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Meet the Staff: Joseph Wilkinson

      I was born here in Columbia and have lived in South Carolina my whole life. I grew up in Calhoun County, where as a kid I was exposed to…

Meet the Staff: Virginia Harness

      Meet the Staff: Virginia Harness   Although I was born in Indiana, my family moved to Morgantown, West Virginia when I was a toddler and…

All Aboard! There’s a new SCHPR!

A blog post by Morgan Jones-King   What is SCHPR? The South Carolina Historic Properties Record (or SCHPR, pronounced “Skipper”) is an online…

Meet the staff: Wade H. Dorsey

  I was reared in Carroll County, Ga., in the northwestern Piedmont section of that state.  I attended the Mount Zion schools, which were small and…

Meet the Former Staff: Alexander Samuel Salley

A Blog Post by Kathryn Slover Today we begin our “Meet the Staff” blog series. Each month we will introduce a new staff member from the South…

Hockey Hall of Famer Willie O’Ree Finds His South Carolina Roots at SCDAH

A Blog Post By Evan Spencer   The South Carolina Department of Archives and History preserves the records of South Carolina’s state and local…

Records Training Day 2018

A Blog Post By Jessica Hills   The mission of the Department of Archives and History is to preserve the documentary and cultural heritage of the…

South Carolina Archaeology Month

A Blog Post by Keely Lewis October is Archaeology Month in South Carolina! Throughout the month, the archaeological community of South Carolina will…

Currency of the Bank of the State of South Carolina

A Blog Post by Oriana Windham The collection holdings of the Dept. of Archives and History are extensive and ever-growing.  Many of the series held…

EXHIBIT ON RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON VIEW AT ARCHIVES & HISTORY CENTER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2018 Contact: 803-896-6196 | info@scdah.sc.gov   EXHIBIT ON RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON VIEW AT ARCHIVES…