A multipurpose ax that was used for digging, clearing and breaking ground. According to Mrs. Gold, it was used in Mount Pleasant before saws and machines were available to clear land to plant crops. The long side was used for hewing trees or bushes and the short side for cutting tree roots.
A pamphlet by A. E. Salley using Washington's travels through South Carolina to highlight genealogy of South Carolinian families and the histories of their plantations. Salley also uses the footnotes to correct errors other historians made when interpreting Washington's travel diary.
Bookmobile visiting Mt. Pleasant library branch. Caption on front: "May 15, '48. Mrs. Melchers and Mt. Pleasant Building (old)." Caption on back: "Snyder, Melchers."
Village Branch Library, 430 Whilden Street, Mt. Pleasant. Staff presenting child with summer reading certificate. Caption on back: "From left to right: Mrs. Julien T. Melchers, Mrs. Virginia D. Chasteen, Miss Cathy Dodds."
Village Branch Library, 430 Whilden Street, Mt. Pleasant. Caption on back: "1954. Thursday, July 12. Reading game exercises Mt. Pleasant Lib. (Sullivan's Is., Isle of Palms, and Mt. Pleasant)."
Village Branch Library, 430 Whilden Street, Mt. Pleasant. Caption on back: "Some of the 22 who completed the reading game at the Mt. Pleasant branch library shown at closing exercises Aug. 27, '57. Charleston S.C. County Library. Mt. Pleasant."