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Confederate Hospitals research files

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-13801
Dates: 1861 - 1991

Ethel Evangeline Martin Bolden papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14957
Scope and Contents This collection consists of approximately fifteen linear feet of manuscripts and related materials providing important insights into the life and work of educator, librarian, and community leader Ethel Martin Bolden (1918-2002) in Columbia and throughout the greater South Carolina area. Augmenting the collection is a unit of material associated with Ethel Bolden’s elder son, astronaut Charles Bolden, Jr. (b.1946). Bolden received a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968,...
Dates: 1900-2002

Franklin Harper Elmore papers

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Identifier: SCL-MS-0166
Scope and Contents This collection is chiefly family correspondence which gives a glimpse of antebellum life. Gov. John Taylor agrees to the marriage of Harriet and Elmore in a letter, 17 Oct. 1826, and states "what I may [be] able to give as a Dowry . . . I claim the Right of giving as I have given to my Daughter Rebecca." Although the collection provides little information on Elmore's career as a lawyer, banker and U. S. Congressman — serving in both houses — correspondence with his family reveals him as a...
Dates: 1818-1877

Hilla Sheriff papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-11149
Scope and Content During the 1930s the field of public health became an attractive area of service for idealistic and public-spirited medical personnel in the South. Doctors entering this sector were able to exert major beneficial influence upon the health of entire communities, help eradicate previously common diseases, and cut the infant and juvenile death rates. This is illustrated in the life and work of Dr. Hilla Sheriff (1903-1988), documented in this collection of ten linear feet, consisting of...
Dates: 1908-1989

Rhett Jackson papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14029
Scope and Contents The Rhett Jackson papers, 1930, 1932, 1946, 1962-2003, document the activism and interests of this Columbia, S.C., businessman.The six and one-half linear feet of papers in this collection document a life of active commitment and service to the United Methodist Church, the South Carolina Parole and Community Corrections Board, the Alston Wilkes Society, Claflin College's Board of Trustees, the Greater Columbia Community Relations Council, and United 2000, a citizens group opposed...
Dates: 1930-2003

Tom Downey Confederate Hospital research files

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-13801-2
Dates: 1861-1991

Young Women's Christian Association (Greenville, S.C.) records

 Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-11407
Scope and Contents note The records of the Young Women's Christian Association (Greenville, S.C.) document the organization's activities from its inception in 1917. Consisting chiefly of newspaper clippings, photographs, and administrative papers, the collection records the YWCA's locations and building campaigns, its involvement with racial and other social issues confronting Greenville, and its operation of Camp Burgiss Glen.The Building Fund Campaign of 1962 is a prominent feature of the collection,...
Dates: 1917-1989

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Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866 2
Ladies Hospital Association (Columbia, S.C.) 2
McCord, Louisa Susanna Cheves, 1810-1879 2
Roper Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Smythe, Louisa McCord, 1845-1928 2