Important Institutions in South Carolina

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Chicora College | History of SC Slide Collection
Chicora College | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 21

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In 1890, the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina purchased the Hampton-Preston Mansion on Blanding Street from the Ursuline Sisters who had used it as a convent since the end of the war, and...
Converse College | History of SC Slide Collection
Converse College | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 22

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Converse College, Spartanburg, in 1909. Converse owes its name and its existence to D.E. Converse, a textile manufacturer from Massachusetts who came to Spartanburg in 1856. Believing that "the well...
Claflin University | History of SC Slide Collection
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...
Clemson University | History of SC Slide Collection
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...