D. Portraits of Noted Carolinians | History of SC Slide Collection

Portraits of noted Carolinians are listed alphabetically. 

This image courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

William Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
William Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 1

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Born in Charleston in 1806, William Aiken (1806-1887) attended Hurlburt School and the South Carolina College. After receiving an inheritance from his father, he became a successful rice planter on...
Wyatt Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
Wyatt Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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Wyatt Aiken (1863-1923) was the son of David Wyatt Aiken, a successful Abbeville farmer who led the South Carolina Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange), an organization which gave political power and a...
Sarah Campbell Allan | History of SC Slide Collection
Sarah Campbell Allan | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

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Sarah Campbell Allan (1860-1933) was the first woman doctor in South Carolina. A pre-med course offered at the South Carolina College for Women in Columbia (later Chicora College - see Chicora College...
Robert F.W. Allston | History of SC Slide Collection
Robert F.W. Allston | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4

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Born in 1801 at Brookgreen Plantation, in All Saints Parish near Georgetown, Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864) attended prep school and West Point Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1821. He...
Washington Allston | History of SC Slide Collection
Washington Allston | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5

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Born on a plantation on the Waccamaw River, near Georgetown, Washington Allston (1779-1843) attended a preparatory school in Newport, Rhode Island, where he first became interested in art. After...
John James Audubon | History of SC Slide Collection
John James Audubon | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10

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John James Audubon (1785-1851), an American ornithologist, spent nearly four decades sketching, publishing, and promoting a monumental catalogue of the birds of America; his "The Birds of America,"...