Maximilian La Borde papers, 1843-1873.

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Maximilian La Borde papers, 1843-1873.

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Reports and correspondence re life at USC during late antebellum period, including departmental reports, 1843-1861, of South Carolina College , to presidents Robert Henry, William Campbell Preston, James Henley Thornwell, Charles F. McCay, and Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, including letters, 4 May 1846, re plans to establish a course in general anatomy; 25 May 1858, re student revolt and wasted talents of the senior class. Departmental reports, 9 May 1849 and 1866-1873, to chairman of the faculty Francis Lieber and Robert Woodward Barnwell; 12 July 1848, Edgefield, S.C., to William Campbell Preston, requesting reelection of a bursar who had been discharged for drinking; 1851-1865, to the Board of Trustees, including letters, 2 Dec. 1851, submitting opinion on the student's opposition to the operations of the Commons Establishment (Steward's Hall); 6 May 1857, statement of professors protesting the actions of President Charles F. McCay; 11 June 1857, to Gov. [Robert Francis Withers] Allston, tendering his resignation; 10 Dec. 1857, requesting that the east wing of DeSaussure College be used to accomodate students; and 7 July 1863, to Gov. [William Henry] Gist, presenting a copy of his History of South Carolina College. Civil War material includes letter, [Nov.] 1861, re departure of students after Union occupation of Port Royal, S.C.; 3 letters, 7 July and 11 Dec. 1863 and 4 May 1864, to Gov. [Milledge Luke] Bonham, re reopening of College in October, necessity of continuing use of college buildings as Confederate hospital, resolution requesting payment of rent by Confederate States of America for use of college buildings, and protest against plans to graze livestock on college grounds; 30 Dec. 1865, accepting his election to the professorship of Rhetoric and Belles Letters at the University of South Carolina; and fragment of letter, 1868, re completion of contract to furnish college with gas pipes and noting dilapidated condition of Rutledge College. Also includes manuscript volume, 1826, LaBorde's "Graduating Thesis" from the Medical College of South Carolina, written in Latin.

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