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Catalog Update: Map collection now searchable online

SCDAH is proud to announce that our map collection (P 900035) is now available to search on our catalog at https://scarchcat.rediscoverysoftware.com/…

Acquisition of the Governor Benjamin Franklin Perry Papers

Acquisition of the Governor Benjamin Franklin Perry Papers The South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAAH) is pleased to announce the…

Adventures in Archiving

Adventures in Archiving a Blog Post by Crystal Kate Sharpe, Processing Assistant As a graduate student with a focus on archiving, I was willing to…

TAKING CARE OF YOUR BOOKS

A Blog Post by Melanie Sigman   From stone to clay to thin pieces of wood, people have always found ways to write their stories down, but they…

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps as a Resource of Historic Research

A Blog Post by Christopher Tenny   Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps as a Resource of Historic Research: What They Are, How They Have Changed Over…

What is South Carolina ArchSite?

A Blog Post by Christopher Tenny   History and geography go hand-in-hand like the state flag’s Palmetto and Silver Crescent. Consider the…

Research Tip of the Month: Prison Records

A Blog Post by Michael Fondren     Federal Records United States Federal Census One way of discovering an incarcerated individual…

Searching for Safe Havens: Rediscovering Extant Green Book Sites in South Carolina

A Blog Post By Ramon Jackson   Over the past year, the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission (SCAAHC) has been conducting a…

State Plats for Land Grants 1784-1868 Now Available Online

A Blog Post by Wade Dorsey   The Archives is delighted to report that two of our most important series of land records, the State Plats from…

Cold War Resources in the SC State Historic Preservation Office

A Blog Post by John Sylvest   2021 marks 30 years since the end of the Cold War, the period of intense ideological and military competition…