Category Archives: Natural Disasters

19th Century, Environmental Conditions, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Natural Disasters, Photographs, State, Women

John Milliken Parker papers, 1902-1938 (bulk 1909-1920).

Creator: Parker, John Milliken, 1863-1939.
Collection number: 1184
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Abstract: John Milliken Parker (1863-1939) was governor of Louisiana, 1920-1924; member of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and the New Orleans Board of Trade, the Continue reading John Milliken Parker papers, 1902-1938 (bulk 1909-1920). →

Environmental Conditions, Natural Disasters, Slavery, South Carolina, Women

Wilmot Stuart Holmes collection, 1781-1932 (bulk 1840-1854).

Creator: Holmes, Wilmot Stuart.
Collection number: 1525
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Abstract: Family correspondence, chiefly 1840-1854, and other papers of Henry McCall Holmes (1790-1854), a physician of Charleston and Greenville districts, S.C.; of his wife, Eliza Ford Continue reading Wilmot Stuart Holmes collection, 1781-1932 (bulk 1840-1854). →

19th Century, 20th century, Abolition, Activism, Africa, Agriculture, Audio Recordings, Civil Rights, Civil War, Digital Material, Economic Conditions, Education, Environmental Conditions, Family, Folk medicine, Folklore, Free People of Color, Gullah Geechee culture, Health and Health Care, Labor, Music, Natural Disasters, Oral History, Photographs, Politics, Race Relations, Reconstruction, Religion, Segregation, Slavery, Social Justice, South Carolina, Travel, Women

Penn School papers, 1862-2004.

Creator: Penn School papers, 1862-2004.
Collection number: 3615
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Abstract: The Penn School on Saint Helena Island, S.C., was founded during the Civil War by northern philanthropists and missionaries for former plantation slaves in an area occupied by the United States Army. Over the years, with Continue reading Penn School papers, 1862-2004. →