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Britt, Sudie Watson, 1869-1894. Sudie Watson Britt papers, 1880 Nov. 8-1914 Mar. 10.

Title: Sudie Watson Britt papers, 1880 Nov. 8-1914 Mar. 10.

Consisting chiefly of letters, 1887-1888, addressed to Sudie Watson while a student at the Greenville Female College in upstate South Carolina [later known as Greenville Woman's College], and both prior to and following her marriage, 8 Oct. 1890, to Thomas Jacob Britt (1863-1929). Following their marriage, T.J. and Sudie Watson Britt resided in Sandover (Abbeville County, S.C.); business letterhead identifies Britt as a dealer in general merchandise and farm and stock raiser. He earlier was employed by Cothran & Co. (McCormick, S.C.); collection includes letterhead stationery of various stores and hotels in South Carolina. Also includes post-1900 letters addressed to Annie Louise Britt (1893-1946), daughter of Thomas J. and Sudie Watson Britt, while a student at Limestone College, Gaffney, S.C., 1913-1914. Family Bible includes a record of the marriage of Thomas J. Britt and Sudie Watson as well as a record of the births of a son, John Wayland Britt, 3 Aug. 1891, and a daughter, Annie Louise Britt, 22 June 1893 [title page missing]; additional realia housed in carton (including leather belt, women's satin necktie, and short purple bodice).

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Rowland, Bessie. Student notebook, ca. 1895.

Title: Student notebook, ca. 1895.

Notebook kept by Bessie Rowland while a student at the "College for Women" in Greenville, S.C., with notes chiefly on plants and dried botanical specimens.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Knotts family. Papers of the Knotts and Scott families, 1810-1985.

Title: Papers of the Knotts and Scott families, 1810-1985.

Diaries, plats, scrapbooks, photographs, daguerreotypes, and tintypes documenting the settlement of the Knotts family in the Woodford section of Orangeburg District, S.C., during the 19th century and their subsequent travels, education, real estate holdings, and other interests during the 20th century; collection chiefly relates to the families of Herschel Knotts Scott and her husband, Methodist minister Paul C. Scott. Early materials include inventory and account of sale, 1818-1819, of the personal property comprising the estate of Benjamin Knotts of Darlington District, S.C., including assessed value for hiring-out the labor of several African American slaves identified by name; essay, 1858: "An essay on Epidemic dysentery respectfully submitted to Henry R. Frost, Dean and Medical Faculty of The State of South Carolina for the Honorary degree of M.D. by D.L. Hildebrand of Orangeburgh District, S.C.," re diarrhea as result of typhus and other maladies (30 pages). Student diary, 1854-1856 and 1859, kept by Joseph Evander Knotts (1834-1882) while enrolled at Furman University, Greenville, S.C., with literary society debate topics on such questions as secession ("Are the influences which tend to perpituate, stronger than those which tend to dissolve the Union?"), Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War ("Does Cromwell deserve the odium attached to his name and memory?"), war ("Does the progress of civilization diminish the Love of Martial glory?"), books and reading ("Does the rapid multiplicity of books exert a salutary influence on literature?"), ("Is everyman Self-educated?"), and a comparison of art versus the natural world; with later entries consisting of labor contracts, 1878-1882, between Knotts and various tenants on the farm. Land papers include topographic maps and copies of plats for land in Orangeburg and Lexington Districts, S.C., including property of Annie Mercer Knotts of Woodford, S.C., that totaled 2300 acres in 1954; a land dispute dating to Great Depression, consisting of transcripts from U.S. Curcuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court, between Shingler B. Knotts, Sr., debtor, versus the First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, S.C. Scrapbook, 1901-1946, kept by Annie Mercer Knotts (b. ca. 1878), with clippings on various subjects such as votes for women, and women's rights, pasted in an account book, 1904, and also containing records of groceries and other supplies purchased by tenants; topographic maps and plats, ca. 1954, showing lands owned by Annie Mercer Knotts of Woodford, S.C.; scrapbook volume, 1935-1963, with article re the extinct Orangeburg Collegiate Institute by Olin J. Salley in The State magazine, "Orangeburg's Former College"; recollections of Woodford resident Zimmie Dantzler re arrival General William T. Sherman's army in 1865, the Charleston earthquake in 1886, and anecdotes re various African American farm workers including John McCloud, Monroe Pinckney, and others. Scrapbook (ca. 1921-1925) kept by Miss Herschel Knotts while a student at Greenville Woman's College, Greenville (S.C.); record of local events in Orarngeburg County, S.C., documented in a newspaper column, "Woodford News," consisting of 35 typed drafts (9 May 1927 and 7 June 1970 - 7 Nov. 1971) written by Herschel Knotts Scott and published in The North Journal. Collection includes four photograph albums, 1881-1985, containing images of family members, including ancestors of Herschel Knotts Scott, family homes, automobiles, travels, schools, a chain gang, as well as in S.C. and Ohio served by the Rev. Paul Craig Scott; as well as obituaries, wedding announcements, and genealogical information; other papers include a printed label from a packing crate promoting "Palmetto Asparagus Grown and Packed by S.B. Knotts, North, S.C."; a genealogical chart, 1925, showing the Scott family tree; cemetery record, 1971, of the Penn Branch Methodist Church (Orangeburg County, S.C.); on the Coleman, Davis, Hildebrand, Holman, Jones, Knotts, Mercer, Redmon, Scott, Shingler, and Ulmer families. Daguerreotypes and tintypes in the collection depict members of the Knotts, Shingler, and Mercer families; also includes images of local residents such as John McCloud and Nick Caughman, who was the owner of Caughman's Pond in Lykesland, S.C.; African Americans employed by the Knotts family on the farm and elsewhere, including and Monroe Pinckney who was also employed at Williams' Hardware Store (Swansea, S.C.); leisure and work activities depicted include people at Caughman's pond and pavillion, people eating watermelon at a social gathering in Woodford, S.C. ca. 1920s; the sand pits at Dixiana, S.C.; Midway Mill Pond, a lumber mill operated by S.B. Knotts and a site for family gatherings; Tole's Lumber Mill in Charleston, S.C.; and life in the cotton and asparagus fields. Also includes photographs of the Gwynn School (Spartanburg, S.C.); professors and buildings at the Greenville Woman's College (S.C.); and various parsonages and Methodist churches served by Rev. Paul C. Scott in Kentucky, Ohio, and South Carolina; images of Paul Scott's family in Ohio include a street scene of an "Anti-Saloon" temperance parade in Butler, Ohio [ca. 1910], with family in a "Mission Truck to [the] Needy" that the family drove to Fort Wayne, Indiana [ca. 1915].

