Skip to main content

"Columbia, SC", 1942

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 33-35

Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning Columbia, South Carolina, including the wiring of a recreation building, construction of a de-tinning plant, school lunch equipment, Columbia State Hospital, Olympia School District, storage space in Columbia, a casualty hospital, Pontiac Detention Home for the quarantine and rehabilitation of venereal infected women, air service on the Eastern Seaboard, Rosewood School, the Health Department, garbage trucks, the Red Cross, municipal improvements, the fire station, a tire recovery warehouse, the Soil Conservation Office, penitentiary, bus transportation, rents in defense areas, Brookland-Cayce Schools, the dedication of the United Service Organization (USO) building, air transportation between Columbia and Charlotte, the University of South Carolina's Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and film library, an aircraft plant, Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, civilian defense, a bomb manufacturing plant, the water plant, radio, the Palmetto Aviation Mechanics School, and defense housing.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942

Creator

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 241.8 linear feet (149 document boxes, 136 cartons, 8 slim document boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 oversize scrapbook)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424
(843) 953-8016
(843) 953-6319 (Fax)