Sandor Teszler Library

Harry L. Harvin Papers

Harvin, Harry L.
Scrapbooks, 1940-45
Manuscript, 2005
Ephemera
MSS Harvin
.3 cubic feet, in one box

Biographical Note:  Harry L. Harvin was born in Sumter, South Carolina in 1923.  His father was a Wofford graduate of the class of 1920 and his mother a Columbia College graduate.  He came to Wofford from Manning, South Carolina, graduated from Wofford in 1943, and later taught at the college in the 1950s.  He maintained a scrapbook of materials focusing on his freshman year, and in another scrapbook, he included materials relating to his senior year and military service.  A manuscript of his memoirs also makes up part of the collection.  He died on March 5, 2009 in Durham, NC. 

Access note: unrestricted

Summary note: The scrapbooks contain booklets, programs, ephemera, letters, receipts, photographs, and other items from Harry Harvin’s student days at Wofford College.  The 232-page manuscript “One Man’s War: My Memories of World War II” is also part of the collection. 

Citation:  Cite as: Harry L. Harvin Papers, Archives, Sandor Teszler Library, Wofford College

Location:  Archives, Sandor Teszler Library, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC 29303

Administrative notes:  Donated by Mary McDonald, daughter of Harry Harvin, on November 10, 2010.  Described on July 11, 2011 by Michael Roulhac and Phillip Stone.  Additional materials described December 11, 2013 by Phillip Stone/ 

Finding Aid:  Calendar

Typescript copy of “One Man’s War: My Memories of World War II” with foreword and explanatory notes. 

Scrapbook 1

Page Item type Description
1 Pamphlet, 12p Wofford College information booklet
1 Memo Wofford College expenses
1 Memo 1940-41 session announcement
2 Program
3 Booklet, 50p Terrier Guide, 1940-41
4 Class Schedule Simple Version
4 Class Schedule Expanded Version
5 Receipt Military Science Receipt
5 Receipt Receipt from the College Treasury
5 Deposit Slip From Clarendon Bank
5 Deposit Slip From Clarendon Bank
6 Ephemera Wofford Songs and Yells
7 Ephemera Combination to Chemistry Lab Desk
7 Ephemera Notes taken on first day of lab
7 Invitation Invitation to Kappa Sigma Dance
8 Essay, 3p The Need for Modernizing Our Constitution
8 Booklet, 20p Constitution and By-Laws
9 Ephemera Wofford Sticker
9 Stationary Envelope
9 Stationary Letterhead
10 Program STA Banquet
10 Ticket STA Banquet
10 Program SCA Banquet
10 Ticket SCA Banquet
11 Letter Bid to Sigma Tau Alpha
11 Envelope From Sigma Tau Alpha
12 Ephemera Date number from Limestone Freshmen Reception
12 Note Note from infirmary
12 Note Excuse from head nurese at infirmary
13 Envelope Letter from President Snyder
13 Envelope Letter from President Snyder and History of Wofford Pamphlet, 12p
13 Envelope Letter from President Snyder
14 Envelope Letter from President Snyder about Admission, Note from Harvin, and Application for Admission
14 Envelope Letter about housing from Acting Secretary for President Synder
14 Envelope Letter about first day of classes and reexamination schedule for President Snyder
15 Program Wofford Glee Club
15 Poem
15 Ephemera Safety Pin
16 Letter Letter to Father
16 Letter Letter to "Punch" and Mamie
16 Bill Bill for Bohemian
16 Receipt Receipt for Bohemian
17 Program "The Gondoliers"
17 Ticket From "The Gondoliers"
17 Checkbook
17 Checkbook
18 Ephemera Class Day Exercises from 1943

Scrapbook 2

  1. Photograph of Carlisle Hall

  2. Photograph, 1942

  3. Photograph, 1943

  4. Letter from C. C. Norton, 1943

  5. Old Gold and Black articles, 1943

  6. Letter from W. C. Herbert, secretary, Phi Beta Kappa, 1943

  7. First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, bulletin

  8. Bethel Methodist Church, Spartanburg, bulletin

  9. Wofford 1943 Commencement Program

  10. Newspaper clipping relating to Harvin’s Wofford graduation

  11. Trinity Methodist Church, Spartanburg, bulletin

  12. First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, bulletin

  13. Letter from Camp Wheeler, GA

  14. Letter

  15. Wofford News Letters, 4 pages

  16. Letter, 1945

  17. Wofford Memorial Service program

Ephemera:  One Wofford t-shirt, One Wofford necktie, one Wofford College ROTC patch, and one athletic letter.