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Since 2004, your Digital Collections team has provided open access to diverse and fascinating archives, rare books, photographs, films, oral histories and manuscripts.

Access Hundreds of Collections Online

We work with six special collections units on campus and, to date, have created nearly 300 digital collections for you to discover. In partnering with South Carolina Digital Library and Digital Public Library of America, we meet industry standards and collaborate often. With continuous digital preservation, our team ensures USC research and teaching collections are available around the globe, wherever you are.

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James Glen Papers, 1738-1777

The papers of colonial governor James Glen (1701-1777), who served as Governor of South Carolina from 1738 to 1756, include official government documents, papers concerning relations with Native American Indians, business papers relating to his ownership of a South Carolina rice plantation, and correspondence between Glen and South Carolina planter, John Drayton (1713-1779).

Digitized Materials

manuscripts, diaries, South Caroliniana Library manuscripts, SCL, agriculture, arts, literature, music, botany, history, industry, Native Americans, plantation life, politics, law

Hunger in America

This digital collection contains materials on the problem of Hunger in American from South Carolina Political Collections. In 1969, Senator Ernest Hollings went on a tour of South Carolina’s most impoverished areas in several trips known as the “Hunger Tours” – trips that ultimately culminated in the book The Case Against Hunger. 

Digitized Materials

archives, correspondence, books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodical, photographs, south carolina political collections, SCPC, agriculture, education, student life, geography, health, healthcare, politics, law, South Carolina

Columbia Fire Department

This is a collection of photographs documenting the activities of the Columbia Fire Department between the 1940s the 1960s.

Digitized Materials

photographs, SCL, South Caroliniana Library Visual Materials, history, industry, south carolina

Audubon's Birds of America

The Birds of America consists of 435 plates representing the life-sized and realistically posed birds illustrated by John James Audubon and printed mainly in London by Havell. The hand painted engravings constitute a significant contribution to works of ornithology.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Special Collections, Books, pamphlets, images, postcards, natural history, science

Isaac Samuel Leevy Collection 

Isaac Samuel Leevy (1876-1968) was an African American entrepreneur and civic leader in Columbia, South Carolina best known for directing Leevy’s Funeral Home and staunchly supporting a two-party political system in the state as a Republican (until late in life) and Richland County Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, black history, civil rights, education, student life, history, politics, law, south carolina, travel, tourism, archives, correspondence, images, postcard, manuscripts, diaries, newspapers, photographs, SCL

Natural Histories

Natural history is a broad term used to describe the study of the natural world and the history of nature.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Special Collections, books, pamphlets, images, postcard, natural history, science

Panoramic Photographs

Panoramas are not unique to photography, as artists have employed the technique to capture wide-angle views since 20 A.D. Early panoramic photographs are rare and consisted of daguerreotype plates being pieced together to form the picture. 

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana library, south carolina, south carolina library visual materials, images, postcard, photographs, SCL

Fox Movietone News Collection

The collection contains seven million feet of nitrate motion picture film and four million feet of safety motion picture film documenting the national and global politics and culture from 1919 - 1934 and Sept. 1942 - August 1944

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, news, Fox, studio, arts, music, war, conflict, law, politics, civil rights, Black history, journalism, the Great Depression, Women's history, industry

Local Television Newsfilm Collections

The Local Television News Collections at Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) comprise approximately 1.5 million feet of 16mm motion picture film outtakes dating from the late 1950s to the early 1980s, donated by several South Carolina television stations

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, news, film, news stations, motion picture, outtakes, civil rights, Black history, South Carolina, war, conflict, politics, law

South Carolina Musician Journals

Founded by editor Harrison Elliott in 1948, the issues included here span 1948-2015

Digitized Materials

Music Library, South Carolina, musician, journals, sheet music, periodical, musiclibrary

Kline Iron & Steel Company History and Recollections

Kline Iron and Steel Company (1923-2003), known for its high quality products and services, had a reciprocal reputation of loyalty and respect between employees and owners

Digitized Materials

Office of Oral History, audio, oral histories, South Carolina, steel, iron, religion, Black history, industry

Letters and Prints from the Campanella Collection Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi (4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot, and political provocateur famous for efforts to establish a unified democratic Italy

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special collections, manuscripts, imagespostcards, postcards, visual materials, Italian, French, archives, correspondence

J.B. Hawley Postcard Collection

This collection of postcards, both used and unused, focuses primarily on buildings found on university campuses across the United States, like Harvard, Stanford, Vassar and Dartmouth

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special collections, images postcards, postcards, South Carolina, history, visual materials

South Carolina Political Collections Oral Histories

Our oral history program enhances the comprehensiveness of our holdings. These interviews were recorded primarily by staff at South Carolina Political Collections, University of South Carolina.

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, archives, oral histories, PDF, typed, South Carolina, history

Richard Theodore Greener Papers, 1876-1919

Greener rose to relative prominence early in his academic career, as the first black graduate of Harvard University in 1870. Three years later, he accepted a position at the University of South Carolina, where he taught philosophy, Latin, and Greek and served as the school’s Librarian

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, manuscripts, Black history, education, literature, civil service, South Carolina, history

Marian Bruce Logan Collection of Civil Rights Activism, 1945-1989

Logan assisted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in raising funds for the non-violent protests organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, archives, correspondence, civil rights, politics, law, manuscripts, photographs

American Revolution in South Carolina

This digital collection brings together material from numerous South Caroliniana Library collections to document the experiences of South Carolinians during the American Revolutionary War

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, archives, manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, South Carolina, war, conflict

M. Hayes Mizell Papers

Mizell’s lifelong political efforts focused primarily on advocating for and monitoring the desegregation of South Carolina and the region’s public schools

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, archives, correspondence, civil rights, politics, law

Fifteeners: Early Printed Books

Books printed in the 15th century, alternately referred to as fifteeners or incunabula, comprise the earliest examples we have of the mass production of books by mechanical means during the late medieval period

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Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, rare books, early printed books, incunabula, literature, bookspamphlets

Political Campaign Memorabilia Collection

This collection of presidential campaign buttons, bumper stickers, brochures, and other ephemera documents U.S. Presidential races from 1940 to 1984

