WINSHIP, CHARLES T. (CHARLES THIOT), Charles T. Winship papers,

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1 WINSHIP, CHARLES T. (CHARLES THIOT), Charles T. Winship papers, Emory University Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Atlanta, GA Descriptive Summary Creator: Winship, Charles T. (Charles Thiot), Title: Charles T. Winship papers, Call Number: Manuscript Collection No. 648 Extent: 2 linear ft. (2 boxes) Abstract: Papers of Emory alumnus and Atlanta businessman Charles Thiot Winship, including his personal files and travel diaries. Language: Materials entirely in English. Administrative Information Restrictions on Access Unrestricted access. Terms Governing Use and Reproduction All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction. Source Gift, November 1987 Citation [after identification of item(s)], Charles T. Winship papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. Processing Processed by Virginia J.H. Cain, December Collection Description Biographical Note Charles Thiot Winship ( ), Emory alumnus and Atlanta businessman, was the son of George and Elizabeth Thiot Winship. Winship attended Tech High in Atlanta and graduated Emory Libraries provides copies of its finding aids for use only in research and private study. Copies supplied may not be copied for others or otherwise distributed without prior consent of the holding repository.

2 from Emory College in At Emory, he was a member of the debating team and of Chi Phi fraternity. After graduation, Winship practiced law, and then served as general counsel, vice-president, president, and chairman of the board for Fulton Supply Company. Winship was elected to the Emory University Board of Trustees in 1962, serving as its secretary ( ) and as a member of its Executive Committee, Buildings and Grounds Committee, and Real Estate Committee. He was also active in the Alumni Association, the MERIT Funds Campaign, and the Friends of the Emory University Library, and was a long-time friend of and advocate for Emory University's libraries. The Winship family was responsible for the construction of the first dormitory on the Atlanta campus, Winship Hall, which was razed in 1985, but whose name lives on in the Winship Ballroom in the Dobbs University Center. Mr. Winship died in Atlanta May 16, 1987 at the age of eighty-three. Scope and Content Note The collection consists of the papers of Charles T. Winship from The papers include files relating to Emory University and a number of travel diaries. The majority of the files pertain to Winship's long association with Emory University, including correspondence and committee files and minutes. Among the individuals represented in these files are Emory President Sanford S. Atwood, Board of Trustees Chairman Henry L. Bowden, Director of Libraries Guy Redvers Lyle, Dean of Alumni Henry Prentice Miller, and Emory administrator Robert F. Whitaker. Winship's copies of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee have been separated as the record copies of these minutes constitute a separate record series in the Emory Archives and are closed for research use without special permission. At the end of the collection are filed four travel diaries apparently kept by Charles Winship's father, George Winship. Of particular note is the 1928 diary that describes in detail a voyage from New York to Cuba, through the Panama Canal, and to the West Coast and Hawaii. Arrangement Note Arranged by record type. 2

3 Container List Charles T. Winship Emory University: Board of Trustees Box Folder Content 1 1 Trustees, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Trustees, 1967, 1968, Trustees, , Secretary 1 6 Personal-Emory Pooled Income Fund 1 7 Nominating Committee, Buildings and Grounds Committee, Buildings and Grounds Committee, Buildings and Grounds, Buildings and Grounds Committee, Buildings and Grounds Committee, 1973, Buildings and Grounds 1 14 Campus plans, Real Estate Committee, Real Estate Committee, Real Estate Committee, 1972 Emory University Library 1 18 Library, Library, Library, Library, Faculty-Trustee Library Committee 1 23 Library Buildings: Godwin and Beckett 1 24 Woodruff Library Dedication 1 25 Woodruff Library, Dr. Guy R. Lyle [Director of Libraries], Lyle letters from Puerto Rico Friends of the Library, Friends of the Library, Friends of the Library, 1972, Friends of the Library,

4 Emory University: Board of Visitors 2 5 Board of Visitors, Board of Visitors Emory University: Alumni Association 2 7 Mr. Winship - Current Alumni awards 2 9 Committee on Alumni Awards, The Lamplighters Society, Emory Club - Atlanta Area 2 12 Emory Reunion. Class of Prentice Miller Appreciation Committee Emory University: MERIT Funds Campaign 2 14 MERIT correspondence 2 15 AMB [Alumni Memorial Building] renovation Emory University: Self-Study Physical Plant Committee Emory University: Correspondence 2 17 Correspondence, Correspondence, Correspondence, Correspondence, Emory University: General Files Miscellaneous Miscellaneous, Emory University 2 25 Permanent file - Miscellaneous 2 26 Important - Miscellaneous Family Papers: George Winship Travel Diaries Items : Cuba, Panama Canal, California. Hawaii : San Francisco and 1934: Asheville, North Carolina 2 undated: Europe 4

5 2 undated: Contains names and addresses, snapshots on shipboard and at Great Wall of China 5