Robert Harris Papers - Accession 1168

Robert “Bob” Harris (1926-1998), of Lancaster, South Carolina, spent decades researching the genealogical history of the Harris family, dating back to Essex, England in the 1500s, and various branches thereof. The collection includes extensive notes, family trees, correspondence, and photocopies of original documents, such as wills and deeds, from the 1700s and 1800s. Mr. Harris, along with distant relatives and various correspondents from around the country, searched government records, archives, church records, newspapers and a variety of other sources to compile a significant collection of data pertaining to the history of various lines of Harris descendants. There are many family names mentioned in the collection, some only briefly and others more extensively. The following family names are of the primary names included (for a full listing see Appendix I): Bailes; Barham; Bratton; Brickhouse; Colthorp; Cureton; Elliott; Fullwood; Gordon; Hagins; Hall; Harris/Herries/Heriz; Heath; Hawkins; Hood; Kirk; Mehaffey; Miller; Moore; Mulkey; Ormond; Parker; Pennington; Pettus; Polk; Potts; Womack, Wren/Wrenn; Yarborough;https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2513/thumbnail.jp

Preventing disease through opportunistic, rapid engagement by primary care teams using behaviour change counselling (PRE-EMPT): protocol for a general practice-based cluster randomised trial

BACKGROUND: Smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, lack of exercise and an unhealthy diet are the key modifiable factors contributing to premature morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Brief interventions in health care consultations can be effective in changing single health behaviours. General Practice holds considerable potential for primary prevention through modifying patients' multiple risk behaviours, but feasible, acceptable and effective interventions are poorly developed, and uptake by practitioners is low. Through a process of theoretical development, modeling and exploratory trials, we have developed an intervention called Behaviour Change Counselling (BCC) derived from Motivational Interviewing (MI). This paper describes the protocol for an evaluation of a training intervention (the Talking Lifestyles Programme) which will enable practitioners to routinely use BCC during consultations for the above four risk behaviours. METHODS/DESIGN: This cluster randomised controlled efficacy trial (RCT) will evaluate the outcomes and costs of this training intervention for General Practitioners (GPs) and nurses. Training methods will include: a practice-based seminar, online self-directed learning, and reflecting on video recorded and simulated consultations. The intervention will be evaluated in 29 practices in Wales, UK; two clinicians will take part (one GP and one nurse) from each practice. In intervention practices both clinicians will receive training. The aim is to recruit 2000 patients into the study with an expected 30% drop out. The primary outcome will be the proportion of patients making changes in one or more of the four behaviours at three months. Results will be compared for patients seeing clinicians trained in BCC with patients seeing non-BCC trained clinicians. Economic and process evaluations will also be conducted. DISCUSSION: Opportunistic engagement by health professionals potentially represents a cost effective medical intervention. This study integrates an existing, innovative intervention method with an innovative training model to enable clinicians to routinely use BCC, providing them with new tools to encourage and support people to make healthier choices. This trial will evaluate effectiveness in primary care and determine costs of the intervention

Brief History of The Hood Family - Accession 715 #30

Brief History of the Hood Family of Upper South Carolina by Dr. William Andrew Hood of Hickory Grove, South Carolina chronicles the Hood family of Lancaster, York, and Chester Counties of South Carolina from the 1700s to 1934. Other family names include Feemster, Mullinax, Plexico, and Shillinglaw among others. In additions to genealogical information the book contains biographical information, and family stories.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2420/thumbnail.jp

Stokes Family Bibles - Accession 1169

This collection includes two family bibles of the Stokes Family. The first was owned by Williams (1788-1850) & Ann Risher Stokes (1790-1860) is titled, The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments: Together With The Apocrypha: Translated Out Of The Original Tongues, And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised With Canne’s Marginal Notes And References To Which Are Added An Index; An Alphabetical Table Of All The Names In The Old and New Testaments, With Their Significations, Tables Of Scripture Weights, Measures, And Coins, &c. Published by Summer and Goodman in Hartford in 1845. The second was started by their son William (1833-1905) and his wife Eliza Jane Boulware Stokes (1837-1916) of Branchville, SC and Early Branch, SC and was titled, Holman’s Edition. The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of The original Tongues, And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised; With The Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms. The Text Conformance To The Oxford And The American Bible Society’s Standard Editions published in 1872 by A. J. Holman & Co., No. 930 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. The 1872 Bible contains names of births, deaths, and marriages of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren from 1833-1967. There is also a 1902 Boulware Family tree (Eliza was a Boulware) starting from Muscoe William Boulware (1758-1825) and Nancy Pickett Boulware (1762-1836). Included in the collection are various papers found between the pages of the bibles. Family Names included in the genealogical entries in the Bibles are: Stokes; Gillespie; Cunningham; Teague; Hood; Epting; Boozer; Holroyd; Boulware; Note: The William and Eliza Jane Stokes Collection, Acc. 760 M355 (406) contains photographs and photocopies of all the pages containing genealogical entries.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2514/thumbnail.jp