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, politics, campaigns, bookspamphlets, objects, buttons

Briggs v. Elliott

This digital collection provides a contextual glance into primary sources surrounding the legal case Briggs v. Elliott

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, archives, correspondence, manuscripts, South Carolina, civil rights, leadership, politics, law

Ada Clare Papers, 1841-1864

Ada Clare (1836-1874) was the pseudonym and later legal name of Jane McElhenney, a journalist, writer, actress, poet, and feminist

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, archives, correspondence, arts, literature, feminism, women's history, South Carolina, Charleston, New York

2015 South Carolina Flood Collection

Oral histories that discuss the 2015 flash flooding in central South Carolina

Digitized Materials

Office of Oral History, Natural History, Science, audio, South Carolina, oral histories

Census of Cuba, 1899 786-page report tells the geography, history, culture and statistical makeup of Cuba in 1899

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Geography, travel tourism, books pamphlets

Diamond Fields of South Africa: Memoirs, Mines, and Minerals, 1870-1917 1870-1917 publications describing the diamond fields of South Africa, reflect excitement generated by great mineral discovery

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Industry, books pamphlets

Equality of Educational Opportunity by James S. Coleman Report submitted in response to Section 402 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Digitized Materials

Government Information, black history, civil rights, education student life, books pamphlets

Government Information Pamphlets Collection Over 400 health related pamphlets from Government Agencies in the 1930s-1970s

Digitized Materials

Government Information, education student life, health healthcare, books pamphlets

Government Information USDA Periodicals Collection contains five periodicals from the US Dept. of Agriculture from 1920-1955

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Agriculture, greatdepressionwpa, bookspamphlets

Historical Soil Survey Maps of South Carolina Early 20th century soil maps for South Carolina to explain the soil classifications on the county level

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Geography, Maps

South Carolina Aerial Photograph Indexes, 1937-1989 1930’s-1980’s, USDA aerial photograph mosaic indexes to individual aerial photographs

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Geography, South Carolina, imagespostcards

South Carolina Department of Transportation County Road Maps Maps of all the South Carolina counties, showing cities, towns, roads, cultural features, and other miscellaneous features

Digitized Materials

Government Information & Maps, Geography, South Carolina

Hurricane Hugo Elevation Maps Depicts water-surface elevations, high water marks, and landward extent of storm-tide inundation caused by Hurricane Hugo, 1989

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Maps, Geography, naturalhistoryscience, South Carolina

Topographical Maps of South Carolina, 1888-1975 7.5, 15, and 30 minute topographic maps of South Carolina 19th and 20th century

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Maps, Geography, South Carolina

Tri-Daily Meteorological Records, 1878 Bulletins published in these volumes exhibit the record of simultaneous weather observations, taken three times daily

Digitized Materials

Government Information, Geography, naturalhistoryscience, bookspamphlets

United States Food Administration Food Conservation Notes Established in 1917 to conserve and supply food during World War I to US and allied forces

Digitized Materials

Government Information, warconflict, newspapers

WPA Week in National Defense Brief news items concerning the Work Projects Administration’s activities throughout the United States

Digitized Materials

Government Information, greatdepressionwpa, war conflict, Architecture, books pamphlets

City Directories of South Carolina, 1859-1922 Full-text searchable listings of residents and businesses in Anderson, Camden, Chester, Clinton, Gaffney, Laurens, Newberry, Sumter, and Union, South Carolina

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South Caroliniana Library, Directories, Genealogy, South Carolina, books pamphlets

Columbia, South Carolina City Directories, 1859-1927 Full-text searchable listings of residents and businesses in Columbia, South Carolina, 1859-1927

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Directories, Genealogy, South Carolina, books pamphlets

Historic Newspapers of South Carolina Full-text searchable historic South Carolina newspapers from antebellum to modern times

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Newspapers

James Hagood Memoir Civil War memoir and regimental history written prior to 1870 reviews his service as one of the youngest colonels in the Army of the Confederate States of America

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South Caroliniana Library, Civil War in America, books pamphlets

Minutes of the Annual Church Conferences of The Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheranm Methodist, And Presbyterian Churches in South Carolina, 1785-1920, from the South Caroliniana Library Minutes of the conferences of Protestant denominations in South Carolina, 1785-1920

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South Caroliniana Library, South Carolina, Church History and Religion, books pamphlets

Negro Travelers' Green Book, 1956 Provided African American motorists and tourists with the information necessary to board, dine, and sightsee comfortably and safely during the era of segregation

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, travel tourism, civil rights, Industry, black history, books pamphlets

New South Newspaper, 1862-1866 Union newspaper published in Beaufort County, South Carolina, during the Civil War

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Politics, Industry, South Carolina, Civil War in America, Newspapers

The Quiver Antebellum Charleston literary magazine, recognized as the first Jewish publication printed in the United States

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, South Carolina, Journalism, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Of South Carolina Fire insurance maps covering over 300 cities and towns in South Carolina between the 1880s and 1960s

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, South Carolina, Geography, Maps

South Caroliniana Cookbook Collection 19th-century and early 20th century South Carolina cookbooks containing recipes and practical domestic advice

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, plantationlife, Agriculture, healthhealthcare, bookspamphlets

South Caroliniana Library Map Collection Historic South Carolina maps documenting demographic and landscape changes over time

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, South Carolina, Geography, Maps

South Caroliniana Pamphlet Collection Artificially bound volumes of South Carolina imprints on topics including agriculture, education, and history

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South Caroliniana Library, nativeamericans, Civil War in America, educationstudentlife, Agriculture, bookspamphlets, warconflict

William Gilmore Simms Digital Edition Drama, poetry, novels, and historical works by the prolific antebellum southern author William Gilmore Simms

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South Caroliniana Library, traveltourism, Civil War in America, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

Loretta Dunbar Oral Correspondence Collection, 1974-1979 Loretta & Hamish Dunbar’s recorded letters home to her mother and step-father while serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa in the 1970s

