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The South Carolina Historical Magazine, first published in 1900, is the only scholarly periodical entirely devoted to South Carolina history. In 1985 the Society began publication of the Carologue, a quarterly general-interest magazine of articles, illustrations, and photographs on state history, genealogy, preservation, and Society news.
The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The city grew wealthy through the export ...
Cynthia Graham Hurd (June 21, 1960 – June 17, 2015) was a librarian and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina. She was killed in the Charleston church shooting at the age of 54. [1] After her death, the Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation was created, the St. Andrews Library branch of the Charleston County Public Library was renamed the ...
November 7, 1973. Designated NHL. October 9, 1960. The Nathaniel Russell House is an architecturally distinguished, early 19th-century house at 51 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. [2][3] Built in 1808 by wealthy merchant and slave trader Nathaniel Russell, [4] it is recognized as one of the United States' most ...
Died. July 1, 1885 (1885-07-01) (aged 73) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. Occupation (s) Slave trader, real estate broker, investment broker, auctioneer. Alonzo James White (March 22, 1812 – July 1, 1885) was a 19th-century businessman of Charleston, South Carolina who was known as a "notorious" slave trader [ 1 ] and prolific auctioneer and ...
April 15, 1970 [2] Designated NHLDCP. October 9, 1960. The Heyward-Washington House is a historic house museum at 87 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Built in 1772, it was home to Thomas Heyward, Jr., a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and was where George Washington stayed during his 1791 visit to the city ...
Beatrice St. Julien Ravenel was the daughter of the poet Beatrice Ravenel and her first husband, Francis 'Frank' Gualdo Ravenel (1869–1920), whose mother was the writer Harriott Horry Ravenel. [ 2][ 3] Frank died in 1920, and in 1926 Beatrice acquired a stepfather, Samuel Prioleau Ravenel, who may have been a distant cousin of her father. [ 4 ...
Lowcountry Digital Library (LCDL) is a digital library project hosted by the College of Charleston in the U.S. state of South Carolina.Part of the Digital Library of America network, the Lowcountry Digital Library hosts about 200 collections of primary sources [1] drawn from organizations including the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston Library Society, Avery Research Center for ...