S.C. History

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

Promissory Note During Great Depression | History of SC Slide Collection

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Promissory Note During Great Depression | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Great Depression, beginning with the stock market crash in 1929, brought hardship to South Carolinians. Much of the South was poor long before the Depression because, as an agricultural region, it...

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Billy Sunday Meeting | History of SC Slide Collection

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Billy Sunday meeting in Charleston, October 25, 1923, "Charleston Evening Post." Many people think of the 1920s as a period devoted to pleasure, in which jazz, the dance named The Charleston...

An Unusual Edition of The Charleston Evening Post | History of SC Slide Collection

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An Unusual Edition of The Charleston Evening Post | History of SC Slide Collection

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A special issue of the "Charleston Evening Post," June 28, 1926, welcoming the labor unions to a convention and proclaiming South Carolina supportive of labor. This newspaper is unusual, both for the...

Two Fallen SC Soldiers | History of SC Slide Collection

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Two Fallen SC Soldiers | History of SC Slide Collection

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Many young South Carolinians lost their lives in the First World War. This sheet music celebrates two Sumter natives, Robert O. Purdy and Ervin D. Shaw, after whom Shaw Air Base was named. The verse...

Germany's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

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Germany's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

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The First World War ended with the surrender of Germany "at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, on the eleventh month." This headline in "The State" newspaper on November 11, 1918, brought news of...

Third Liberty Loan Parade Float | History of SC Slide Collection

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Third Liberty Loan Parade Float | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Kershaw Mills of Springs Manufacturing sponsored this float in the Third Liberty Loan Parade on April 27, 1918, urging mill workers to participate in the war effort by buying Victory Bonds...

Camp Sevier | History of SC Slide Collection

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Camp Sevier | History of SC Slide Collection

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Many young men recruited into the army were trained at Camp Sevier, near Greenville. Motor Truck Companies 101 and 218 lived in this tent city. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Women Recruits at Parris Island | History of SC Slide Collection

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Women Recruits at Parris Island | History of SC Slide Collection

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Women recruits at Parris Island during World War I. The combat unit manpower needs of the Marines, as for all of the services, were so great that women were recruited to take over many of the...

The Main Road at Camp Jackson, 1917 | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Main Road at Camp Jackson, 1917 | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

The main road at Camp Jackson, 1917. Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection.

African American Servicemen in WWI | History of SC Slide Collection

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African American Servicemen in WWI | History of SC Slide Collection

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African-American recruits served honorably in World War I in segregated units. This unknown young man posed, wearing his uniform, for Columbia photographer Richard S. Roberts, around 1920. Courtesy of...

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