Digitized Materials

Office of Oral History, traveltourism, audiooralhistories

Shivar Spring Company & Tom McConnell Shivar Spring Company was a mineral water and flavored beverage company operating in Shelton, Fairfield County, South Carolina, ca. 1907 to 1957

Digitized Materials

Office of Oral History, Agriculture, South Carolina, healthhealthcare, audiooralhistories

Tom Crosby's Rosenwald School Oral History Collection, 2006-2011 43 interviews by Tom Crosby describing the educational experiences of blackhistorys 1910s-1970s in South Carolina who attended Rosenwald schools

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Office of Oral History, blackhistory, educationstudentlife, audiooralhistories

William Gravely Oral History Collection on the Lynching of Willie Earle 41 oral history interviews and accompanying notes relating to the lynching of Willie Earle in 1947

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Office of Oral History, blackhistory, civilrights, audiooralhistories

William Savage Oral History Collection, 1982-1988 40 interviews from late 1980s of faculty and staff members documents a small part of the institutional history of the University of South Carolina

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Office of Oral History, educationstudentlife, USC, South Carolina, audiooralhistories

Carolina Bands Collection Band directors’, James Pritchard Sr., James K. Copenhaver, collection of sheetmusic, drill charts, album covers, photos, and football programs

Digitized Materials

Music Library, Education and Student Life, USC, imagespostcards, sheetmusic, musiclibrary

Claude Casey Scrapbooks Claude Casey’s scrapbooks containing selected photos, press clippings, and correspondence

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Music Library, artslitmusic, Images, musiclibrary

Edwin E. Gordon Papers Selected publications from the Edwin E. Gordon Archive

Digitized Materials

Music Library, bookspamphlets, musiclibrary

Edwin Hughes Collection Selected awards, correspondence, photographs and programs from pianist Edwin Hughes’ collection

Digitized Materials

Music Library, artslitmusic, South Carolina, Images, manuscriptsdiaries, musiclibrary

Hemrick Nathan Salley Family Sheet Music Two bound volumes of music from the 19th and 20th centuries, including popular piano and voice with emphasis on blackface minstrelsy

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Music Library, sheetmusic, musiclibrary

John Kenneth Adams Scrapbook Concert programs, playbills, clippings, photographs, awards and certificates collected throughout Adams’ career as a performer and teacher

Digitized Materials

Music Library, artslitmusic, educationstudentlife, manuscriptsdiaries, musiclibrary

L' Art Décoratif de Léon Bakst Scanned copy of L'art decoratif de Léon Bakst with critical essays by Arsène Alexandre and notes about ballets by Jean Cocteau.

Digitized Materials

Music Library, artslitmusic, books pamphlets, Images, music library, musiclibrary

Massenet First Edition Opera Scores Selected, signed first editions of Massenet operas

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Music Library, artslitmusic, sheetmusic, musiclibrary

Sheet Music Catalog Predominantly popular sheetmusic from the 19th and early 20th centuries

Digitized Materials

Music Library, sheetmusic, musiclibrary

Tin Pan Alley Sheet Music Collection Shows the rise of the popular sheetmusic, the growth of Broadway and vaudeville, and the golden age of illustration in New York, 1890–1922

Digitized Materials

Music Library, artslitmusic, sheetmusic, musiclibrary

Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections This curated collection brings together diverse archival footage documenting the Civil Rights movement.

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, MIRC, civilrights, South Carolina, blackhistory, Film

Eleanor Phelps' Cruise Around the World Eleanor Phelps sailed around the world in 1922 aboard the S.S. Laconia, keeping diary and taking images to document the trip

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Moving Image Research Collections, MIRC, traveltourism, South Carolina, womenshistory, manuscriptsdiaries, Images

Fox Movietone News: The War Years War news from around the world condensed to twice weekly, 8 to 10 minutes films released by one of the nation’s leading newsreels

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, MIRC, warconflict, Film

Harry and William Birch Collection Over 40 hours of film, photographs, and papers document the careers of two distinguished Chicago news cameramen, father and son

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, MIRC, warconflict, Film, Images

Roman Vishniac The Subject is Nature These hundred images are a portion of the many scientific and naturalistic images that Vishniac took in his life time

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, MIRC, naturalhistoryscience, Images

United States Marine Corps Films Over half a century of Marine Corps history on film, in partnership with the History Division of Marine Corps University

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, MIRC, warconflict, Film, Audio

Carolina Student's Handbook A glimpse of the campus culture at the University of South Carolina from the 1920s through the 1940s, published annually by the University’s YMCA and YWCA chapters

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Archives, educationstudentlife, USC, bookspamphlets

Clariosophic Literary Society Records of University of South Carolina, 1806-1983 One of two original student organizations established at South Carolina College in 1806, to prepare their members for future leadership roles by strengthening their oratorical skills

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Archives, educationstudentlife, USC, manuscriptsdiaries

Gamecock Newspaper Student newspaper, 1908-2006, full-text searchable by keyword or browse by date

Digititized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Archives, educationstudentlife, USC, Newspapers

Garnet and Black Yearbooks, 1899-1994 University of South Carolina's Garnet and Black Yearbooks from 1899 to 1994, all available and keyword searchable

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Archives, educationstudentlife, USC, bookspamphlets

Slavery at South Carolina College Examining the role of slavery and the contributions of enslaved persons at South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)

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South Caroliniana Library, Archives, blackhistory, USC, Civil War in America, educationstudentlife, Politics, imagespostcards, Maps

University of South Carolina Buildings and Grounds Evolution of the University's physical structures is documented in these images, which are drawn from the collections of the University Archives

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South Caroliniana Library, Archives, educationstudentlife, USC, Architecture, imagespostcards

University of South Carolina Football Program Covers Showcases the unique artwork created to support and promote Gamecock football

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South Caroliniana Library, Archives, educationstudentlife, USC, artslitmusic, imagespostcards

University of South Carolina Reconstruction Records University documents from 1873-1877, when USC was the only state-supported Southern university to fully integrate during Reconstruction

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Archives, educationstudentlife, USC, blackhistory, reconstructionera, manuscriptsdiaries

