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<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Anderson County Museum Reading RoomMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 8002Anderson, SC 29622Facility Address:202 E Greenville StreetAndersonAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-260-4737864-332-5320www.andersoncountysc.org/web/Museum_00.aspScope:1814 to presentA new museum reflecting Anderson County history in artifacts and books. Historic photos and manuscripts are not open tothe public at this time--cataloguing under way.Collection Highlights:Anderson County City Directories,1905-2006.Avery Research Center for African American History & CultureCollege of CharlestonMailing and Facility Address66 George St.Charleston , SC 29424Facility Address:125 Bull St.CharlestonAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-953-7608843-953-7607www.cofc.edu/avery/Scope:ca. 1800 to 2006Estimated Overall Linear Feet:800The collection focuses mostly on the African American experience in Charleston, the Lowcountry, and <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>,with a few collections and materials relating to Africa and other areas.Collection Highlights:Septima Poinsette Clark Papers; Holloway Family scrapbook; Harleston Funeral Home Collection; Mickey Funeral homecollection; Bernice Robinson Papers; Cleveland Sellers Papers; Joseph A. Towles Collection; papers of African Americanchurches and benevolent societies; Lucille Whipper PapersThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 1 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Beaufort County Library, Beaufort District CollectionAlternative Name:<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> RoomMailing and Facility Address311 Scott St.Beaufort, SC 29902Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-470-6525843-470-6541http://beaufortcountylibrary.org/rooms/documents/html/normal.htmScope:1752 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:75Includes books, historical maps, stereoviews, 19th Century prints, postcards, photographs, a limited number of primarysource materials including the Byrne Miller Dance theater collection, letters and diaries, extensive vertical files on localtopics and other resources relating to the history, culture and environment of the area once known as Beaufort District.Microfilm includes Beaufort County newspapers dating from 1862; selective local and state records; federal censusrecords: Beaufort District and County, 1790-1880, 1900-1930; Hampton County, 1870-1880, 1900-1930; and, JasperCounty, 1920-1930.Collection Highlights:An online obituary index project covering deaths noted in local newspapers for the period 1862-1982 is accessible throughthe internet at http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/obit.htm.Berkeley County Museum and Heritage CenterMailing and Facility Address950 Stony Landing Rd.Moncks Corner, SC 29461Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-899-5101843-899-5101http://www.gobcweb.com/recreation/berkeleymuseum/body_berkeleymuseum.htmlScope: Mid-1800's to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:32.7Archival collection includes Berkeley County store records, court records, postal records, photographs from late 1800s to1950s, photographs of current museum's activities, captain's log, and local newspapers for the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Lowcountry.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 2 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Beth Shalom Synagogue ArchivesMailing and Facility Address5827 N. Trenholm Rd.Columbia, SC 29206-1603Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-787-1370Scope:Not available to Not availableEstimated Overall Linear Feet:15.0Paper records, photographs and videotapes related primarily to the members, activities, and operations of the synagogue.Bluffton <strong>Historical</strong> Preservation SocietyMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 742Blufflton, SC 29910Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-304-2737843-706-2938http://www.heywardhouse.org/hpsScope:1880's to presentIncludes historical documents, information and family histories pertaining to St. Luke's Parish, southern Beaufort County,Bluffton and Hilton Head Island, and the Caldwell Archive.Bob Jones University ArchivesMack LibraryMailing and Facility Address1700 Wade Hampton Blvd.Greenville, SC 29614Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-242-5100 ext. 6050864-232-1729http://www.bju.edu/library/collections/archives.htmlScope:1910 to presentPhotographs, papers, and other memorabilia dealing with the lives and ministries of Dr. Bob Jones Sr., Dr. Bob Jones, Jr.,Dr. Bob Jones III, the history of Bob Jones University, and events with which the University has been closely associated.Includes commencement programs, faculty handbooks, student handbooks, newsletters, calendars of events, coursehandbooks, alumni publications, and other college publications.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 3 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue CollectionMailing and Facility Address182 Rutledge Ave.Charleston, SC 29403Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-953-8024843-953-8019Scope:1854 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:20.0Includes the records of Brith Sholom (originally Berith Shalome), the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the <strong>South</strong>, and one ofthe oldest Ashkenazic congregations in the United States. Also includes the records of Beth Israel (founded in 1911),three cemeteries, the Chevra Kadisha Orthodox burial society, the annual Shabbaton retreat in Myrtle Beach, an activeSisterhood, the synagogue's governing board and committees, and the Charleston Hebrew Institute Day School,precursor of Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Typically consists of business ledgers, scrapbooks, organization papers,newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes, and newsletters. Older documents are in Yiddish.Calhoun County Museum ArchivesCalhoun County Museum & Cultural CenterMailing and Facility Address313 Butler St.St. Matthews, SC 29135Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-874-3964803-874-3964www.calhouncountymuseumandculturalcenter.orgScope:1735 to 20th CenturyEarly deeds and grants, newspapers, book collections and family histories related to Calhoun County, local industries, themilitary, education, genealogy and other subjects.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 4 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Camden Archives and MuseumMailing and Facility Address1314 Broad St.Camden, SC 29020Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-425-6050803-424-4053www.camdenarchives.orgScope:1750 to presentPapers and other items of local interest on the counties, cities, families and businesss of the Old Camden District, whichincludes Kershaw County and other neighboring counties.Catawba Cultural Preservation ProjectMailing and Facility Address1536 Tom Steven Rd.Rock Hill, SC 29730Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-328-2427803-328-5791http://www.ccppcrafts.com/home//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=32Scope: 1888 to PresentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:166.0Collects the official records of the Catawba Indian Nation, its people, land, tribal governing bodies, elected and appointedofficials, committees, special projects and programs. Includes individual and family papers and materials on members ofthe Catawba Nation and materials by scholars relating to research and publications on the Catawbas. Also housesrelated photographs, blueprints, maps, plats, sound recordings, and videotapes.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 5 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Catholic Diocese of Charleston ArchivesAlternative Name:Diocese of Charleston Archives Charleston Diocesan ArchivesMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 818Charleston, SC 29402Facility Address:114 Broad St.CharlestonAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-724-8372843-724-6387www.catholic-doc.org/archivesScope:1789 to PresentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:ca. 800Beginning in 1789, holdings include the papers of bishops, the adminstrative records of diocesan offices, and othermaterials representing various individuals, agencies, and programs that reflect the work and goals of the Church in theDiocese of Charleston (which includes the entire state of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>). In addition, Archives contains annual reports ofparishes, parish histories, property records, deed and construction files, some architectural drawings, cemetery records,photographs,and the United States Miscellany, The Catholic Banner, and the New Catholic Miscellany newspapers.Central Heritage SocietyMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 1162Central, SC 29630Facility Address:416 Church St.CentralAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-639-2156864-639-5846http://www.centralheritage.org/index.htmScope:1870 to 1950Estimated Overall Linear Feet:18.0Consists of two major collections. Max and Adele Perry Collection: correspondence, memoranda, financial statements,income taxes, estate of Ivy Mauldin Campbell, letters to World War II soldiers and their replies, all related to Mr. Perry ascitizen, mayor, and member of the House of Representatives. Jeptha and Minnie Morgan Collection (leading areamerchant and banker): personal papers, land records, bills, poems, photos, tours, school records, daybooks, calendars,Converse College scrapbooks, theatre programs, sheet music, Central school system records, Central Family records,Isaqueena-Cannon-Central Textile financial books, Daughters of the Confederacy records.