Schools and Educational Institutions

The Student Body of Winyah School | History SC Slide Collection

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The Student Body of Winyah School | History SC Slide Collection

Episode 31

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...

Dargan's School in Darlington | History of SC Slide Collection

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Dargan's School in Darlington | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

John J. Dargan was the principal and a teacher, and Gena Dargan a teacher, in Dargan's School in Darlington, photographed May 18, 1899.

Benedict College | History of SC Slide Collection

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Benedict College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 10

Founded in 1870 by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Benedict College occupies a twenty-acre campus on Harden Street in Columbia, across Taylor Street from Allen University. As an important...

Main Building of Anderson College | History of SC Slide Collection

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Main Building of Anderson College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

The main building of Anderson College. Founded as Johnson Female Seminary in 1848, the school was later adopted by the Saluda Baptist Association, which planned to begin a Baptist institution for...

Elementary School Class at Everett School | History of SC Slide Collection

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Elementary School Class at Everett School | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 7

An elementary school class at the Everett School in Winnsboro completes a class project in the 1950s. The Everett School was built in the Winnsboro Mills village in 1922. There had been a one-room...

Booker T. Washington High School | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Booker T. Washington High School | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

Booker T. Washington High School, Class of 1933, seated on the lawn in front of the main entrance to the school. Founded in 1916, the school was, until its closing in 1974, the hub of the separate...

First Graded School in St. Matthews | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

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First Graded School in St. Matthews | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

Episode 5

The first graded school in St. Matthews, photographed around 1910. A campaign to improve rural schools in the late 19th century replaced many one-room schools, in which all students were taught by a...

The Avery Institute in Charleston | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

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The Avery Institute in Charleston | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

Episode 4

The Avery Institute in Charleston. The Avery Normal Institute was established by the American Missionary Association in the spring of 1865, and initially named after the New York abolitionist Lewis...

Original Building of the Penn School | History of SC Slide Collection

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Original Building of the Penn School | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

The original building of the Penn School photographed around 1890. The Penn School, located on St. Helena's Island, was the first school for freed African-Americans opened by northerners in the South...

The Camden Male Academy | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

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The Camden Male Academy | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

Episode 2

The Camden Male Academy was conducted as a semi-military academy, training young men in martial skills by Charles H. Peek in Camden from 1859 until his death in 1863. Many of the cadets, shown here in...

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