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Meet the Staff: Melanie Sigman

A Blog Post by Melanie Sigman   I was born and raised in Covington, Georgia and most of my family still lives there. I went straight to work…

Meet the Staff: Grant Robertson

A Blog Post by Grant Robertson I’ve spent the majority of my life in Columbia, South Carolina, and first attended the University of South Carolina (…

Meet the Staff: Matthew Dantzler

A Blog Post by Matthew Dantzler   As an Orangeburg native, I spent most of my life in South Carolina. My academic journey started with earning…

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…

Meet the Staff: Katherine Trathen

  A Blog Post by Katherine Trathen   I came to South Carolina from North Carolina. I grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and…

Meet the Staff: Ben Richardson

      I am originally from Indianapolis and went to Ball State University where I received Bachelors degrees in History and…

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…

Meet the Staff: Roberto G. Muñoz-Pando

A Blog post by Roberto G. Muñoz-Pando   I was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Growing up, I always had a passion for history and archaeology…

Meet the Staff: Christopher Tenny

  I was born in Lexington, South Carolina and was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. The first two years of my undergraduate education were…

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…