Mary C. Simms Oliphant papers, 18uu-200u.

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Mary C. Simms Oliphant papers, 18uu-200u.

Correspondence, working files, and other papers assembled by Mary C. Simms Oliphant, in her scholarship on the letters and works of her grandfather, poet and author William Gilmore Simms, and the many editions of her revision of the South Carolina history first authored by her ancestor, which under her hand became the textbook, South Carolina From the Mountains to the Sea. Includes materials pertaining documenting life at Woodlands, the plantation home of William Gilmore Simms [formerly within old Barnwell District, now Bamberg County, S.C.], as well as other Simms family homes; materials relating to relatives and related families; genealogy; and other topics. Also includes papers of Oliphant's daughter, Mary Simms Furman.

3 oversize flat file boxes

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Furman, Mary Simms Oliphant.

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Furman family.

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Simms family.

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Oliphant, Mary C. Simms (Mary Chevillette Simms), 1891-

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Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

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Author, poet, and editor of South Carolina. From the description of William Gilmore Simms papers, 1735-1987. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 766024802 South Carolina author. From the description of ALsS : Woodland, near Midway, S.C., to his publishers, Philadelphia, 1840-1843. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525116 Poet and author. From the description of William Gilmore Simms correspondence, 1842-...