scenes, churches, Rock Hill events such as Circus Day and parades, local mills, local homes, Glencairn Gardens, Civil Rights Movement in Rock Hill, York County citizens and homes, and many of other topics of local interest. The collection also includes many photographs, negatives, and contact sheets produced and used by the Rock Hill Herald. The photographs in this collection demonstrate the history of Rock Hill and how the town has changed throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2699/thumbnail.jp
York County Photograph Collection - Accession 690
No full textThe York County Photograph Collections of photographs and negatives from 1940-1953 primarily from York County. Several of the 91 photographs are stamped Joe Azer who was a local photographer. The collection consists of many images of Winthrop College events, scenes, people, and buildings and includes May Day events, WTS football team, the Blue Line with Pix Theater, Winthrop bands, and many other images of campus and student life. Also included are Rock Hill scenes including parades going down Main Street in downtown Rock Hill. There are also 55 negatives mostly of pageants and festivals in the area including in Chester, SC, Clover, SC, Pageland, SC, and Lowrys, SC.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1663/thumbnail.jp
York County Development Booklets - Accession 926 - M417 (468-469)
No full textThe York County Development Booklets Collection consists of three books that pertain to the development of York County and Rock Hill. It includes Soil Survey: York County, South Carolina (1965); Land Use Plan, 1965-1985 (1966); A NEW York County (1972); a population density map for the Charlotte, North Carolina area (nd), a map showing the property owners in downtown Rock Hill (1967) and a Rock Hill land use map (1965). The A NEW York County publication includes images of the building of Interstate 77 and the construction of Carowinds Amusement Park.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1848/thumbnail.jp
York County Historical Commission Records - Accession 1464
No full textThe York County Historical Commission was created in 1959 initially to preserve and maintain a former York County plantation at Brattonsville then in a dilapidated state. The Historic District was listed on the National Register in 1971 and named Historic Brattonsville. In 1997, the Museum of York County in Rock Hill, SC, and the York County Historical Commission merged to create the York County Culture and Heritage Commission and has broadened its mission to “communicate and preserve the natural and cultural histories of the Carolina Piedmont, inspiring a lifetime of learning.” The York County Historical Commission Records consists of the Friends of Historic Brattonsville records, a manual of operations and policies of the York County Historical Commission, reports, bylaws, correspondence, memos, agendas, financial records, McCelvey Center Planning records, and meeting minutes of the York County Historical Commission.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2418/thumbnail.jp
York County Bar Association Newsletter- Accession 811
No full textThe York County Bar was incorporated in 1898 and is a non-profit professional membership association of attorneys and judges which serves the needs of the lawyers, judges and public of York County, SC. This collection consists of the newsletter, York County Bar Newsletter, produced for York County Bar Association (YCBA) members “to communicate items of interest to the York County Bar, including news, personnel changes, Bar Association business, and jury verdicts from the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit.”https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1866/thumbnail.jp
York County Historical Commission Records - Accession 363
No full textThe York County Historical Commission was created in 1959 initially to preserve and maintain a former York County plantation at Brattonsville then in a dilapidated state. The Historic District was listed on the National Register in 1971 and named Historic Brattonsville. In 1997, the Museum of York County in Rock Hill, SC, and the York County Historical Commission merged to create the York County Culture and Heritage Commission and has broadened its mission to “communicate and preserve the natural and cultural histories of the Carolina Piedmont, inspiring a lifetime of learning.” The York County Historical Commission Records consist of by-laws, general correspondence, financial records, application forms, and various records relating to the restoration of the Brattonville Homestead and other activities of the York County Historical Commission.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1463/thumbnail.jp
York County Deeds - Accession 603 - M263 (312-313)
No full textThe York County Deeds collection consists of real estate deeds registered in York County, S.C. with the exception of one from Iredell County, N.C., one arrest warrant, a court summons, a certificate of guardianship, and a sheriff’s title. Principle people involved in the transactions were Franklin H. Brown, Henry l. Killam, Samuel C. Youngblood, and member of the Fewell, Johnson, and Moore families.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1509/thumbnail.jp
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