Megginson, W.J. (William James), 1943-2020
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Black Heritage in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0282
Abstract
The Black Heritage in the Upper Piedmont Project, under the direction of Dr. W.J Megginson in the early 1990s, documented the rich heritage of the local African American community through photographs, oral history interviews, and documentary research.
Dates:
1982, 1989-1990
Thomas Green Clemson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0002
Scope and Content Note
Thomas Green Clemson's papers reflect his intellectual interests in mining, geology, scientific agriculture and the promotion of education; his cultured back-ground as an artist, art collector, linguist and diplomat; and his personal life as a plantation owner, businessman, husband and father. A pocket journal, 1832-1837, is the first piece of Clemson's writing in this collection. Mr. Charles R. Clemson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, donated this brief journal and its typed transcription to...
Dates:
1786 - 2000; 1844 - 1888
Town of Calhoun, South Carolina Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0279
Abstract
W.J. Megginson conducted a series of interviews with 17 residents of Calhoun, SC in 1988 and 1989 as part of research for a lecture entitled Calhoun, South Carolina: the Founding of the Town, its Early Years, and Its Relationship to Clemson Agricultural College, 1890-1910. The interviews focus on everyday life in the small town that developed around an upcountry South Carolina train depot in the early 1890's and for over 50 years was known as Calhoun before...
Dates:
1988-1989
W. J. Megginson Research Material
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0397
Abstract
A small collection of research materials and black heritage celebration memorabilia.
Dates:
2001 - 2006
- Subject
- African Americans -- History. -- South Carolina -- Anderson County 2
- African Americans -- History. -- South Carolina -- Oconee County 2
- African Americans -- History. -- South Carolina -- Pickens County 2
- Audiocassettes. 2
- African American churches -- 19th century. -- Southern States 1
- African American churches -- 20th century. -- Southern States 1
- African Americans -- Education. -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Employment -- History. -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- History. -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- History. -- South Carolina -- Greenville County 1
- African Americans -- Interviews. -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Music. -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Religion. -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions. -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Social life and customs -- Southern States 1
- African-American studies -- South Carolina 1
- Anderson County (S.C.) -- Genealogy. 1
- Anderson County (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Calhoun (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Calhoun Gold Mine (Ga.) 1
- Cemeteries -- South Carolina -- Pickens County. 1
- Clemson (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Correspondence. 1
- Fort Hill Plantation (S.C.) 1
- Freedmen 1
- Greenville County (S.C) -- Genealogy. 1
- Historic buildings -- South Carolina -- Pickens County. 1
- Inscriptions -- South Carolina -- Pickens County. 1
- Oconee County (S.C) -- Genealogy. 1
- Oconee County (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Oral history. 1
- Pickens County (S.C) -- Genealogy. 1
- Pickens County (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Plantation life -- 19th century. -- South Carolina -- History 1
- Racially mixed people -- South Carolina. 1
- Railroads -- South Carolina. 1
- Slavery -- History -- 19th century. -- South Carolina 1
- Slaves -- Religious life -- History -- 19th century. -- Southern States 1
- Southern States -- Race relations. 1
- Spirituals (Songs) -- South Carolina. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Women -- Social conditions 1
- Work songs -- South Carolina. 1 ∧ less
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