ArchivalResource: 11 v.

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Mary Malvina Southard Geer Papers (#5005), 1906-1936

Title: Mary Malvina Southard Geer Papers (#5005) 1906-1936

Mary Malvina Southard was attending Greenville Female College (later Greenville Woman's College) in 1907, when she met Solomon Haddon Geer, a sophomore at Furman University. Their relationship continued through Geer's years at Furman and his attendance at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., 1909-1913. They were married in June 1913. Solomon Haddon Geer subsequently served on various naval vessels and participated in the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, by United States troops in 1914. He was then transferred to duty in the Pacific, serving on a survey ship in the Philippines after the outbreak of World War I. He returned to the United States in 1918 and seems to have died between 1918 and 1924. The collection contains a large number of letters, 1906-1936 and undated, from Solomon Haddon Geer to Mary Malvina Southard during their courtship and after their marriage in 1913. There are also letters from other members of the Southard and Geer families to Mary Malvina Southard Geer. The letters from Solomon Haddon Geer discuss his social life while a student at Furman University, his academic and social experiences while at the United States Naval Academy, details of his training and duties while serving in the United States Navy on various warships, and his experiences during the 1914 occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, and on survey duty in the Philippines during World War I. Also included are typed transcripts of most of the letters; photographs of Mary Malvina Southard Geer; and photographs taken during the Russian Revolution, that appear to depict the aftermath of the coup attempt led by Czech general Rudolf Gajda, in Vladivostok, Russia, in 1919.

ArchivalResource: About 1000 items (3.0 linear feet)

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Geer, Mary Malvina Southard. Mary Malvina Southard Geer papers, 1906-1936 [manuscript].

Title: Mary Malvina Southard Geer papers, 1906-1936 [manuscript].

Letters, 1906-1936 and undated, from Solomon Haddon Geer to Mary Malvina Southard during their courtship and after their marriage in 1913. There are also letters from other members of the Southard and Geer families to Mary Malvina Southard Geer. The letters from Solomon Haddon Geer discuss his social life while a student at Furman University, his academic and social experiences while at the United States Naval Academy, details of his training and duties while serving in the United States Navy on various warships, and his experiences during the 1914 occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, and on survey duty in the Philippines during World War I. Also included are typed transcripts of most of the letters; photographs of Mary Malvina Southard Geer; and photographs taken during the Russian Revolution, that appear to depict the aftermath of the coup attempt led by Czech general Rudolf Gajda, in Vladivostok, Russia, in 1919.

ArchivalResource: 1000 items (3.0 linear ft.).

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Watson, John Dargan, 1905-1978. John Dargan Watson papers, 1847-1976; (bulk, 1920-1950).

Title: John Dargan Watson papers, 1847-1976; (bulk, 1920-1950).

Chiefly family letters documenting Watson's education and business travel. Principal correspondents include Watson's parents, Harry Legare and Ella Dargan Watson; Watson's sisters, including Louise, who worked in Newark, N.J., and New York City during the 1920s; and Ella Virginia, who worked in Charleston during World War II. Includes letters, 1926-1927, re Watson's service as engineer for Southern Railway; and letters, 1928-1929, re Watson's travels for John Wylie & Sons as college textbook sales representative throughout Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Also includes correspondence re Waton's activities as student and instructor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he earned his B.A. in 1928 and M.A. in 1934; as teacher, 1934-1936, at Lehigh University, Bethelehem, Penn.; and as associate professor, 1939-1941, at Duke University, Durham, N.C.; together with letters from Harvard University, where he earned a Ph. D. in civil engineering, 1941; letters, 1941-1945, re Watson's work for J.A. Jones Construction Company as site engineer in building a military base at Camp McCain, Grenada, Miss., and as chief engineer for the construction project at Oak Ridge, Tenn; and report, 1945, re company travels in Ecuador and views of Ecuadoran politics, the Pan American Highway Project, and the country's potential for economic development. Other topics represented include Watson's partnership, beginning in 1945, with fellow Oak Ridge engineer James Hart in the firm of Watson and Hart, Greensboro, N.C.; H.L. Watson's journalism career in South Carolina; racial violence, 1880 and 1906; education of Elizabeth Watson at Greenville Woman's College, and Margaret and Ella Virginia Watson at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.; impact of the Depression on local textile mills; opening of a new mill, Greenwood, S.C., 1937, and hopes that United Textile Worker union activity would be limited to mills at Gaffney, Spartanburg, and Union; "New Deal" and state politics, including an unfavorable opinion of Gov. Olin D. Johnston; and home front conditions during World War II. Earlier materials include letters, 1861-1883, of Alex S. Townes, David Crawford, G.F. Townes, and others.

ArchivalResource: 4, 798 items (5 linear ft.; 4 cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30755905 View