Charleston Newspaper Article Scrapbook

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.005.12

Scope and Content

Newspaper articles about Charleston (and vicinity) residences, buildings, landmarks, and sites, including many "Do You Know Your Charleston" (DYKYC) articles, most with photographs. Presumably, this scrapbook was created and maintained by the donor or a family member of the donor. Front cover has an embossed decoration in the center, embossed border, and a gold-colored design at each corner; the words "scrap book" are also embossed on the cover. The creator did not retain or otherwise document the dates of the newspaper articles. Certain dates may be able to be determined by the home ownership for some of the articles, in particular the DYKYC articles. Refer to photocopy. Contents: "East Battery as Sketched by Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Artist Fifty Years Ago [1880]"; 116 Broad Street (John Rutledge House); William Rhett House [58 Hasell Street]; Alston House [Edmonston-Alston House]; 44 King Street; 229 Ashley Avenue (Mercy Maternity Hospital, Episcopalian home for the aged); 131 Tradd Street; 19 East Battery; 1 Tradd Street; 58 Hasell Street [William Rhett House]; 321 East Bay Street; 51 East Bay Street; Brewton Corner (77 Church Street); Grove Street House (John Gibbes House); 37 Meeting Street; "House Party at Bleak Hall, Edisto Island--52 Years Ago"; captioned photo of fire damage at 64 South Battery [William Gibbes House]; 74 Rutledge Avenue; "Lower Meeting Street"; 15 Meeting Street; Marshlands (Charleston Navy Yard captain's house); 301 East Bay Street; Sword Gate House; death of Dr. Joseph Ladd; Joseph Manigault House; Robert Mills architecture in Lancaster, SC; 59 Church Street; 46 King Street; 88 Murray Boulevard; Rainbow Row houses; Carolina Art Association; King's Highway; Shem Creek; Ashley River Bridge; St. Philip's plantation tour of Cooper River plantations including Wappoolah, Dean Hall, Gippy, Lewisfield, Dan Hall, Medway, and Goose Creek Church; Preservation Society house and garden tour of 15 Meeting, 64 South Battery, and 59 Meeting; Dean Hall; junction of two roads across the old Ashley River Bridge (1893 photo); Hopsewee Plantation; Old Exchange Building; St. Helena's Protestant Episcopal Church (Beaufort); Robert Mills and some of his buildings (Washington Monument, powder magazines on the Cooper River waterfront, Fireproof Building, Bethesda Church in Camden, and the Camden courthouse; Hanover Plantation.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Archives

Acquisition

Accession

2008.005.

Source or Donor

Mr. Joseph H. McGee

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. McGee

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Scrapbook

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Scrapbooks

Search Terms

Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 scrapbook, 12.25" x 14.5", 31 pages, with leather(?) front and back covers, bound by what resembles a shoe lace

Restrictions

Access: Pages are brittle and fragile. Refer to photocopy.

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1930s?+ Date(s): 1930s?+ System of Arrangement: Newspaper articles have been glued to each page; pages are contained between the front and back covers, which are bound together by what resembles a shoe lace.

Location

Container

See Notes Tab

Shelf

Archives D-13

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

Document Box

Shelf

Archives D-6, Archives D-6

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Condition

Notes

Scrapbook pages are brittle and tear/break easily. Some pages have become torn out of the lace holding the volume together. Newspaper articles that extend beyond the size of the page are fragile and break/tear easily.

General Notes

Note

Notes: 1930s date based on article on p. 1 "...50 years ago" referring to 1880. In box with 2007.020.9 and 2008.005.13.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 19, 2008

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

August 19, 2019