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 6 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Charleston County Public Library, The Charleston ArchiveMailing and Facility Address68 Calhoun St.Charleston, SC 29401Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-805-6968843-727-6777http://www.ccpl.org/content.asp?catID=5402&parentID=5372Scope:1790 to 1960Estimated Overall Linear Feet:325The Charleston County Public Library's Special Collections Department contains many historic public records and privatepapers. The bulk of the collection consists of materials transferred from the City of Charleston, including the extantrecords of antebellum and postbellum municipal bodies. Collections of Twentieth Century private papers include materialsfrom Eola Willis, John Bennett, and Elias Ball Bull.Collection Highlights:Return of Births within the City of Charleston, 1877-1926. Return of Deaths within the City of Charleston, 1821-1926.Records of the Commissioners of the Charleston Orphan House, 1790-1952. Records of the Commissioners of theCharleston Alms House, 1800-1922.Charleston Library SocietyMailing and Facility Address164 King St.Charleston, SC 29401Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-723-9912843-723-3500http://www.charlestonlibrarysociety.orgScope:1650 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:20.0<strong>South</strong>ern history, particularly Lowcountry materials, and including maps, family papers, a few business records, theoriginal manuscript to "Porgy and Bess," original letters from honourary member George Washington, scrapbooks of the1888 Charleston earthquake, and other Caroliniana and Charlestoniana.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 7 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Charleston MuseumMailing and Facility Address360 Meeting St.Charleston, SC 29403Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-722-2996, ext. 243843-722-1784http://charlestonmuseum.orgScope:ca. 1700 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:302.6Includes original materials on the cultural and natural history of Charleston and the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Lowcountry; decorativearts; research and publications by premier naturalists of the 18th Century; works of the first American historiographers;1500 pamphlets; early periodicals; 2500 examples of early sheet music; 6000 postcards; 2000 18th and 19th Centuryengravings, prints, and works of art on paper; and a large collection of illustrated newspapers. Operates primarily as aclosed stack area to support research by Museum staff in the identification and cataloging of collections and thepreparation of exhibits. Also makes concessions for other uses of the print collections, e.g., for exemplary bindings,historical association, rarity, intrinsic value, and for use in exhibition. Use of the Library collections is a museummembership benefit, and the Library is open to the public on a limited, by appointment basis for outside research.Charleston <strong>South</strong>ern University ArchivesL. Mendel Rivers LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 118087Charleston, SC 29423Facility Address:9200 University Blvd.CharlestonAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-863-7940843-863-7947http://www.csuniv.edu/libraryScope:1975 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:600.0Contains paper records, photographs, blueprints, maps, sound recordings, and videotapes on the development of theuniversity from 1975 to present, local history on campus landowners, and other education archives related to theuniversity.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 8 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Cherokee <strong>Historical</strong> and Preservation SocietyMailing and Facility Address301 S. Johnson St.Gaffney, SC 29340Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-489-3988864-489-8541http://www.cherokeecountyhistory.orgScope:1969 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:4.0Revolutionary War and Confederate materials, family histories, historic home sites information, and natural history records.Chester County <strong>Historical</strong> Society MuseumMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 811Chester, SC 29706Facility Address:107 McAliley St.ChesterAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-385-2330Scope:1917 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:5.5Chiefly, the Henry O. Nichols Photograph Collection consisting of over 100,000 photographs and negatives depictingChester area local events, buildings and people. Nichols was a local photographer for over 60 years. Also, genealogicalmaterials on many Chester families such as military discharge papers, diplomas and licenses. Materials related to theBrainerd Institute, an African American educational institution for freed slaves established in 1866 by the Board ofMissions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church USA.Collection Highlights:One of the finest Indian collections in the <strong>South</strong>east; the bench Aaron Burr slept on in 1807; A copy of the Ordinance ofSecession and portraits of Chester County's four signers of the document; farm collections dating from the early 1800s;Civil War Collections of flags, guns and other artifacts; Civil War, World War II and Nazi medals.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 9 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Chester County Library ArchivesS. Lewis Bell RoomMailing and Facility Address100 Center StreetChester, SC 29706Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-377-8145803-377-8146www.chesterlibsc.orgScope:1760 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:500Records pertaining to Chester County and surrounding areas, including emigrant destinations from the area.Collection Highlights:Jean C. Agee Vertical File of genealogical records; microfilm holdings of Chester newpapersCity of Charleston Records Management DivisionMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 304Charleston, SC 284020304Facility Address:1903 Savannah Hwy.CharlestonAppointments: Required; Not open to the publicTelephone:Fax:843-724-7301843-965-4188http://www.charlestoncityinfo/dept/content.aspx?nid=85Scope:1890 to presentThis division of the Clerk of Council Department is the repository for the City's municipal government records, includingminutes of City Council, boards, commissions, and committees. The Records Management facility also provides storagefor inactive administrative records of City departments. Most records at this site date from 1890. The bulk of the City'shistorical records were transferred on permanent loan to the Charleston County Public Library in 2001.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 10 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Clarendon County Archives and History CenterMailing and Facility Address211 North Brooks St.Manning, SC 29102Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-435-0328http://clarendoncountygov.org/archives/Scope:ca. 1855 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:110<strong>Historical</strong> papers and artifacts related to Clarendon County people and places. Focuses on items of historical interestconcerning the development of Clarendon County since its founding in 1855, such as family papers, diaries, businessrecords, tax records, school records, probate records, oral histories, business histories, and photographs concerning dailylife of the area.Collection Highlights:Complete set of Manning Times newspaper on microfilm, 1885-presentClemson University Special CollectionsAlternative Name:University ArchivesSenator Strom Thurmond ArchivesMailing and Facility AddressUniversity LibrariesBox 343001Clemson, SC 29634Facility Address:Strom Thurmond Institute BuildingClemsonAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:864-656-5176864-656-0233http://www.lib.clemson.edu/SpCol/Scope:1796 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:14,370Includes the official records of the University including substantial material related to the Cooperative Extension Program,Clemson Forest, and Athletic Department that includes a large photograph and motion picture collection. Numerouspolitical collections including papers of John C. Calhoun, Benjamin Tillman, James F. Byrnes, Carroll Campbell, andStrom Thurmond. Also a number of collections related to the National Park Service and records documenting <strong>South</strong><strong>Carolina</strong>'s industry including textile firms and the Liberty Corporation.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 11 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Coker College Library ArchivesMailing and Facility Address300 E. College Ave.Hartsville, SC 29550-3742Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-383-8125843-383-8129www.coker.edu/libraryScope:1700s to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:125History of Coker College and local events. Some scrapbooks and other materials of events happening at the college, townof Hartsville, nationally and in the state.College of Charleston Jewish Heritage CollectionSpecial Collections, Robert Scott Small LibraryMailing and Facility Address66 George St.Charleston, SC 29424Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-953-8028843-953-8019http://www.cofc.edu/~jhc/index.htmlScope:1840 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:101.3Family papers, business and organizational records, photographs, documents, and artifacts relating to Jewish history andculture in <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 12 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>College of Charleston Special CollectionsAddlestone LibraryAlternative Name: Jewish Heritage CollectionMailing and Facility Address66 George St.Charleston, SC 29424Facility Address:205 Calhoun St.CharlestonAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-953-7428843-953-6319www.cofc.edu/~speccoll/main.htmlScope:1494 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:3500College of Charleston archives; ornithology and natural history; Charleston and the surrounding area; <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>authors; Charleston imprints; Jewish archives; book arts; Nineteenth Century pamphlets; <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> history,culture,and architecture; Nineteenth Century British and American magazines and journals; <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> maps; WorldWar I and II posters.Collection Highlights:John Henry Dick Ornithology Collection, Grimke collection of nineteenth century pamphlets, Jewish Archives, SpoletoFestival Archives, Burnet R. Maybank Papers, L. Mendel Rivers PapersColumbia College ArchivesJ. Drake Edens LibraryMailing and Facility Address1301 Columbia College Dr.Columbia, SC 29203Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-786-3086803-786-3700http://www.colacoll.edu/edenslibrary/archives_new.htmScope:1854 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:233Collections focus on the history of Columbia College, a private college for women, since its founding by the MethodistConference in 1854. In addition, the archives has a special collection of approximately 200 19th Century religious tractsfor children.