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1886 Earthquake Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-VM-201710013
Scope and Contents Collection of photographs and photomechanical images documenting the destruction caused by the 1886 earthquake in Charleston, Summerville, Aiken County, Berkeley County, and Charleston County, S.C.W.J. McGee, one of the first employees of the U.S. Geological Survey, compiled the following materials on the earthquake which struck near Charleston, S.C. McGee’s observations were rewritten for the 1887-1888 USGS report by Clarence E. Dutton, later published as The Charleston...
Dates: 1886

African American History Vertical Files

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-VF-002
Dates: 1916 - 2001

Aging/Elderly/Retirement Issues in South Carolina Vertical Files

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Identifier: SCL-VF-007
Dates: 1980-present

Agriculture/Farming in South Carolina Vertical Files

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-VF-008
Dates: 1973-Present

A.J. Clement papers

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Identifier: SCL-MS-12855
Scope and Contents Upon the death of Charlestonian A.J. Clement, Jr. (1908-1986), the city's mayor, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., cited him as a pioneer among Black business leaders "during a time of changing attitudes of the white race toward race relations." Riley credited Clement with helping to hasten "this positive change which improved our community." Further declaring that the city had lost one of its most dedicated citizens, the mayor alluded to Clement's many and diverse commitments—"There were no community...
Dates: 1926 - 1986

Alfred English Doby papers, selected items

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Identifier: SCL-MS-4546
Scope and Contents The three hundred and twenty-six manuscripts of this collection presents in miniature the social, economic, and political history of South Carolina. Maria Elizabeth Preston Means of Fairfield Dist., niece of Governor John Hugh Means, married in 1843 John English, doctor and planter of Richland Dist. One third of the collection is the correspondence of this family connection including letters of Harriet Flud Hampton and Sally Campbell Preston. Comments on domestic and plantation activities,...
Dates: 1836-1917

Alice Augusta Collar Tonge genealogical collection

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Identifier: SCL-MS-12048-1
Scope and Contents

Collection of genealogical information on various families, arranged alphabetically. Collection also includes a number of topical folders regarding birth, death, and marriage records for various places, and cemetery records for South Carolina localities of Edisto Island and Catholic Presbyterian Church, Chester County, S.C.; and for the counties of Allendale, Greenville, Hampton, and Jasper, South Carolina.

Dates: 1862 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1932-1986

Alice Cheatham Babcock papers

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Identifier: SCL-MS-12684
Scope and Contents Teacher and avid gardener, Alice Hudson Cheatham was born in Appomattox, Virginia on April 17, 1899, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cheatham. She attended Appomattox High School, graduating in 1915 and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in 1919 from the Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. She also married Havilah Babcock in 1919. During 1925 and 1926, she attended graduate courses at the College of William and Mary, and completed her Master of Education at the...
Dates: 1915-1970; Majority of material found within 1950-1970

Alice Hawkins Quinn genealogical collection

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Identifier: SCL-MS-1001-2
Scope and Contents

Genealogical notes on approximately 120 families in South Carolina, some of whom are related to the Gibbes family; includes genealogical charts, church records, epitaphs from various cemeteries and abstracts describing the Motte Alston Read Collection (originals at South Carolina Historical Society).

Dates: 1800 - 1900

Allen University Records, 1984-1997

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SCL-MS-2015-15878
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to the accreditation of Allen University by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, including seven President's Reports to the Board of Trustees by Collie Coleman (1943-2008), who served Allen as president from 1984 until 1994, along with several other memos and reports.

