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Title |
Samuel M. Bagwell Papers; Glendale School records; Forest Home Grange records |
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Reference Code (ID/Accession #) |
RG 1802 |
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Name and Location of Repository |
Special Collections, Sandor Teszler Library, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC |
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Dates of creation |
1874 - 1916 |
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Extent |
2 archival ledger boxes, each 39cm x 26cm x 8cm; .5 linear feet; 9 bound volumes |
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Creator(s) |
Samuel M. Bagwell, Samuel R. Bagwell, Getrude Bagwell, Lucile Bagwell, Forest Home Grange, Glendale School |
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Administrative/Biographical History |
Samuel M. Bagwell was born in Spartanburg County, in or around Glendale, on May 27, 1853. He graduated from Wofford College in 1876 and subsequently taught at Spartanburg County schools. He was a member and sometimes secretary of the Forest Home Grange, and a member and sometimes clerk of Cedar Spring Baptist church. Bagwell was also a local businessman, working as a plumber, gas fitter, and dealer in plumbing goods. He died in New York in 1942, aged 89 years. At one time, he was Spartanburg County clerk. Samuel M. Bagwell was married to Lula A. Bagwell, and they had three children: Samuel Reynolds Bagwell, Gertrude Bagwell, and Lucile Bagwell. Source: Daily Herald, Spartanburg, S.C., July 22, 1942. |
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Scope and Content |
Two business ledgers (bound volumes) of Samuel M. Bagwell from 1911-1916 include information on accounts and transactions, apparently from the operation of a plumbing business, and include the year, date, name of client, and amount of transaction. Some loose records and ephemera are interleaved. A register book (bound volume) from 1888-1894 for Glendale School contains monthly attendance records for pupils and monthly reports of the school, with Samuel M. Bagwell signing as principal teacher. Two minute books (bound volumes) from 1874 - 1878 and 1881 - 1886 contain minutes of meetings of Forest Home Grange, a local unit of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, a social, education, and political organization for farmers and agrarian interests. Loose records and ephemera ae interleaved, including, in the 1874 - 1878 book, an application for membership by S.M. Bagwell. The second minute book, 1881–1886, indicates that S.M. Bagwell acted as secretary of the unit from at least 1881 until at least 1886. Four student notebooks or composition books (bound volumes) contain various calculations and compositions, created by at least two of Samuel M. Bagwell’s three children. One notebook by an unknown creator describes exercises in chemistry. Another, jointly owned by Lucile and Gertrude Bagwell according to the ownership signature, contains notes notes on musical harmony. A notebook owned by Gertrude Bagwell contains notes and essays in German, from her time at Converse College. Another notebook with no apparent creator contains arithmetic problems. |
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System of Arrangement |
Series 1: Business records of Samuel M. Bagwell, 1911- 1916. |
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Conditions Governing Access |
Researchers will comply with Archives and Special Collections Use and Handling Guidelines. |
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Physical Access |
Appointments preferred. Contact Special Collections Librarian. No restrictions. |
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Technical Access |
Content is not available in digital format. |
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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use |
Photography and copies allowed. |
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Language(s) and Scripts of the Material |
English |
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Custodial History |
Two items are inscribed: “Given to Wofford Library by Miss Gertrude Bagwell.” |
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Immediate Source of Acquisition |
Gertrude Bagwell |