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Bullock, J. G. Letter : South Dakota to A.S. Salley, Jr., Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1899 August 28.

Title: Letter : South Dakota to A.S. Salley, Jr., Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1899 August 28.

Handwritten letter on Department of Interior, Indian School Service letterhead. Expresses interest in Salley's research on marriages [probably referring to "Marriage notices in the South-Carolina gazette and country journal (1765-1775) and in the Charlestown gazette (1778-1780)," compiled by Salley and published in 1904.] Also expresses interest in Southern writers.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 27 x 20 cm.

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Kinloch, Robert Alexander, 1826-1891. Letters, 1879-1882 to Dr. A.S. Salley / R.A. Kinloch.

Title: Letters, 1879-1882 to Dr. A.S. Salley / R.A. Kinloch. 1879-1882.

[128] Letter 11 July 1879 re treatment of a child with deformity --[129] Letter, 6 July 1882 re treatment of a gynecological case.

ArchivalResource: 2 letters.

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Lynch family. Lynch family genealogy, 1947.

Title: Lynch family genealogy, 1947.

Genealogy of the Lynch family giving background in Ireland and South Carolina; a portion of this volume consists of excerpts copied or detached from published works. Transcriptions include excerpt from James Hardiman's work, The History of the Town and Country of the Town of Galway (first published 1820); an essay published by the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, "An Old Lynch Manuscript"; and two letters, Oct. 1946 and Oct. 1947, from Alexander S. Salley, Jr. (typed on S.C. Historical Commission letterhead illustrated with a view of the World War Memorial Building) to Dr. Joseph E. Fields of Joliet, Ill., enclosing research notes on the Lynch family in S.C. compiled by Salley. Includes undated genealogical chart compiled by Martin J. Blake, "Tabular pedigree of some members of the Lynch family of Galway from 1274 to 1508," presumably detached form one of Blake's publications.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Watson, Harry Legare, 1876-1956. Harry Legare Watson papers, 1884-1969.

Title: Harry Legare Watson papers, 1884-1969.

Correspondence, arranged alphabetically, and nearly complete run of annotated copies of Watson's column "Our Old Roads," a series of historical essays about Greenwood County, a jurisdiction created in 1897 from portions of the old Abbeville and Edgefield Districts; many of these columns were republished in 1970 as Greenwood County Sketches; index to personal names appearing in the columns also filed Box 4. Correspondents include U.S. Congressman Wyatt Aiken, 1914-1916; newspaperman William Watts Ball, 1909-1952; James Francis Byrnes, 1924- 1940; J. Edward Chaffin, 1934-1946; engineer and railroad executive Frank H. Cothran, 1919-1948; U.S. Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1939- 1960; Furman University president Ben E. Geer, 1919-1938; farmer and lumberman Wade Cothran Harrison, 1927-1955. Helen Kohn Hennig, 1930-1955; banker James A. Hoyt, 1905-1956; textile manufacturer A. Foster McKissick, 1921-1937; writer James Henry Rice, Jr., 1911-1933; textile manufacturer James C. Self, 1924-1955; and historian William Arthur Sheppard, 1924-1946. Other correspondents include educators Robert O. Lawton, William J. McGlothlin, J. Rion McKissick, and Patterson Wardlaw; historians Robert L. Meriwether, and Alexander S. Salley; and newspapermen McDavid Horton and Emory Olin Watson; textile executive James C. Self; and bookseller James Thornton Gittman.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (4 cartons)

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Salley, A. S. (Alexander Samuel), 1871-1961. A.S. Salley papers, 1849-1963.

Title: A.S. Salley papers, 1849-1963.

