"Charleston, SC", 1945
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning Charleston, South Carolina, including Charleston's waterworks, restoration of the Old Exchange Building, furnishing of liquefied petroleum gas to war housing projects, railway mail services, refrigerator warehouses, housing, claim of the V.P. Loftis Company concerning an airport bid, conversion of Elmore Martin Park into a park for black people, garbage disposal and fire protection, post-war plans for the Charleston Army Airbase, the Children's and Youth Recreational Program, school funds for North Charleston, removal of hospital ships from the Charleston "run," WCSC Radio Station, the restoration of Stoney Field, an application for two patrol sweepers, application for an additional tonnage of newsprint for the Charleston Evening Post, News and Courier, the Sanitary Drainage Commission, enlargement of the cigar factory, the Charleston Museum, highways, community chest, land declared to be surplus property, postal employees, Stark Hospital, construction of a health center, veteran's hospital, off-street parking, schools, and the ordinance depot.
Dates
- Creation: 1945
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)