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"Sherman's Raid Through Camden, South Carolina" typescript

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Identifier: Mss 0034-019
Collection Overview

The collection consists of an essay read by Davis before the Richard Kirkland Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Camden, South Carolina in June of 1906. The work is titled Sherman's Raid Through Camden, South Carolina. In the essay, Davis discussed her memories and experiences during the war.

Dates: 1906 June
Found in: Special Collections

Albert Simons papers

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Identifier: Mss 0044
Collection Overview Papers consist of Simons' writings, correspondence, sketchbooks, clippings, prints, and miscellaneous items.Simons' writings include lecture notes (many on index cards) and essays on subjects such as church architecture, French history, Robert Mills, the architecture of Charleston (S.C.), Greek temples, and Sir Christopher Wren.Letters (1908-1977) are mostly Simons' personal and professional correspondence with various individuals, family members, and organizations,...
Dates: 1908-1977
Found in: Special Collections

Small-Whaley family papers

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Identifier: Mss 0035
Collection Overview Collection contains papers of Robert Scott Small (1915-2007) and his father Robert Scott Small (1891-1931), and genealogical material, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and miscellaneous items concerning the Small and Whaley families. Papers (1937-1994) of Robert Scott Small (1915-2007) consist of his correspondence, transcriptions of his speeches, awards, resolutions, honors, scrapbooks of clippings concerning the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston (Charleston,...
Dates: 1796-1994
Found in: Special Collections

South Carolina Association of Colleges records

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Identifier: Mss 0080
Collection Overview Two bound volumes (primarily mimeographs, last sheets are loose) containing minutes, correspondence, agenda, financial reports, the names of members (individuals and organizations), reports, and related materials to the South Carolina Association of Colleges. Topics discussed at meetings in volume 1 (1945 Feb. 9-1954 April 23) which contains a brief summary about the early years of the Association and volume 2 (1955 May 6-1965 Oct. 29) include the enrichment of curriculas in high school and...
Dates: 1945-1965
Found in: Special Collections

South Carolina Court of Common Pleas records

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Identifier: Mss 0034-073
Collection Overview Judgments of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas levied against debtors (their goods, chattles, lands, and other hereditaments and real estate) for the recovery of moneys owed. Cases include: Ebenezer Simmons, Benjamin Smith, and James Nott versus Nathanael Snow of St. James Goose Creek (1748 Jan. 3); James Reid versus Henry Varnor, a Christ Church Parish planter (1748 Oct. 1); John McCall versus William Brown (1748 July 5); Maurice Harvey and Robert Philip, Charles Town [Charleston]...
Dates: 1748-1812
Found in: Special Collections

South Carolina Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign records

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Identifier: Mss 0034-074
Collection Overview

This collection consists of campaign statement from the organization, a pamphlet and a donation form. The statement of campaign goals is written by Kenneth C. Leskawa. The pamphlet details several arms reduction proposals.

Dates: 1982
Found in: Special Collections

South Carolina Rosenwald Schools collection

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Identifier: AMN 1152
Abstract The Rosenwald Schools Initiative was founded by Tuskegee Institute founder, Booker T. Washington and Sears and Roebuck Co. president, Julius Rosenwald in 1912. Washington saw the need to build schools for African Americans, particularly in rural areas across the South and Rosenwald was looking for a charitable opportunity to support and expressed interest in the plight of the Black community. Although Washington passed away in late 1915, the Rosenwald Fund went on to support the creation of...
Dates: 1912-2005, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

South-Carolina Society records

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Identifier: Mss 0047
Collection Overview

South-Carolina Society records consist of typewritten, annotated transcriptions of minutes compiled as a W.P.A. project from 1935 to 1937. Minutes of meetings (1827; 1865-1888) concern applications for membership, the establishment of a female academy, revision of society rules, financial matters, assistance to persons who have applied to the Society for relief, and other organizational business.

Dates: 1827-1937
Found in: Special Collections

State of South Carolina bond certificate

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Identifier: Mss 0034-130
Collection Overview

This $100 bond (No. 1112) was issued by the state of South Carolina in Charleston on 1 January 1861 and redeemable in two years at six percent interest. It was printed by Evans & Cogswell of Charleston and signed by William J. Laval, state treasurer, and Thomas J. Pickens, comptroller general.