Correspondence, publications, clippings, and other papers relating to history, politics and culture of South Carolina, including information on individuals, and families. Topics discussed include Salley's research on the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (1905-1912, 1915, 1921), including correspondence with Ulrich B. Phillips re the lack of evidence for such a document and other matters; politics, especially the administration of Gov. Coleman L. Blease; conservation of wildlife; meetings of the American Historical Association in Charleston and Columbia in 1913; statues of Wade Hampton, George Washington, and other aspects of the buildings and grounds of the S.C. Statehouse; genealogical research; Jamison Monument Fund; Salley's work as secretary of the S.C. Historical Society and as state historian of the S.C. Historical Commission; political leaflets and handbills; Earliest materials include family letters from 1880s and 1890s; letters discussing Salley's studies while enrolled at The Citadel; comments news of crime, murder, race relations, and law enforcement in Orangeburg County, S.C., in letters from Salley's father, A.M. Salley, sheriff, ca. 1888-1890s, including comments on the Dispensary distribution of liquor and expressing hopes for a prohibition of alcohol sales (26 Jan. 1889); growth of cotton and other crops; comments on Benjamin R. Tillman's campaign for governor in 1891, and policies during his administration. Letters relating to Salley's work as state historian of the Historical Commission of South Carolina include many brief letters representing a cross-section of the notable personalities in the fields of history and politics with whom Salley interacted during his forty-five-year career with the Historical Commission and State Archives. Correspondents include: Samuel A. Ashe, William Watts ("W.W.") Ball, Frederick Bancroft, Joseph W. Barnwell, John Bennett, Clarence S. Brigham, Armistead Burwell, James F. Byrnes, Niels Christensen, William Ashmead Courtenay, James C. Derieux, William E. Dodd, Barnett E. Elzas, Worthington C. Ford, Laurence H. Gipson, Ambrose E. Gonzales, William Gonzales, Fairfax Harrison, DuBose Heyward, W. Henry Hoyt, Marquis James, J. Franklin Jameson, Theodore D. Jervey, Lucien L. Knight, August Kohn, Waldo G. Leland, R.M. Lofton, Edward McCrady, Fitz Hugh McMaster, Dumas Malone, Colyer Meriwether, Victor Palsits, Gustavus M. Pinckney, Josephine Pinckney, Paul Quattlebaum, R.G. Rhett, James Henry Rice, Jr., Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, Archibald Rutledge, Herbert Ravenel Sass, William A. Sheppard, Katherine Drayton Mayrant Simons, Harry Worcester Smith, Yates Snowden, John P. Stratton, Charles Pelot Summerall, John P. Thomas, Reuben G. Thwaites, Mabel L. Weber, Lothrop Withington, and others. Places represented include Charleston, Columbia, Orangeburg, and elsewhere in South Carolina; Madison, Wisconsin; Augusta, Georgia.; Brenham, Texas; and other locations.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear ft. (6 cartons + ca. 22 document boxes).

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Quattlebaum, Paul, 1886-1964. The Land called Chicora and related materials, 1933-1963.

Title: The Land called Chicora and related materials, 1933-1963.

The Land Called Chicora and Related Materials series is composed of research notes, correspondence, and manuscript drafts relating to Paul Quattlebaum's book, The Land Called Chicora. This series also contains material dealing with general South Carolina history as well as genealogically-related correspondence. The book details early European exploration and abortive attempts at settlement along the South Carolina coast prior to the coming of the English in 1670. In writing this book Quattlebaum compiled research from libraries and archives in North America and Europe. He maintained extensive correspondence with various historians, curators, archivists, and antiquarians. As his reputation as a local historian grew, Quattlebaum received numerous genealogical inquiries pertaining to South Carolina and Horry County. In some instances this genealogical correspondence relates to individuals in the Horry County Families series in the Quattlebaum papers. Well known correspondents in the Chicora series include A.M. Huntington, Bernard Baruch, and South Carolina historians Robert Meriwether, Chapman J. Milling, and A.S. Salley.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 cubic ft. 5 boxes.

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Salley, A. S. (Alexander Samuel), 1871-1961. Notification of membership, 1914 Apr. 9.

Title: Notification of membership, 1914 Apr. 9.

Notification of election to membership in American Antiquarian Society; signed by Charles Lemuel Nichols, recording secretary.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Salley, A. S. (Alexander Samuel), 1871-1961. [Simms] : scrapbook, 1860-1899.

Title: [Simms] : scrapbook, 1860-1899.

A collection of materials about William Gilmore Simms, including press clippings, the typescript of a commencement essay, and the letterhead of the author's son.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39175582 View

Derieux, James C. James C. Derieux papers, 1933 June 21-1973.

Title: James C. Derieux papers, 1933 June 21-1973.

Letters include 21 June 1933, from A.S. Salley, explaining that there was no "Thigpen Trail" in S.C., as the term "'trail' is a modern Western term and had no place in our Eastern terminology," since unofficial roads in S.C. had been called "paths," and reporting progress of recovering documents in the basement of the State House, and urging him to influence [U.S. Senator] James F. Byrnes to construct a memorial building for housing historical records. Collection also includes 8 letters from Derieux, Cismont, Va., to Robert L. McLeod, Sumter, S.C., discussing personal plans, recollections and observations re politics, including the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon's lack of charisma, and Ralph Nadar's impact on the country.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

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Salley, A. S. Records, 1872-1895.

Title: Records, 1872-1895.

Patient account books, 1878-1890 and 1888-1895; billing notes, bills for services provided, and medical notes, listing names of persons and families resident in Orangeburg, S.C. and vicinity during later 19th century.

ArchivalResource: 16 items + 2 v.

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Robertson, James Alexander, 1873-1939,. Letters signed from James Alexander Robertson to A.S. Salley [manuscript], 1926-1936.

Title: Letters signed from James Alexander Robertson to A.S. Salley [manuscript], 1926-1936.

