"Charleston, SC", 1944
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning Charleston, South Carolina, including the airport, health center, site for a black school on Harmon Field, that was taken over by the Army, the construction of a Tuberculosis Sanitarium after the war, tax exemptions for contributions to the Charleston County Development Fund, Roper Hospital, Ashley River Bridge, school districts, tug boats, relocation of the Charleston office of the Office of Defense Transportation, electrical elevator for city hall, housing, waterworks pump, recreation facilities, post office, retention of the Army Engineers office, Coca-Cola syrup allotment, American Legion building, Stark General Hospital, short-wave radio, deepening and widening of the river to the Navy Yard, mosquito control project, bus line, Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament, ordinance depot, food shortage, incinerator, and air transportation.
Dates
- Creation: 1944
Creator
- From the Collection: Maybank, Burnet R. (Burnet Rhett), 1899-1954 (Person)
Language of Material
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
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424
(843) 953-8016
(843) 953-6319 (Fax)