The Seabrook Island Log, 1947 - 1956.

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The Seabrook Island Log, 1947 - 1956.

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A photocopy of a guest log kept by Albert and Harriet Simons during summer family vacations on Seabrook Island off the coast of Charleston, S.C. Entries range from simple signatures to detailed accounts of daily activities. Entries written by Harriet Porcher Stoney Simons and her daughter Harriet describe the poor road conditions on the island and difficulty with transportation from Charleston in general, weather conditions, games, various species of fish, crab and shrimp caught and other adventures encountered while staying on Seabrook Island. In 1970, Albert Simons, Jr. "Fish" wrote a brief preface to the guest book, compiled over a "series of summers." Simons describes the guest log book as "something unique for the young which is of enormous value in memory" recalling an "experience or happening which produced great pleasure at the time and lies gently on the mind still."

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Simons, Albert, 1890-1980

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Charleston, S.C. architect. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Simons was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.). He served as an instructor in architecture at Clemson College and was a partner in the architectural firm of Todd, Simons & Todd. After military service in World War I, Simons returned to Charleston and with Samuel Lapham established the architectural firm of Simons & Lapham. He was a lecturer on fine arts and a professor of engineering at the Co...

Simons family.

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Albert and Harriet Simons, along with their children, extended family and friends, spent summer months coming and going to Seabrook Island where conditions were favorable to the general health and wellbeing of Harriet Simons, who suffered from severe allergies made worse by allergens in Charleston. Compiled at a time before Seabrook Island was developed for residential living, this log provides a glimpse into the rural character and natural beauty of one of South Carolina's sea islands in the fi...

Simons, Harriet Porcher Stoney

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Charleston, S.C. civic leader, political activist, and wife of architect Albert Simons (1890-1980). She was the first president of the Charleston League of Women Voters, organized and headed the South Carolina League of Women Voters, and was involved in many other civic, social, and political organizations including the Red Cross, the Maternal Welfare Bureau, and the Welfare Council of Charleston. She was the daughter of Samuel Gaillard Stoney and Louisa Cheves Smythe Stoney. From th...