Name/Title
Charleston Newspaper ArticlesEntry/Object ID
2007.020.18Scope and Content
Newspaper articles from the News & Courier and Charleston Evening Post, collected presumably by the donor and placed between the covers of a scrapbook. Articles are mostly about various Charleston houses and buildings, and others about more general Charleston topics. Album has floral designs on front and back covers.
General Charleston articles: "Charleston's Most Interesting Houses" by Samuel G. Stoney (3/1/1964); article about Jenifer Heyward, daughter of DuBose Heyward; "Charleston's Famous Houses" by Jack Leland (6/18/1978) regarding the publication of the booklet 60 Famous Houses; article by Jane E. Allen (1/31/1982) "Portraits Have Charleston Links" about Telfair Art Museum exhibit; "Milk Delivery Thing of Past" by Elsa F. McDowell (with photo of West End Dairy); article about George Washington by Edward O. Marshall (4/9/1984); article about Alice R. Huger Smith (part of series on works at the Gibbes); article about Charleston fires by Jack Leland (2/4/1979); "City's Churches are Lovely Shrines" by Margaret Neeson (1940s?); reprint of National Observer article about Samuel G. Stoney and Charleston; "Many of Charleston's Streets are Named for Early Settlers" by Joseph I. Waring; hurricane of August 11, 1940; Ashley Cooper "Doing the Charleston" about Porgy & Bess; feature on the shipping trade and Charleston port by Thomas J. Tobias (1/19-20/1959); article about inflation in the South by Caroline S. Coleman (10/5/1958); "Lord Ashley Cooper's Album" (3/7/1965) featuring photos of Rutledge House (116 Broad Street), 89 Beaufain Street, Aiken-Rhett House (48 Elizabeth Street), Gadsden House (329 East Bay Street), Blacklock House (18 Bull Street), Parker-Drayton House (6 Gibbes Street), Gaillard-Bennett House (60 Montagu Street), Roper House (9 East Battery); News & Courier's "Charleston Pictorial Exhibit" featuring a selection of Francis Benjamin Johnston photographs to be exhibited at the Gibbes Museum of Art (November 1937), including William Gibbes House (64 South Battery), Edwards-Smythe House (Legare Street), 50 St. Philip Street, St. Michael's Church gates, 54 Tradd Street, 1 Lucas Street, 89 Beaufain Street, 54 Montagu Street, 114 Anson Street, Church and Hayne Streets warehouse, Russell House (51 Meeting Street), Confederate Home courtyard, St. Michael's Alley houses, State Street house (note: advertisement for Timrod Hotel also featured); and captioned photograph of the Hospital and Training School.
Charleston buildings: Faber House (631 East Bay Street a/k/a 635 East Bay Street); Sword Gate House (32 Legare Street); St. Johannes Lutheran Church; Old Exchange Building; St. Michael's Church (2 articles); 14 George Street; Secession Hall; Charleston Place (a/k/a Charleston Convention Center); Academy of Music (227 King Street); Charleston Hotel (200 Meeting Street); 21 Legare Street; Drayton-Manigault House (6 Gibbes Street); William Rhett House (54 Hasell Street); 8 St. Michael's Alley; and 172 Tradd Street. Photocopies have been made of these articles which have been placed in the respective property files; originals discarded due to poor condition.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
2007.020.Source or Donor
Mr. Joseph H. McGeeAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. McGeeLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
ScrapbookNomenclature Primary Object Term
AlbumNomenclature Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
ScrapbooksSearch Terms
Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Charleston Place / Charleston Center, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architectureArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
Scrapbook cover only, measuring approx. 9.5" x 12"; album cover seems peripheral; newspaper articles folded and loose within cover, now in file folderArchive Notes
Date(s) Assembled: ca. 1937-1984Location
Location
Container
Document BoxShelf
Archives D-6Room
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 14, 2009Updated By
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February 17, 2023
