Newest Collections |
 | Gregg Graniteville Photographic Archives |
| This photograph collection is a small portion of USC Aiken's historical Gregg-Graniteville Archive of documents and memorabilia of the Graniteville Company, a major Southern textile manufacturing firm founded in 1845 by William Gregg. The archive represents the only collection in existence devoted to William Gregg and the Graniteville Company. It was developed over the years by the executives of the company at its main office in the village of Graniteville. |
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 | William Ancrum Papers, 1757-1789 |
| Formerly owned by wealthy Charleston merchant William Ancrum (ca. 1722-1808), this single volume (171 pages, bound in vellum) contains both a letter book and financial accounts that reflect the financial impact of the American Revolution on this South Carolina businessman and planter. The letter book, 1776-1780 (169 letters), preserves communications with merchants in Camden, S.C., as well as plantation overseers, and others; the account book details Ancrum’s personal expenses, 1776-1789. |
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 | University of South Carolina Football Program Covers |
| The University of South Carolina Football Program Covers showcases the unique artwork created to support and promote Gamecock football. The collection contains program covers ranging from 1923 to present. |
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 | Fox Movietone News: The War Years |
| "Fox Movietone News: The War Years" provides important insight into how news during the war was processed by Fox Movietone News for popular consumption. In its current form, the exhibit of 2000 dope sheets provides only a small sample of the more than 30,000 filed by Fox Movietone News from December of 1941 through 1945. Dope sheets contained information from the camera crews to help newsreel editors understand the contents of the film ["dope", by the way, was slang for "information"]. |
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April 16, 2008