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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 094 680 IN 000 634 AUTHOR Goudeau, John M., Ed. TITLE State Library History Bibliography Series; Nos. 9, 10, 11. 9. A Bibliography of South Carolina Library History. 10. A Bibliography of Mississippi Library History. 11. A Bibliography of Minnesota Library History. INSTITUTION Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. School of Library Science. PUB DATE 73 NOTE 88p.; Journal of Library History Series AVAILABLE PROM Journal of Library History, School of Library Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$4.20 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Bibliographies; *History; Legislation; Librarians; *Libraries; Library Associations; Library Cooperation; Library Education IDENTIFIERS Minnesota; Mississippi; South Carolina ABSTRACT . Part of a series published by the "Journal of Library History," this document includes unannotated bibliographies of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Minnesota library history. For each one there is an introduction which includes a short history of libraries in the state and a brief overview of relevant publications. Coverage varies from state to state, but all include sections on special, private, school, public, and academic libraries as-'well as a general reference section. The South Carolina bibliography has a manuscript section. There is a brief bibliography on the Mississippi Library Association. Librarians, and library cooperation, education, and legislation are covered in the Minnesota bibliography. (LS) CD DCO C) w1=11 STATE LIBRARY HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES NOS. 9, 10, 11 9. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARY HISTORY 10. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MISSISSIPPI LIBRARY HISTORY 11. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINNESOTA LIBRARY HISTORY U S DE PAR TmEN1 OF NEALTN. EDUCATIONS WELFARE MA nONAL INSTITUTE OF ElsuCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEENIt EDWO Edited by CAKED EXACTLY As RECEivED FDDrA THE PERSON OR °NOAH' zATION ORIGIN ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS pat ED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OF FICIAt, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF John M. Goudeau EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY 1973 Laa The Journal of Library History School of Library Science Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida -PERMISSION 70 REPRODUCE THIS COPY- RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS SEEN GRANTED BY vt.y_vo_l_ 0 1:1 v iSio vo-1 TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATION'S' OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN. STITUTE OF EDUCATIONFURTHER REPRO- oucTioN OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE- °VIEWS PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER Copyright © 1973 by the JOURNAL OF LIBRARY HISTORY FOREWORD The State Library History Bibliography Series has published the following bibliographical works: 1. Florida 2. Hawaii 3. New York 4. Virginia 5. North Carolina 6. Alaska 7. Ohio 8. Connecticut These bibliographies may be obtained through the Journal of Library History, School of Library Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. An attempt is being made to publish the backlog of works through supplemental issues of the Journal of Library History. It is the hope of the Editor of the Series that this practice may be continued in the future, and bibliographies published may be brought up to date. With the publication of State Library History Bibliography Series Nos. 1.11 it is hoped that there will be a revival of library history which will lead to the writing of definitive histories of libraries of each state in the United States. John M. Goudeau Editor State Library History Bibliography Series No. 9. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRRARY HISTORY Compiled by Barratt Wilkins South Carolina State Library 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION MANUSCRIPTS ITEM NUMBER Beaufort County Library 1 Kershaw County Library 2 South Carolina State Library 3 South Caroliniana Library 14 Winthrop College Library 20 PUBLISHED SOURCES GENERAL REFERENCES South Carolina Library AssociationHistory 21 The State Library 22 South Carolina State Library. 25 ACADEMIC LIBRARIES General References (Alphabetically by entry) 47 Academic Libraries (By name of institution) 55 .PUBLIC LIBRARIES (Included under county headings are works covering specific county library systems as well as those covering more than one library in a county) General References (Alphabetically by entry' 92 First Free Public Library, 1698 137 Public Libraries (By county location) 157 SCHOOL LIBRARIES General References 233 School Libraries (By geographical location) 245 PRIVATE LIBRARIES General References :64 Private Libraries By name of institution) 268 SPECIAL LIBRARIES General References 302 Special Libraries (By name of institution) 303 INDEX 2 INTRODUCTION Twenty-eight years after the founding of the South Carolina Colony at Charles Town in 1670, the Lower House