Skip to main content

"Charleston, SC", 1945

 File — Box: 158, Folder: 38

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

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)