Dates: 1861 January 1
Found in: Special Collections

Nathaniel W. Stephenson family papers

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Identifier: Mss 0050
Collection Overview Papers consist of Nathaniel Wright Stephenson's writings, correspondence (with Lancelot Minor Harris, among others), lecture notes, diaries, artwork, and miscellaneous items; correspondence (1888-1920) of Martha Stephenson; business records and correspondence (1845-1895) of Reuben [Henry] Stephenson; a Wright family genealogy; correspondence of various Stephenson family members and acquaintances; diaries and journals of Wright and Stephenson family members; a book of sermons (n.d.);...
Dates: 1833-1933
Found in: Special Collections

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correspondence 27
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clippings (information artifacts) 21
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 20
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Charleston (S.C.) -- History 9
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 8
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina 8
genealogies (histories) 8
lists (document genres) 8
scrapbooks 8
South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 7
letters (correspondence) 7
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financial records 6
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South Carolina -- Genealogy 5
South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
South Carolina -- Social life and customs 5
manuscripts for publication 5
photocopies 5
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 4
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 4
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South Carolina -- History -- 19th century -- Miscellanea 4
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 4
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Charleston (S.C.) 3
Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886 3
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Political action committees -- South Carolina 3
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Avery Normal Institute 10
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
College of Charleston 8
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 4
Avery Research Center 3
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 3
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 3
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 3
Blamyer family 2
Blamyre family 2
Blaymer, Frances Pogson, 1783-1869 2
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Carawan, Guy 2
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 2
College of Charleston. Library 2
Confederate Home and College (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 2
Hampton Institute 2
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 2
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 2
Holmes, F. S. (Francis Simmons), 1815-1882 2
Huger family 2
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 2
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 2
Medical University of South Carolina 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825 2
Pogson family 2
Pogson, Milward, 1766-1836 2
Porch family 2
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 2
Rutledge family 2
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 2
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 2
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
United States Commission on Civil Rights. South Carolina Advisory Committee 2
United States. Congress. House 2
Waring, Elizabeth 2
Wilson, John T., 1910-1994 2
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
Aiken, William Martin, 1855-1908 1
Alexander, Camille D. 1
Allen University 1
Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889 1
Allston, Benjamin George, 1797-1852 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alston family 1
American Rose Society 1
American Textile Manufacturers Institute 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Andell, Charles John, 1837-1876 1
Andell, William, 1845-1932 1
Auld, Isaac, 1770-1826 1
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Board of Directors 1
Bachman, John, 1790-1874 1
Bacot family 1
Bacot, Barnwell Rhett, 1891-1912 1
Bacot, D. Huger, 1888-1974 1
Bacot, Daniel Huger, 1847-1920 1
Bacot, Josephine Rhett, 1859-1932 1
Bacot, Walter Rhett, 1899-1978 1
Bank of the United States (1791-1811) 1
Bank of the United States (1816-1836) 1
Baptist Hill High School 1
Barksdale, Thomas 1
Barn, Isaac, -approximately 1784 1
Bear, Elizabeth M. 1
Bell family 1
Bell, Hiram Lewis 1
Bell, James A. (James Augustus) 1
Bell, Louise Purvis 1
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Bible Society of Charleston 1
Birnbaum, Jean 1
Birnbaum, Paul 1
Black Lives Matter Charleston (2014-2018) (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Blacks United for Action 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Blanding, A. (Abraham), 1776-1839 1
Boddie, William Willis, 1879-1940 1
Bonds, J. R. (James Roosevelt), 1904-1992 1
Bonds, Lacy, 1910-1973 1
Bossange, Edward 1
Bourdieu, Chollet & Bourdieu (London, England) 1
Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978 1
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local No. 1 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Briggs, Harry, -1986 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown, Arthur Felder, Jr. 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, Miriam M., 1901-2002 1
Buchanan, Wood & Co. (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Byrd, George A. 1
Byrd, Pierrine Smith, 1899-1994 1
Callen, Maude E., 1898-1990 1
Camp Baker (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Camp Juniper (Cheraw, S.C.) 1
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