SPC. Special Collections

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Volume contains receipts for annuity payments to servants made by James R. or Robert S. Rutledge, executors for the estate of Mrs. Julia Rose. The receipts are witnessed by Maria Rutledge and other members of the Rutledge family. Loose receipts include a receipt of payment (1888) for advertising the sale of Poplar Grove Plantation.

Collection Overview The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It includes three publications produced by the staff of the "Independent American." It was a conservative newsletter published in Louisiana from 1955 until 1971 by "Free Men Speak, Inc." After 1971, it was published in Littleton, Colorado. The file includes a special issue of the newsletter from 1968 titled "Special Emergency Mailing Regarding Riots," and...

Collection Overview The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It contains six issues of "The Southern Libertarian Messenger". It was a Libertarian Party newsletter published in Florence, South Carolina beginning in 1972 by Quality Education, Inc. and John Harllee. The file includes the January 1981, February 1981, March 1981, April 1981, August 1983, and September 1983 issues. The issues feature political opinions...

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The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It includes numerous newspaper clippings concerning the Ku Klux Klan and some documents published by the Klan.

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The collection consists of three letters written by Simms to the Chrestomathic Society of the College of Charleston. The first letter, written on May 28, 1854, is a thank you note to the members of the society. The second letter (July 12, 1854) informs the society that Simms intended to forward several photographs of himself for its "literary chamber." The final letter, dated March 14, 1835, denies the organization permission to publish an oration delivered by Simms in Charleston.

Collection Overview Typescript list of record books (1700-1936) kept at the County Clerk's office [Clerk of Court], Charleston (S.C.). Record books include calendars, common pleas journals, decrees, dockets, dower books, file books, guardian accounts, judgment books, minute books, miscellaneous items, account books, army and navy records, bond books, cash books, ledgers, Charleston Board of Trade records, County Dispensary records, report books, and numerous other record books. The list contains the name of...

Collection Overview The collection consists of the handwritten text of two speeches delivered by Smyth at the College of Charleston. The first speech is titled "Public Opinion," and was given at the college on March 6th, 1857. In it, Smyth describes the power of public opinion to shape the actions of governments. The second speech is Smyth's valedictorian address. The works were donated to the College of Charleston by William H. Cross, a graduate of the college in 1925. The papers also include a letter from...

Collection Overview Commonplace book and loose papers contain original [?] and copied literary passages. The entries are in several different handwritings and include poems, essays, quotations, letters, and excerpts from sermons. Many poems have a pastoral or religious theme, while other passages concern mourning and consolation, illness, conjugal love, friendship, and moral character and conduct. Authors named include Langhorn, Dr. Watts, Matthew Prior, Tickell, Le Fevre, and Stern. Two poems are dedicated to...

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The document is a typescript list of records at the United States Customs House in Charleston, S.C. The list consists of records that were stored on the "north side of the basement." The list contains the title and date of each record.

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A typescipt index to the News and Courier from January of 1931 to March of 1937. The index was copied from index cards at the Charleston Free Library. Information relative to South Carolina is indexed. The project was part of the WPA Statewide Historical Project No. 165-33-7999, 7142-2051, which was sponsored by the College of Charleston. The index was copied from index cards kept at the "Charleston Free Library" in 1937.