University of South Carolina Student Examinations These student exams reflect changes over time in USC’s curriculum,  student body, faculty and educational goals

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Archives, blackhistory, USC, educationstudentlife, manuscriptsdiaries

Armstrong Family Papers, 1900-1930 One of America's foremost early twentieth-century African-American magic acts. 127 items including letters and photographs

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, blackhistory, traveltourism, imagespostcards , manuscriptsdiaries, SCL Visual Materials

Berkeley County Photograph Collection 66 photographs circa 1900 of  plantations, black history, rice threshing, hunting and churches in Berkeley County before the area was flooded for Lake Marion

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, blackhistory, plantationlife, Agriculture, imagespostcards

Beulah Glover Photograph Collection Photographs by Glover of events and places in the Walterboro, S.C. area, 1941-1952

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South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, blackhistory, womenshistory, Journalism, imagespostcards

E. Don Herd Photograph Collection Photographs of Belton and Easley high schools athletic teams, clubs, class officers, and homecoming, taken by student E. Don Herd, 1940s-1950s

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, educationstudentlife, South Carolina, imagespostcards

E. E. Burson Photograph Collection Photographs of white and African-American townspeople and Voorhees College students in Denmark, S.C., circa 1905-1920

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South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, blackhistory, South Carolina, educationstudentlife, imagespostcards

E. T. Start Collection Collection of 200 negatives includes images of people, animals, and houses in Camden, S.C., circa 1910s-1920s

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Architecture, Industry, blackhistory, South Carolina, Agriculture, imagespostcards

George LaGrange Cook Photograph Collection Glass plate negatives of Charleston and Summerville in the 1880s and early 1890s

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, Architecture, reconstructionera, Industry, imagespostcards

Harbison Agricultural College Photograph Collection Photographs of Harbison Agricultural College in Irmo, S.C., circa 1911-1920, an African-American school founded  in 1899.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, blackhistory, South Carolina, educationstudentlife, imagespostcards

Heyward Album Civil War-era photograph album with cartes-de-visite  of members of the S. C. Secession Convention, S.C. government, and S.C.V. 1st Reg. of Rifles.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Civil War in America, South Carolina, warconflict, imagespostcards, SCL Visual Materials

John Hensel (1919-1999) Photograph Collection Photographs of Columbia, S.C. people and places, 1949-1951.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Architecture, South Carolina, educationstudentlife, imagespostcards

Joseph E. Winter (1920-1992) Collection Prints and slides of Columbia, 1950s-1970s, taken for Urban Rehabilitation Commission’s Fight Blight campaign.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Architecture, South Carolina, Industry, imagespostcards

Kenneth Frederick Marsh Photograph Collection Images of historic and modern homes, public buildings, textile mills, churches, and scenes of South Carolina and Flat Rock, N.C. during 1960s.

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South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Industry, South Carolina, Architecture, Geography

South Carolina and the Spanish American War  Scenes from training camps  in S.C. (1898), journey of  27th U.S. V. to the Philippines (1898), and 2nd SCI at the Mexican Border Campaign (1916)

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, warconflict, imagespostcards, SCL Visual Materials

South Carolina and World War II Images documenting the South Carolina home-front during World War II as well as experiences of South Carolina soldiers

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South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, warconflict, imagespostcards, SCL Visual Materials

South Carolina Postcards 2 Postcards from across S.C., arranged by county, circa 1900-2016

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South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, traveltourism, imagespostcards

South Carolina Railroad Photograph Collection Photographs of train stations, depots, rail yards, engines, and rolling stock in S.C.; also includes timber and quarry lines

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Industry, South Carolina, imagespostcards

Stereographic Views of South Carolina Stereo views of South Carolina, circa 1860s-1940s

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, artslitmusic, South Carolina, Geography, imagespostcards

Views of Columbia, South Carolina Photographs of Columbia, S.C. from many different collections in the South Caroliniana Library, dating from the 1880s through the 20th century

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Church & Religion History, South Carolina, blackhistory, South Carolina, Architecture, imagespostcards

WPA Photograph Collection, 193u-194u Documents cities, towns, farms, lifestyles, landscapes, and other aspects of South Carolina life, part of the S.C. Writers’ Project  of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1936-1940

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Architecture, Geography, greatdepressionwpa, South Carolina, blackhistory, blackhistorys, imagespostcards

Charleston Earthquake, 1886 August 31, 1886, Charleston and surrounding towns suffered extensive damage from the largest earthquake to ever hit the southeast

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, South Carolina, Geography, naturalhistoryscience, Architecture, Government Information, imagespostcards

AccessAble Books Rare, unique and invaluable, these books were digitized in collaboration with the USC Press

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

Alphabet Rendered Instructive and Entertaining This abecedaria, published in 1775, is an excellent example of an early, illustrated alphabet book

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets, educationstudentlife

Camilla Urso Collection Camilla Urso was one of the leading violinists of the 19th century with a career that spanned more than fifty years

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, Music, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Delbert Claire Brandt Collection Letters and postcards from Delbert Claire Brandt, a young man at the front in World War I, to his sister Beatrice

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, warconflict, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Development of the Printed Page Digital version of USC’s set of rare book leaves compiled by Alfred Stites in the 1960s

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

E.D.E.N. Southworth Collection Digital collection of over 80 of popular 19th century author E.D.E.N. Southworth’s books

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, Gregoire The first English edition of the Grégoire’s tract, which became a seminal text for American abolitionists

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, blackhistory, bookspamphlets

Ethelind Pope Brown Collection of South Carolina Natural History Late 18th-early 19th C. collection of original watercolors or gouaches of flora and fauna of the American Southeast by an unknown artist

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, naturalhistoryscience, South Carolina, imagespostcards

French Language Children's Books A selection of French language children's books from the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

G. Ross Roy Collection of Burnsiana & Scottish Literature Covers a wide range of Scottish literature, including manuscript material, chapbooks, poetry, histories, and modern writings

