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Publisher: University of South Carolina F. Scott Fitzgerald, Centenary 
 This searchable site discusses his writings, his life, and his relationships with other writers of the twentieth century. It includes a biography, chronology, quotations, full texts of selected stories, and images. The site draws extensively on the F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection at the University of South Carolina. http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Sep 28, 2004 The Margaret Sanger Papers: Margaret Sanger and The Woman Rebel
A searchable collection of writings, letters, and other documents that "chronicle Margaret Sanger's publication of the radical, feminist journal, The Woman Rebel, and her emergence as the foremost leader of the birth control movement." Includes a chronology of events (1914-1916) and an index of related names and information. From the University of South Carolina. http://adh.sc.edu/ms/ms-table.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Families, History, Notable People, Reproductive and Sexual Health, United States History, Women, Women's Health Last updated May 19, 2005 The Culture of Camellias: An Exhibition Chiefly from the Phelps Memorial Collection of Garden Books
This exhibition tells "how camellias were brought from the Far East in the early 1700s to Europe, and then to America, how they were identified and named, and...developed by 19th-century specialist growers. The exhibit includes some of the very earliest published depictions of the camellia, from as far back as 1702, as well as gorgeous handcolored copperplate engravings...." From the collections of the University of South Carolina Library. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/nathist/camellia/camellia.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature & Books, Plants, Plants by Name, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Mar 6, 2002 Newsfilm Library at the University of South Carolina
This library began with the donation of a portion of the Fox Movietonews newsreels covering 1919-1934 and September 1942-August 1944 and continues to receive other film collections. Contains film clips of George Bernard Shaw, Adolph Hitler, Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Babe Ruth rounding the bases, the Movietone wartime logo, and more. A few stills are also available. Searchable. http://www.sc.edu/newsfilm/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, News Last updated Jul 22, 2003 Charles Darwin and His Writings
Presentation on British naturalist Charles Darwin's life; his "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" and other writings on plants, zoology, geology; and theories of species development. From the University of South Carolina Library, which holds the C. Warren Irvin Jr. Collection of Darwin's writings and a complete collection of first editions of Darwin's books. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/nathist/darwin/darwinindex.html Topics: Notable People, Science Last updated Aug 23, 2007 The Works of Norman Mailer
Companion to a fall 2007 exhibition of materials associated with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer, who died in November 2007. It "highlights some of the major works of Norman Mailer housed in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Thomas Cooper Library [University of South Carolina]." Includes images of book jackets (such as for "The Naked and the Dead"), and a self-portrait. From the University of South Carolina. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/mailer/mailer.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Nov 13, 2007 The Man Who Invented Christmas: Charles Dickens & "A Christmas Carol"
This exhibit features illustrations from various editions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," which "was officially published on December 19, 1843, and by Christmas Eve, five days later, it had already sold six thousand copies, at three shillings and sixpence each." Includes images of other Christmas-related publications from Dickens. From the University of South Carolina University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections. http://www.sc.edu/library/zellatest/dickens/dickensintro.html Topics: Christmas, Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Dec 4, 2007 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, 1817-1877
Exhibit of books that belonged to Angelica Singleton Van Buren, "the South Carolina-born daughter-in-law who was President Martin Van Buren's hostess at the White House." Features images of the books, along with descriptions, and (where available) signatures and inscriptions found in the books. From the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Library. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/hist/single/single.html Topics: Notable People: Women, Presidents by Name Last updated Mar 12, 2008 African Americans Seen Through the Eyes of the Newsreel Cameraman
This small digital collection features newsreels of African Americans selected from the period of 1919 to 1963 when "Fox News and Fox Movietone News camera crews covered the people and events of the country and, indeed, the world." Some of the clips include the 3rd Anniversary of Tuskegee Army Airfield, Josephine Baker in the Netherlands, and Jack Johnson's Jazz Band. From University Libraries, University of South Carolina. http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/collections/flmovietone.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Feb 12, 2009 |
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