Dates: 1984-01-01 - 1997-12-31

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Registers of births, etc. -- Southern States. 16
Columbia (S.C.) -- Social life and customs. 15
African Americans -- South Carolina. 13
Plantations -- South Carolina. 13
South Carolina -- Genealogy. 12
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South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 12
African American universities and colleges. 8
Columbia (S.C.) -- Social conditions. 7
Cotton trade -- United States. 7
Soldiers -- Southern States. 7
African Americans -- Education -- Southern States. 6
Lawyers -- United States. 5
Presbyterians -- United States. 5
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 5
South Carolina -- Race relations. 5
Cemeteries -- South Carolina. 4
Real property -- United States. 4
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 4
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States. 3
Farmers -- United States. 3
General stores. 3
High school teachers. 3
Historic buildings -- United States. 3
Photographs. 3
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina. 2
Scrapbooks. 2
Slave labor. 2
Slavery -- Southern States. 2
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865. 2
South Carolina -- Politics and government. 2
Temperance -- United States. 2
Textile factories. 2
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. 2
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Voter registration -- United States. 2
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. 2
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Academic Libraries -- United States. 1
Actors -- United States. 1
Africa -- Pictorial works. 1
African American college students 1
African American farmers. 1
African American journalists -- Biography. 1
African American lawyers. 1
African American librarians -- South Carolina. 1
African American musicians. 1
African American neighborhoods -- South Carolina -- Columbia -- History -- 20th century. 1
African American nurses -- Biography. 1
African American politicians -- South Carolina -- Archives. 1
African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century. 1
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Beaufort County. 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Columbia. 1
African Americans -- Folklore. 1
African Americans -- Southern States. 1
African Americans and libraries. 1
Agency (Law) -- United States. 1
Agricultural education -- United States. 1
Agricultural exhibitions. 1
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Southern States. 1
Agriculture -- Mississippi. 1
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Language
English 274
Undetermined 6
Uncoded languages 1
 
Names
University of South Carolina 9
Moore family 4
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 3
Coker family 3
Dabbs family 3
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Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970 3
First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.) 3
Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864 3
Miller family 3
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 3
Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918 3
University of South Carolina. School of Law 3
Young family 3
Allen University 2
Babcock, Alice 2
Babcock, Havilah, 1898-1964 2
Ball family 2
Bellamann, Henry, 1882-1945 2
Bennett family 2
Boylston family 2
Brown family 2
Charles family 2
Chestnut family 2
Chicora College for Women 2
Christian Action Council (Columbia, S.C.) 2
Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) 2
Coker College for Women 2
Coker, Elizabeth Boatwright (1909-04-21-1993-09-01) 2
College of Charleston 2
Columbia High School (Columbia, S.C.) 2
Confederate States of America. Army 2
Couch family 2
Cox family 2
Crump family 2
Elmore family 2
Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866 2
Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972 2
Gregorie, Anne King 2
Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902 2
Hollings, Ernest F. (Ernest Frederick), 1922-2019 2
J.L. Coker & Company (Hartsville, S.C.) 2
Jackson, Rhett 2
Johnson C. Smith University 2
Jones family 2
Ladies Hospital Association (Columbia, S.C.) 2
Manning family 2
McCord, Louisa Susanna Cheves, 1810-1879 2
McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987 2
Means family 2
Milling, Chapman J. (Chapman James), 1901-1981 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Port Royal Agricultural and Industrial School (Beaufort County, S.C.) 2
Progressive Democratic Party 2
Republican Party (S.C.) 2
Rhodes family 2
Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 2
Robertson family 2
Roper Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Shanklin, India Gordon 2
Shanklin, Joseph 2
Smythe, Louisa McCord, 1845-1928 2
Soldiers Relief Association (Columbia, S.C.) 2
South Carolina Council on Human Relations 2
South Carolina Education Association 2
South Carolina. Public Service Commission 2
Spears, R. Wright (Robert Wright), 1912-2015 2
Springs, Elliott White, 1896-1959 2
Taylor family 2
United Methodist Church (U.S.) 2
United States Naval Academy 2
United States. Army 2
United States. Congress. House 2
Wayside Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Wayside Hospital (Columbia, S.C.) 2
Williams family 2
Abeles, Sigmund, 1934- 1
Abell Family 1
Adams, Alma B. 1
Adams, James Luther, 1901-1994 1
Aiken County Historical Society (Aiken County, S.C.) 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Thomas Loryea 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 1
Alston Wilkes Society 1
Alston, Joseph, 1778-1816 1
Altrusa Club of Columbia (Columbia, S.C.) 1
American Booksellers Association 1
American Camping Association 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Legion. Auxiliary. Department of South Carolina 1
American Legion. Richland Post No. 6 (Columbia, S.C.) 1
American Occupational Therapy Association 1
American Physical Therapy Association 1
Ammons family 1
Andrea, Leonardo, 1889-1966 1
Atwater, Lee 1
Aycock family 1
Ayer, Lewis M., Jr. (Lewis Malone), 1821-1895 1
Ayer, Lewis Malone, 1769-1863 1
Bacon family 1
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