Notebook and CD with audio WAV files, by Abigale Belcher (daughter of Ray Belcher), as part of the Girl Scout Gold Award Project. Interviews with nine senior residents of Greer, plus transcripts. Recorded August, 2006.
The catalogue of Greers High School contains some useful information about the school, but the most valuable component is the "Short Sketch of Greers, S.C." — the first written history of the town, written about 21 years after its incorporation. The author is not noted in this publication; however, this "Short Sketch" was later republished with the author identified as Miss Anna Greene, one of the three teachers at Greers High School that year.
The catalogue is dated by the school year, 1897-98; because it would have been distributed at the beginning the year, the Sketch of Greers was almost certainly written in 1897.
The collection also contains an original copy discovered after this reproduction.
Photograph of Greer Mill Village in the 1920/30s
Outhouses behind each home and the car barns can be seen
Notes on the Back: "Carol Belcher, who lived in the 3rd house from the right, was the 1st man from Greer to be killed in World War 2. If you notice there's an outhouse behind each of the mill houses and also located in the back are 3 sets of cow stalls. The mill owned these houses and they rented them for 25 cents a room that is if u had a 4-room house you paid $1 a week. Not bad huh?"
1956 Calendar from the Tire Exchange located on N. Main Street across from Mclesky Tood. Contains monthly calendar dates with Goodyear tire ads underneath each month, images of lakes and beaches across the United States, and instructions for common household emergencies.