of Assembly appropriated £70 for the purchase of books for a free public library. Two years later in 1700, the Assembly passed the first library law in America which established a free public library where every inhabitant was entitled to borrow books by giving a receipt for them.1 These were auspicious beginnings for a colony which then numbered approximately 2,000 inhabitants and where the Carolinians had "hardly overcome Ye Want of victuals & not as yet produced any Commodities fitt for ye Marken of Europe, butt a few skins ...." Yet, these few citizens made such good use of the library that in 1712 the librarian was given "Discretionary power" in making loans, because so many of the borrowed volumes were lost.2 From these early beginnings, library development in South Carolina has been, until the last thirty years, a very checkered affair. Within forty years of the founding of the public library at Charleston, the interests of the citizenry had shifted from public to private libraries. The Charleston Library Society, founded in 1748 by a group of rich Carolina planters and merchants, was an outgrowth of this change.3 Privatelibraries and subscription library societies became numerous as the nineteenth century Progressed. Yet, it was not until the turn of the twentieth century that the nudeii of many of the current ..:ounty library systems were established. With the funding of the State Library Board in 1943, the public libraries were given much needed direction in founding county and regional library systems and in extending library service to the entire state. Librariesin South Carolina's institutions of higher learning also had auspicious beginnings. For example, in 1840, the South Carolina College Library (now the University of South Carolina Library) had the fourth largest academic collection of books in the United States. Only Harvard, Yale, and Brown university libraries ranked above South Carolina. The College Library was rich in Egyptology and the collection was housed in the first separate college library building (1840) in the United States. South Carolina College numbered many eminent scholars among itsfaculty, including the German-born philosopher and author of the first Encyclopedia Americana, Francis Lieber.4 However, the Civil War greatly impaired higher education in South Carolina. Although the University of South Carolina Library ranked number nine in size among university libraries in 1875, it had, by 1900, completely disappeared from the list of the top twenty-five academic libraries. Evidence that the University of South Carolina Library is again on the move toward excellence came in May, 1971, when the Library added its one millionth volume. Yet, by the standards of the Association of Research Libraries the University library still has far to go in order to be counted among the nation's major research libraries.s In the public secondary school sector, library development was slow, no doubt partially because of the maintenance of a dual school system. Although some high schools had the beginnings of library collections as early as the 1920't real growth in public school library service did not come until after the Second World War. The documentation of South Carolina's rich and long history of libraries is scattered and very uneven in quality. Despite this situation, the compiler has aimed at completeness, although there are undoubtedly manuscript histories and newspaper clippings in vertical file collections of academic, public, private, and school libraries in the State that have escaped his attention. A future historian of South Carolina's libraries should not overlook these local sources. There are three major bibliographical guides to South Carolina's literature and history that should be used in conjunction with this bibliography: J. H. Easterby (comp.) A GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND READING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY (Columbia, 1950), J. H. Moore (comp.) RESEARCH MATERIALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA (Columbia, 19691, and Robert Turnbull (comp.) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (5 vols.; Charlottesville, Va., 1956). In addition, an exhaustive study of several periodicals covering South Carolina libraries would yield further information.. These are: SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARY BULLETIN (1945.1956), published 3 jointly by the South Carolina Library Association and State Library Board, which was superseded by the SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARIAN (1956-date), published solely by the State Library Association; MEDIA SERVICES NEWS LETTER (1946-date;titlevaries, NEWS LETTER, 1946-1965, and LIBRARY SERVICES NEWS LETTER, 1966-19701, published by the School Library Division of the South Carolina Department of Education; S. C. LIBRARY LEAVES (1930.1931), and NEWS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARIES (1956-date; title varies, NEWS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, 1956-1968), both published by the South Carolina State Library Board; and INTERCOUNTY LIBRARY
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