Newspaper Articles, 1886 Earthquake

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Newspaper Articles, 1886 Earthquake

Entry/Object ID

2008.010.7

Scope and Content

Contains: "Lesson Learned from the Charleston Earthquake: How the Southern City was Rebuilt Finer than Ever within Four Years." The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco published the text of this article from the May 6, 1906 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. Written by Paul Pinckney, a boy during the earthquake, to help the people of San Francisco, which had just suffered a great and destructive fire. Pinckney wrote the article about Charleston as an example of how a city could pull through so much devastation. Collection of articles by Margaret W. Garrett entitled "Earthquake of 1886." From a special 100th anniversary edition of The News and Courier / The Evening Post (now The Post and Courier). Includes numerous pictures: "Aug. 31, 1886 9:51 p.m." -- "Tremor's power widely evident" -- "Local faults date to ancient times" -- "Quake attributed to variety of causes"

Collection

1886 Earthquake Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.010.

Source or Donor

1886 Earthquake Collection

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886, Earthquakes--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--History--19th century, Historic buildings--Earthquake effects--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Documents

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder containing 2 articles

Archive Notes

Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Container

Earthquake Collection Box

Shelf

General Research

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.003.0027, 2005.003.0028, 2005.003.0172, 2005.003.0211, 2005.003.0212, 2005.003.0224, 2005.003.0242, 2005.003.0275, 2005.003.0276, 2006.002.0017, 2006.002.0076, 2008.002.0059, 2008.002.0178, 2008.005.2, 2008.005.3, 2008.010., 2008.010.1, 2008.010.2, 2008.010.3, 2008.010.4, 2008.010.5, 2008.010.6, 2008.010.8, 2009.002.060, 2012.017.15

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 14, 2008

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

February 19, 2013