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 13 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Columbia International University ArchivesG. Allen Fleece LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 3122Columbia, SC 29230-3122Facility Address:7435 Monticello Rd.ColumbiaAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-754-4100(803) 744-1391www.ciu.edu/libraryScope:1920 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:74Papers and photographs relating to the founding and history of Columbia Bible College and Ben Lippen Schools; papersand photographs relating to Columbia Bible College and its relationship to the Midlands of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>; papers relatingto the relationship of Columbia Bible College and its presidents to Christian higher education and to the cause of studentmissionary activities.Collection Highlights:Robert C. McQuilkin Collection, J. Robertson McQuilkin Collection, Evangelical Missiological Association Collection,Student Foreign Missions Fellowship CollectionColumbia Museum of Art, Ligon ArchivesMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 2068Columbia, SC 29202Facility Address:Corner of Main and Hampton Sts.ColumbiaAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-343-2155803-343-2219http://www.columbiamuseum.org/art/lorick.phpScope:1950 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:187.0Archival records pertaining to the museum's art collection and the museum's operations.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 14 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Congressional Medal of Honor Society Archives & LibraryCongressional Medal of Honor SocietyMailing and Facility Address40 Patriots Point RdMount Pleasant, SC 29464Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-884-8862http://www.cmohs.orgScope:1860 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:1000Collections focus on the history of the Medal of Honor and its recipients from the Civil War through the current wars in Iraqand Afghanistan. This includes over 100 audio and/or viedotaped oral histories with Medal of Honor recipients from theBoxer Rebellion through Vietnam. The library contains volumes on the Medal of Honor and general military history.Artifacts include Medals of Honor, uniforms, weapons, and other items from Medal of Honor recipients.Collection Highlights:John W. Finn Collection; Hartwell Compson Collection; Raymond Collins Research Collection; Donald and Helen RossOral History CollectionConverse College Archives and Special CollectionsMickel LibraryMailing and Facility Address580 E. Main St.Spartanburg, SC 29302-0006Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-596-9071864-596-9075www.converse.edu/Library/LibraryServices.aspScope:1880 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:476.5Any and all information about Converse College. A special collection of Caroliniana donated by alumna of 1929, ElizabethBoatwright Coker; a special collection of materials pertaining to the Spartanburg Music Festival; a special collection ofmaterial related to Harriet Quimby, the first licensed American woman pilot, who was also the first woman to pilot a planeacross the English Channel.Collection Highlights:Harriet Quimby CollectionThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 15 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Darlington County <strong>Historical</strong> Commission ArchivesMailing and Facility Address204 Hewitt St.Darlington, SC 29532Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-398-4710843-398-4742www.darosc.com/<strong>Historical</strong>Commission/Scope:1799 to 1985Estimated Overall Linear Feet:Not availablVertical files A-Z (Agriculture - Weather) on everything from education through religion, societies, doctors, lawyers and soon. Also cemetery, biographical, books, court documents, probate records, old equity records, judgments, etc.Collection Highlights:Courthouse records, family name books, Miller Photograph Collection, Long Bluff Archealogy Collection.E. N. Zeigler <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> History RoomDrs. Bruce & Lee Foundation LibraryFlorence County Library SystemsMailing and Facility Address509 <strong>South</strong> Dargan StFlorence, SC 29506Not NecessaryTelephone:Fax:843-413-7073843-713-7091www.florencelibrary.orgScope:1611 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:20Predominately materials published in the 1700 & 1800s that focus on the Colonial, Revolutionary War, and civil Warhistory of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> as well as over 1300 books dealing with Genealogy.Collection Highlights:S. A. Graham collection, Henry Mandeville Papers, Joseph Harrell papersThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 16 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Edgefield County Archives DepartmentMailing and Facility Address124 Courthouse SquareEdgefield, SC 29824Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803 637-4000803 637-4056Scope:1770 to 19901770-1990 legal documents, including probate records, general sessions, equity, common pleas and freeholder's court,coroners inquisitions, criminal records, plats, deeds, mortgages and miscellaneous.Collection Highlights:1770-1900 Miscellaneous Edgefield County Records: approximately 30,000 loose documents covering all aspects ofcounty and state government, including some rare documents.Episcopal Diocese of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> ArchivesMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 20127Charleston, SC 29403Facility Address:126 Coming St.CharlestonAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-722-4075843-723-7628www.dioceseofsc.orgScope:17th Century to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:80<strong>Historical</strong> information from 17th Century to present. Permanent records on ordinations, confirmations, council andcommittees minutes, photographs, diocesean newspapers, current (20th Century) clergy files.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 17 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Episcopal Diocese of Upper <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> ArchivesMailing and Facility Address1115 Marion St.Columbia, SC 29201Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-771-7800803-799-5119Scope:1812 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:78.0Houses the records of the Episcopal bishops and other diocesan governing bodies, programs, and staff, dating back tothe separation from the Diocese of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> in 1922. Also houses records for the Episcopal parishes and missionchurches administered in the 20-county Upstate and Midlands areas of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, some of which pre-date thediocese of 1922. Typical records include bishops' correspondence and other writings, diocesan council records, trusteerecords, standing committee records, accounting and trust fund records, property records, marital judgements,confirmations, parish officer lists, and parish histories and directories. Under canon law, active parishes are responsiblefor maintaining their own sacramental records related to marriages, deaths, confirmations, and burials.Erskine College and Theological Seminary Special CollectionsMcCain LibraryMailing and Facility AddressP.O. Box 188Due West, SC 29639Facility Address:1 Depot St.Due WestAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-379-8898864-379-2900http://www.erskine.edu/library/archives/Scope:1841 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:97Records of Erskine College and Theological Seminary, c.1839- present; selected records of Associate ReformedPresbyterian Church; persons having Erskine, ARPC or Abbeville County connections.Collection Highlights:H. Floyd Wilkerson PapersThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 18 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>First Presbyterian Church ArchivesHeritage RoomMailing and Facility Address200 W. Washington StGreenville, SC 29601Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-271-1534Scope:1848 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:9.5Paper records, photographs, architectural drawings, maps, sound recordings, videotapes, and clipping-pamphlet filesconcerning the history and heritage of the church.First Scots Presbyterian Church ArchivesMailing and Facility Address53 Meeting St.Charleston, SC 29401Facility Address:2nd Floor, Library AreaAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-722-8882843-805-6621http://www.first-scots.org/church_history.htmScope:1843 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:50.0Records include the Session minutes; Diaconate minutes; Women of the Church history, scrapbooks, minutes, andfinancial records; minutes of the Congregational meetings; manuscript sermons by previous pastors; Men of the Churchservice records and social organization minutes; Sunday School records. Includes paper records, photographs,blueprints, and maps.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 19 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Francis Marion University ArchivesJames A. Rogers LibraryFrancis Marion UniversityMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 100547Florence, SC 29501-0547Facility Address:4822 E. Palmetto St.FlorenceAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-661-1300843-661-1309www.fmarion.edu/academics/specialcollectionsScope:1753 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:900Official records of Francis Marion University, including administrative records, University publications, and personalpapers, photographs and maps related to the history of the university and its role in 20th Century American highereducation. The book collections include all periods of Pee Dee history, literature by writers from the Pee Dee and <strong>South</strong><strong>Carolina</strong>, and natural history.Collection Highlights:James A. Rogers Papers, Thomas Samworth Papers, James McBride Dabbs Papers, Johnstone Family Papers, Henry E.Davis PapersFurman University Archives, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Baptist <strong>Historical</strong>Collection and <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Poetry ArchivesFurman University, James B. Duke LibraryMailing and Facility Address3300 Poinsett Hwy.Greenville, SC 29613Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-294-2194864-294-2960http://library.furman.edu/depts/speccoll/speccoll.htmScope:2000 B.C. to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:3500Includes four distinct sections: the Furman University Archives, the Manuscript Collection, the Rare Book Collection, andthe <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Baptist <strong>Historical</strong> Collection. It serves as the official repository for Furman University records.Collection Highlights:Furman Family Collections, Furman University Archives, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Baptist <strong>Historical</strong> Collection, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>Poetry ArchivesThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 20 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Georgetown County Public LibraryMailing and Facility Address405 Cleland St.Georgetown, SC 29440-3200Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-545-3388843-545-3392http://www.gclibrary.org; digital collections: http://www.gcdigital.orgScope:1700's to mid-1900'sEstimated Overall Linear Feet:131.7Papers, photographs, microfilm, miniatures, rice mortar samples, artifacts, handwritten library society records, handwrittengeneral commercial records, slave and plantation records, maps, 18th Century real estate indentures, Bank ofGeorgetown records, and other records relating to Georgetown County history.Gibbes Museum of ArtMailing and Facility Address135 Meeting St.Charleston, SC 29401Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-722-2706843-720-1682www.gibbesmuseum.orgScope:1780 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:350The archive houses non-current records of permanent value to the <strong>Carolina</strong> Art Association and the Gibbes Museum ofArt, and the art history of the greater metropolitan area of Charleston, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>. 350 linear feet, including 3200photographic items.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 21 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Green Sea Baptist Church ArchivesMailing and Facility Address1241 Green Sea Rd.Green Sea, SC 29545Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-756-2363Scope:1807 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:15.5Records of the church that relate to its history as the "Mother Baptist Church of Eastern <strong>Carolina</strong>," its membership,activities, and contributions to heritage and society; and to the history of its predecessor congregation, the Honey CampChurch. Includes annual reports from 1807, constitutions, bylaws, 175th Anniversary materials, ledger journals, cemeteryrecords, photographs, business meeting minutes, membership rolls, directories, letters of acceptance and dismissal,church officer records, bulletins, newsletters, memorials, treasurer's reports, and records of youth, women, and missionaryprograms.Greenville County <strong>Historical</strong> SocietyMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 10472Greenville, SC 29603Facility Address:211 E. Washington St.GreenvilleAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-233-4103http://www.greenvillehistory.org/the_research_center.htmlScope:1844 to presentOur collection consists of papers, records, and photographs which document the history of Greenville County.Collection Highlights:Coxe Photograph Collection, Oscar Landing Photograph Collection, Richard Sawyer Postcard Collection, City Directoriesfrom 1883, Sanborn Maps of City of Greenville 1920-1951.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 22 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Greenville County Library, <strong>Carolina</strong> First <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> RoomGreenville County Library SystemMailing and Facility Address25 Heritage Green PlaceGreenville, SC 29601Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:864-527-9269864-235-8375http://www.greenvillelibrary.org/index.php/<strong>South</strong>-<strong>Carolina</strong>-Room/<strong>Carolina</strong>-First-<strong>South</strong>-<strong>Carolina</strong>-Room.htmlScope: 1790 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:3619A multi-state, regional genealogical and history collection based on the migration patterns into and out of the <strong>Carolina</strong>s,with major focus on the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Upstate. Military histories, maps, family histories.Greenville Hospital System ArchivesMailing and Facility Address701 Grove Rd.Greenville, SC 29605Facility Address:255 Enterprise Blvd.GreenvilleAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-455-8938864-455-5696http://www.ghs.org/Content.aspx?id=82112Scope:1912 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:300Traces the beginning of health care in Greenville County to include the growth and development of Greenville HospitalSystem and the School of Nursing.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 23 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Greenwood County LibraryMailing and Facility Address106 N. Main St.Greenwood, SC 29646Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-941-4650864-941-4651www.greenwoodcountylibrary.orgScope:Not available to Not availableEstimated Overall Linear Feet:10Paper records, photographs and newspaper microfilm related to Greenwood local history, families and businesses, 1800sand 1900s.Greenwood Mills, Inc., ArchivesMailing and Facility Address104 Maxwell StGreenwood, SC 29646Facility Address:.Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-229-2571 ext. 2149Scope:1889 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:Not availablPaper records, photographs, sound recordings, videotapes, newspapers, and books related to the Self family, the textileindustry, Greenwood Mills, Inc., and its subsidiaries.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 24 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Hampton Museum & Visitors' CenterAlternative Name:HMVCMailing and Facility Address202 Harriet St.Hampton, SC 29924Facility Address:15 Elm StreetHamptonAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-943-5318http://hamptonsc.net/hamptonmuseum.htmScope:1888 to 2005Estimated Overall Linear Feet:2000Over 5,000 photos including some from newspaper archives. History of the Town of Hampton. Cemetery list with over10,000 names and climbing. Hampton banking and railroad papers. Watermelon Festival records from 1939 to presentPlant artifacts from Plywoods Plastics, Westinghouse, International Paper and Nevarmar. Collections related to military,children, women, other commercial businesses and Native Americans.Collection Highlights:Photographs, banking, railroading cemeteries, Hampton County Watermelon Festival 1939-2005, industrial artifacts.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 25 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Hartsville Genealogical Research LibraryOld Darlington District Chapter, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Genealogical SocietyAlternative Name: Old Darlington District Chapter, SCGSMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 175Hartsville, SC 29551Facility Address: 114 <strong>South</strong> Fourth St.HartsvilleAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-857-0300http://www.olddarlington.scgen.org/Scope:1800 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:400Extensive historical and genealogical records from the Pee Dee region of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, including microfilm of numerous19th Century newspapers. The collection also emphasizes other areas of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, as well as North <strong>Carolina</strong>,Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and Alabama.Collection Highlights:The John Carroll Skinner Genealogical Collection, with index available from our Web site. The Carrie Lee Erwin KalberGenealogical Collection with private papers relating to the Erwin, Lawton, Kalber, Coker, and Wiggins families (as well asnumerous others) and many items from Beaufort County, SC, which lost its records during the Civil War. The MarieGulledge Wiggins Genealogical Collection, including many books and private papers on Chesterfield County, whoserecords were destroyed during the Civil War. A collection of letters written by Private Alexander F. Byrd of James LideCoker's Company to his wife during the Civil War. A letter dated 1843 from Mary E. Lide of Alabama to Caleb Coker ofSociety Hill on a religious camp meeting and various family news items. The Edwin Lavin Large, Jr. GenealogicalCollection, much of it related to the Lydia and Lamar areas of Darlington County. The Doris G. Gandy ChesterfieldGenealogical Collection, chiefly on the Old Darlington District. James C. Pigg Collection of original Chesterfield landgrants, deeds and plats from the late 18th Century and relating to the Sego and Knight families. The Shirley T. BurfordGenealogical Collection relating to <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, North <strong>Carolina</strong>, Georgia, and Virginia.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 26 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Hartsville MuseumMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 431Hartsville, SC 29551Facility Address: 222 North Fifth St.Hartsville, SCAppointments: Recommendedhartsvillemuseum.orgScope: 1840 to 2006Telephone:Fax:843-383-3005843-383-2477Over 15,000 items in permanent collection, including railroad memorabilia, photographs, costumes, papers, architecturaldrawings and maps related to Hartsville and Darlington County history.Collection Highlights:Eastern <strong>Carolina</strong> Silver Company Collection,1899 Locomobile Steam Car, Claude Hart Photograph Collection, CokerPedigreed Seed Company Artifacts, Sonoco Centennial Exhibit<strong>Historical</strong> Center of York CountyCulture and Heritage MuseumsAlternative Name: Cultural and Heritage Commission of York CountyMailing and Facility Address212 East Jefferson St.York, SC 29745Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-684-3948 ext. 33803-684-0230http://www.chmuseums.org/ourmuseums/histcenter/index.htmScope:1785 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:1200York County's archival repository for historically significant records relating to the history of the <strong>Carolina</strong> Piedmont.Includes York County Court records such as Court of Common Pleas, General Sessions, will books, inventories andappraisals, Equity Court, minute books, and Coroner's Inquests. Also, manuscript collections donated from the public.Microfilm reels of deedbooks, federal census, and the Yorkville Enquirer newspaper. Over 7,000 volumes of referencesand rare books on regional history, local history, genealogical resources, family histories, church and cemetery indexes,decorative arts, environment and academic