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Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2023, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Nikky Finney: Her Introduction to the Society at the 86th Annual Meeting on May 13, 2023 ... p.2

"The sensitive child has accidentally been locked inside the archives..." ... p.3

Annual Meeting ... p.14

Grand Reopening Ceremony ... p. 16

Eliana Chavkin: Ellison Durant Smith Research Award ... p.22

The Richard Samuel Roberts Photograph Collection ... p. 25

M. Hayes Mizell: In Memoriam ... p.30

Memorials & Honoraria ... p.33

Welcome, Director Saunders! ... p.33

Letter from the President ... p.34

Letter from the Dean of Libraries ... p.35

Report from the Interim Director ... p.35

Are You a Member? …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2023, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Valuable in Their Own Right: The Story of Three Pinckney Women Abroad ... p.1

Letter from the President ... p.22

Recent Acquisitions Made Possible With USCS Support ... p.23

South Caroliniana Library Renovation Scrapbook Photos ... p.24

Letter from the Dean of Libraries ... p.26

Report from the Interim Director ... p.26

Memorial & Honoraria ... p.27

Are You a Member? ... p.28

Caroliniana Columns Fall 2022, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

One Woman, One Vote: The South and the Nineteenth Amendment ... p.1

Letter from the President ... p.12

Memorial & Honoraria ... p.13

Letter from the Retiring Dean of Libraries ... p.14

Report from the Interim Director ... p.14

How is the Renovation Going? ... p.15

Erica N. Duncan, Lewis P. Jones Research Fellowship ... p.30

Tracy L. Barnett, Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod and First Lady Elizabeth Alford McLeod Visiting Research Fellowship ... p.34

Jonathan A. Hanna, Lewis P. Jones Research Fellowship ... p.36

Molly Nebiolo, Lewis P. Jones Research Fellowship ... p.38

Kelsey Moore, Ellison Durant Smith Research …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2021 / Spring 2022, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Henry Fulmer Retires as Director of the South Caroliniana Library ... p.1

Highlights and Tributes ... p.3

John M. Bryan's Creating the South Caroliniana Library ... p.8

South Carolina Postcard Collection: Beaufort County ... p.12

Tim Galsworthy: Ellison Durant Smith Research Award ... p.23

Arthur Braswell: Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod & First Lady Elizabeth Alford McLeod Research Fellowship ... p. 27

David Kiser: Lanny and Sidney Palmer Endowment Fund at the South Caroliniana Library ... p.29

Letter from the Dean of Libraries ... p.34

Report from the Retiring Director ... p.36

Letter from the President ... p.38

Memorials & …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2020 / Spring 2021, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

South Caroliniana Library Renovation Progresses.... p. 1

Letter from the Dean of Libraries.... p. 2

The Charleston Renaissance.... p. 6

"Elizabeth Boatwright Coker's Life and Legacy".... p. 26

"I am more than jubilant!" First Ladies at USC: Some Delightful Memories.... p. 32

Letter from the Outgoing President.... p. 41

Report from the Director.... p. 42

Memorials & Honoraria.... p. 43

Are you a Member?.... p. 44

Caroliniana Columns – Spring 2020, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

"Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the South of America"..... p. 1

Letter from the Dean of Librariaes..... p. 12

Letter from the President..... p. 13

Report from the Director..... p. 14

Are you a Member?..... p. 15

Memorials & Honoraria..... p. 15

South Caroliniana Library and the Pandemic..... p. 16

Claude Henry Neuffer and his WWII Diary..... p. 19

The Ocean's Menace..... p. 28

In Memoriam: Harvey Stuart Teal..... p. 36

Volunteering..... p. 38

Remembering Harvey Teal..... p. 40

Remembering a Day with Harvey Teal..... p. 42

Breaking News!..... p. 44

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2019, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

"Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement"..... p. 1

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.4

Letter from the President..... p. 4

Report from the Director..... p. 5

The Town Theatre in Columbia Celebrates its Centennial: Remembering its Beginnings and First Director, Daniel A. Reed..... p. 6

