Browse Collections (45 total)

Edward Tynte Letters

TynteLetter1709_20220601_Omeka.pdf


Edward Tynte, from Somerset, England, served as Governor of Carolina province from 1709 to 1710. He received his commission from Lord Craven in…

Contributors: Stamford, Thomas Grey, Earl of, 1654-1720.

Charleston City Records

CityPlanning_1931_Transcribed.pdf

The Charleston Library Society’s copy of the City of Charleston’s 1931 Report of the City Planning and Zoning Commission Upon a Program for the…

Clionian Debating Society

ClionianDebatingSociety_Transcribed_Omeka3.pdf

LibGuide on this collection available.The Clionian Debating Society formed in Charleston in 1847 by Free Blacks with the goals of "promotion of their…

Dawn Langley Simmons Papers

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Dawn Langley Simmons was one of the first prominent transgender figures in the United States, undergoing gender reassignment surgery at Johns Hopkins…

Gabriel Manigault Charleston Library Society Lease

Ms. 191_Transcribed_Landscape.pdf

Documents related to the Manigault family, including Gabriel Manigault.

Contributors: Charleston Library Society

Viva Voce: Charleston Library Society Oral Histories

AnneCleveland_OralHistory_20240418_01.mp3

The Charleston Library Society was founded in 1748, and ever since it has been devoted to preserving the historical memory of the city and Lowcountry.…

Memorandum of American and British Troops

Ms5_Transcription_Omeka.pdf

Handwritten memorandum of the state of the American and British troops during the American Revolution, dated December 7, 1780. Author unknown. States…

Recollection of the Military Expedition from Charleston to Beaufort, January and February 1779

Ms552_Transcription_Omeka.pdf

Copied from a paper found among Aunt Anna's papers and presented to Daniel Strobel Martin, grandson of the author [John Peter Martin]" Signed Mary E.…

Contributors: Martin, John Peter

John Lewis Gervais Letters

ms433_Let4_Transcription_Omeka.pdf

John Lewis Gervais of Gervais & Owen writes to Henry Laurens, Leonard DeNeufville, and General Andrew Pickens.

Contributors: Laurens, Henry, DeNeufville, Leonard, Pickens, Andrew

Duty Roster, 1776

Ms390_Transcription_Omeka.pdf

Gives ranks of officers, including Roberts, Barnard Elliott, Beekman, Harden, Grimke, Porteaux, Drayton.