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Napoleon, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the small exhibit of books and other items pertaining to Napoleon maintained by Rare Books and Special Collections. South Carolina College library actively collected books throughout the years when Napoleon was Emperor and in the years after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Many of the items on display were bought on publication for the college library as new works illustrating current world affairs. Others come from a group of books about Napoleon donated by Mrs. Donald Saunders and from the Alfred Chapin Rogers Collection.

Voices From The Caroliniana - Fall 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Caroliniana Library – Oral History Newsletter

Contents:

Greetings..... p.1
Surveying Oral History on Campus and Around the State..... p.1
Whispers of Outrage: Oral History and the Willie Earle Lynching..... p.2
Vanishing Folkways: The Vennie Deas Moore Interview Archive..... p.2
Remembering World War II: The Fritz Hamer Oral History Archive..... p.3
Broadcasting History: The William M. Shand Radio Interviews..... p.3
Oral History Program Spearheads Processing Interview Initiative..... p.4

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Cultural Hearth: A Conference Celebrating William Gilmore Simms at the South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
New Digital Collection Features South Carolina Scenes..... p.2
Consortium of Cultural Heritage Institutions Wins IMLS Grant..... p.2
Report from the Director..... p.3
As Good as Gold: Library Volunteer Harvey Teal..... p.4
Report from the President..... p.4
Winthrop University Archives Named for Louise Pettus..... p.5
Society Honors Liz Patterson..... p.5
Introducing … Terence Johnson..... p.5
The University South Caroliniana Society’s 71st Annual Meeting (announcement)..... p.5
South Carolina Lawyer—Virginia Farmer(Robert Beverley Herbert, 1879–1974)..... p.6
Robert Beverley Herbert Papers, 1879–1974..... p.7
Rhett Jackson Receives Honors..... p.9
Tales of …

Reflections - Fall 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

William Sudduth Chairs Federal Depository Library Council..... p.1
Groundbreakings Herald Construction for New Library Wings..... p.1
University Receives Major John Milton Collection..... p.3
In Memoriam: T. Eston Marchant..... p.4
New Online Catalog and TCL Renovations Celebrated..... p.5
Enhancing the New Online Library Catalog.....p.5
TCL Receives Materials about the History of Personal Computing..... p.5
As Good as Gold: Library Volunteer Harvey Teal..... p.6
Rembert Gives Talk on Rare S.C. Watercolors..... p.6
Cultural Hearth: William Gilmore Simms And His State..... p.7
Evans Carlson in China: Symposium and Exhibit..... p.7
The Papers of the Reverend I. DeQuincey Newman..... p.8
Summer Scholars Visit …

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Fall 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

The Thomas Cooper Society Events, 2005–2006..... p.1
Groundbreakings Held for New Library Wings..... p.1
Rhett Jackson Receives Honors..... p.2
Audubon Exhibit Draws Appreciative Crowds..... p.3
Hunt Endowment Enhances Biography Holdings..... p.3
University Receives Major John Milton Collection..... p.4
Evans Carlson in China: Symposium and Exhibit..... p.6
Rembert Gives Talk on Rare S.C. Watercolors..... p.6
2006 Roy Fellow Is Kirsteen McCue..... p.6
William Price Fox Reading Held at SCL..... p.6
William Blake, Visionary and Illustrator..... p.7
Mountains Beyond Mountains..... p.8
Thomas Cooper Society Officers, 2006–2007..... p.8
Thomas Cooper Society Board Members, 2006–2007..... p.8

Introducing The Robert J. Wickenheiser Collection Of John Milton, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit which displays a portion of the Wickenheiser Collection of John Milton. The breath of Milton's own interests and the international and chronological range of those who have responded to him are highlighted in this exhibit. Among the items on display are early illustrated editions of Paradise Lost, books that influenced Milton, contemporary reaction to Milton, Milton as a political thinker, Milton and his illustrators, as well as those relating to Milton as a poet, and the growth of his influence.