Gordon "Dick" Goodwin Collection..... p. 15

Town Theatre Through the Years..... p. 16

Historic Southern Naturalists: Bringing Southern History and Natural History Together Online..... p. 34

Hannah Hicks..... p. 40

Dana Landress..... p. 41

Eva McGraw..... p. 42

James Mackay..... p. 44

Andrew Zonderman..... p. 45

Memorials & …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2019, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Nullification, Lincoln, and the South Caroliniana Library's Gem..... p.1

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p. 4

Letter from the President..... p. 4

Report from the Director..... p. 5

USCS Annual Meeting, 2019..... p. 6

Memorials & Honoraria..... p. 7

Are You a Member?..... p. 7

Renaissance and Rehabilitation at the Kensington Mansion..... p. 8

Kate Simpkins: William Gilmore Simms Visiting Research Professorship..... p. 16

The Storyteller's Art..... p. 30

A Few Words about My Longtime Friend and Colleague Boyd Saunders..... p. 42

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2018, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Justice for All: South Carolina and the Civil Rights Movement..... p. 1

The Green Book: African-American Travel Experiences..... p. 4

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p. 8

Letter from the President..... p.8

Memorial Garden Created to Honor World War I Alumni..... p. 9

Report from the Director..... p. 10

New Acquisition: Greenwood Mills Corporate Records..... p. 10

The Beat Goes On: The Carolina Jazz Society Celebrates its Sixtieth Anniversary..... p. 12

Dot Jackson's Legacy..... p. 26

Kate Simpkins: William Gilmore Simms Visiting Research Professorship..... p. 31

Brian Neumann: Lewis P. Jones Research Fellowship in South Carolina History..... p. …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2018, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

April--1917, by H.C. Brearley..... p.2

Newly Acquired Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Collection..... p.3

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Ethel Bolden and the Ethel Martin Bolden Papers..... p.6

The University of South Carolina in the Great War..... p.16

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.22

Graham Duncan Named to New Position..... p.22

Letter from the President..... p.23

Report from the Director..... p.24

USCS Annual Meeting, 2018..... p.25

South Caroliniana Library Commemorates the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention with Twitter Event..... p.28

Richard Theodore Greener Papers Now Available Online..... p. 30

Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesman..... p. 32 …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2017, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Boyd Saunders Presents Collection of Professional and Personal Materials to the South Caroliniana Library..... p.1

