Paul Quattlebaum papers, 1947-1957.

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Quattlebaum, Paul, 1886-1964. Paul Quattlebaum papers, 1947-1957.

Paul Quattlebaum papers, 1947-1957.

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Letter, 7 Aug. 1947, re the Kingston Presbyterian Church in Conway, S.C., with reference to a late antebellum petition requesting a 50-year lease on the property on which the church was built, and its approval, ca. 11 Feb. 1858, by the "Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Conwayboro," the existence of whom surprised Quattlebaum, "the disclosure that there was an Intendant and Wardens... in 1858, a fact hitherto unknown to this writer or, in my opinion, anyone else living today. The present incorporation of the town dates from 1898"; letter 7 May 1948, re St. Peter's "Piney woods" Lutheran Church (vicinity of Chapin, S.C.) and organization of the Lutheran Church in S.C. and settlement of German Protestants; letter, 23 June 1949, to Dr. Robert L. Meriwether, re a list of military notices designating when various militia units would muster to review and drill at various times around the state, published 3 Sept. 1847, in the United States Catholic Miscellany (of Charleston), "The Charleston and Columbia papers and Edgefield Advertiser will publish once a week," issued "By order of the Commander in Chief, J[ames] W[illis] Cantey, Adjt. and Insp. General." Printed program from dedication ceremonies, 1 July 1949, at opening of the new Horry County Memorial Library (Conway, S.C.), "In honored memory dedicated to those from Horry County who served in the armed forces of our country in all wars," with a two-page historical sketch, "History of the Library Movement," re library services in the area during previous century, noting the "considerable library" held by the Kingston Presbyterian Church, ca. 1850s- as well as by the local Baptist and Methodist Churches, collection held by the Burroughts School, founded 1877, and more recent efforts beginning in 1935, dedication of the Conway Public Library in 1938, the WPA library project and a bookmobile for Horry County, S.C., until terminated in 1942, when the County Board of Education assumed operations; including names of persons involved with the subsequent legislative and financial progress toward completion of the new building; cover illustrated with architect's rendering of the exterior of the library. Letter, 8 Jan 1949, to Frank H. Wardlaw of the University of South Carolina Press, expressing his disappointment that the Press had rejected his manuscript for publication despite his significant investment of time and money, acknowledging that he had not visited the archives of Cuba or Spain, but explaining that he had written the work for a general audience; letter, 11 May 1957, to R. L. Meriwether, discussing certain parts of his book, The Land Called Chicora: the Carolinas under Spanish rule, with French intrusions, 1520-1670, published 1956 (by University of Florida Press).

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