journals. Also houses the Culture and Heritage Museums corporate archives.Collection Highlights:Hart Family Papers, Bobby Gilmer Moss Collection, York County Court RecordsThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 27 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Huguenot Society of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>Mailing and Facility Address138 Logan St.Charleston, SC 29401Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-723-3235843-853-8476www.huguenotsociety.orgScope:1600 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:150The library of the Huguenot Society of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> contains about 4,000 volumes, plus vertical files and membershipfiles on the history of the Huguenots.Collection Highlights:The Quarto volumes of the Huguenot Society of London. Genealogical files on various Huguenot familiesJames R. Crumley Jr. ArchivesEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaAlternative Name: Crumley Lutheran ArchivesMailing and Facility Address4201 North Main St.Columbia, SC 29203Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-461-3234http://crumleyarchives.ltss.edu/Scope:1733 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:1917The Crumley Archives houses over 1,900 linear feet of historical records, dating from 1733, for Lutheran organizations ineight <strong>South</strong>ern states, including <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, and the Caribbean islands, relating to over 1,000 congregations;hundreds of Lutheran pastors, missionaries and scholars; and major Lutheran institutions such as Lutheran Theological<strong>South</strong>ern Seminary, Lutheran Homes of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, Newberry College, Lutheridge+Lutherock Ministries, Inc., LutherLeague, Women's Missionary Society, Lutheran Men in Mission and many other social ministry organizations.Collection Highlights:<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Synod Collection, ELCA; North <strong>Carolina</strong> Synod Collection, ELCA; Florida-Bahamas Synod Collection,ELCA; <strong>South</strong>eastern Synod Collection, ELCA (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee); Tennessee Synod Collection(defunct); Mississippi Synod Collection (defunct); General Synod <strong>South</strong> Collection (defunct); United Synod <strong>South</strong>Collection (defunct); Lutheran Theological <strong>South</strong>ern Seminary Collection; Holston Synod Collection (defunct); VirginiaSynod Collection, ELCA; Caribbean Synod Collection, ELCA; Lutheridge+Lutherock Ministries Inc. Collection; LowmanHome Collection; Newberry College Collection; Minutes Collection for the ELCA, LCA, ULCA, General Synod andGeneral Council and Their Individual Synods; Region 9 ELCA Office Archives; <strong>South</strong>ern Lutheran Missionary Collection;<strong>South</strong>ern Lutheran <strong>Historical</strong> Photograph Collection; <strong>South</strong>ern Lutheran <strong>Historical</strong> Journals Collection; <strong>South</strong>ernLutheran Liturgical and Worship CollectionThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 28 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Lancaster County LibrarySpecial CollectionsMailing and Facility Address313 <strong>South</strong> White St.Lancaster, SC 29720Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-285-1502803-285-6004http://lanclib.org/history/Scope:1741 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:120Mostly 20th Century, some earlier, books, newspapers, microfilm, photographs, maps, letters and other documents.Collection Highlights:Two private collections--the Perry Belle Hough Collection and the Viola C. Floyd Collection. These are primarilygenealogical and local history research notes and clippings.Laurens County LibraryMailing and Facility Address1017 West Main St.Laurens, SC 29360Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:864-681-7323864-681-0598http://www.lcpl.org/genealogy.htmScope:1785 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:55County records (microfilm), local newspapers (microfilm), family histories, local church histories,local and state verticalfiles, census records.Collection Highlights:Laurens County Records 1785-1910; cemetery records; family histories and genealogies; local church historiesThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 29 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Limestone College ArchivesEastwood LibraryAlternative Name: Winnie Davis Hall of HistoryMailing and Facility Address1115 College Dr.Gaffney, SC 29340Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-488-4612864-488-4613http://lib.limestone.edu/archive.htmScope:1890 to presentCollege records and books. Emphasis is on early female education in America.Margaretta Childs ArchivesHistoric Charleston FoundationMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 1120Charleston, SC 29402Facility Address:40 East Bay St.CharlestonAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-724-8490843-577-2067http://www.historiccharleston.org/preservation/archives_margaretta_childs.htmlScope: 1900s to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:170Focuses on recorded information created or received by Historic Charleston Foundation as part of its overall mission topreserve and protect the historical, architectural, and cultural character of Charleston and its historic environs, and toeducate the public about the benefits that are derived from preservation. Archival collection consists mostly of propertyfiles, photographs, architectural drawings, and maps that provide historical background, ownership information, andarchitectural information on many of the buildings in Charleston's historic district and area plantations; extensiveinformation about the Nathaniel Russell House and the Aiken-Rhett House, both of which are owned and operated asmuseum houses by HCF; documentation of the Cooper River Historic District; critical preservation issues files; anarchitectural damage assessment compiled after Hurricane Hugo in 1989; institutional records of Historic CharlestonFoundation, including correspondence, minutes, scrapbooks, and documentation of early preservation and neighborhoodrevitalization efforts. Its small research library contains almost 2,000 books (some rare) and technical reports onCharleston and <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> history, architecture, historic preservation, archaeology, building arts, and decorative arts.Collection Highlights:(1) Property files (historic district and area plantations) (2) Nathaniel Russell House and Aiken-Rhett House records (3)Early institutional recordsThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 30 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Marion County LibraryMailing and Facility Address101 E. Court St.Marion, SC 29571Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-823-8300843-423-8302http://www.marioncountylibrary.org/info.htmScope:1790 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:18.0Collects materials pertaining to Marion County, the Pee Dee Region, and <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>. Cemetery surveys of the PeeDee Region are included, as well as individual family genealogies and paper records. A map collection, microfilm of thelocal newspaper since the 1860's, city directories, and a vertical file collection round out the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Room.McCormick County ArchivesMcCormick Arts Council at the Keturah, Inc.Mailing and Facility AddressP.O. Box 488McCormick , SC 29835Facility Address:115 <strong>South</strong> Main St.McCormickAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:864-852-3216864-852-3217www.the-mack.orgScope:1850 to PresentOverflow collections from McCormick County Courthouse and McCormick Arts Council Records.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 31 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Medical University of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, Waring <strong>Historical</strong> LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 250403Charleston, SC 29425Facility Address:175 Ashley Ave.CharlestonAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-792-2289843-792-8619http://waring.library.musc.edu/page.php?id=692Scope:1750 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:1300Personal papers, records, and archival holdings documenting the history of the health professions in <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>.Biographical and professional material about SC physicians; records about the development and evolution of medicaleducation in SC; the history of MUSC and other SC hospitals; materials by or about early botanists or other naturalscientists; medical equipment.Collection Highlights:Records of the Medical Society of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>; records of the Medical College/University of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, includingminutes of the faculty and trustees; records of Roper Hospital.Middleton Place Foundation ArchivesMailing and Facility Address4300 Ashley River Rd.Charleston, SC 29414Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-556-6020843-766-4460www.middletonplace.orgScope:ca. 1737 to mid-20th centuryEstimated Overall Linear Feet:ca. 67Correspondence, particularly 19th Century, of various Middleton, Rutledge and Bishop Robert Smith family members,especially of Williams Middleton(1809-1883) and his post-Civil War involvement with phosphate mining. Also someCharles Alston & H. A. M. Smith papers.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 32 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Museum of Western York CountyMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 28Sharon, SC 29742Facility Address:3716 Woodlawn StreetSharonAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-927-0700http://www.museumofwesternyorkcounty.org/mowy-20_019.htmScope:1790 to 1970Estimated Overall Linear Feet:50The 5,000 square foot museum focuses on displays of historical interest concerning the development of Western YorkCounty. Galleries include the War Room dedicated to York County veterans, the Hudson Gallery features life in early tomid-twentieth century and the Hope-Parker Library. The archives include the Kennedy Family Papers, the W. B.Wilkerson, Jr. Papers, the Mendenhall Collection, Perking Photographic collection and the Witherspoon Family Collection.Newberry College ArchivesWessels LibraryNewberry CollegeMailing and Facility Address2100 College St.Newberry, SC 29108Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803.321.5231803.321.5232www.newberry.eduScope:1856 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:273Materials pertaining to the history of Newberry College, Newberry County, and the Lutheran denomination in <strong>South</strong><strong>Carolina</strong>.