SPC. Special Collections

Collection Overview

The collection consists of five newspaper clippings of letters to the editor of the Charleston Standard. The letters were written in 1856 and were in response to a series of lectures by Orestes Augustus Brownson. They attack the "Catholicity" of Brownson's theology. Each is signed "Protestantism."

Collection Overview

The collection consists of a single clipping from an unidentified newspaper. The article is titled "The Secret Conspiracy -- Order of "Know Nothings." It is dated February 4, 1854, and originally appeared in the Freeman's Journal. It discusses the Know Nothings and reprints the party's preamble and constitution.

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 numerous clippings and pamphlets concerning the "Greensboro Incident" of 1979. The materials describe the murder of 5 members of the Communist Workers Party by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National Socialist Party of America. Most of the materials were published by the Communist Workers Party.

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 numerous newspaper clippings concerning the Ku Klux Klan and some documents published by the Klan.

Collection Overview This collection consists of two typed reports, a map and newspaper clippings about the two tornadoes which hit Charleston, S.C. on the morning of September 29, 1938. The first report by John E. Lockwood (meteorologist U.S. Weather Bureau) gives a description of the tornadoes paths, building damage, numbers killed by tornadoes and the value of property damage. The second report follows up with eyewitness accounts from Mr. W.A. Brunson, Mr. R.C. Alderedge (Weather Bureau Office), Mr. J.F. Fox,...

Collection Overview

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from an unidentified publication concerning World War I. No information regarding the ownership of the scrapbook, or the dates it covers is available.

Abstract

Assorted materials including publisher files, office files, author correspondence files, publishing and production files, layout and design materials, and other records of the Charleston, South Carolina-based publisher Wyrick and Company Publishers.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of two newspaper clippings concerning correspondence from Alexander V. Humboldt. One of the clippings contains the full text of a letter from Humboldt to George Ticknor. It is dated July 10, 1858. The second clipping discusses Humboldt's correspondence. It is dated June 20, 1860.

Collection Overview

The scrapbook contains clippings from an unknown newspaper. Each of the articles was written by Hastings concerning the activities of the WAC in Asia. Most of the articles in the scrapbook are about the rescue of a WAC unit on New Guinea. All of the clippings are dated 1945.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of clippings from newspapers and other publications regarding Lindbergh's non-stop flight across the Atlantic in the airplane the Spirit of St. Louis.