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South Carolina History

  1. Accessible Archives

    March 27 , 2013 by Debbie Bloom

    Accessible Archives is a genealogy database that features historical information not found in larger databases like Ancestry or HeritageQuest.  If you haven’t tried it then you are in for a research treat provided by Richland Library.  Database highlights include digitized South Carolina colonial newspapers and digitized African American Civil War era newspapers. These are resources not found anywhere else online

  2. Book Talk with Author Katherine Mellen Charron on March 22nd

    March 11 , 2013 by Crystal Johnson

    Join us at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013, as Katherine Mellen Charron, author and associate professor of history at North Carolina State University discusses Freedom’s Teacher:  The Life of Septima Clark.

  3. Foxy Lady: Adventure and Intrigue with a Revolutionary South Carolina Woman

    March 4 , 2013 by Sarah Gough

    Plantation owner, Revolutionary War patriot, wealthy heiress, and mother-in-law of Major-General Thomas Pinckney -- Rebecca Brewton Motte is one fascinating woman.

  4. South Carolina and The Civil War: 150 Years Later

    February 9 , 2011 by Crystal Johnson

    South Carolina’s rich history never ceases to amaze me. Although I’m not a native South Carolinian, I am always eager to learn more about South Carolina’s prominent figures and the events that have greatly influenced the future of this country.