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets, manuscriptsdiaries

Grand Atlas of Joan Blaeu This section from Jean Blaeu’s Grande Atlas, from the French version issued in 1663, describes and illustrates Brahe’s astronomical instruments. Blaeu’s hand-colored copper-plate engravings were revised from woodcuts originally published in Brahe’s own Astronomiae Instauratiae Mechanicae (1598), with the descriptions in Latin; an English translation from Brahe’s 1598 text is available from the Danish Royal Library.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, naturalhistoryscience, bookspamphlets, imagespostcards , Maps

History of Education in America Texts and other works printed in the South for a Southern audience.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, educationstudentlife, bookspamphlets

Humboldt’s Atlas of Latin America, 1799-1804 A record of the German scientist Humboldt’s 1799-1804 expedition through Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Geography, naturalhistoryscience, Maps, bookspamphlets

Isaac Rosenberg: Early Poetry and Related Documents from the Joseph Cohen Collection of World War I Literature A collection of the work of Isaac Rosenberg, a Jewish-English artist and poet, who died at age 28 in the First World War.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, war conflict, Books, Images, manuscripts diaries

Jerred Metz Collection of Manufacturers’ Recipes and Advertisements, 1902-1950 The Metz Recipe Book Collection includes more than 500 manufacturers’ cookbooks.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, healthhealthcare, womenshistory, Industry, bookspamphlets

Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Manuscripts, Images. and Ephemera Letters, manuscripts, cartes-de-visite, and other ephemeral material relating to nineteenth-century Transcendentalist movement.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, arts literature music, manuscripts diaries, images postcards

John and Mary Osman Braun and Hogenberg Collection Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg’s city views are considered one of the high points of late Renaissance cartography.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, traveltourism, Geography, Maps

Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection: Postcards

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, warconflict, imagespostcards

Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection: Posters

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, arts literature music, war conflict, images postcards

Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection: Sheet Music The Joseph M. Bruccoli Collection includes over a thousand pieces of sheet-music from the First World War.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, warconflict, sheetmusic

Literary Annuals Illustrated annual giftbooks were one of the most distinctive and popular genres from the mid-1820s through to the 1850s.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, Books

Pages from the Past A digital record of the early medieval manuscripts in USC’s teaching collection.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, churchhistoryreligion, Books & Pamplets, Manuscripts

Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects The first edition of Wheatley’s poems, with frontispiece of her by Scipio Moorhead

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, blackhistory, bookspamphlets

Select Pamphlets from the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, women's history, books pamphlets

Robert B. Ariail Collection of Historical Astronomy An extraordinary collection that documents the history of astronomy early celestial atlases to telescopes

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, natural history science, books pamphlets, Images, manuscripts diaries

Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped in Young Folks Paper Originally appeared in serialized form in James Henderson’s literary magazine Young Folks Paper from May 1 to July 31, 1886

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow in Young Folks Paper First published in the children’s periodical Young Folks Paper under his pseudonym “Captain George North”

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artslitmusic, bookspamphlets

Menu Project This collection is the beginning of a community wide effort to record the contemporary culinary history of the Southeast

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Industry, Health, books pamphlets

Topical Sketches by Douglas G. Ward This sketchbook chronicles the wartime experiences of Cpl. Douglas G. Ward, an otherwise unknown British soldier-artist

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, warconflict, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Tycho Brahe's Instruments in the Blaeu Grande Atlas This section from Jean Blaeu’s Grande Atlas describes and illustrates Tycho Brahe’s astronomical instruments

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, naturalhistoryscience, bookspamphlets, Maps, imagespostcards

World War I Letters of Samuel Bloom The Samuel Bloom archive chronicles his service during WWI, his studies at the Université de Montpellier, and travels after the War

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, warconflict, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Angelica Singleton Van Buren Collection Documents relating to Angelica Singleton Van Buren’s life in the early to mid-nineteenth century in the United States and abroad

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, plantationlife, traveltourism, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Bonds Conway papers, 1763-1907 Family letters, land papers, and other items documenting several generations of a free family of color in Camden, S.C. and elsewhere

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, African American, manuscriptsdiaries

Broadsides from the Colonial Era to the Present Posters, one page fliers, advertisements and other types of ephemera from across many different collections

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, African American, South Carolina, artsliteraturemusic, politicslaw, plantationlife, imagespostcards

Calvin Shedd Papers, 1862-1864 Chiefly correspondence that vividly portrays conditions in U.S. Army general hospitals at Beaufort and Hilton Head during the Civil War

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, healthhealthcare, South Carolina, Civil War in America, manuscriptsdiaries

Charles Stuart Vedder Papers Diaries of a Presbyterian minister spanning the Civil War discussing the war, social life, and religion

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, churchhistoryreligion, South Carolina, Civil War in America, manuscriptsdiaries

Cox and Chesnut Families Papers, 1792-1858 Chiefly letters exchanged between women in Philadelphia and Camden, S.C. discussing political, economic, and social life

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, directoriesgenealogy, plantationlife, healthhealthcare, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

David Wyatt Aiken Papers, 1849-1976 Letters and autobiography documenting the life of a Confederate officer, U.S. congressman, and leading member of the National Grange

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, agriculture, politicslaw, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Eugene Avery Adams papers, 1892-1968 Papers documenting the life of a twentieth century AME minister and leader in the fields of education, civil rights, and business

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, blackhistory, civilrights, churchreligionhistory, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Family Bible Records Records of births, marriages, and deaths and other personal and family information taken from family Bibles

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, directoriesgenealogy, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Glenn Drayton Journal, 1814-1864 U.S. sailor rules of conduct, an original watercolor, and records, 1814-1864, of Rusticello plantation, Pendleton District, S.C

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, blackhistory, plantationlife, healthhealthcare, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Henry William Ravenel Papers, 1739-1935 Manuscripts and diaries documenting the family life and natural history interests of a 19th century planter, botanist, and agricultural writer

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, Manuscripts, agriculture, naturalhistoryscience, Civil War in America, plantation life, healthhealthcare, traveltourism, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards, SCL Visual Materials

Inventory of S.C. Church Archives Historical records survey of South Carolina church archives completed by Works Progress Administration workers between 1937 and 1939

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, churchhistoryreligion, South Carolina, greatdepressionwpa, manuscriptsdiaries

