State Library Develops Online Census Guide

Francis William Edmonds' 1854 painting, "Taking the Census"

The South Carolina State Library has developed an online guide to the US Census. The guide contains information on the history and purpose of the US Census as well as the importance of completing the Census and how to avoid Census fraud. Learn more at http://guides.statelibrary.sc.gov/2020Census

Upcoming Event

Author photo of Patricia Brandon and the cover of Rise of the Pale Moon.

Author Patricia Brandon and "Rise of the Pale Moon"

February 11, 2026, 5:30 PM

Join us at the next installment of the Speaker at the Center with Author Patricia Brandon where she will discuss her historical fiction novel, "Rise of the Pale Moon." Set against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War era in coastal South Carolina, Rise of the Pale Moon weaves a compelling tale of three young women from distinct backgrounds: an indentured servant from London, a chattel slave raised on the Montague Hall plantation, and a Catawba Indian captured by the Cherokee and traded into slavery.