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Creating the South Caroliniana Library (Hardcover)
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Creating the South Caroliniana Library (Hardcover)
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The South Caroliniana Library, located on the historic Horseshoe of
the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia, is one of the
premier research archives and special collections repositories in
South Carolina and the American Southeast. The library's
holdings--manuscripts, published materials, university archives,
and visual materials--are essential to understanding the Palmetto
State and Southern culture as it has evolved over the past 300
years. When opened as the South Carolina College library in 1840 it
was the first freestanding academic library building in the United
States. Designed by Robert Mills, architect of the Washington
Monument, it is built in the Greek Revival style and features a
replica of the reading room that once housed Thomas Jefferson's
personal library in the second Library of Congress. When the
college built a larger main library (now known as the McKissick
Museum) in 1940, the Mills building became the home of
""Caroliniana""--published and unpublished materials relating to
the history, literature, and culture of South Carolina. Through a
dedicated mining of the resources this library has held, art
historian John M. Bryan crafted this comprehensive narrative
history of the building's design, construction, and renovations,
which he enhanced with personal entries from the diaries and
letters of the students, professors, librarians, and politicians
who crossed its threshold. A treasure trove of Caroliniana itself,
this colorful volume, featuring 95 photographs and illustrations,
celebrates a beautiful and historic structure, as well as the rich
and vibrant history of the Palmetto State and the dedicated
citizenry who have worked so hard to preserve it. A foreword is
provided by W. Eric Emerson, director, South Carolina Department of
History and Archives.
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