Under pressure from bondholders, the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad reorganized in 1867 as the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. This act officially recognizes the authority of the new railroad company. Courier Job Press, Charleston, S.C. 14p.
This illustrated pamphlet gives a brief history of the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina and provides rich physical details about the building, including photographs, floor plans and cross sections. Also included is a list of historic personalities identified with Charleston theatres and major theatrical events in city history. The front and back covers unfold into a map of peninsular Charleston showing the locales of past and current theatres (guide to map on page 14). 15 pages. Full text.
Record of the trial of Denmark Vesey, principal defendant, and others, charged with an attempt to raise an insurrection in the State of South-Carolina. Pamphlet contains an outline of events, testimonies, and dates for scheduled punishment of those convicted.
See Samuel Lord Hyde Photographs,List of art on exhibit at the Palace of the Arts during the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition (1901-1902). The exhibits highlighted paintings, sculpture and miniatures by American artists from 1730-1901. Index includes names of the artists and the catalogue number of their works.
This pamphlet, commemorating memorial meetings in October and November, 1877, includes speeches and histories of the Irish Volunteers Company. Of special interest, on pages 36-38, are several rolls of the company in service to the Confederacy. 39p.
The Exposition magazine was first published by the exposition's Department of Publicity and Promotion in October, 1900, 14 months before the start of the exposition. This issue of Volume 1, from 1901, predate the exposition's opening in December, 1901. The magazines contain updates on the progress of the buildings and grounds, describe the departments and exhibits associated with the exposition, give details about participating states and Caribbean countries, note exposition finances and contain various articles of human interest. Contents of this issue: Editorial; An object lesson to Cuban merchants; Plastic art at the exposition; The Pan-American commission at Charleston; Missouri headquarters at Charleston; The Negro Department; The Floriculture Committee; Homes of the long ago; Mr. Joseph M. Huston and the Philadelphia Building; Live Stock Department; The New York state building and the New York Commission; Ecos de la exposicion; Exposition echoes; Quarantine methods and their effect on trade; The Gate City of South Carolina (Greenwood, S.C.); Puerto Rican coffee; Department of Exhibits and Concessions; Special permission to visit Fort Sumter; No cannibalism in Jamaica; Some welcome visitors; Newberry, S.C.
The Exposition magazine was first published by the exposition's Department of Publicity and Promotion in October, 1900, 14 months before the start of the exposition. This issue of Volume 1, from 1901, predate the exposition's opening in December, 1901. The magazines contain updates on the progress of the buildings and grounds, describe the departments and exhibits associated with the exposition, give details about participating states and Caribbean countries, note exposition finances and contain various articles of human interest. Contents of this issue: Editorial; Otro exposicion; A South Carolina solitude; The city of Havana; La ciudad de Habana; Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico (en Espanol); Jamaica; Sericulture in South Carolina; The friendly state of Georgia; Signs of the times; Mrs. Henry Elliott Mott; The United States Government at Charleston; Trade with the West Indies; Comercio con las Islas de Occidente; A hindrance to trade; Un detrimento al comercio; From the upper balcony; Inter-communication between the West Indian islands; Comunicacion entre las Islas de Occidente; Ecos de la exposicion; Exposition echoes; Things of beauty; The great organ and its builder
The Exposition magazine was first published by the exposition's Department of Publicity and Promotion in October, 1900, 14 months before the start of the exposition. This issue of Volume 1, from 1901, predate the exposition's opening in December, 1901. The magazines contain updates on the progress of the buildings and grounds, describe the departments and exhibits associated with the exposition, give details about participating states and Caribbean countries, note exposition finances and contain various articles of human interest. Contents of this issue: Editorial; The exposition in Switzerland; Poem; The cotton mills of Spartanburg; Senator Tillman and the exposition; Dr. Jose I. Torralbas; The College of Charleston Museum; The church of St. Andrew; The silk spider of South Carolina; A Shakespearean afternoon; Ecos de la exposicion; Exposition echoes; Senator McLaurin and the exposition; The Negro Department at the exposition; The working dairy; Henry Timrod; North Carolina at the exposition; From the porch of the White Horse Inn; "Maryland, My Maryland"; The Maryland commission; The growth of the exposition; Sumter, S.C.
