Commemoration & Landscapes Guide: Background Information

Produced by Harlan Greene & Special Collections

This project, a part of the College of Charleston’s 250th anniversary, explores many of the diverse pasts and presences that are part of our storied campus.

The LDHI hosts exhibits on College related topics, : e.g., Avery and Stono Preserve, Other exhibits contain a wealth of social history, African American history, and other sources that can be helpful on socoal movements that influenced C of C,. For example, the Exhibit on the Polltizer sisters mentions Mabel Pollitzer and her work to open the College of Charleston to women. Other lowcountry and Charleston topics include labor history (Cigar Factory), desegregation of Charleston County Schools, activist and Avery graduate Septima Clark, Las Voces del Lowcountry, and more.

The College of Charleston Oral Histories collection seeks to preserve the history and culture of the South Carolina lowcountry through recorded interviews with area residents. Currently highlighted are interviews with production managers, directors, performers and behind-the-scenes contributors from Spoleto Festival, USA in Charleston, SC.

Produced by CCPL and Charleston County Library Historian Nic Butler, covering historical topics that include our city and neighborhood.

The Charleston Oral History Program at the Citadel seeks to deepen understanding of the Lowcountry’s rich history and culture through the gathering and presentation of recorded memories from area residents. Includes material on C of C graduates and surrounding neighborhood.

City staff use storymaps to share in-depth information about Charleston on a variety of topics. Browse the storymaps in this list to learn about flooding, Charleston's history, city infrastructure projects and more.

SC synagogue remembers enslaved Black people who built it

"David Lopez Jr.: Builder, Industrialist, and Defender of the Confederacy"
by Barry Stiefel

From AAUP