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Christensen family papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-12984
Scope and Contents Note
Scope and Content NotesThe collection consists of approximately twelve linear feet of materials that document the life history of Abbie and Niels Christensen, their ancestors, and their descendants. In date, the collection ranges from approximately 1817 to 1999, with the bulk of the papers ranging from 1850 to 1935. The collection consists of six series: Correspondence, Family Papers, Port Royal Agricultural School, Beaufort History, Miscellaneous Oversized Materials, and Photographs and...
Dates:
1817 - 1999
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Dotsy Diane Lloyd Boineau papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-12770
Scope and Contents
Consisting of correspondence, scrapbooks, programs, and newspaper clippings documenting Boineau's association with United Daughters of the Confederacy but also with such other organizations as Columbia Junior Chamber of Commerce [Jaycees]; S.C. Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation; S.C. Heart Association; S.C. Council for the Common Good; Y.W.C.A. of Columbia; Woman's Club of Columbia; S.C. Federation of Women's Clubs; Boys' Clubs of Greater Columbia; Columbia Museum of Art; Columbia Festival...
Dates:
1898-2000
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Jak Smyrl Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14uuuu
Scope and Contents
Thirty cartons plus forty-seven oversized, 3” deep flat file boxes, 1923-2014, of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, and artwork, reveal the life and work of this South Carolina artist who spent his entire working career (1949-1987) as the illustrator for The
State newspaper. The single largest unit of materials in the collection consists of Smyrl’s artwork, most of it primarily created daily for the newspaper. Covering everything from local to global news, this
artwork especially...
Dates:
1923 - 2014
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
John C. Meleney research files
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-12526
Abstract
Research notes re political life in Charleston, S.C., during early republican era of late 18th century; chiefly sources used in Meleney's published biography of Aedanus Burke, a native of Ireland who served in S.C. General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and S.C. Convention to ratify U.S. Constitution; as well as material collected for an unpublished book on the legislative apportionment representation debate in South Carolina, 1778-1808, during the Revolutionary War and early...
Dates:
1775 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1775 - 1808
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
John Gary Evans papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-1649
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 7.5 linear feet of materials (plus two oversized folders) that primarily document the legal and political career of John Gary Evans (JGE). In date, the collection ranges from approximately 1793 to 1940, with the bulk of the papers ranging from 1880 to 1934. The collection is composed primarily of correspondence but also includes a photograph album, newspaper clippings, essays, and materials pertaining to Evans' participation in the Spanish-American...
Dates:
1793 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1934
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
John Roy Harper II papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14uuu
Scope and Contents
Series:I. Personal papersII. Family papersIII. Topical filesIV. Audio-Visual materialsV. Ephemera and RealiaVII. OversizeVIII. LibraryPersonal papers include Harper’s political campaigns, correspondence with his family, friends, and acquaintances, greeting cards, invitations and programs for funerals, commencement ceremonies, and weddings, his education at Mather Academy, Fisk University, Harvard...
Dates:
1870-2003; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2003
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Lewis Malone Ayer papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-10367
Scope and Contents
The 1567 manuscripts in this collection document the economic and political activities of Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863), who served with Francis Marion in the Revolutionary War, and of his son, Lewis M. Ayer, Jr. (1821-1895), who served in the Confederate Congress. Topics discussed date to the Colonial era, the Revolutionary War, the Early National period, and the antebellum and Civil War periods.
Correspondence with factors, merchants, and other planters shows the growth, especially during...
Dates:
1769 - 1863
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
May Roper Coker papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-9166
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, telegrams, and other papers relating to May Coker; her selection as Mother of the Year in 1958 at both the state and national levels; her concern for the education of women; travels; interest in gardening; involvement in humanitarian causes; and her observations on European, U.S., and South Carolina politics.Correspondence, ca. 1915-1943, from Mrs. Coker's parents, Daniel C. and Lou McKenzie Roper, and husband, David Robert Coker, re state and national politics...
Dates:
1908 - 1975
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Palmetto Alliance, Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-10575
Scope and Contents
36.25 linear feet comprising the papers of Palmetto Alliance, Inc., of Columbia, are arranged in six series: Administrative Files, Nuclear Power Project Files, Consumer Advocacy Project Files, Topical Files, Related Environmental/Consumer Advocacy Organization Files, and Newsclipping Files. Administrative Files consist of correspondence, minutes, appointment books, membership mailing lists, financial records, and promotional literature directly concerned with the organizational structure of...
Dates:
1969 - 1987
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Singleton Family papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-5176
Scope and Contents
Chiefly correspondence, business records, and estate papers of Richard Singleton (1776-1852), including letter, 10 April 1823, from "Parson" Mason Locke Weems (Charleston, S.C.) to Richard Singleton (High Hills, Sumter District, S.C.), re mention of a box of books that Singleton had ordered, writing that he "took the liberty to place a little pamphlet of my own scribbling, just reprinted here a day or two ago. It is popular and Judge Waties who sat on the bench when the Heroine of this...
Dates:
1750-10-25 - 1956
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
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