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We Are Migrating! New Platform, Better Interface!

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:31:38 EDT

As our partners know, we have been in the process of migrating our data to a new system. The new system now has over half of our content available for viewing and more items are being added every day. Click here to visit the new system or go to lcdl.library.cofc.edu Give it a try and let us know what you think!

The Loving Story: Film Screening � Thursday, July 26th 6:00pm

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:40:51 EDT

You are invited to join Producer and Editor Elisabeth Haviland James, the ACLU of SC and the Avery Research Center for a special screening of The Loving Story. This file recounts the story of the Lovings, Mildred (who was part black and Native American) and Richard (who was white), whose marriage was declared illegal in their home state of Virginia. The Lovings refused to leave their homes or one another. This film recreates a seminal moment in history and reflects a timely message of marriage equality in a moment in a personal, human love story.

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

5:30 pm Reception

6:00 pm Screening

College of Charleston

Avery Research Center

125 Bull Street

LCDL honored with Special Recognition from Historic Charleston Foundation

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:24:24 EDT

The Lowcountry Digital Library recieved a Special Recognition award from the Historic Charleston Foundation at their Charter Day event on April 26, 2012. This award recognizes our partnership with HCF in its mission to preserve the architectural, cultural, and historic character of Charleston. We're so proud of the wonderful HCF collections we've been able to make accessible, thanks to the participation of Karen Emmons, HCF's archivist. Read more about Charter Day, including the night's other awardees, here.

Lecture by Labor historian Michael Thompson - April 19, 2012 at 6pm

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:37:42 EDT

Labor historian Michael Thompson will address a gathering of scholars, students, and Lowcountry workers at 6 p.m. on April 19, 2012, when he delivers "Working on the Dock of the Bay: Charleston's Waterfront, 1783-1861" at the ILA Local 1422 Union Hall, 1142 Morrison Drive.

Thompson, a history professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, will explore life and labor among antebellum dock workers in Charleston.

The Thompson lecture is free and open to the public.

The event is sponsored by the Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW) at the College of Charleston, the South Carolina AFL-CIO, the International Longshoremen's Association (Local 1422), Charleston Central Labor Council and The Citadel Oral History Program.

For more information, contact Kerry Taylor by email at kerry taylor citadel edu or by phone at 843-953-5357. Or visit the CLAW Hines Prize website.

UNC Releases Enhanced E-Book On The Life Of Septima Clark

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:54:34 EDT

Check out the Enhanced e-book for Katherine Mellen Charron's "Freedom's Teacher: The Life Of Septima Clark"! The Lowcountry Digital Library was lucky enough to be able to contribute some digital images and oral history clips to the project.

You can watch a video demonstration of the e-book here.

Enjoy!

SCDL Keeps On Growing and Gaining in Popularity!

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:54:40 EST

The South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL) is now represented in both the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Digital Collections and Content web portal and in Opening History: US Resources from Libraries, Museums and Archives. So far South Carolina, through SCDL, has added more items than any other state to this Illinois database of digital collections!

Visit the IMLS site here and the Opening History site here.

New Collection: The Lucille Hasell Culp Collection - A Celebration of Beaufort, South Carolina

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:23:47 EST

"The Lucille Hasell Culp Collection - A Celebration of Beaufort, South Carolina” contains a selection of 300 images, primarily photographic negatives, from the much larger Lucille Hasell Culp Collection. Here one finds selected images of enduring historical value to Beaufort, such as those relating to community and military events, built structures that are no longer extant or greatly altered, iconic architecture, commercial activities, natural vistas, and daily life, 1941 – 1999. Please take the time to view this notable collection here.