Ida Jane Dacus Collection - Accession 1658

This collection consists of letters and autographs Miss Ida Jane Dacus collected from famous authors and politicians. There are also photographs, deeds and land records, financial records, poems and sonnets, notices, memorabilia mostly from the 19th century. Most of these documents are related to South Carolina during the American Civil War and in particular to the Confederate States of America, however some are pre-Civil War. The deeds and land records all relate to property in Wake County, NC. Some of this material may have been on display in the museum that was in the Tillman Science Building which was razed in 1962, at which point hey may have been brought to the library and mixed with Ida Jane Dacus’ collection of Autographs and letters.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2651/thumbnail.jp

Cuba Postcard from Ida J. Dacus - Accession 1333 - M667 (721)

This collection consists of a postcard of the Capital Building in Havanna, Cuba from Ida Jane Dacus (Winthrop Librarian) to Shelton Phelps (The president of Winthrop) while she was in Cuba. The postcard is postmarked August 11, 1938.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2154/thumbnail.jp