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A Bit of Hamilton at the SCHS

Archives

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2016 issue of Carologue. Though there are no signs that the attention surrounding the …

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World War I Veteran Spotlights

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November 11, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. On April 6, 1917, after …

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What’s in Your Attic?

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Merriam-Webster defines an archive as “a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved.” The …

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This Month in SC History

On August 31, 1885, DuBose Heyward was born in Charleston to Edwin Watkins Heyward and Jane Screven DuBose. Jane was …

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