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Charles Brandt papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2009-10
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of correspondence sent from Charles Brandt to his family during World War II, family photographs, various Americana, legal and governmental documents, military orders and correspondence, and awards and recognitions. Photographs are often glued in collages. The majority of this collection is fine to be handled, but some of the correspondence and albums are crumbling and therefore care is needed when handling these objects.
Dates:
1910-2008
Charles Stevens Dwight Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SCL-VM-10242-11467
Scope and Contents
This collection of photographs highlights the family of Charles Stevens Dwight (1834-9121) of Somerset Plantation in Berkeley County, S.C. Dwight worked as an engineer, mainly for railroad projects. He served in the Confederate Army and after the war worked in British
Honduras (now Belize). He returned to South Carolina in 1869 and settled in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, where he died and is buried. He married Maria Louisa Gaillard (1847-1928), and they had five children:...
Dates:
circa 1860s-1956
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Chester County motion picture film projectors
Collection
Identifier: COD0000084-ACC 2012-0007
Scope and Contents
Two 35mm motion picture film projectors donated by the Chester County Historical Society.
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC)
Chinese film collection
Collection
Identifier: COD0000007-ACC 2009-0001
Scope and Contents
In October of 2009, the University of South Carolina welcomed an historic gift of films from the People's Republic of China. The gift included nearly 900 titles on 35mm and 16mm film donated by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America (Washington, D.C.). The Embassy collection is of particular interest as a document of cultural diplomacy in that it represents what Chinese officials thought the people of the United States should see and know about China...
Dates:
1947-1995
Found in:
Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC)
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
Christian Action Council records
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-CAC
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 18.75 linear feet that document the activities and concerns of the Christian Action Council (CAC) of South Carolina. The dates of the collection range from 1923 to 1996, with the bulk of materials dating from 1942 to 1985. The collection comprises correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, program itineraries, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs relating to the ecumenical organization. The collection is divided into seven series:...
Dates:
1933-1996
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Cleanth Brooks collection
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-1998-1
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the life and work of Cleanth Brooks (1906 - 1994) considered to be one of the most influential scholars on William Faulkner, and a preeminent critic on Southern Literature. He changed the way poetry was taught, arguing for ambiguity and paradox as central concepts. Brooks helped to create formalist criticism and the principals of close reading. He founded the journal The Southern Review with Robert Penn Warren. Brooks’ best-known works include The Well-Wrought Urn:...
Dates:
1930-1994
Clifford Allen (Lord Allen of Hurtwood) papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-1979-1
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the political life and works of the British pacifist, propagandist, and leftist organizer Reginald Clifford Allen, Lord Allen of Hurtwood, (1889-1939). The archive is a comprehensive collection of the author’s professional correspondence, manuscripts and speeches. It was acquired by the university in the mid- 1960s from Allen’s widow, Lady Allen, through the intercession of the British historian Martin Gilbert, who held a visiting position at the University of South...
Dates:
1911 - 1962
Coker-Joslin Family Photographs
Collection — Folder: 201703002
Identifier: SCL-VM-20173002
Scope and Contents
The subjects of these photographs are members of the Coker, Stout, Joslin, ad Lide families, including Katherine, Eleanor (Adie), Hannah, and Samuel Coker, Mary Roper Coker, John and Francis Elizabeth Coker Stout, and David Roper and Jane Holloway Lide. Photographs of family members at various events, including the wedding of William and Mary Coker Joslin, The American Mothers Awards, and the gifting of the gate at the Kalmia Gardens in Hartsville. Carte-de-visite album with 37...
Dates:
1860 - 1967
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Collection of Joseph Heller manuscript and speeches
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2015-5
Scope and Contents
The collection contains notes for speeches and readings, including an annotated outline for a talk about Catch-22. Also included is a typescript draft of Heller’s final novel, Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man, dated October 8, 1999, two month before Heller’s death and including revisions that were not incorporated into the final version.
Dates:
1991-1999
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