Meeting minutes for the Civic Services Committee to Consider Publications Underwriting Plan for the Carolina Art Association, also known as the "Charleston Grows" committee (Jan. 27, 1949). Exhibit A, listing Carolina Art Association publications as of Oct. 1, 1948. Exhibit B, with notes for a Civic Services Committee meeting regarding books under consideration for purchase.
Newspaper printed for the civilian employees of the Charleston Naval Shipyard starting on January 14th 1949. This volume covers from January 14th 1949 to December 9th 1949.
Memorandum to the Civic Services Committee on the "Charleston Grows" committee ( April 29, 1949) regarding plans for the publication of Charleston Grows.
Letter to Robert N.S. Whitelaw from William W. Blodgett (June 9, 1949) regarding his inability to attend the June 9 meeting and expressing encouragement about the publication of Charleston Grows.
Letter to Robert N.S. Whitelaw from Joseph P. Riley [Senior] [President, Charleston Chamber of Commerce] (June 7, 1949) declining invitation to serve on the Charleston Grows editorial committee.
Information on Y.W.C.A. School for Professional Workers to be held at Frances Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois on June 30 through July 28, 1949.
Descriptions and photographs of the historic houses on tour in 1949. Published by Historic Charleston Foundation, 1949; printed by Walker, Evans & Cogswell. Sixty-three pages. (Note: All a/k/a references pertain to the name of the house as listed in Jonathan Poston's book The Buildings of Charleston: A Guide to the City's Architecture; USC Press, 1997.)
Black and white negative of the Santa's helpers in a decorated car during the Santa parade held on December 8, 1949; Negatives have turned blue; 10.5 x 8 cm.
Photo of several women sitting around a table, including Septima Clark, Ethelyn M. Parker, and Mamie Fields (standing). Caption on back names all people and says they were forming a new group for the organization of the National Council of Negro Women.
A postcard of the mural from the main lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel that depicts the attack on Fort Sumter. The front of the postcard reads, "This mural painting, in the Main Lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, symbolizes the initial attack by Confederate forces, beginning the War Between the States.--The painting is by Alfred Hutty, internationally noted artist and etcher." The back of the postcard reads, "The first shot of the War Between the States was fired April 12, 1861, from a Confederate battery at Fort Johnson (position of the observer in this painting) and landed on the parade ground of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. In this painting Fort Sumter is center, Fort Moultrie to the distant left and a floating Confederate battery to the right. The flag is the original seven star flag of the Confederacy. Fort Sumter, occupied by Confederates on April 14, 1861, was under constant siege by Federal forces from that date until February 18, 1865--In 1948 Fort Sumter was designated a national monument."
The Transactions of the Huguenot Society No.54 contains published articles on genealogy and history, memorials, and annual reports from its officers for the year 1949-1950.
This album is comprised of photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, and other documents from the Dillon Ripley Nepal Expedition, in which Getrude Legendre and others participated. The expedition was sponsored by the National Geographic Society, The Smithsonian Institute, and Yale University, and included travel through Nepalese villages, temples, and mountains, including Mount Everest.
A photograph of women in dresses riding a float in the Azalea Festival Parade. The float is decorated with a crest and anchor design. The woman in the back wears a crown and sash, and carries flowers.
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