The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

South Carolina Historical Society

Robert Mills Fireproof Building
100 Meeting Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29401

Phone: 843-723-3225

Repository URL: http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/default.asp

Repository description (extant): In 1855 a group of South Carolina's most distinguished citizens came together to found the South Carolina Historical Society, to preserve South Carolina's rich historical legacy for future generations. Today the SCHS is the state's oldest and largest private repository of books, letters, journals, maps, drawings, and photographs about South Carolina history. Our mission is "to expand, preserve, and make accessible our invaluable collection, and to encourage interest and pride in the rich history of our state." The SCHS holdings are vast and grow constantly with the addition of materials from South Carolina's 300-year history. The SCHS is a private, non-profit organization depending entirely on the generosity of its members to preserve and extend awareness of South Carolina history. We receive no local, state, or federal funding for our operations.

Repository type: State Historical Society

Collections:

Civil rights remembrance day papers