- Automobile parking--South Carolina--Charleston, Parking facilities--South Carolina--Charleston44
- Housing--South Carolina--Charleston42
- Charities--South Carolina--Charleston41
- Slaveholders40
- Plantation life--South Carolina, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--South Carolina38
- Plantations--South Carolina38
- Correspondence37
- Jews--South Carolina35
- African Americans--History--20th century33
- Architectural surveys--South Carolina--Charleston33
- Enslaved children30
- Plantations29
- Slave records29
- African Americans--Civil rights27
- African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina--Charleston--History--20th century, Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969, Hospitals--Employees--Labor unions26
- World War, 1939-1945--Monuments, War memorials--South Carolina--Charleston26
- African Americans--Education, Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture -- History, Avery Normal Institute -- Alumni and alumnae, African Americans -- History -- 20th century, African Americans--South Carolina25
- Architecture--South Carolina--Charleston--Exhibitions, Architectural surveys--South Carolina--Charleston--Exhibitions25
- African American women teachers24
- African Americans--Education24