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 33 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Orangeburg County <strong>Historical</strong> Society, Inc.A.S. Salley ArchivesMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 1881Orangeburg, SC 29116-1881Facility Address:Middleton & Bull Sts.OrangeburgAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-535-0022Scope:1735 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:128.0Materials relating to Orangeburg County, including maps, plats, genealogical research, private manuscripts, church andcemetery records, photographs, the A.S. Salley, Jr., work papers collection, and a general history file of news clippings.Parris Island MuseumMailing and Facility AddressParris Island MuseumMCRD ERR, P.O. Box 19320Parris Island, SC 29905Facility Address:Building IIIAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-525-2951http://www.mcrdpi.usmc.mil/graduation/museum.aspScope:Mostly 20th Century to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:451Our archival collection primarily relates to the history of Parris Island and the United States Marine CorpsCollection Highlights:Dr. Eugene Alvarez Collection General E. A. Pollock Collection George C. Osterhout CollectionThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 34 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Pendleton District <strong>Historical</strong>, Recreational and Tourism CommissionAlternative Name:Pendleton District Commission;Pendleton District Agricultural MuseumMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 565Pendleton, SC 29670Facility Address:125 East Queen St.PendletonAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864-646-7271864-646-7768http://www.pendleton-district.org/history.phpScope:1780 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:300The collection of the Pendleton District Commission, housed in Hunter's Store, mainly relates to the historic PendletonDistrict, which includes the present-day counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens. Primary subjects for researchinclude local history, genealogy, textile history, business history, and agricultural history. The Pendleton DistrictCommission also administers the Pendleton District Agricultural Museum, which features a large collection of pre-1925farm equipment.Collection Highlights:Anderson Cotton Mill Records, 1895-1963. Collection of Pre-1925 Farm Equipment. 20th Century Photographs.Taliaferro Family Papers, 1788-1925. Sullivan Hardware Co. Records, 1891-1972. Courtenay Manufacturing Co.Records, 1904-1957.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 35 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Pickens County Mary Oates Gregorie <strong>Historical</strong> RoomKimberly Hampton Memorial LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 8010Easley, SC 29641Facility Address:304 Biltmore Rd.EasleyAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:864-850-7077 ext. 187864-850-7091www.pickens.lib.sc.usScope:ca. 1700 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:350Our goal is to be exhaustive in coverage of Pickens County genealogy and history, comprehensive in coverage ofAnderson and Oconee Counties, and with progressively less depth of coverage as distance from Pickens Countyincreases. We have some genealogical materials covering areas as far away as Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. We havemany family histories and compilations of local and regional government and military records of interest to genealogists,as well as a fairly complete collection of published cemetery surveys for Pickens, Anderson, Greenville and OconeeCounties. We have Pickens County newspapers in print or on microfilm back to 1870.Collection Highlights:Historic Photograph Collection; Sangamo Weston Superfund Site Documents; Easley Progress, Pickens Sentinel andDaily Messenger on microfilm; Confederate Pension Applications, 1902-1919, Pickens County, S. C. (Bound copies ofrecords from Pickens County Court House.)Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 36 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Presbyterian College Russell-Arnold ArchiveJames H. Thomason LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 975503 S. Broad St.Clinton, SC 29325Facility Address:Maple St.ClintonAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-833-7080864-833-8315http://www.presby.edu/library/archives.htmlScope:1750 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:300Collection includes: the Presbyterian College Archives, which contains historical records, photographs, publications, etc.,which relate to the history of Presbyterian College; books and pamphlets on <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> history and the history ofPresbyterianism in the state; and additional collections of documents and artifacts, which include original materialsconnected with a number of families and subject areas.Collection Highlights:William Plumer Jacobs/Founders Library: Includes sermons and papers of PC's founder, as well as his original library.Isabel Arnold Collection: Includes images, artifacts and papers concerning the interconnected families of Thomas J.'Stonewall' Jackson, Robert Hall Morrison, D.H. Hill. Thomas J. Arnold Bee-Mail Letters: A collection of over 2000 letterswritten by 500 servicemen during World War II.Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic MuseumMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 1452Spartanburg, SC 29304Facility Address:2020 Springfield RdSpartanburgAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:864 578-8770 x253864 599 4860www.sherman.eduScope:1920s to presentChiropractic textbooks, memorabilia such as early instrumentation, photos of early years of chiroparctic. Copies ofcorrespondence with Palmer and other D.C.'s. Some records of first radio station west of Mississippi River, WOC, inDavenport, Iowa (Ronald Reagan worked as a disk jockey at WOC, no pictures of him)Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 37 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong><strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Confederate Relic Room and MuseumAlternative Name:Relic Room; Confederate MuseumMailing and Facility Address301 Gervais St.Columbia , SC 29201Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-737-8098803-737-8099www.crr.sc.govScope:1830 to PresentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:117Our archival collection reflects our focus on the military history of the state. We have Confederate period letters, diariesand documents, as well as collections of photographs and letters from various conflicts of the Nineteenth and Twentiethcenturies, including the First World War and Spanish-American War. We hold the extensive archival collection of the USSColumbia, light cruiser in the Pacific in the Second World War. We also have pamplets and other documents related tothe memory of the Confederate period from early post-Reconstruction through the Twenty-First Century.Collection Highlights:USS Columbia Collection (1942-1946), William Wallace Lewis WWI Collection<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Department of Archives and HistoryAlternative Name:<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Archives and History CenterMailing and Facility Address8301 Parklane Rd.Columbia, SC 29223Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-896-6104803-896-6198scdah.sc.govScope:1671 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:28,000Permanently valuable public records produced by Proprietary, Royal, State, County and Municipal government in <strong>South</strong><strong>Carolina</strong>. Collection includes legislative records (journals and acts); court records (journals and case papers); executiverecords (council journals and governor's papers); treasury records (ledgers, journals and cashbooks); land records (plats,grants, memorials and deeds); military service and pension records (Revolutionary War and Civil War); county records(probate, equity, civil and criminal court); state agency records and maps.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 38 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong><strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> SocietyMailing and Facility Address100 Meeting St.Charleston, SC 29401Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-723-3225843-723-8584www.schistory.orgScope:1670 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:5,000Collections primarily consist of the private and personal papers of individuals, families, organizations, churches andbusinesses from counties across <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, with a strong focus on the Lowcountry. The bulk of the collections aremanuscripts related to agriculture, arts, architecture, business, slavery, state and local history, military records from theRevolutionary War, Civil War and World Wars, politics, religion, social service, transportation, communication, andwomen. Also, a sizeable collection of books, pamphlets, and vertical files and nearly 40,000 photographs and other visualimages related to the people, places, and events in <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>'s history.