A. Educational Institutions

Important Institutions in South Carolina

Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Claflin University | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 25

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Claflin University, an engraving from Colyer Meriwether's "History of Higher Education in South Carolina," published in 1889. The Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church founded...

The Main Building of Claflin College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 26

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The Main Building of Claflin College, photographed by Francis Benjamin Johnston in 1899. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Clemson University | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 27

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Clemson University was founded in 1889 after Thomas Green Clemson, the son-in-law of John C. Calhoun, gave $80,000 and 814 acres of his estate for the creation of an agricultural college. The state...

Clemson University Library | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 28

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Clemson University, an interior view of the Library taken by the WPA in the 1930s. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Aerial View of Clemson Stadium | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 29

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An aerial view of Clemson stadium, around 1960. Alumni, parents, and supporters of Clemson's football team come from all over the state for home games, as illustrated by the parking lots surrounding...

Cheerleaders At Coeducational Erskine College | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 30

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Erskine College, located in Due West in Abbeville County, was founded by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1839, and named in honor of the Scottish founder of the denomination, Ebenezer...

Furman Academy and Theological Institution | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 31

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First proposed by Dr. Richard Furman in 1821 (see Richard Furman), but not established until 1825 by the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the Furman Academy and Theological Institution opened at...

The Student Body of Winyah School | History SC Slide Collection

Episode 31

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The student body of Winyah School poses in front of the Winyah Indigo Society Hall, corner of Prince and Cannon Streets in Georgetown, on a warm spring day around 1900. The substantial profits made by...

The Bell Tower on Furman Hall | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 32

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This photo is of the old Greenville men's campus. The bell tower on Furman Hall, one of the original 1851 buildings, was a landmark of the campus and the community. Courtesy of the Greenville County...

A Card Advertising "The Greenville Baptist Female College" | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 33

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A card advertising "The Greenville Baptist Female College," issued by Professor C.H. Judson (see Charles Hallette Judson), December 23, 1863, announced that, "during the suspension of the Furman...

Greenville Women's College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 34

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Greenville Women's College, photographed on May 15th, 1908. Established in 1854 by the South Carolina Baptist Convention, Greenville Baptist Female College opened in February 1856, on this site...

Aerial View of the New Furman Campus | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 35

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An aerial view of the new Furman campus, 1959. In the summer of 1958, Furman moved to this new campus six miles north of town. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Harbison Agricultural College Students | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 36

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Harbison Agricultural College students, Class of 1916. Harbison was a school for African-Americans founded by the Presbyterian Church in the area north of Columbia to train young men to be better...

Lander College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 37

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Lander College, in Greenwood, was founded in Anderson County by Dr. Samuel Lander for the Upper South Carolina Methodist Conference in 1873 as the Williamston Female College. When it moved to...

Limestone College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 38

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Limestone College women stroll in front of the college's main building in Gaffney; the skirt styles, blue jeans, and car date this photograph as sometime in the early 1950s. Their attire is a far cry...

Newberry College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 39

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Newberry College, pictured in this engraving as it appeared around 1860, was one of a number of denominational colleges founded in the state just before the Civil War. Chartered in 1856 as a Lutheran...

Horseshoe of South Carolina College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 40

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This colored lithograph portrays the horseshoe of South Carolina College as it appeared in 1853, a half century after its founding. An act to establish the College was passed in December of 1801, but...

University Of South Carolina During The Civil War | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 41

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This detail of a large lithographic map of Columbia published in 1872 shows the campus of the University of South Carolina as it appeared after the Civil War. The Confederate government had taken...

Aerial view of the University of South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 42

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Aerial view of the University of South Carolina horseshoe in 1948. Women had been admitted to the college in 1895, and in 1906 it once again became a University. After lean years during the Tillmanite...

Construction of the Main Building of Winthrop College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 43

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Construction of the Main Building of Winthrop College, also known as Tillman Hall, 1894. The Winthrop Training School was first opened in 1886 in a renovated stable and former chapel of the Columbia...

Winthrop Biology Student | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 44

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A Winthrop biology student in the early 1950s. Courtesy of the Winthrop University Archives.

Class at Winthrop in 1950's | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 45

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In the 1950s, Winthrop was still a college for white women, with rules regarding dress and class attendance. These attentive students taking notes in a large classroom are a remarkable contrast to...

Photograph of a Winthrop College Classroom | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 46

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This 1974 photograph of a Winthrop College classroom illustrates many of the changes in higher education that occurred in South Carolina in the late 1960s. The College had become co-educational, and...

Winthrop Industrial College | History of SC Slide Collection

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Winthrop Industrial College, photographed May 12, 1894, was the industrial half of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial School constructed in Rock Hill. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.