James Glen Papers, 1738-1777 Papers documenting the personal and professional life of Glen, governor of South Carolina, 1738-1756, including Native American relations

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, industry, nativeamericans, naturalhistoryscience, plantationlife, politicslaw, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

James Kershaw Papers, 1786-1825 Chiefly diaries of meteorological observations, recipes, and home remedies. Also includes early land papers from Camden District, S.C

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, agriculture, natural history science, health healthcare, plantation life, South Carolina, manuscripts diaries

John Shaw Billings Photograph Albums, 1875-1939 Albums documenting Billings’ and his family’s time at the Redcliffe plantation, Aiken County, S.C. during the mid-20th century

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, architecture, plantation life, South Carolina, images postcards

Joseph A. De Laine Papers, c. 1918-2000 Correspondence and speeches regarding efforts to secure voting rights and educational opportunities for African Americans including Briggs v. Elliott

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, SCL Visual Materials, Visual Materials, Manuscripts, blackhistory, South Carolina, civilrights, churchreligionhistory, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Keziah Brevard Journal, 1860-1861 Records daily activities, 22 July 1860 - 13 Apr. 1861, of a widowed plantation mistress in Lower Richland, S.C.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, agriculture, plantationlife, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Lutheran Church Records of South Carolina Parish registers, with records of baptisms, marriages, burials, and communions, in addition to lists of members, pastors, and church officers

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, churchhistoryreligion, directoriesgenealogy, manuscriptsdiaries

Many Years After History and genealogy of Bamberg, South Carolina, with maps, photographs, and text regarding the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, directoriesgenealogy, reconstructionera, Civil War in America, plantationlife, manuscriptsdiaries

Marx E. Cohen Plantation Records, 1840-1868 Owner of Clear Springs Plantation, or Tipse Boo in St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston, SC

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, architecture, plantationlife, manuscriptsdiaries

Maxcy Gregg Papers, 1835-1888 Includes two-volume “Sporting Journal,” documenting hunting and fishing activities, and correspondence and reports during Civil War service

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, industry, naturalhistoryscience, politicslaw, traveltourism, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Micajah Adolphus Clark Journals, 1847-1857 Accounts of journeys from Mississippi including hardships of travel, miscellaneous expenses, weather patterns, and overnight stays

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, naturalhistoryscience, South Carolina, traveltourism, manuscriptsdiaries

North of the Broad River, the Land and the People -- Buford S. Chappell Local history and genealogical information compiled by Buford S. Chappell regarding Fairfield County, S.C.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, directories genealogy, plantation life, South Carolina, manuscripts diaries

Oliver Hart Papers, 1741-1961 Correspondence, diaries, and sermon notes from colonial and Revolutionary periods in Charleston, S.C.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, warconflict, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Paul Hamilton Papers, 1802-1812 Letters written by Hamilton as U.S. Secretary of the Navy documenting concerns and developments during the months preceding the War of 1812.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, healthhealthcare, warconflict, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Phosphates in South Carolina, 1870-1890 During the late 19th century the discovery of phosphate deposits in the Charleston and Florence areas marked the beginning of a rapidly growing industry in South Carolina. Phosphates are rocks formed from the fossilized remains of sea creatures found in areas once covered by oceans.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, SCL Visual Materials, Manuscripts, industry, naturalhistoryscience, South Carolina, bookspamphlets, imagespostcards

Official Program of the Mid_Winter Session of the Bishop's Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Program of the 1923 mid-winter session held in Columbia, S.C. Includes biographical sketches of ministers and their wives

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, black history, South Carolina, church history religion, books pamphlets

Robert Gilmor Travel Account, 1806-1807 Documents journey from Maryland to Charleston, S.C. including descriptions of stops and of rural South Carolina and pencil sketches

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, traveltourism, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Smith and Wells Family Papers, 1856-1914 Chiefly letters of discussing Charleston during the secession crisis, service with Hampton's Legion, and the aftermath of the Civil War.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, artsliteraturemusic, South Carolina, Civil War in America, directoriesgenealogy, healthhealthcare, manuscriptsdiaries

Thomas and Muller Family Papers, 1702-1998 Diaries, correspondence, and photographs chiefly documenting the lives of family members near Ridgeway, S.C.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, black history, agriculture, industry, health healthcare, manuscripts diaries, images postcards

Thomas Jones Davies Bible Records, 1830-1865 Contains vital statistics of enslaved African Americans on Davies' plantations located throughout Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, blackhistory, plantationlife, directoriesgenealogy, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

William Ancrum Papers, 1757-1789: Letter Book and Account Book Letter book and financial accounts that reflect the financial impact of the American Revolution on this South Carolina merchant and planter.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, agriculture, warconflict, industry, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

William Drayton Rutherford Papers, 1840-1897 Chiefly letters documenting the Rutherford’s Civil War service and the life of his wife Sallie Fair (1842–1921) during the 19th century.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, Civil War in America, plantationlife, womenshistory, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Travel Journal and Album of Collected Papers of William Tennent III, 1740-1777 Journal, 1775, documenting trip through the S.C. backcountry to enlist Loyalists to support independence and album of collected papers.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, healthhealthcare, traveltourism, South Carolina, warconflict, manuscriptsdiaries, maps

WPA Federal Writers' Project Materials on African American Life In South Carolina Includes interviews, articles, and notes compiled by the Federal Writers’ Project in 1936–1937 documenting African American life in S.C.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts, blackhistory, South Carolina, healthhealthcare, manuscriptsdiaries

South Carolina and the Civil War Books, diaries, sheet music, maps, letters, photographs and illustrations provide glimpses of everyday life during exceptional times.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, South Caroliniana Library, Civil War, South Carolina, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards, SCL Visual Materials, Visual Materials

Butler Derrick: In His Own Words Elected to Congress in 1974, Butler Derrick represented South Carolina's Third District from 1975 to 1995.

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, politicslaw, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words Representing SC’s 3rd District in Congress for 26 years, Dorn was particularly noted for his warmth and passion in public speaking.

