Pendleton (S.C.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Pendleton Female Academy Records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0206
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of two 1845 advertisements, a photocopy of an 1841 catalog, and a carbon typed copy of the accounts, trustees minutes and other items relating to the Academy for the period 1827-1904. The original Pendleton Female Academy records, 1827-1904 (Manuscripts I&O) at the South Carolianiana Library, University of South Carolina were copied by Addie S. Vance of Columbia, SC, in 1936 as part of Works Progress Administration Project 65-33-118, sponsored by...
Dates:
1936, 1959, undated
Pendleton (SC) History Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0234
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of articles, newspaper clippings, historical tour itineraries and other material relating to the history of Pendleton, SC, especially historical buildings in the city and surrounding area. Included are a biographical sketch of Samuel Earle Maxwell, a prominent landowner; a list of historic homes (and other buildings) in Pendleton and the families who occupied them; a short history of "Old Pendleton"; and a photocopy of a document that may have been written by Edmund...
Dates:
1934, 1945, 1960-1061, 1966, undated
Pendleton Social Library Society Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0207
Scope and Contents
The records include catalog cards for the Library's book collection, a photocopy of a history of the Pendleton Library, a notebook containing minutes and lists, and a monthly report for February 1920. The notebook has minutes from 1828-1833, and list of subscribers and books lent from 1828-1834. A typescript copy of this notebook is at the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, as the Pendleton Social Library Society records, 1828-1834 (Manuscripts I&O). The report,...
Dates:
1828-1834, 1920, 1966
Records of the Pendleton Sunday School Society
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0205
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a carbon typed copy of the minutes and treasurer's accounts of the Society for the period 1819-1824. The original Pendleton Sunday School Society records and minutes, 1819-1938 (Manuscripts I&O) at the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina were copied by Mary Pope Jacobs in 1936 as part of Works Progress Administration Project 65-33-118, sponsored by the University of South Carolina and supervised by Dr. Anne K. Gregorie and Flora B....
Dates:
1819-1824, 1936
William Hayne Mills Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0088
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, essays, photographs, and miscellaneous material gathered and prepared by William Hayne Mills, ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church and faculty member with the Agriculture Economics and Rural Sociobiology Department at Clemson College.Among the correspondence are items sent and received during the period 1917-1941 documentation donations to the Clemson College Library, ecclesiastical matters within the South Carolina Presbyterian...
Dates:
1917-1942, no date
Zacharias Taliaferro Family Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0182
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of copies of correspondence, a short history of the Taliaferro family, a deed, the will of Zacharias Taliaferro, receipts and an undated map of Pendleton showing landowners adjoining Taliaferro land. In the correspondence, there is a letter written ca. 1788 from Edmund Pendleton in Virginia to his nephew, Judge Henry Pendleton (for whom the town of Pendleton was named) to introduce Zachary Taliaferro "who wishes to reside and practice the law in your state." There are...
Dates:
circa 1788, 1804, 1815-1840, 1901