<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Political CollectionsUniversity of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>Alternative Name: Modern Political Collections (pre-July 2005)Mailing and Facility Address720 College St.Columbia, SC 29208Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-777-0578803-777-0582http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mpc/index.htmlScope:1906 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:3100Established in 1991, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Political Collections (SCPC) houses private papers documenting <strong>South</strong> Caroliniansand their government at the national and state levels in the post-World War II era Includes records of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>'sleaders in Congress and the General Assembly, the state's political parties, and other individuals and organizationsplaying substantive roles in politics and government. Our oral history program supplements the collected documentaryrecord.Collection Highlights:William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Olin D. Johnston, Robert E. McNair, John Carl West, William D. Workman, DemocraticParty of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, Republican Party of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, League of Women Voters of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 39 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong><strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> State University <strong>Historical</strong> CollectionMiller F. Whittaker LibraryAlternative Name: SCSU <strong>Historical</strong> Collection ArchivesMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 7491Orangeburg, SC 29117Facility Address:300 College St., NEOrangeburgAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-536-8627803-536-4726http://library.scsu.edu/Archives/SCSUArchives2.htmScope:1896 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:400The SCSU <strong>Historical</strong> Collection maintains the permanently valuable records of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> State University whichinclude university records, university publications, donated materials (diaries, scrapbooks, yearbooks, funeral programs,etc.), news clippings file (cultural, education, business), photograph collection (people, places, events of the university),and audiovisuals (filmed university programs, events, and oral history tapes).Collection Highlights:Congressman James E. Clyburn Papers; Ernest E. Just Collection; Marianna White Davis Papers, 1948-1986; BenjaminE. Mays Collection, 1914-1998; Orangeburg Massacre Collection; Palmetto Medical, Dental and PharmaceuticalAssociation Records<strong>South</strong>ern Wesleyan University ArchivesRickman LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 1020Central, SC 29630Facility Address:916 Wesleyan Dr.CentralAppointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-644-5071864-644-5904http://www.swu.edu/libraryScope:1840 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:60Photographs, papers, and books relating to the history of the Wesleyan Church in general, and the history of <strong>South</strong>ernWesleyan University in particular.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 40 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong><strong>South</strong>ern Wesleyan University Faith Clayton RoomRickman LibraryAlternative Name: Clayton RoomMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 1020Central, SC 29630Facility Address:907 Wesleyan DrCentralAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:864-644-5088http://www.swu.edu/library/about/claytonroom.htmScope:1775 to presentThe Clayton Room concentrates on collecting and preserving documents, books, family histories and photographs fromthe Old Pendleton District.Collection Highlights:Clayton, Samuel Crawford Civil War Letters, Pauline Young, Jay Young, Lynch, Mullinax collectionsSpartanburg County Public LibrariesKennedy Room of Local and <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> HistoryMailing and Facility Address151 <strong>South</strong> Church St.Spartanburg , SC 29306Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-596-3505864-596-3518http://www.infodepot.org/zKroom/KRoom.aspScope:1780 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:120The Kennedy Room is Spartanburg County Public Libraries' special collection of local history and genealogical materials.Emphasis of the collection is on Spartanburg County and its communities as well as counties in the upstate, especiallyUnion and Cherokee counties. <strong>Historical</strong> records include personal papers of local authors, and papers of local militarycamps (WWI Camp Wadsworth and WWII Camp Croft).Collection Highlights:Herald-Journal Willis Collection (historical photographs of Spartanburg taken by photographer Alfred T. Willis). Death andObituary Indexes from Spartanburg Newspapers, 1849-presentThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 41 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>St. John's Lutheran Church ArchivesMailing and Facility Address5 Clifford St.Charleston, SC 29401Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-762-0916843-577-2543http://www.stjohnscharleston.org/history.htmlScope:1755 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:33Congregational minutes (1755-1845, 1865-present); parish registers (1755-1787, 1865-present); pastors' sermons;records of organization; financial records; miscellaneous pamphlets, brochures, bulletins; paintings and photographs ofpastors, original church, and present church; plats of graveyard (1919, 1940).St. Matthew's Lutheran Church ArchivesAlternative Name:Archives & History CommitteeMailing and Facility Address405 King St.Charleston, SC 29403Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-723-1611843-579-0470http://www.smlccharleston.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=208&Itemid=133Scope: 1840 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:60Information on the founding of a German-speaking congregation in 1840 and its growth to the present day. Churchregisters; congregational minutes; financial records; cemetery records; records of church-sponsored organizations;photographs.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 42 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>St. Michael and All Angels' Episcopal Church ArchivesMailing and Facility Address6408 Bridgewood Rd.Columbia, SC 29206Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:803-782-8080803-782-2014www.stmichaelepiscopal.orgScope:ca. 1977 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:29The official records of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church and items related to its activities.St. Philips Episcopal Church ArchivesMailing and Facility Address142 Church StreetCharleston, SC 29401Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:722-7734www.stphilipschurchsc.orgScope:1732 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:34Vestry minutes, financial records, portraits, oils, architectural drawings, and photographs pertaining to the parish of St.Philips Church.Collection Highlights:Sermons of Bishop Smith (approximately 250); Vestry minutes 1732- presentThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 43 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Sumter County Museum ArchivesGenealogical and <strong>Historical</strong> Research CenterMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 1456Sumter, SC 291511456Facility Address:219 W. Liberty St.SumterAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-774-3901http://www.sumtercountymuseum.org/research/research.htmScope:1740 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:1,698.5The collection includes a veriety of records from the mid-18th Century concerning Old Sumter District (Lee, Clarendon,and Sumter counties), such as courthouse records, journals, diaries, letters, family records, funeral home records, 30,000photographs of Sumter people and places, military service records, Thomas Sumter Papers from the Draper Manuscriptsand Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.The Citadel Archives & MuseumMailing and Facility Address171 Moultrie St.Charleston, SC 29409Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:843-953-6846843-953-6956http://www.citadel.edu/museum/Scope:1842 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:2,500The Citadel Archives & Museum is the repository for historic material pertaining to The Citadel as an institution. Themilitary papers of World War II General Mark W. Clark are a notable collection in the repository. Holdings includepersonal papers, letters, diaries, reports, minutes, speeches, Citadel publications, photographs, post cards, engravings,films, videotapes, cadet uniforms and arms.Collection Highlights:General Mark W. Clark Papers Brigadier General Ellison Capers papersThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 44 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>The Heritage LibraryMailing and Facility AddressSuite 300 The Courtyard BuildingOffice Park RoadHilton Head Island, SC 29928Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:843-686-6560843-686-6506www.heritagelib.orgScope:Colonial period to presentEmphasis on <strong>South</strong>ern United States from Colonial times to the present, with additional material on world history,especially Europe, in printed, digital and microform.Collection Highlights:Caldwell Collection, Robert Peeples CollectionThree Rivers <strong>Historical</strong> SocietyMailing and Facility Address414 N. Main St.Hemingway, SC 29554Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:843-558-2355http://www.threerivershistoricalsociety.org/Scope:1590 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:102.3Consists of paper records, photographs, maps, plats, clipping-pamphlet collections, and published histories. IncludesWilliamsburg County census records dating to 1790; various years of other nearby county census records; minutes andregister books of prominent area churches; family histories (including McCants to 1590); cemetery surveys; WilliamsburgCounty probate records 1806-1900; abstracts of deed books, wills and equity records; Marion County School records1849-1864; and other public records.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 45 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Thrift Library of Anderson UniversityMailing and Facility Address316 Boulevard St.Anderson, SC 29621Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-231-2049864-231-2191http://www.ac.edu/library/index.htmlScope:1920 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:54.0Primarily includes the records of Anderson College and University, various <strong>South</strong>ern Baptist organizations, and therecords of some local area businesses and other organizations.Tompkins LibraryAlternative Name:Old Edgefield District Genealogical SocietyOld Edgefield District African American Genealogical SocietyEdgefield Welcome CenterMailing and Facility Address104 Courthouse SquareEdgefield, SC 29824Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-637-4010803-637-2116OEDGS.orgScope:1750 to presentThe Tompkins Library houses over 2,000 surname files, 3,000 subject files, and over 3,000 books. Our collection focuseson the history and genealogy of the Old Edgefield District, but we also have records for other counties in <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>,<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> in general, and other states.