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Vignettes of Theater from the 1850s to the 1920s
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2020-1
Scope and Contents
This collection was gathered by Betsy G. Miller and focuses on musicians and entertainers who performed on theatrical and other stages from the 1850s to the 1920s. The collection was organized in series based on the performer or family of performers that had 3 or more folders of material focusing on that act. The remaining performers were placed in the Various Performers and Events series, organized in alphabetical order.
Also included in the collection are photo albums and a scrapbook and...
Dates:
1850-2018
Virginia Gurley Meynard papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-13452
Scope and Contents
Two and one-half linear feet, 1835-1850 and ca. 1975-1997, reflect in part the research interests and accomplishments of Texas-born Virginia Gurley Meynard, a former journalist and public relations counselor, who for the past several decades has contributed significantly to the historical, civic, and cultural milieu of Columbia, her adopted South
Carolina home.When Virginia Meynard published The Venturers: The Hampton, Harrison and Earle Families of Virginia, South Carolina and...
Dates:
1835 - 1997
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Virginia Spencer Carr collection of John Dos Passos photographs
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2018-1
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains photographs and negatives of John Dos Passos owned by Virginia Spencer Carr.
Dates:
1930-1970
W. Ormiston Roy papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2004-10
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a disparate set of materials by or collected by the Montreal landscape architect William Ormiston Roy (1874-1958) and reflecting some of his varied interests. Included are materials by or about the poet- naturalist John Burroughs and his physician-companion Clara Barrus; English followers and imitators of Walt Whitman; materials, newspaper clippings, about Robert Burns including information on the later sale of some of his works. The whole of the collection was...
Dates:
1888 - 2009
James M. Waddell, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JAMW
Abstract
James Madison Waddell, Jr., represented Beaufort and Jasper Counties as a Democrat in the South Carolina General Assembly for over thirty-five years. He was particularly interested in coastal conservation issues, and was founder and chairman of the South Carolina Coastal Council (now the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management). In 1992 he resigned from the Senate to serve as an appointee of Governor Carroll Campbell on the state Tax Commission
Dates:
1887-1918, 1935-2004
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Wadsworth B. Neeley papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-12077
Scope and Contents
Consisting of business and personal papers of Columbia, S.C., businessman Wadsworth B. Neeley reflecting his work as a salesman with R.M. Hollingshead Company, a distributor of soap and cleaning supplies headquartered in Camden, N.J.; as manager of City Motor Company, Orangeburg, S.C., a Chrysler/Plymouth/DeSoto dealership; and as owner of Neeley Weatherstripping and Venetian Blind Company. The bulk of the collection relates to City Motor Company and includes correspondence of brothers A.B....
Dates:
1922 - 1949
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Candy Yaghjian Waites Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-CYW
Abstract
This collection documents the activities of this former president of the League of Women Voters of Columbia, Richland County Councilwoman, State Representative for House District 75, Associate Director of Children's Services under Gov. Hodges, and Columbia College lecturer of Political Science.
Dates:
1964 - 2010
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Richard L. Walker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-RLW
Abstract
Richard L. "Dixie" Walker dedicated his life and career to intercultural understanding. He served his nation as a soldier during World War II, as a professor of international studies both at home and abroad, as a foreign policy advisor to the government, and as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, 1981-1986. In the mid 1990s, Walker retired as the James F. Byrnes Professor Emeritus and Ambassador-in-Residence at the University of South Carolina. President Ronald Reagan regarded...
Dates:
1920s, 1940s-2005
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Wallace Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14844
Scope and Contents
This collection of sicteen and one-quarter linear feet of letters, journals, estate papers, photographs, and printed items, 1832-1999, is a virtual history of the South Carolina pine-belt community of Mars Bluff in eastern Florence County-and of the city of FLorence-as revealed through the lives and times of five generations of members of the Wallace and associated Gregg, Pearce, and Mellichamp families. But the story unfolds through other connections as well-the Harllee, Ellerbe, Parker,...
Dates:
1832-1999
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Wallace Markfield papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2002-2
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of outlines, drafts and proofs of his monographs, essays, and two unpublished plays.
Dates:
1971 - 2002
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- University of South Carolina 13
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- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 9
- Hollings, Ernest F. (Ernest Frederick), 1922-2019 9
- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007 9
- Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005 8
- Democratic Party (U.S.) 7
- West, John Carl, 1922-2004 7
- Culbertson, John Bolt, 1908-1983 5
- Dickey, James (James Lafayette) (1923-1997) 5
- Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965 5
- Republican Party (S.C.) 5
- Riley, Richard W. (Richard Wilson) 5
- Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998 5
- United States. Congress. House 5
- Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 5
- Campbell, Carroll A., 1940-2005 4
- Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 4
- Heller, Joseph, 1923-1999 4
- League of Women Voters of South Carolina 4
- Moore family 4
- Morris, Earle E., Jr. 4
- Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 4
- Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992 4
- United States. Army 4
- United States. Congress. Senate 4
- Bates, Lester L., Sr. (Lester Lee), 1904-1988 3
- Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph), 1931-2008 3
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 3
- Coker family 3
- Columbia High School (Columbia, S.C.) 3
- Dabbs family 3
- Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970 3
- Dennis, Rembert C. (Rembert Coney) 3
- Dent, Harry S. (Harry Shuler), 1930-2007 3
- First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.) 3
- Greiner, Donald J. 3
- Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864 3
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 3
- League of Women Voters of Columbia (S.C.) 3
- McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987 3
- Miller family 3
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
- Reagan, Ronald (Ronald Wilson), 1911-2004 3
- South Carolina Council on Human Relations 3
- Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918 3
- Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994 3
- United Methodist Church (U.S.) 3
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3
- University of South Carolina. School of Law 3
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 3
- Workman, William D. (William Douglas), 1914-1990 3
- Young family 3
- Zeigler, Eugene N. 3
- Allen University 2
- Babcock, Alice 2
- Babcock, Havilah, 1898-1964 2
- Baker, Frank W. 2
- Ball family 2
- Barron, Keller H., 1932- 2
- Bass, Jack (1934) 2
- Bellamann, Henry, 1882-1945 2
- Bennett family 2
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913 2
- Blatt, Solomon, 1896-1986 2
- Boylston family 2
- Brown family 2
- Chandler, Walker L. 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
- Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2
- Coker College for Women 2
- Coker, Elizabeth Boatwright (1909-04-21-1993-09-01) 2
- College of Charleston 2
- Confederate States of America. Army 2
- Conroy, Pat (1945-2016) 2
- Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation 2
- Couch family 2
- Cox family 2
- Crump family 2
- Derrick, Butler Carson, Jr., 1936-2014 2
- Dos Passos, John (John Roderigo), 1896-1970 2
- Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 2
- Edens, J. Drake (James Drake), 1925-1982 2
- Edwards, James B. (James Burrows), 1927-2014 2
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 2
- Elmore family 2
- Finney, Ernest A., Jr. (Ernest Adolphus), 1931-2017 2
- Fowler, Donald L. (Donald Lionel), 1935-2020 2
- Furthman, Jules, 1888-1966 2
- Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866 2
- Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972 2
- Gregorie, Anne King 2
- Gressette, L. Marion (Lawrence Marion) 2
- Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 2
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