SPC. Special Collections

Collection Overview

The Phaethornis philippi is depicted on a plate numbered 21 in John Gould's A monograph of the Trochilidae, or, family of humming-birds. London: published by the author, 1861. This colored lithograph was drawn by H.C. Richter from Gould's sketches and printed by Hullmandel & Walter. Also included with the plate is the page which describes this South American hummingbird.

Collection Overview Collection contains 8 scrapbooks from different time periods in Stern's life: (1) 1927-1934: While at Columbia Grammar School in New York City. (2) 1950-1953: Officer in Charge of the Norfolk Fuel Supply Depot (1950-1952) and while serving at Pearl Harbor (1953). (3) 1959-1962: Presentation album entitled "Captain Theodore S. Stern, ESO, 1959-1962" documenting his work as Operations Officer of the Electronics Supply Office, Great Lakes. (4) 1965-1967: Commander of the Naval Supply Center,...

Collection Overview Eight page gathering entitled "Copies of letters, &c." contains handwritten copies of the business letters of Edward P. Simons of Keating Simons & Sons. The first six letters (23 June 1821) inform individuals that they will sustain no injury from the theft of the bonds and notes of Bourdieu, Chollet & Bourdieu that were stolen from the Counting House of Keating Simons & Sons. The first letter is to Captain Donald Rowe concerning his agreement to purchase land on Edisto...

Collection Overview The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The materials were stored in the library's "vertical file" for reference material on "far right" political groups. It includes numerous documents published by the National Socialist White People's Party. It also includes correspondence between an unidentified member of the library staff concerning a subscription to the organization's...

Abstract The collection consists of biographical materials, watercolors, etchings, color prints, photographs, and correspondence of Edward von Siebold Dingle, artist and ornithologist. The majority of the collection consists of Dingle's watercolor paintings of seabirds, shorebirds, wading birds, warblers, sparrows, thrushes, and other bird species on board and paper as well as landscapes and wild flower studies. Also included are letters to Dingle from his wife and mother, and assorted photographs of...

Collection Overview This collection consists of 5 documents related to the Southern Committee to Free All Political Prisoners. The first document is dated December 1973 and contains a description of cases and events used to build support for the Southern Committee to Free All Political Prisoners; the second sheet contains a petition to free Thomas Wansley. The second document, entitled "People's petition demanding justice for the Attica indictees," contains a list of grievances against Attica Prison; on the...

Collection Overview The collection consists of handmade paper samples from the 7 papermakers participating in the "Papermaking Invitational" exhibition. This exhibition was on view at the Gibbes Art Gallery from January 17 to March 4, 1984 and later appeared at the Robert Scott Small Library, College of Charleston in honor of Juliette Staats. The seven artists include Marchelle Pachnowski, Lilian Bell, Olive Meador Smith, Coco Gordon, Nancy Albertson, Sheril Cunning, and Ande Lau Chen. The collection also...

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Collection contains histories, scrapbooks, programs, copies of the Footnotes newsletter, scripts, photographs, posters, costume and set design sketches by Emmett Robinson, and other ephemera relating to the Footlight Players of Charleston, South Carolina.

Abstract Collection consists of the papers of Emmett E. Robinson, managing director of the Footlight Players Theatre from 1935 to 1977 and professor of fine arts and theatre at the College of Charleston from 1942 to 1982. Papers include assorted biographical materials, writings on community theatre, play and television scripts, and exhibit designs. Also included are materials relating to Footlight Players Theatre, Dock Street Theatre, Mohawk Drama Festival, and Dramatic Society of the College of...

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The collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, printed playbills, and writings. The writings consist of plays, poems, copywriting for the local radio station WTMA, guest columns for "The News and Courier", typed and handwritten manuscripts, music and other writings from friends.