William Blake: Visionary & Illustrator, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This brochure describes a Department of Rare Books & Special Collections exhibit of materials relating to William Blake. The exhibit charted Blake’s development chronologically through both sides of his activity, from his earliest known work as an apprentice engraver in the 1770’s through the extraordinary originality of his political and prophetic poems in the 1790’s and early 1800’s, and the deep emotion of the later illustrations he prepared for Edward Young’s poem Night Thoughts (1796-97) and Robert Blair’s The Grave (1808). The original editions of many of the books for which Blake prepared engravings were acquired by the South Carolina …

Reflections - Spring 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Groundbreaking Ceremonies Planned for New Thomas Cooper Library Wings..... p.1
Honorary Library Funds Established..... p.1
New Digital Collections..... p.2
Oral History Program Established at the South Caroliniana Library..... p.3
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Exhibit and Presentation Draw Appreciative Crowd..... p.4
Edwin E. Gordon Archive Dedicated..... p.4
University Libraries Join LOCKSS Program..... p.4
Bowers Exhibit and Panel Presented at TCL..... p.5
Fund Established to Document the Rise of the Republican Party in South Carolina..... p.5
In Memoriam: Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. 1940–2005..... p.5
William Jennings Bryan Dorn Young Scholar Prize Established at SCPC..... p.6
Dorn Collection Exhibited in Greenwood..... p.6
Outreach …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Library Funds Established to Honor Allen Stokes and John Hammond Moore..... p.1
The Walter J. Brown Papers..... p.2
Shared History..... p.3
A Century of Culinary History: The Wylma Wates South Carolina Cookbook Collection..... p.4
Report from the Director..... p.5
Walter Thompson and the Beaufort Art Colonies..... p.6
“New Old View of the South Caroliniana Library Discovered” Revisited..... p.7
University South Caroliniana Society 70th Annual Meeting..... p.7
Dargan Papers Reveal 19th-Century Discovery..... p.8
Celebrations Mark William Gilmore Simms’ Bicentennial Year..... p.9
Report from the President..... p.9
Digital Technology Improves Access to Collections..... p.10
The South Carolina State Legislature in 1885(photo)..... …

Voices From The Caroliniana - Spring 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Caroliniana Library – Oral History Newsletter

Contents:

Greetings..... p.1
Oral History Goes Digital: The Westmoreland Tapes..... p.1
Memory and History: The Guilds/Oliphant Interview Tape..... p.2
Shared History: The Felica Furman Interview Archive..... p.2
The South Carolina Chapter of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America..... p.3
A Past Reclaimed: The Catawba Indian Oral History Archive..... p.3
Recent Gifts and Current Needs..... p.4

John James Audubon & Ornithological Illustration Exhibition, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

Among the greatest treasures of the antebellum South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) was its set of Audubon's huge double-elephant folio Birds of America, published in parts between 1827 and 1838, and purchased by the South Carolina state legislature for the College. Fewer than 130 complete sets, with all 435 plates, now survive. In addition to its main archival set of Birds of America, USC’s Thomas Cooper Library bas received numerous donations of significant items to its Audubon collections over the years. The exhibition traces the development of bird illustration, to give a context for …

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Spring 2006, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

Groundbreaking Ceremonies Planned for New Thomas Cooper Library Wings.....p.1
Library Fund Established to Honor Davy-Jo Ridge..... p.1
Susan Vreeland Speaks at Thomas Cooper Society Dinner..... p.2
Pope Brown Watercolors Available Online..... p.2
TCL Exhibits and Presentations Offer Educational Opportunities..... p.3
As Good as Gold: Library Volunteers..... p.4
Movietone News Sc reenings Presented at TCL..... p.4
Main Level Floor Plans for New TCL Wings..... p.5
Upcoming Exhibits at TCL..... p.5
New Acquisitions Memorialize Library Friends..... p.6
Class of 1956 Projects to Benefit Thomas Cooper Library..... p.6
Thomas Cooper Society Represented at South Carolina Book Festival..... p.6
The Donald J. and …