South Carolina State Library Works with Confederate Relic Room to Digitize Historic Documents

Colin J. McRae Papers, Huse Audit Series image

The South Carolina State Library has begun working with the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room to assist in digitizing important documents to make them available to anyone via the internet. The first collection the State Library has digitized is the Colin J. McRae Papers, Huse Audit Series and is making them available through the SC Digital Library.

State Library to Host SC Author Clair DeLune for Speaker at the Center

South Carolina Blues by Clair DeLune

Join us from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2018, for our monthly author talk and book signing: South Carolina Blues by Clair DeLune. The history of South Carolina blues is a long, deep—and sometimes painful—story. While the Lowcountry cultivated rice and a Gullah-based style of South Carolina blues, in the Upstate, European influences led to the emergence of Piedmont blues, country music and bluegrass.

Join us for a special public event to celebrate Blindness Awareness Month on October 18, 2018

Led by Love flyer
The South Carolina State Library’s Talking Book Services will host an author talk by Michael Hingson for Blindness Awareness Month on October 18, 2018. Hingson, a blind survivor of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, will tell his life story and detail how he and his guide dog made it out of the Twin Towers alive. His talk begins at 6:00 p.m., with a reception opening at 5:00 p.m. and a book signing afterward.

Cecil Williams speaks of “Unforgettable” moments documenting the Charleston Hospital Worker’s Strike of 1969

State Library Director Leesa Aiken with Civil Rights Photographer Cecil Williams

By Virginia Pierce, Public Services Librarian. Civil Rights photographer Cecil Williams spoke before a large gathering at the Charleston County Public Library’s Main Branch on July 30, 2018, for the opening reception of his traveling photography exhibit Unforgettable: Celebrating a Time of Life, Hope, and Bravery.

The Johnson Collection Donates ‘The Battle of Gettysburg’ Painting to the Spartanburg County Public Libraries

The Battle of Gettysburg

What began as a temporary visit has led to a permanent change of address. Previously on loan from the Johnson Collection, The Battle of Gettysburg: Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault, July 3, 1863 will become part of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries’ permanent collection, a gift from Susu and George Dean Johnson, Jr. On display since May 2016 in the Moseley Gallery at the Headquarters Library, the panoramic painting records the dramatic sweep, as well as particular details, of the longest—and bloodiest—engagement of the American Civil War.

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