University of South Carolina Board of Trustees Minutes, 1801-2000
The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the University of South Carolina system. It elects the president, sets institutional missions, establishes priorities, reviews and approves budgets, degree programs, campus development, tuition, and other operations of the institution.
University of South Carolina Student Registers, 1806-1939
The Student Registers document the enrollment of students into the University of South Carolina. Information formats and details vary according to time periods but usually include parent names and occupations, hometowns, prior academic preparation, dates of enrollment, and academic program.
Christopher Pearse Cranch Papers, 1786-1932
Christopher Pearse Cranch (March 8, 1813 – January 20, 1892) was a Unitarian minister and American Transcendentalist author and artist, most well-known for his poetry, caricatures, and landscape paintings. He was also known for his illustrations of other authors’ work, such as in Emerson’s “Transparent Eyeball”.
Beatrice Ross Papers
Beatrice Ross served as South Carolina’s first female state park superintendent from 1954 to 1979. From 1944 to 1954, Ross’ husband, D.I. Ross, Sr., lived in and ran the park as superintendent, and Bea Ross worked as an unofficial, and unpaid, park employee. When D.I. Ross unexpectedly died of a heart attack in 1954, Mrs. Ross, with the help of some powerful state politicians, took over as superintendent.
Augusta Baker Papers, 1911-1998
Augusta Baker was born in 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland, and would go on to become one of the country’s most well-known and widely celebrated storyteller, librarian and author. Augusta Baker’s legacy continues on through various outlets such as this collection, the Augusta Baker Papers, that were digitized here and consist of materials spanning her career from the 1930s-1990s.
Singing the Archives
Experience the audible history of the medieval music manuscripts in the University of South Carolina’s Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. By presenting historically-informed performances of plainchant manuscripts in the collection dating from the 13th through the 16th centuries, Singing the Archives brings the medieval musical past to life.
Lanny And Sidney Palmer Collection
Lanny and Sidney Palmer were well known, highly accomplished pillars of South Carolina’s cultural life for over 50 years. Their many accomplishments and activities were varied and touched upon a full spectrum of creative disciplines. This significant collection includes musical scores, audio and video recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, performance programs and ephemera associated with their lives and careers.
New Insights in the American Civil Rights Movement: South Carolina Council on Human Relations Records
South Carolina Council on Human Relations (SCCHR) played a key role in fostering better living and social conditions for African Americans and promoting racial harmony within South Carolina and the South generally.