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 46 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Trinity Episcopal Cathedral ArchivesMailing and Facility Address1100 Sumter StreetColumbia, SC 29201Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-771-7300803-254-4885www.trinityepiscopalcathedral.orgScope:1812 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:80Includes the operating records of Trinity Cathedral, the seat for the bishop of the Diocese of Upper <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> and thesite of numerous state occasions. Consists of vestry minutes (1864-present); parish meeting minutes (1930-present);parish registers of baptisms, confirmations, transfers and funerals (1867-present); church directories; membership lists;financial and property records; minutes of Trinity Foundation; church and cemetery records; parish newsletters; orders ofservice, histories; clergy records; inventories of artifacts and properties; photographs; bound journals. Also housed arerecords of the Daughters of the Holy Cross (Episcopal Church Women); Women's Auxiliary; Women's Exchange andother Episcopal Women's records dating back to the 1880s.Collection Highlights:Parish Register 1894- present Vestry Minutes- 1864- presentUniversity of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Newsfilm LibraryAlternative Name:Newsfilm Archive, USC Film Library, USC Film ArchiveMailing and Facility AddressNewsfilm Lbrary707 Catawba St.Columbia, SC 29208Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803 777-5556803 777-4756http://www.sc.edu/library/newsfilmScope:1900 to 1990Estimated Overall Linear Feet:n/aThe Newsfilm Library holds approximately 20 million ft. of archival film in all formats and gauges. The majority of itsholdings is news film but the Library has a strong collection of amateur and home movies from the <strong>South</strong>east. Non-filmholdings primarily document the film elements from the news collections and take the form of cameraman reports, storyscripts, and ephemera. An important exception is the still photography collection of Roman Vishiac (a pioneering scientificphotographer and cinemaphotographer).Collection Highlights:Fox Movietone News Collection, Local Television News Collection, <strong>Carolina</strong> Film Collection, Roman Vishniac CollectionThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 47 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>University of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>, <strong>South</strong> Caroliniana LibraryMailing and Facility Address<strong>South</strong> Caroliniana LibraryUniversity of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>Columbia, SC 29208Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-777-3131803-777-5747www.sc.edu/library/socarScope:ca. 1670 to PresentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:10,000The <strong>South</strong> Caroliniana Library has private manuscripts, book and pamphlets, images, newspapers, maps, architecturaldrawings, and oral histories (tape, cds, and paper), and archives of the University of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>. Collection includespaper records and 21,500 rolls of microfilm.University of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>-Aiken, Gregg-Graniteville LibraryMailing and Facility Address471 University Pky.Aiken, SC 29801Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-641-3261803-641-3302http://library.usca.edu/Main/HomePageScope:1840 to 1985Estimated Overall Linear Feet:49.5The Gregg-Graniteville Collection contains two valuable archives pertaining to the cotton textile industry and includes afairly extensive display of artifacts. The primary research value of these archives is for scholars in <strong>South</strong>ern economical,social, and labour history, for the period 1845 to 1985, as well as for cultural historians of the <strong>South</strong> as it moved into the20th century.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 48 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Upcountry History MuseumMailing and Facility Address540 Buncombe StGreenville, SC 29650Appointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:http://www.upcountryhistory.org/about_us.phpScope:early 1800's to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:100Collection covers regional history of 15 upstate counties. Emphasis is on textile industryUSC Lancaster ArchivesMedford LibraryMailing and Facility Address476 Hubbard DrLancaster, SC 29720Appointments: PreferredTelephone:Fax:803-313-7063803-313-7107http://usclancaster.sc.edu/library/nasc/blumer/Scope:1756 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:82.0The T. J. Blumer Catawba Research Collection contains a wide-ranging series of materials created and collected by thedonor over a 40-year period as he conducted research on the Catawba Indian Nation and other Native American peoples.Catawba history, culture and pottery are the primary focus.Collection Highlights:T.J. Blumer Collection of the Catawba NationThursday, April 09, 2009 Page 49 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Voorhees College Archives, Wright-Potts LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 678Denmark, SC 92042Facility Address:5480 Voorhees Rd.DenmarkAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-703-7095803-793-0471www.youseemore.com/Voorhees/about.aspScope:Not available to Not availableEstimated Overall Linear Feet:54.0Includes paper records, photographs, sound recordings, and videotapes related to the history of Voorhees College, andEpiscopal-affiliated institution.White Homestead ArchivesAlternative Name:The William Elliott White HouseMailing and Facility Address1826 Second Baxter CrossingFort Mill, SC 29708Facility Address:1042 N. White St.Fort MillAppointments: RequiredTelephone:Fax:803-547-4557803-802-5546Scope:1764 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:400The collection dates from 1764 to the present and includes over 200 linear feet of records, and more than 2000 boundvolumes. Included in the manuscript collection are wills, deeds, plats, Catawba Indian land leases, correspondence,diaries, architectural drawings, and maps relating to the ancestral home and its residents. Also included are accountbooks, receipts, reports, and minutes of the many businesses ventures involving the Springs, White, Allison, and Phiferfamilies. These businesses include Springs Industries in Fort Mill, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> as well as mercantile and land holdingsin both North <strong>Carolina</strong> and <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>. Particularly interesting are the manuscript drafts and correspondenceconcerning Colonel Springs' aviation and writing careers. Colonel Elliott White Springs was a World War I flying ace,author, and leading textile manufacturer. The collection is open to serious researchers by appointment Monday throughThursday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Please direct requests for information to Ann Evans, Archivist and Curator ofCollections.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 50 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>Winthrop University Archives and Special CollectionsDacus LibraryMailing and Facility AddressArchives and Special CollectionsDacus Library, Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, SC 29733Facility Address:824 Oakland Ave.Rock Hill, S.C.Appointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-323-2334803-323-2215http://www.winthrop.edu/dacus/about/Archives/archivesdept.htmScope:2100 BC to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:7500The Winthrop University Archives and Special Collections collects and preserves material relating to Winthrop University,women's history, and <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> history, particularly the heritage of the Catawba Region (York, Lancaster, Chester,Fairfield, Union and Cherokee Counties).Collection Highlights:Nathan Asch Papers, Browne Family Papers, Matt Christopher Papers, Arthur Cornwell Papers, Council of Scottish ClansAssociation, Sylvia Dreyfus Papers, Equal Rights Amendment <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Coalition Records, Martha ThomasFitzgerald Papers, Mary Elizabeth Frayser Papers, Alfred Gilchrist Architectural Drawings, Juanita Willmon GogginsPapers, Emily Liles Harris Journals, Ken Holland Papers, David Bancroft Johnson Papers, Knox-Wise Family Papers,Robert Marett Papers, Dr. Mary Elizabeth Massey Papers, John R. Schorb Papers, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Council for theCommon Good Records, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Federation of Women's Clubs, Louise Pettus Papers, Dr. Miriam WillifordPapers, Eliza Ragsdale Wylie Papers, among many others.Wofford College ArchivesSandor Teszler LibraryAlternative Name: <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> United Methodist Conference ArchivesMailing and Facility Address429 N. Church St.Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663Appointments: RecommendedTelephone:Fax:864-597-4313864-597-4329http://www.wofford.edu/library/archives/Scope:1770 to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:900The collections consist largely of the official records of Wofford College and the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Annual Conference of theUnited Methodist Church. The college records consist of trustee, faculty, presidential, and other administrative records,materials that document student life, college publications, and secondary materials about and by persons with arelationship to the college. The church records consist of the minutes of the conference, the conference newspaper,some agency records, books about Methodism and books by <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Methodist clergy, records of some closedchurches.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 51 of 52


<strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Repository</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>York County LibraryMailing and Facility AddressPO Box 10032Rock Hill, SC 29731-0032Facility Address:138 E. Black St.Rock HillAppointments: Not NeededTelephone:Fax:803-981-5825803-981-5866http://www.ychistory.org/Scope:mid-1800s to presentEstimated Overall Linear Feet:180.0Census records for <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> 1790-1930, microfilm of county estate papers, microfilm of local newspapers, books ongenealogy and history, local photographs, Catawba Indian history and land claims, pamphlets, and clippings.Thursday, April 09, 2009 Page 52 of 52

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