clippings (information artifacts)

Content Description Collection consists of ledgers, sheet music, photographs, business documents, and publicity clippings from Alexander Music House, a Spartanburg business that sold musical instruments, lessons, and recordings from the turn of the century through the 1980s.Contents include:Box 1 1. Folder: Photos: 167 W. Main St. Location (1 negative, 5 photos) 2. Folder: Photos: 200 E. Main St. Location (44 photos) 3. Folder: Photos: 391 E. Main St. Location (36 photos) 4. Folder:...

Content Description Research files and scrapbooks containing narratives, clippings, and photographs on the Glendale, SC community. Topics include land transactions, liquidation of Glendale Mill assets, family profiles, 1948 mill office robbery, holiday activities, sports and recreation, the mill store, dam and bridges, road paving, floods, fire protection, streetcar, law enforcement, post office, Bivingsville Manufacturing Company, D. E. Converse Company, Glendale Mills, Indian Head Mills, presidents and...

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Wilhelmina Dearybury was a long-time resident of Cowpens who was involved in the town's Bicentennial Committee, Mighty Moo Festival, and history museum. This collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, church directories, and other documents relating to the history of Cowpens First Baptist Church, Cowpens High School class of 1944, Cowpens Veterans Park, and the town of Cowpens, South Carolina that Wilhelmina Dearybury collected.

Content Description Small collection of papers discovered in the Hodge family attic including a torn ticket stub from the Carolina Theatre in Spartanburg, a program from a 1940 performance of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as presented by the Spartanburg Civic Music Association, a program from a 1953 performance of the Festival Youth concert by the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra presented by the Music Foundation of Spartanburg, and a 1943 publication promoting Spartanburg and Camp Croft entitled "Spartanburg...

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This collection consists of twelve folders documenting the founding and early operation of Hub-Bub, a Spartanburg arts and culture non-profit. A range of document types are included such as correspondence, posters and promotional materials, newspaper clippings, event documentation, musician set-lists, and committee minutes.

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Drafts, correspondence, source notes, newspaper clippings, and presentation notes relating to Fronde Kennedy's work on A History of Spartanburg County (published 1940).

Content Description George Donald Mullinax was veteran who fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Born in Clifton, SC he grew up in a community with strong ties to the textile industry. The four series in this collection reflect Mullinax's interests in his personal family history, the town of Clifton and the surrounding communites, the textile industry in Spartanburg county and its decline, and Camp Croft. This collection consists of papers, photographs, negatives, and newspaper articles about the four...

Content Description This collection consists of fifteen folders containing correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and notes regarding environmental advocacy in Spartanburg County. Collected by Ernest Gibbes Patton, biology professor at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Dates range from the 1970s to the 1990s. Topics covered include Lawson's Fork Creek, greenspace at North Greenville College, a proposed Environmental Information Center (LOCUS), a proposed extension of Daniel Morgan Avenue,...

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Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, medals, and military records relating to the army service of Staff Sergeant Everett Pearson during World War II. Pearson was a Woodruff, South Carolina native active in France during 1944 and 1945 as part of the 249th Combat Engineers Battalion. Correspondence written to his mother and father in Woodruff makes up the bulk of the collection and spans from April of 1944 through October of 1945.

Scope and Contents The Piedmont Chaper, originally the Spartanburg Chapter, of the American Red Cross was established in 1917. The Chapter merged into the Upstate South Carolina Chapter around 2015. This collection consists of photographs, documents, audio visual materials, and objects that document the history of the chapter. The majority of materials are from the 1980s to the early 2000s, but dates range from 1917 to 2007. Specific types of materials include scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, annual reports,...

Content Description This collection consists of the institutional archives of the Piedmont Interstate Fair along with various materials from the earlier Spartanburg County Fair and Woodruff Agricultural Society Fair. The collection includes premium lists covering most years from 1907-2012, newspaper clippings from a variety of upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina sources, posters, photographs, slides, negatives, awards, stock certificates, and performer promotions. The photographs primarily cover...

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Two articles from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal about the death of Warren H. Abernathy.

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Three newspaper articles about Rep. Rita Allison. One is about her being named Career Woman of the Year in 2001. Another is about her losing an election in 2002. The third is about her filing a defamation lawsuit against an anonymous sender of a malicious letter in 2009.

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Two newspaper clippings from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal and one issue of "Living Blues" magaiznes which all feature articles about blues musician, "Little Pink" Anderson.

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One Herald-Journal article about the legacy of Pink Anderson, a blues musician from the Upstate.

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One newspaper article from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal about William L. Ball, III.

Content Description Five files containing programs, photos, newspaper clippings, project overviews, a coloring book of women in Spartanburg, and a commemorative calendar, all produced for the Spartanburg Sesquicentennial in 1981.Full inventory: 1. Folder: Programs, Publicity a. Invitation to Birthday Celebration b. Three photos of Sesquicentennial events c. Two programs for “Spotlight on Spartanburg Women” event d. “Femonomics” Documentary proposal e. Copy of SHJ article, 5/31/1981 f. Copy of SHJ...