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.2

Report from the Director..... p.2

Letter from the President..... p.3

New Faces: Nicholas Doyle..... p.3

Manuscripts Staff Update..... p.4

South Caroliniana User Services: Where the Magic Happens..... p.5

Return of the Wanderer..... p.6

Andrea L'Hommedieu Wins Oral History Association Award..... p.12

Solar Eclipses Then and Now..... p.13

In Memoriam: John Henry Hammond Moore..... p.27

In Memoriam: Sarah Graydon McCrory..... p.36

In Memoriam: Hendrick Booraem V..... p.42

Sean Gallagher: Research Fellowship in South Carolina History..... p.43

Jaclyn Carver: …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2017, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Letter from the DEAN OF LIBRARIES..... p.1
Report from the Director..... p.2
USCS Annual General Meeting 2017..... p.3
Memories of the Wauchope House..... p.4
Statue of Richard T. Greener, USC's First African-American Professor, to Be Erected in the Fall..... p.12
Portrait Conservation at the South Caroliniana Library..... p.14
The Egret's Plumes..... p.16
Vignettes of South Carolina: Jazz & Blues Musicians..... p.24
A Plan of Attack of Fort Sulivan..... p.36
In Memoriam: Georgia Herbert Hart..... p.38
In Memoriam: Sarah Davies Gibbes..... p.39
In Memoriam: Amelia Wallace Vernon..... p.40
In Memoriam: Leila Ann "Lanny" Sullivan Palmer..... p.41
In Memoriam: Dr. …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2016, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Summer Scholars Find Treasures in the South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
Report from the Director..... p.2
Save the Date..... p.3
Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.4
South Caroliniana Library Receives Grant from the Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust..... p.4
Holiday Postcards..... p.5
From a "Savoury Smell" to a Most Notorious Thief: The South Caroliniana Library's Contribution to Working on the Dock of the Bay..... p.6
The Pinckney Papers Projects: Editing the Papers of One of Revolutionary-Era South Carolina's First Families..... p.12
The South Caroliniana Library: A Photo Essay..... p.18
Summer Scholars 2016..... p.32
In Memoriam: Charles Joyner..... p.38
In …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2016, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Library's 175^th Anniversary Celebration Culminates with Visit from Cokie Roberts..... p.1
Funeral Homes and Celebrations of Community Life..... p.2
Report from the Director..... p.6
Society's Eightieth Annual Meeting Welcomes Speaker Vernon Burton..... p.7
Oral History Symposium..... p.8
Visual Materials at the South Caroliniana Library: Documenting South Carolina Design and Philosophy..... p.9
University Libraries Select New Director of Development..... p.15
Two Centuries of Living and Working on the Historic Horseshoe..... p.16
"Citizens Under the American Flag:" African-American Newspapers at the South Caroliniana Library..... p.20
In Memoriam: Sloan Hungerpiller Brittain..... p.24
In Memoriam: Harold "Hal" Brunton..... p.25
In Memoriam: Dr. …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2015, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.2
University Celebrates Library's Past and Plans for Its Future..... p.3
South Caroliniana Library Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow..... p.4
Report from the Director..... p.10
The Right Time..... p.11
Annual Holiday Coffee and Book Signing Features Boyd Saunders..... p.11
On the Horseshoe: A Guide to the Historic Campus of the University of South Carolina..... p.12
And the Rains Came - A Preservationist's Story..... p.14
The Doom of Ravenswood..... p.16
Report from the Summer 2015 William Gilmore Simms Visiting Research Professor Coleman Hutchison..... p.20
Summer 2015 Scholars at the South Caroliniana Library..... p.21
Letter …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2015, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.1
University South Caroliniana Society 79th Annual Meeting April 25, 2015..... p.2
Staff Members of the South Caroliniana Library..... p.2
Report from the Director..... p.3
New Faces..... p.3
A Very Good Move: Preparing the South Caroliniana Library for Its Next 175 Years..... p.4
The Woodrow Wilson Family Home: A Museum of Reconstruction in Columbia and Richland County..... p.10
Remembering Mary Crow Anderson..... p.18
In Memoriam: Virginia Gurley Meynard..... p.20
In Memoriam: Margaret Campbell Belser Hollis..... p.21
In Memoriam: Davy-Jo Stribling Ridge..... p.22
In Memoriam: John Stringer Rainey..... p.23
In Memoriam: George Bowman Hartness..... …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2014, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Lanny and Sidney Palmer Establish Endowment Fund and Cultural Arts Collection at the South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
John Hammond Moore Honored on His Ninetieth Birthday..... p.1
Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.4
The Schuyler & Yvonne Moore Alcove..... p.4
"Remembering the Days...": Havilah Babcock..... p.6
“Slaves of the Rebel Gen. T.F. Drayton, Hilton Head Island, S.C.”..... p.7
New Faces..... p.7
Reports from 2014 Summer Scholars..... p.8
Each Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: The South Caroliniana Library Portrait Collection..... p.10
Celebrating South Carolina’s Literary Heritage: Archibald Rutledge and Julia Peterkin..... p.11
Stephen Chesley Talks about Illustrating …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2014, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

South Carolina Academy of Authors Inducts New Members..... p.1
Report from the Director..... p.1
Dr. Lacy K. Ford Jr...... p.3
New Faces..... p.4
Robert Quillen, “The Sage of Fountain Inn”..... p.5
Honoring Robert Quillen..... p.8
Reading Room Renovations..... p.10
Music of the Civil War..... p.11
The Thomas J. Davies Firebrick Company (and Pottery): A New Look..... p.19
Edward Noble and the “Featherbed Aristocracy”..... p.24
“ ‘Hurah! Baseball…Is Here’: America’s Pastime in South Carolina”..... p.29
Library Receives NHPR Grant to Process Three New South Collections..... p.34
William Gilmore Simms Scrapbooks Made Available Online..... p.36
Upcoming Exhibitions..... p.40
Memorials & Honoraria..... …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2013, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

