The Patricia Royster FitzGerald Papers consists of various family genealogy research, newspaper clippings, photographs, writings, and manuscripts. The genealogy material consists of genealogical charts, biographical information, handwritten family stories and anecdotes, marriage records, birth records, death records, correspondence, research notes, photographs, and copies of articles written about the family related mostly to the Brothers Family, Baisieux family, and Vidal family. The rest of the collection consists of Pat FitzGerald (1937-2017) writings and manuscripts related to her time as a writer for the Rock Hill, SC based newspaper, The Herald predominately writing for the Travel and Lifestyle section, but also consists of her manuscripts and publications related to her private career as a writer, mostly related to her book titled, Tahitian Pearl – A Journey for my Mother published in 2014.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2633/thumbnail.jp
