The City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2011.002.057.2

Secondary Title

City Tour Guide Manual

Description

Manual used to train and license tour guides within the City of Charleston. Building upon the 1984 "Information for Guides of Historic Charleston," this updated manual features chapters on facts and figures related to Charleston; a historical overview of Charleston; architecture and preservation; cultural influences; city visits; Charleston Harbor points of interest; Lowcountry visits; uniquely Charleston features; Charleston gardens; and a street-by-street building inventory. Includes essays about archaeology; South Carolina prehistory; Native Americans and early Charleston; early colonization efforts; The Lords Proprietors; voyage of the first Charlestonians; the Walled City; pirates in Charles Town; rice, indigo and cotton; Charleston in the Revolutionary War; plantation life; the Civil War in Charleston; Charleston during Reconstruction; the Charleston Renaissance; Charleston during World Wars I & II; Charleston’s natural disasters; the single house, double house, and Freedmen's cottage; architects and architectural styles of Charleston; Charleston’s historic building materials; Charleston’s historic paint colors; Charleston’s lost architecture; immigrants to Charleston; African American history; women’s history; historic, cultural, and civic organizations; Charleston’s maritime heritage; Cooper River; Ashley River; French Santee; Charleston "firsts"; pronunciation guide; literary Charleston; music in Charleston; Charleston’s decorative arts; Charleston ironwork; Gullah/Geechie culture and lowcountry baskets; lowcountry cuisine; Charleston graveyards; historic schools and colleges; early naturalists and gardeners; illustrated plant list; tourism in Charleston. Also includes a copy of the Tourism Ordinance. 483 p. : ill., maps

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2011.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2011)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

United States Local History, South Carolina, Charleston, Guidebooks, directories, Tourist maps, tourist publications, Charleston (S.C.)--Guidebooks, Charleston (S.C.)--History

Book Details

Author

Historic Charleston Foundation

Publisher

City of Charleston

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Date Published

2011

Call No.

F279 .C43 C58 2011

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Cabinet

Cabinet 1

Room

PublicProgramsMgr'sOffice

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Checked Out

Notes

Notes: Drew

Location

Building

Checked Out

Notes

Notes: Julia Lane

Location

Building

Missroon Library

General Notes

Note

Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Compiled and edited by Historic Charleston Foundation for the City of Charleston Office of Tourism. Five copies: Archives, Library, 1st Floor Missroon, 3rd Floor Missroon, Nathaniel Russell House Docent Library, Aiken-Rhett House Docent Library. PDF also available (see Media tab).

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Create Date

July 28, 2011

Updated By

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Update Date

March 30, 2023