Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bacot family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0003
Collection Overview
Papers of Josephine Bacot contain correspondence with family and friends including letters (one describes the Charleston earthquake of 1886) from Daniel Huger Bacot (1847-1920), Daniel Huger Bacot (b. 1888), and Walter Rhett Bacot. Letters (1888-1904) from her father Robert Barnwell Rhett at Huntsville, Alabama, concern family matters.
Papers (1891-1896) concern Munster Plantation (Ashepoo, S.C.). Genealogical information relates to the Bacot, Horton, Walton, Leftwich, Rhett, and Huger...
Dates:
1860-1938
Found in:
Special Collections
"Earthquake Sand: A Curiosity" broadside
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-086
Collection Overview
Broadside promoting the sale of vials of colored sand as a souvenir of the earthquake, 31 Aug. 1886, that hit Charleston, S.C.; sold at 15 cents per bottle; sand collected by C.I. Walker, Jr.
Dates:
1886
Found in:
Special Collections
Frank R. Fisher notes
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0072
Collection Overview
Front cover inscribed "F.R. Fisher. Notes." Frank R. Fisher's "notes" contain observations, drawings, and photographs relating to scientific and technological studies, particularly astronomical observations made while Fisher was a resident in Charleston, S.C. during the 1880s.; Fisher records important discoveries and observations made by various scientists earlier in the century. Fisher's astronomical observations begin in Charleston in 1882 with the sighting of a comet. He also records his...
Dates:
1882-1902
Found in:
Special Collections
Harper's Weekly clippings about South Carolina
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0096
Collection Overview
The collection consists of various clippings from Harper's Weekly. Each of the articles is about events in South Carolina, and range from 1860 to 1890. The topics discussed include the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Charleston Earthquake of 1886, and the State Dispensary.
Dates:
1860-1890
Found in:
Special Collections
Photographs for Charleston, come hell or high water
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0132
Collection Overview
The photographs were assembled primarily by Robert N. S. Whitelaw, and the text was prepared by Alice F. Levkoff for a book about the social history, natural disasters, and architecture of Charleston, South Carolina. Many images are classic views of the City, and many of the City's principal buildings are represented in some of the earliest and best photographs of them known to have been taken. A large number of buildings were subsequently damaged or altered, and some no longer survive. The...
Dates:
approximately 1885-approximately 1989
Found in:
Special Collections