Gulf gas station, on site affected by the widening of State Road 13 (Remount Road). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.562. Property owner: E.R. Gassman. Tract: 1. Date: Jul. 12, 1967." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Renken Boat Co, on site affected by the widening of Route 171 (Folly Road). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.494. Property owner: Renken Finance Co. Tract: 19. Station: 157+00 Lt. Date: Mar. 21, 1962. Proximity. [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Description and index of Civic Services Committee materials that were taken from Carolina Art Association and incorporated into the files of what became Historic Charleston Foundation. Also includes a list of materials "now on deposit at SC Historical Society," and the finding aid to the Civic Services Committee records that are still held at the Gibbes Museum of Art.
This double hemisphere map by Justus Danckerts (1635-1701) is accompanied by two small hemispheres based on the North and South Poles. The South Pole only includes the southernmost tip of South America. The North Pole shows parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. Four scenes surround the map and symbolize the four elements: fire, air, earth and water. In the upper left scene fire is symbolized with a scene of war and destruction and by Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guarded the gate to Hades. The upper right scene is of air with Olympus and the zodiac. The bottom left depicts earth with a pastoral scene symbolizing peace. Ships, a sea monster (whale), Neptune with his wife Amphitrite and their sons, the Tritons, all represent water in the lower right scene. "M King" 1811" written on upper right. Amsterdam. 52 x 62cm.
A black and white photograph taken at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany shortly after its liberation in April 1945. The photo is of a boy between two liberated inmates of Buchenwald. On the reverse side Charles C. Cross wrote "Little boy lived all his few years in Buchenwald."
Houses (review view) on site affected by the construction of the Crosstown. Address: 80 Cooper Street. Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.518. Property owner: Helen Phillips Brown. Tract: 9. Station: 38+95 Rt. N.B. lane Route 17. Date: Mar. 6, 1963. In R/W - Bought. [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Letter from William H. W. Barnwell to Edgar B. Day discussing the religious conversion of family members and mutual friends. Barnwell also touches upon slavery and the religious instruction of slaves, writing that "our religious friends at the North form mistaken views of us at the South on this subject." November 7, 1832.
House on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Noble M. Drennen. Tract: 104. Station: 5379+30 Lt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. Proximity." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
House on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Building address number 22 (painted on mailbox). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Eleanor L. O'Brien. Tract: 105. Station: 5379+50 Lt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. Proximity." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
House on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Donald C. Drennen. Tract: 106. Station: 5380+00 Lt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. Proximity." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Gulf gas station on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: W.W. Holcombe. Tract: 109. Station: 5380+00 Lt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. Proximity." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
House on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Annie C. Craven. Tract: 116. Station: 5396+10 Rt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. In R/W - Bought." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
House on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Annie C. Craven. Tract: 116. Station: 5396+10 Rt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. In R/W - Bought." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
House on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: M.A. Carson. Tract: 119. Station: 18+50 Rt. (Eagle Dr.) Date: Aug. 23, 1960. Proximity." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Mobile homes and lot, on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Mary R. Walker. Tract: 131. Station: 5475+00 Lt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. Proximity." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
House on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Pauline P. Badger. Tract: 132. Station: 5476+00 Lt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. In R/W - Bought." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Outbuildings behind house on site affected by the construction of Interstate 26 (I-26). Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.471. Property owner: Pauline P. Badger. Tract: 132. Station: 5476+00 Lt. Date: Aug. 23, 1960. In R/W - Bought." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Letter from Madame Baptiste to Bishop Patrick Lynch describing a visit by their mother to the Ursuline convent in Columbia. She also mentions a letter from a potential novitiate whose guardian is John Breckinridge, Vice President of the U.S. September 12, 1858. 4p.
A letter from Mrs. Withers thanking her friend for sending a package containing a dress pattern, some tobacco for Mr. Withers, and some items for Mrs. Huger. Mrs. Huger also requests some preserved fruit be sent in the fall.
Building, on site affected by the construction of the Crosstown. Address: 80 Cooper Street. Front facade has stepped parapet. Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.518. Property owner: Helen Phillips Brown. Tract: 9. Station: 38+95 Rt. N.B. lane Route 17. Date: Mar. 6, 1963. In R/W - Bought. [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Letter from William Heyward to his father from White Sulphur Springs in (now) West Virginia. William writes about the spring's health benefits and comments that he swallowed "thirteen glasses" of the spring water "with the hope that it will carry off any Bile that my stomach may be charged with." He also mentions visiting the natural bridge near Lexington, Va--"a wonderful and sublime sight." 4p.