South Caroliniana Library Receives Priceless 19th-Century Law Diploma and License of Richard T. Greener..... p.1
Report from the Director..... p.6
Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.6
South Carolina College in the 1870s as Seen by Belton O’Neall Townsend..... p.8
Embracing Change; Fulfilling the Dream Commemorating Fifty Years of USC Desegregation..... p.12
Library Receives Watercolors of Campus Scenes..... p.16
“Everybody that Was a Part of That Was Changed:” Isaac W. “Ike” Williams Talks about the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington..... p.19
Carlisle Floyd Receives Honorary Doctorate at December Commencement..... p.20
Tri-State Archivists Conference Held in Greenville..... p.21
Society …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2012, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Henry G. Fulmer Named Director of South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
Library Acquires Jacob Marling Portrait of Keziah Brevard..... p.1
Report from the Retiring Director..... p.4
Report from the William Gilmore Simms Visiting Research Professor 2012..... p.5
Database, Brochure, and Catalog Facilitate Access to Library’s Portrait Collection..... p.6
“Bricks, Fire, & Iron: The Highs and Lows of Carolina’s Historic Horseshoe Wall”..... p.8
The University of South Carolina Horseshoe: Heart of the Campus..... p.8
The South Caroliniana Library Needs You..... p.10
South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times..... p.10
Annual Book-signing for South Carolina Authors Held in December..... p.11
South Caroliniana …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2012, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Salley Family Alcove Honors Long-Time Donor..... p.1
From the Director..... p.1
Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.2
In Memorium..... p.4
Anthony Toomer Porter and the Burning of Columbia..... p.6
At Home and Abroad: World War II Through the Eyes of a South Carolina Family..... p.9
Upcoming Exhibits..... p.24
Memorials & Honoraria..... p.24

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2011, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Mary Chesnut's Illustrated Diary, Mulberry Edition..... p.1
Simms Initiatives Website Goes Live..... p.1
Report from the Director..... p.2
Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.3
Student Intern Discovers the Willie Lee Buffington Collection..... p.3
Remember ... University of South Carolina Memories..... p.14
Sigmund Abeles: Columbia Museum of Art Spotlights one of South Carolina's Own..... p.16
South Caroliniana Library Exhibits for 2012..... p.20
University South Caroliniana Society..... p.20
Memorials..... p.20

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Report from the President..... p.1
Anna Heyward Taylor Artworks and Correspondences Featured..... p.1
A New Face: Harold L. Newfield..... p.2
Book Signing Features South Carolina Authors..... p.2
Report from the Director..... p.3
New Collections..... p.3-5
Blondelle Malone “The Garden Artist of America”..... p.6
Simms Initiatives to Enhance Scholarship about a Major South Carolina Author..... p.10
A Love Story on Three Continents..... p.12
Fish in the Fountain (photo)..... p.16
Carolina Day in Charleston (photo)..... p.16
Memorials..... p.16

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Report from the Director..... p.1
Report from the President..... p.2
Treasures from the South Caroliniana Library..... p.3
“Student Activism, Southern Style”..... p.3
Elephants Are Buried in South Carolina: True or False?..... p.4
Columbia’s Historic Gardens..... p.6
My Decade with Mary Chesnut or, the Joys of the Caroliniana Library..... p.10
University of South Carolina Student Exams, 1854 - 1917..... p.12
Southern Railway Photographic Negatives..... p.14
Papers of the Sinkler Family..... p.14
Three-volume Anthology on South Carolina Women Nears Completion..... p.15
William Gilmore Simms Conference..... p.16
Memorials..... p.16

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2009, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

