esearchers browsing more than 270 years of S.C. newspapers at SCL will find few titles for which an index exists. Clippings files listed below enhance subject access for many topics. This resource often identifies persons and dates associated with significant events.
To read a more detailed description of contents for most of the following collections, click above link for CATALOG and search USCAN. Using TITLE search, copy and paste in the first few words from titles posted below. To browse a complete list, select a KEYWORD search and paste in search for vertical adj files.ti., which requests a search for term vertical ADJcent to term files in the TItle field.
Note that many topics appear in more than one collection; researchers will find material forBenedict College in the files for Columbia, in Colleges/Universities, in African American History, and in Richland County file.
Larger collections are stored offsite. Please check the USC online catalog and request carton(s) in advance.
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- African American History in S.C.
12 cartons (15 linear ft.)
Biographical Files of Persons and Families (cartons 1 - 6)
Topical / Subject Files (cartons 6-11)
(On site) - Aging / Elderly / Retirement Issues in S.C.
13 folders
(On site) - Agriculture / Farming in S.C.
5 cartons (6.25 linear ft.)
(At Annex) - Animals in S.C. (Domestic, Pets, Wildlife, etc.)
2 boxes
(On site) - Architecture / Architects in S.C.
2 boxes
(On site) - Art / Artists in South Carolina, 1700s - 2000s (AT ANNEX)
6 cartons (7.5 linear ft.) - Art History in South Carolina, 1900s-2000s (AT ANNEX)
5 cartons (6.25 linear ft.) - Artists at the 1901 South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian
Exposition (Charleston, S.C.), [ca. 1900- 199u] (At Annex)
1.25 linear ft. (1 carton) - Automobiles in South Carolina, 1897 - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Aviation in S.C.
2 boxes
(On site) - Banks / banking in South Carolina, 1903 - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Colleges / Universities in South Carolina, 1800s - 2000s
9 cartons (11.25 linear ft.) - Columbia (S.C.): General Files
16 cartons (20 linear ft.)
(Chiefly proper names of schools, churches, neighborhoods, organizations, etc.)
Cartons 1-16.
On site
- Columbia (S.C.): Subject/Topical Files
12 cartons (15 linear ft.)
Cartons 17-28
On site
- County Histories in South Carolina, 1800s-1900s
43 cartons (53.75 linear ft.) - Dance in South Carolina, 1950s- 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Education in South Carolina, 1848 - 2000s (bulk, 192u-2000s)
2 cartons (2.5 linear ft.) - Environment / Environmental Issues in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Fairs / festivals in South Carolina, 1890s- 2000s
3 cartons (3.75 linear ft.) - Film in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
4 cartons (5 linear ft.) - Flags in S.C.
2 boxes
(On site) - Food in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Health in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
3 cartons (3.75 linear ft.) - Horses in S.C.
2 boxes
(On site) - Indians / Native Americans of South Carolina, 1920s- 2000s
1.25 linear ft. (1 carton) - Insurance in S.C.
15 folders
(On site) - International Relations, 1900s-00s
7 cartons (8.75 linear ft.) - Ku Klux Klan in S.C.
9 folders
(On site)
1 box (0.33 linear ft.) - Literary history in South Carolina, 1885 - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Military history in South Carolina, 1892 - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Music / Musicians in South Carolina, ca. 1800s - 2000s
8 cartons (10 linear ft.) - Native Americans / Indians of South Carolina, 1920s- 2000s
1.25 linear ft. (1 carton) - Natural disasters in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
2 cartons (2.5 linear ft.) - Nuclear industry in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
(1.25 linear ft.) - People in S.C. Biographical Files
25 cartons - Prisons / Prisoners in South Carolina, 1936 - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.) - Railroads in S.C.
2 boxes
(On site) - Religion / Churches in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
8.75 linear ft. (7 cartons) - Sex Issues / Sexuality in S.C.
18 folders
(On site) - Ships / Boats / Sailing in S.C.
2 boxes
(On site) - South Carolina Counties / Local History, 1800s-1900s
43 cartons (53.75 linear ft.) - South Carolina GENERAL Vertical Files
32 cartons (40 linear ft.)
(organizations, businesses, government, history, politics, drugs, topical files, etc.) - Theatre History in South Carolina, 1900 - 2000s
4 cartons (5 linear ft.) - Tourism in South Carolina, 1920s- 2000s
2 cartons (2.5 linear ft.) - Women's history in South Carolina, 1900s - 2000s
1 carton (1.25 linear ft.)