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, civil rights, politicslaw, south carolina, audiooralhistories

Fritz Hollings: In His Own Words Known for his compelling intellect and keen wit, Senator Ernest F. Hollings served South Carolina as Lt. Governor, Governor, and U.S. Senator (1966-2005).

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, agriculture, politicslaw, healthhealthcare, industry, south carolina, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

John West: In His Own Words West served his state as a legislator and governor (1971-1975) and his nation as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1977-1981). 

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, politicslaw, traveltourism, south carolina, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Robert McNair: In His Own Words As Governor (1965-1971), McNair carefully guided SC through the prosperous, turbulent 1960s, a period of profound social upheaval and change.

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, civilrights, educationstudentlife, politicslaw, traveltourism, south carolina, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Isaiah DeQuincey Newman (1911-1985) Papers, 1929-2003 A leading figure in the civil rights movement in South Carolina, Newman served the SC NAACP as state field director (1960-1969).

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South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, blackhistory, south carolina, civilrights, politicslaw, plantationlife, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Richard L. Walker: In His Own Words A professor of international studies, Walker worked for intercultural understanding as ambassador to South Korea (1981-1986).

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, educationstudentlife, politicslaw, south carolina, traveltourism, manuscriptsdiaries, bookspamphlets

Solomon Blatt: In His Own Words Perhaps the most powerful SC politician of the mid-20th century, Blatt, served as Speaker of the SC House across five decades (1937-1946 and 1951-1973).

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South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, civilrights, politicslaw, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Modjeska Monteith Simkins: In Her Own Words Columbia civil rights activist Simkins was a founder of the Victory Savings Bank and a key influencer in many SC political campaigns.

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, blackhistory, south carolina, civilrights, politicslaw, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards

Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992 Columbia civil rights activist Simkins was a founder of the Victory Savings Bank and proved to be a key influence in many SC political campaigns.

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, blackhistory, politicslaw, civilrights, south carolina, manuscriptsdiaries

Martha Monteith Papers Monteith was an early speech therapist in SC public schools and helped advance the field of speech pathology in SC higher education. 

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, blackhistory, south carolina, civilrights, educationstudentlife, manuscriptsdiaries, bookspamphlets

John Henry McCray Papers, 1929-1989

This collection of manuscripts and photographs documents the life and work of journalist and politician John H. McCray (1910-1987).

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, SCL Visual Materials, blackhistory, south carolina, history, civilrights, imagespostcards, manuscriptsdiaries

Opere di Giambattista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was an innovative graphic artist who is most known for architectural studies of Rome and his imaginary prisons.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, imagespostcards, artsliteraturemusic, bookspamphlets

Children's Moral Tales

Part of the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections' Pamphlets, this collection features one title, "Sunday afternoons with Mamma: a book for very little children" from 1866, by Agnes Giberne.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, artsliteraturemusic, bookspamphlets

Historic Southern Naturalists

This website cross-references digitized images of object and archival collections documenting the work of significant naturalists associated with the University, who worked in the South.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, McKissick Museum, Manuscripts, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards, objects, botany, science, South Carolina

Home Movies from Moving Image Research Collections

Moving Image Research Collections' holdings of amateur films and home movies documents family life, holiday celebrations, vacation travel and much more.

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, traveltourism, South Carolina, artsliteraturemusic, film

In Camp And At The Front: World War I Selections from South Carolina Political Collections

Several collections containing material dating from the Great War.

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards, warconflict

John Hodge Bollin papers, 1918-1920

Letters, postcards, and photographs from Columbia native John Hodge Bollin, Jr. (1894-1950), a member of Company M, 323rd Infantry, 81st Division and served during World War I.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, Manuscripts, imagespostcards, manuscriptsdiaries, warconflict, churchreligionhistory, South Carolina

Millage J. Gomillion Papers 1918 March 7- November 8

Millage J. Gomillion served in World War I as a corporal in Co. I, 371st Infantry. The 371st Infantry Regiment was comprised of African American soldiers, and formed at Camp Jackson on 31 August 1917.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, Manuscripts, manuscriptsdiaries, imagespostcards, blackhistory, churchreligionhistory, warconflict

Reflections on World War I a century later, McKissick Museum

Objects from McKissick Museum’s permanent collection focused on the ethics, culture, and effects of World War I, encouraging audiences to think about how views of art, propaganda, and service rewards from the war have changed over time.

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McKissick Museum, warconflict, imagespostcards, manuscriptsdiaries, South Carolina

World War I Selections from the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

This collection contains World War 1 selections from the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, bookspamphlets, warconflict, imagespostcards

World War I Selections from the South Caroliniana Library

This collection contains World War 1 selections from South Caroliniana Library.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, SCL Visual Materials, imagespostcards, manuscriptsdiaries

William Couper's Diary, World War I, 1917

Diary of William Couper (1884–1964), a native of Norfolk, Virginia, who served as Construction Officer at Camp Jackson (now Fort Jackson) in Columbia, South Carolina, during WWI.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, Manuscripts, South Carolina, manuscripts diaries, warconflict

Matthew J. & Arlyn Bruccoli Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Ledger, 1919-1938

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Ledger is one of the richest primary source documents in existence for any literary author. Fitzgerald began recording information in this business ledger sometime in 1919 or 1920 after leaving the Army and moving to New York to begin his professional life as a writer.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Manuscripts, manuscripts diaries, arts literature music 

Paul Cross Papers

The Paul Cross (d. 1784) papers span the years 1768 to 1803 and include accounts, lists of goods exchanged for enslaved Africans, inventories, invoices, correspondence, receipts, and a memorandum book.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, Manuscripts, South Carolina, churchreligionhistory, politicslaw, blackhistory

William D. Workman, Jr., Papers and Photographs

William D. Workman, Jr. (1914-1990) was a newspaper journalist and editor, author, and talented amateur photographer. This collection was digitized and published with grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Digitized Materials

South Carolina Political Collections, SCPC, civilrights, South Carolina, blackhistory,  churchreligionhistory

Abby D. Munro Papers, 1837-1913 This collection includes letters, legal documents, financial documents, and photographs of the Mt. Pleasant Home for Destitute Children, and an extensive run of the Laing School Visitor newsletter.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, Visual Materials, SCL Visual Materials, womenshistory, blackhistory, South Carolina, history, imagespostcards, manuscriptsdiaries

Catesby's Natural Histories

In February 1722, Mark Catesby, a 40-year-old Englishman with an enigmatic past and an insatiable curiosity for the wonders of nature, set sail from London on a three-month voyage to South Carolina.  His sojourn in the New World was taken under the auspices of a group of Fellows of London’s Royal Society.