University Libraries Receive Major Grant to Digitize Historic South Carolina Newspapers..... p.1
Report from the President..... p.3
Report from the Director..... p.3
Introducing Bill Cossen..... p.4
“Entfesselt den Tiger nicht!,” or, “Do Not Unchain the Tiger”..... p.4
South Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Papers Available to Researchers..... p.5
The Diary of John Shaw Billings..... p.6
Oscar Montgomery Lieber and the 1860 Eclipse Expedition..... p.8
Bill Schmidt Joins University Libraries Staff..... p.11
New Digital Collections of SCL Materials..... p.11
Piranesi at Carolina..... p.12
D.W. Griffith’s “Historical Facsimile:” How the South Carolina Statehouse Became a Movie Set..... p.15
Memorials..... p.16

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2009, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

McNally Named Dean of University Libraries..... p.1
“Authors of the United States” (phot)..... p.1
Report from the President..... p.2
Report from the Director..... p.2
USC in the Early 1960s: Civil Rights Activist Speaks Out..... p.3
University Archives..... p.6
Finding the Perfect Home..... p.6
Eugene Whitefield Dabbs: April 15, 1864 - May 31, 1933..... p.7
Pierce Butler and the Founding of Washington, D.C...... p.12
Student Success Stories at South Caroliniana Library..... p.15
Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library Construction (photo)..... p.16
Memorials..... p.16

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2008, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

University Archivist’s Book Features Gamecock History..... p.1
Mullins Family Donates Civil War Letter to South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
Report from the President..... p.2
South Caroliniana Library Honors Author of Jazz and Blues Musicians of South Carolina..... p.3
Caroliniana Cachet..... p.4
New Digital Collections Feature Library’s Unique Visual and Manuscript Materials..... p.5
Army Librarian in World War II..... p.7
Pickens-Salley House to be Featured in Documentary..... p.10
Pickens-Salley Symposium on Southern Women..... p.11
The F.W. Pickens Papers..... p.12
The Eulalie Chaffee Salley Papers..... p.12
Report from the Director..... p.13
Preserving the Library’s Visual Treasures..... p.14
The Society’s 73rd Annual …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2008 Supplement, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

The Life and Legacy of Anna Calhoun Clemson..... p.2
A Man for All Seasons, Walker Gill Wylie..... p.8
Laurence Cromp, Carolina Herald..... p.13
Henry Timrod’s Final Revisions to “Ode on the Confederate Dead”..... p.15
William Drayton Rutherford: The Human Side of the Warrior..... p.20

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2007, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Willis Retires as Dean of Libraries; McNally Becomes Interim Dean..... p.1
Allen Stokes Receives Honors..... p.1
John Monroe Johnson Papers, 1894–1964..... p.2
“Drinkism”: An Interview with Bluesman Drink Small..... p.4
Book Signing for South Carolina Authors Held at South Caroliniana Library..... p.4
Exhibits and Events South Caroliniana Library (announcement)..... p.4
“With loyal devotion, remembering the days ... ”..... p.5
Two Hundred Years of Manuscript Collecting at Carolina..... p.6
The George Dan’l Hoffman Papers..... p.8
Catalogue of Books Belonging to the South-Carolina College Library (1807)..... p.10
Pierce Butler Letterbook to be Published..... p.10
New Digital Collections Now Online..... p.11
USCS …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2007, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Report from the President..... p.1
Chesnut Scholar Reminisces about Doing Research at SCL..... p.1
South Caroliniana Library to Participate in WWI Project..... p.1
News Briefs from the South Caroliniana Library..... p.2
William Gilmore Simms Exhibit Mounted in South Caroliniana Library’s Reading Room..... p.3
University Archivist Produces Pictorial History of USC..... p.3
The Plantation Journals of Davison McDowell..... p.4
Scenes from a 19th-century South Carolina Rice Plantation..... p.5
SCL Acquires POW Logbook of WWII Hero..... p.7
China in the 1930s Through the Eyes of an American Consul General..... p.8
Board of Trustees Meeting Rooms Decorated with Images from Library Collections..... …