S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.

The State Asylum in Columbia | History of SC Slide Collection

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The State Asylum in Columbia | History of SC Slide Collection

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The State Asylum, Columbia, later known as the State Hospital, as it appeared around 1850. Designed as a "Lunatic Asylum" by Robert Mills and completed in 1828, it was noted for its innovative ideas...

The Charleston Orphan House | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Charleston Orphan House | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Charleston Orphan House was founded in the late 18th century, but the main building pictured here was constructed between 1853 and 1855. The city abandoned the building in 1948 in favor of less...

Wofford College | History of SC Slide Collection

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Wofford College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 48

Wofford College, founded in 1850 through a gift from local Methodist minister Benjamin Wofford, was one of the several denominational colleges that emerged in competition with the South Carolina...

Winthrop Industrial College | History of SC Slide Collection

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Winthrop Industrial College | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 47

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.

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

Episode 46

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...

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

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

Episode 45

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...

Winthrop Biology Student | History of SC Slide Collection

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Winthrop Biology Student | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 44

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

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

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

Episode 43

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...

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

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

Episode 42

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...

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

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

Episode 41

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...

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