Digitized Materials

Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, natural history, arts, literature, music, black history, botany, geography, history, native americans, natural history science, south carolina, travel tourism

Chester County Historical Collection, 1739-1997

Situated in the eastern South Carolina Piedmont between the Catawba and Broad Rivers, on land once inhabited by the Catawba and Cherokee, Chester County was created in 1785 from parts of the old Camden Judicial District. Like other Backcountry portions of the state, the area that would become Chester saw an increase of Scots-Irish immigration from Pennsylvania and Virginia in the 1750s.

Digitized Materials

Agriculture, Church History Religion, Reconstruction Era, South Carolina, War Conflict

Church Register of the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Salem M. E. Church South was located in Richland County, SC (now Fort Jackson property). It dates back to 1887 for sure and possibly even earlier to 1876. The church register is mostly from this Church.

Digitized Materials

Church history religion, South Carolina, South Caroliniana Library, SCL, books pamphlets

Documentation for the People: Celebrating 125 Years as a Federal Depository Library

Digitized Materials

Government Information Maps, books pamphlets, Black history, health healthcare

Fairfield High School Oral History Collection

Digitized Materials

Oral History, audio oral histories, Black history, civil rights, education student life, South Carolina

George William Walker papers, 1913-1934

Charleston-native and Citadel-graduate George William Walker (b. 1894) served as a member of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I as a lieutenant in the 52nd Infantry Regiment. Letters written by Walker to his family between May 1917 and March 1918 describe his regimen at Officer’s

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, manuscripts, images postcards, manuscripts diaries, photographs, war conflict, world war 1, ww1, centennial selections

James H. Davis and John S. Davis U.S. Marine Corps Oral History Collection

The oral history interviews in this collection seek to tell the story of Lt. Col. James H. Davis and his brother, John Sherwood Davis, by sharing recollections and experiences of those who knew or served with them. Family members, college friends, and fellow Marines have been interviewed, and those interviews form the foundation of ongoing efforts to preserve the stories and experiences of those who served our country.

Digitized Materials

Oral History, audio oral histories, war conflict

John C. Calhoun Papers

John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), born in Abbeville, South Carolina, rose to prominence as a politician and statesman. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1810, and quickly became instrumental in pushing the United States to declare war on Britain, launching the War of 1812. In 1817, President Monroe named Calhoun as Secretary of War. As Secretary of War, Calhoun promoted early plans to relocate indigenous peoples to reservations, and created the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, Manuscripts diaries, politics law, South Carolina

Names of South Carolina

With the first edition in 1954 and the final edition in 1965, Names of South Carolina is dedicated to locating, contextualizing, and explaining famous family names found in the state. Authored by Claude and Irene Neuffer, and totaling 12 volumes, this compendium spans from the post-Civil War era to the Civil Rights era.

Digitized Materials

books, pamphlets, Institute for Southern Studies, directories, genealogy, history, South Carolina, travel tourism

New Insights In The American Civil Rights Movement: South Carolina Council On Human Relations Records  

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, archives correspondence, books pamphlets, manuscripts diaries, Black history, civil rights, politics law, South Carolina

New Voter: South Carolina League of Women Voters, Columbia, S.C.

A primer for newly-enfranchised voters, this pamphlet lays out the goals and purposes of the South Carolina League of Women Voters and provides a tutorial on government and elections.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Political Collections, SCPC, books pamphlets, history, politics law, South Carolina, Women's History

O. H. Wienges World War II Collection

This collection is comprised of first hand accounts, logs, and photographs of life on the U.S.S. Landing Craft Infantry 759 during World War II. The journal was written by Gerald Atherton forty years after his experiences. The Executive’s morning order book was kept by Lt. O.H. Wienges while on the Naval ship. The collection also includes a map of the travel route taken by the U.S.S. LCI 759. As an added bonus, Wienge’s diary as a teenager in 1938 is also included.

Digitized Materials

books pamphlets, images postcards, manuscripts diaries, maps, war conflict

South Carolina Film and Video Collection

This collection contains films and video made in and about South Carolina. They were made by a state agency or feature regional places and people of the state. This collection features films and video from the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Educational TV network, and various Departments of State Governance as well as commercially made and produced materials about South Carolina.

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, MIRC, film, agriculture, architecture, arts literature music, Black history, botany, church history religion, civil rights, education student life, geography, health healthcare, history, industry, journalism, Native Americans, natural history science, politics law, South Carolina, travel tourism, University of South Carolina, Women's history 

South Carolina Veterans Oral History Collection

This collection highlights the lives and experiences of American veterans who now call South Carolina home. Most major military conflicts including World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan are represented in the collection, as are all branches of the U.S. military. 

Digitized Materials

oral history, audio oral histories, Black history, history, South Carolina, war conflict

University of South Carolina Film and Video Collections

This collection consists of copies of films made by and for the University Libraries, The University of South Carolina Marching Band, University Athletics Department and the South Carolina Manuscripts Collection. It includes films and videos made about the various functions, services and events on the University of South Carolina campus.

Digitized Materials

Moving Image Research Collections, film, architecture, arts, literature, music, Black history, civil rights, education student life, history, journalism, South Carolina, University of South Carolina

James and Marian Robinson Scrapbooks, 1935-1969

This collection includes both a bound (1944-1949) and an unbound (1935-1969) scrapbook, and each book offers a snapshot into the life of Jim and Marian Robinson. Letters, photos, and newspaper clippings are all included in this collection.

Digitized Materials

South Caroliniana Library, SCL, images postcards, manuscripts diaries, arts literature music, directories genealogy, war conflict

University Libraries

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Tools

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