Letters dated May 19, 1926, December 5, 1930, and October 13, 1936.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Kinloch, Elizabeth. Letter, 1892 to Dr. A.S. Salley / Elizabeth Kinloch.

Title: Letter, 1892 to Dr. A.S. Salley / Elizabeth Kinloch. 1892.

Letter thanking Dr. Salley for his condolences on the death of her husband.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

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Quattlebaum, Paul, 1886-1964. Paul Quattlebaum personal papers, 1907-1964, (bulk 1934-1963).

Title: Paul Quattlebaum personal papers, 1907-1964, (bulk 1934-1963).

The series contains private letters from Quattlebaum's senatorial years (1935-1944) and documents fully his life from 1945 to 1964. Included in this material are Quattlebaum's activities as civic club officer, trustee of Queen's College, Charlotte, N.C., and Ruling Elder of Kingston Presbyterian Church in Conway, S.C. Although he retired from public life in 1945, Quattlebaum retained an avid interest in state and national politics, and kept up a lively correspondence with his former colleagues. He also communicated regularly with various government officials, genealogists, family members, and myriad acquaintances. Prominent correspondents include Edgar A. Brown, James F. Byrnes, Olin D. Johnston, J.C. Littlejohn, Kenneth Lynch, John C. McMillan, Burnet R. Maybank, Robert F. Poole, Frank A. Thompson, J. Strom Thurmond, Stanley F. Morse (President of the Grass Roots League, Inc.). Letters from Littlejohn and Poole are located in the Clemson College folders, and the Lynch correspondence is filed under Medical College of South Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 cubic ft. 9 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26036611 View

Hungerpiller, John C. John C Hungerpiller papers, 1872-1978 (bulk, 1907-1978).

Title: John C Hungerpiller papers, 1872-1978 (bulk, 1907-1978).

Consisting chiefly of correspondence and other papers re Hungerpiller's anthology, South Carolina Literature (1931), including correspondence with authors, and replies (1928) to his survey of principals and teachers re the need for an anthology which could be used as a text in schools. Also including manuscript poetry by John C Hungerpiller; circular letters of the S.C. Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association; and manuscript, 14 Mar. 1924, "Specific Working Plans for the Co-operative Teaching of English in All Subjects," a paper read by Hungerpiller before the Department of Teachers of English of the S.C. Teachers Association. Correspondents include Lily Strickland Anderson, Henry Bellamann, John Bennett (12 Aug. 1922), W.G. Blake (1 Aug. [19]27), DuBose Heyward, Edwin Nungezer (4 Nov. 1927, 9 Jan. 1931), Julia Peterkin ([1931]), James Henry Rice, Jr. (16 July 1925), Franklin D. Roosevelt (14 Nov. 1932), Archibald Rutledge (12 July 1928, 10 Aug. 1933), Stanhope Sams (2 Feb. 1931). Other correspondents include Herbert Ravenel Sass, E.T.H. Shaffer, Katherine Drayton Mayrant Simons (27 Aug. 1925, 4 Sept. 1925), Yates Snowden (21 Jan. [19]29, [ca. 1929]), William Peterfield Trent (25 Sept. 1930), Patterson Wardlaw (14 June 1930), and George Armstrong Wauchope (6 May 1922). Bound volumes, 1872-1977, include 3 volumes, 1911-1932, re farm accounts of tenants of James Edward Hungerpiller, of Elloree, S.C.; record of sales, 1930-1933, of his book, South Carolina Literature, during depth of the Great Depression; and photocopied volume, 1977, genealogical charts and notes re the Hungerpiller family. Microfilm reel (R809) contains 211 printed items, 1924-1974, newspaper articles re various S.C. authors; reviews of their works; published poetry, and Patterson Wardlaw; editorial, 18 Aug. 1940, published in The State newspaper, "The Negro and the New Deal: Archibald Rutledge in The South Atlantic Monthly"; newspaper article, 9 July 1967, "Years in College--Remembered" by Archibald Rutledge; and essay, 14 Apr. 1940, re visit of Marquis de Lafayette to South Carolina during March 1825 . Reel also includes obituary notices of Bernard M. Baruch, John Bennett, Julia Peterkin, Alexander S. Salley, Stanhope Sams, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Patterson Wardlaw, and Yates Snowden.

ArchivalResource: 843 items and 6 v.1 reel microfilm (35 mm. : negative)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37216381 View

Molen, William M. William M. Molen papers, 1871-1952, and undated.

Title: William M. Molen papers, 1871-1952, and undated.

