SPC. Special Collections
Found in 326 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret Hastings scrapbook
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.
"Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike" rough draft (photocopy)
Carolina Geological Society fifth annual meeting itinerary
The collection consists of the itinerary from the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Carolina Geological Society. The meeting was held in Charleston, S.C., at the Citadel on October 19th-20th, 1940.
John Birch Society records
The collection consists of three pamphlets and two newsletters published by or for the John Birch Society. The pamphlets are each dated between 1964 and 1965. The documents highlight the society's belief in anti-communism. One pamphlet discusses a meeting of the John Birch Society in Charleston, S.C., on January 21, 1965.
"Francis Simmons Holmes, First Curator of the Museum of the College of Charleston" biographical sketch, 1907 January (photocopy)
A photocopy of a biographical sketch of Francis Simmons Holmes written by his daughter Mrs. George F. Von Kolnitz in January 1907. Francis S. Holmes, a native of Charleston, became an invertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Charleston Museum.
Exchange Club of Charleston (S.C.) records
The collection consists of the minutes of the Board of Directors (1971-1972), the Treasurer's report (1972), and the Exchange Club budget report (1972-1973). The papers include a letter to prospective exhibitors for the 1972 Coastal Carolina Fair and correspondence from prospective participants in a photography contest held at the fair. Several pamphlets describing club functions, programs, and community service are also included in the records.
Edwin Gairdner papers
The collection consists of a single certificate. The document gives Edwin Gairdner the authority to "administer the goods, rights and credits" of all properties of Henry Charles Manly, a merchant who had died in Charleston in 1799.
Anne Sinkler Fishburne papers
This collection consists of one black and white photograph of Anne Sinkler Fishburne and a typed letter to her cousin Jack dated January 19, 1949. The letter discusses the pleasant comments that she has received about her book "Belvidere: a plantation memory", the mild winter and her reading of Mary Boykin Chesnut's "A diary from Dixie". Both the photograph and the letter were found inside the book "Belvidere : a plantation memory".
Charleston Harbour map
College of Charleston Library vertical file on civil rights
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 documents published by state, federal, and private sources concerning "civil rights" in the United States.