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Dr. Walter Edgar speaks to Dr. Thavolia Gylmph, Duke University, about the Port Royal Experiment in Beaufort, South Carolina.South Carolina Counties
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The Port Royal Experiment | Walter Edgar's Journal
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Charleston Museum | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Museum. Founded in 1773, the museum originated as an auxiliary of the Charleston Library Society, dedicated to the collection, preservation, and study of “materials promoting a...
Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio
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“L” is for Long, William Williams [1861-1934]. Agriculturalist. A native North Carolinian, Long worked his family farm before joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry. He...
Hines, John Elbridge | South Carolina Public Radio
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“H” is for Hines, John Elbridge [1910-1997]. Clergyman. Civil Rights advocate. A native of Seneca, Hines graduated from Sewanee and Virginia Theological Seminary. After being ordained an Episcopal...
Furman University | South Carolina Public Radio
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“F” is for Furman University. In 1825, the South Carolina Baptist Convention elected a board to organize an institution to train young men for the ministry. The school opened in Edgefield in 1827 and...
Hilton Head Island | South Carolina Public Radio
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“H” is for Hilton Head Island [Beaufort County; population 33,862]. Located in the southeast corner of the state, Hilton Head Island is the largest of the islands that flank South Carolina’s Atlantic...
Plantation of St. Matthews | History of SC Slide Collection
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Far too many of South Carolina's historic buildings have met the fate of Peterkin Plantation of St. Matthews, which burned to the ground in a fire photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston around 1910...
Interior of a Mill Village Home | History of SC Slide Collection
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The interior of a mill village home in Spartanburg around 1920 is a marked contrast to the contents and design of the Victorian interiors of the wealthy (see Interior Décor Of The Victorian Era, Front...
Interior View of an Unidentified Columbia Living Room | History of SC Slide Collection
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An interior view of an unidentified Columbia living room, with an upright piano in the right corner, around 1900. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.