Consisting of 11 items, ca. 1871, 1901, 1952, and undated, consisting of leaflets of poems on various subjects, such as Chicora Park, Fort Sumter, Colonial Lake, Sullivan's Island, and other buildings and events of Charleston, S.C., including the Cotton Palace at the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition (1901-1902). Also including newspaper article by A.S. Salley, Charleston's Self-Crowned Poet Laureate, 13 Jan. 1952, re Molen's poetry, including pictures of him in summer and winter attire; and anecdotes re his habit of writing poetry in honor of new buildings or products, or events, such as adoption of trolley cars on Charleston streets.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48755888 View

Salley, A. S. (Alexander Samuel), 1871-1961. South Carolina bookplates collection, 1744 - 1940

Title: South Carolina bookplates collection, 1744 - 1940

Illustrated bookplates produced for private libraries of South Carolina residents and organizations. Collection filed in 3 binder volumes, chiefly assembled by Alexander Salley, Jr., many of which include biographical sketches on various men, women, and families such as James Lewis Petigru, the Middleton family, and organizations such as the Charleston Orphan House and the Pineville Library Society. Bookplates include images of birds, trees, people, family homes, coats of arms and heraldry, and other subjects.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85810705 View

Salley, A. S. (Alexander Samuel), 1871-1961. The simplification of investigation : typescript, 1906 Mar. 17 / A.S. Salley.

Title: The simplification of investigation : typescript, 1906 Mar. 17 / A.S. Salley.

ArchivalResource: 8 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34713336 View

Lane, John Dewey, 1898-1968. John Dewey Lane papers, 1924-1979; (bulk, 1934-1944).

Title: John Dewey Lane papers, 1924-1979; (bulk, 1934-1944).

Chiefly correspondence, pamphlets, and writings re African-American contributions to American life and culture; discussions re William Gilmore Simms and other aspects of literary history and culture in S.C. Letters, 8 Apr. 1924, from George A. Wauchope, Columbia, S.C., calling Charleston, S.C., "one of the most interesting literary centers of the South"; 9 May 1933, from W[illiam] W[atts] Ball, Charleston, S.C., discussing antebellum society in Charleston, and remarking that William Gilmore Simms did not appear to play any noteworthy role in the city's social life and he was not a member of the literary club, "Many a genius is not fit to caper in 'my lady's parlor'.... there is a tradition that old Simms told rough stories when in a convivial mood."; 12 May 1933, from A[lexander] S[amuel] Salley, Columbia, S.C., re Simms' background and social climate of antebellum Charleston, contesting Mrs. [Harriott Horry] Ravenel's argument that Simms was ever snubbed by Charleston society. Letter, 18 May 1933, from W[illiam] W[atts] Ball, Charleston, S.C., reviewing the development in higher education in South Carolina since the establishment of Clemson College, arguing that Clemson had never operated according to the "original idea of men making their own living partly in college on farms and in shops.... [This] idea was realized in the negro state college in Orangeburg. I am not saying it ought to have been realized at Clemson. I think not, but the people should not have been told in 1888 and 1889 that it would be," and sketching a plan for unification of the university system which would result in greater academic freedom for the faculty, "There is little freedom in them now. A professor is afraid to open his mouth." Letter, 12 Mar. 1934, from R.B. Eleazer, Atlanta, Ga., re the conviction of many southern educators that the region's colleges and public schools should play a role in building "more intelligent interracial understanding and attitudes," including a bibliography of history, literature, and art re African Americans; papers include various African American newspapers, newsletters, and other publications, sent, (and often written by) Eleazer; also includes a pamphlet reprinting articles published in newspapers and elsewhere during 1923 about George Washington Carver, titled: The Man who Introduced Sweet Potatoes and Peanuts into Society. Also contains printed manuscripts, Jan. 1943, Singers in the Dawn; and June 1944, The Southern Regional Council: Its Origin and Purpose; other essays include a 1936 research paper by JDL, Corinne Lennox, and Charles H. Cross: A Suggested Approach to the Problem of Race Relations for College Teachers of English in the Deep South (14 sheets); a 1939 essay, Negro Writers in College Textbooks; and undated texts re literature and the "New Negro"; African American newspapers and journalism; and The White Man's Influence on the Spirituals.

ArchivalResource: 28 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31523256 View

Quattlebaum, Paul, 1888-1964. A Palatine family in South Carolina and related materials, 1933-1963.

Title: A Palatine family in South Carolina and related materials, 1933-1963.

The series entitled A Palatine Family in South Carolina and Related Materials consists of genealogical research files, family correspondence, research notes, and manuscript drafts pertaining to the publication of the Quattlebaum family genealogy. The genealogical files consist of form-letter inquiries, correspondence, and clippings dealing with specific members of the family tree. The correspondence files cover more general family matters and also contain photocopies of research materials such as maps and deeds. Important correspondents include South Carolina historians J. Harold Easterby, Anne King Gregorie, and A.S. Salley.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 cubic ft. 9 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25994890 View