McKissick, James Rion | South Carolina Public Radio
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"M" is for McKissick, James Rion [1844-1944]. Journalist. Educator. University President.Audio
"P" is for Phifer, Mary Hardy [1879-1962] Journalist.Libraries, Literature & Learning
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Phifer, Mary Hardy | South Carolina Public Radio
Charleston Library Society | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Library Society. The Charleston Library Society is the third-oldest institutional library in the United States. Established as a private, subscription library in 1748, it...
Everett, Percival | South Carolina Public Radio
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“E” is for Everett, Percival [b. 1956]. Everett grew up in Columbia. He drew on his experiences as a young African American growing up in Columbia in his first novel, Suder. The critical success of...
Oliphant, Mary C. Simms | South Carolina Public Radio
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"O" is for Oliphant, Mary Chevillette Simms [1891-1988]. Historian. Born in Barnwell County, Mary C. Simms Oliphant was the granddaughter of novelist and historian William Gilmore Simms. In 1917 the...
Pinckney, Josephine Lyons Scott | South Carolina Public Radio
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“P” is for Pinckney, Josephine Lyons Scott [1895-1957]. Poet, novelist, civic leader. Pinckney played a key role in the literary revival that swept through the South after World War I. She was one of...
Blair, Frank | South Carolina Public Radio
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“B” is for Blair, Frank [1915-1995]. Broadcaster, author. A native of Yemassee, Blair served in the Navy during World War II. A deep-voiced broadcaster, a mainstay of NBC’s “The Today Show” from 1952...
Hipp, Francis Moffett | South Carolina Public Radio
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“H” is for Hipp, Francis Moffett [1911-1995]. Insurance executive. After graduating from Furman, Hipp joined his father’s company, Liberty Life Insurance. The Greenville-based firm also owned radio...
Robertson, Benjamin Franklin, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio
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“R” is for Robertson, Benjamin Franklin, Jr. [1903-1943]. Journalist. Robertson was a well-respected and well-traveled journalist and war correspondent and the author of three books. In 1940, he was...
