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All Digitized Collections

*Images represent a sampling of items and information available in the archives.

I. University Archives

Chronologies and Timelines

A Winthrop University Chronology (1823 - present)

Buildings and Structures Timeline (PDF) (1823 - present)

Campus and Early Buildings (1886 - 1928)

Johnson, David Bancroft Chronology (1856 - 1950)

The Winthrop Presidents (1856 - present)

The Progression of Winthrop's Official Name


Buildings Exhibits

Bancroft Hall / 1909 - [History]

Breazeale Hall / 1924 - 2004 [History]

Byrnes Auditorium / 1939 - [History]

Carnegie Library (Rutledge Hall) / 1905 - [History]

Catawba Hall / ca1891 - 1968  

Crawford Building / 1896 - [History]

Kinard Hall / 1929 - [History ]

Johnson Hall / 1920 - [History]

Joynes Hall / 1927 - [History]

Lee Wicker Hall / 1962 - [History] New Item

Little Chapel / 1823 -  [History]

Margaret Nance Hall / 1896 - 

McBryde Hall / 1909 - [History]  

McLaurin Hall / 1901 - [History]  

Peabody Gymnasium / 1916 - 2007 [History]  

President's House / 1890 - [History]  

Roddey Apartments / 1920 - [History]

Stewart House / 1895 - [History] New Item

Tillman Administration Building / 1894 - [History]  

Tillman Hall (Science Building) / 1912 - 1963

Thurmond Building / 1969 - [History]

Withers/W.T.S. Building / 1912 - [History]


Campus Scenes

Aerial Views / ca1910s

Campus Scenes / 1927

Fountain / ca1898

Snow Scenes / Late 1960s

Winthrop Farm / 1895 - [History]


Winthrop Luminaries

David Bancroft Johnson / 1860 - 1928 [Biography]

James Pinckney Kinard / 1864 - 1951 [Biography]

Mary Hall Leonard / 1847 - 1921 [Biography]

Shelton J. Phelps / 1884 - 1948 [Biography]

Henry Radcliffe Sims / 1893 - 1966 [Biography]


Winthrop Publications

Bulletin - Vol. I, No. 2 - Foundation Reports On The Organization of Winthrop College / 1907

Bulletin - Vol. III, No. 3 - Winthrop Rural School and Home Institute / 1910

Bulletin - Vol. III, No. 4 - Elementary Agriculture and School Gardening at Winthrop / 1910

Bulletin - Vol. IV, No. 2 - Suggestions for Rural Schools / 1910

Bulletin - Vol. V, No. 1 - Rural Life Bulletin: A Collection of Addresses Made at the Rural Life Conference / 1911

Bulletin - Winthrop College Rural School Exhibit / 1913

Bulletin - Vol. VI, No. 2 - Elementary Library Rules for School Libraries / 1912

Bulletin - Vol. VII, No. 4 - Fireless Cooking / 1914

Bulletin - Vol. VIII, No. 1 - Winthrop Training School / 1914

Bulletin - Vol. IX, No. 1 - Child Study with Suggested Programs for Club Use / 1915

Bulletin - Vol. X, No. 1 - The Rural Home and the Woman on the Farm / 1916

Bulletin - Vol. XI, No. 2 - Exercises in Farm Handicraft for Rural Schools / 1917

Bulletin - Vol. XII, No. 4 - The Last Meeting of the Confederate Cabinet / 1919

Bulletin - Vol. XIV, No. 1 - School Survey of York County / 1920

Bulletin - Vol. XIV, No. 2 - Program for South Carolina Day / 1920

Bulletin - Vol. XX, No. 2 - The Challenge of Constructive Radicalism / 1927

Catalogue / 1893 - 1894 and 1894 - 1895

Catalogue Photographs and Illustrations / 1896 - 1923

Inauguration of Shelton Phelps / November 9, 1934

Prospectus / 1895

Winthrop Viewbook / ca1900 New Item

Winthrop Viewbook / ca1911 New Item

Laying of the Corner-Stone of Winthrop...May 24, 1894 New Item


Winthropiana

Army Air Force Cadets / 1943 

Early Uniforms / 1896 - 1903

Lantern Slides / 1880s - 1940

James F. Byrnes Inauguration as Governor of South Carolina / 1951

The Swanks / 1956 - 1960

Winthrop Scrapbook / 1911 - 1914 New Item


II. Manuscript Collections

Alfred D. Gilchrist Architectural Drawings / 1912 - 1947 [Finding Aid (PDF)] [Biography]

Arnold Michael Shankman Papers / 1849-1983 [Short Bio] [Full Bio (PDF)] New Item

Arnold Michael Shankman Papers / 1946-1976 [Short Bio] [Full Bio (PDF)] [Finding Aid (PDF)] New Item

An Experimental Rural School at Winthrop College / 1913

Matt Christopher Digitized Collection / 1847-2004 (Bulk 1910s-2004) [Finding Aid (PDF) ] [Biography]

Martha Thomas Fitzgerald Papers / 1911-1981 [Finding Aid (PDF)] New Item

Robert Marett Papers / 1800s-1992 (Bulk 1890s - 1992)    [Finding Aid (PDF) ] [Biography]

Palmetto Women Exhibit / 1862-1985 

Rock Hill Sesquicentennial Photograph Exhibit / 1860s - 1970s

Rock Hill Sesquicentennial Postcard Collection / 1896 - 1943 

John Schorb Photography Collection /1842 - 1960 (Bulk 1860 - 1900) [Biography]

Nathan Asch Papers / 1927 - 1965, 1995 (bulk 1927 - 1965) [Finding Aid (PDF)] [Biography]

Shaw Land Surveying, Inc. Papers [Finding Aid (PDF)]


III. Special Collections/ Rare Books

Founder's Day : Winthrop College, The South Carolina College For Women, Tuesday, January 10, 1928.  /1928

A Hand-Book Of The City Of Rock Hill : Containing A Brief Summary Of Her Past ; Some Facts And Figures About Her Present, With A Glance At Her Prospects For The Future / 1895

The Making Of South Carolina : A Historical Pageant / presented By The Students Of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C., Friday, May 6, 1921, 2:00 P.M 

Old English Pageant : The Visit Of Queen Elizabeth To Kenilworth Castle / presented By The Students Of Winthrop College On The Campus, Tuesday, May 13, 1913 


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