This publication comes from the Preservation Hotlines serial, published by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History about common issues relating to preservation in South Carolina. This publication answers questions about local historic districts.
This publication comes from the Preservation Hotlines serial, published by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History about common issues relating to preservation in South Carolina. This publication is about how to select a consultant for cultural resource surveys and evaluations.
This strategic plan for the Department of Archives and History lists 6 goals that it wants to achieve between 2010 and 2013. These goals include GOAL I: To promote and encourage an understanding, appreciation, and preservation of the state's history and heritage -- GOAL II: To increase awareness, understanding, and use of the programs of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History -- GOAL III: To assess needs and identify and secure funding and resources to support the mission of the SC Department of Archives and History -- GOAL IV: To retain and develop the human resources necessary to fulfill the mission of the agency -- GOAL V: To continue to ensure our journey of excellence by evaluating effectiveness and improving our programs -- GOAL VI: To increase and enhance preservation of and access to South Carolina state and local government records.
The early history of the Department of Archives and History is closely entwined with the political history of South Carolina. For many years it is largely the story of one man, Alexander Samuel Salley, Jr. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has had only five directors since it's modest beginnings in 1905. Starting in but two rooms in the State House, it is now housed in its own modern building
This publication comes from the Preservation Hotlines serial, published by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History about common issues relating to preservation in South Carolina. This publication is about how to select a consultant for cultural resource surveys and evaluations.
The Department of Archives and History began in 1989 to issue curriculum materials highlighting particular documents from the Archives. These resource packets provided topical documents, relevant illustrations, historical context, and exercises for classroom use. In total, the Archives produced eight of these curriculum packets. These packets include: No. 1. Jehu Jones : free black entrepreneur -- no. 2. Jones : time of crisis, time of change -- no. 3. The Spanish in South Carolina : unsettled frontier -- no. 4. The Civilian Conservation Corps in South Carolina, 1933-1942 -- no. 5. Heritage education -- no. 6. -- South Carolina African Americans in the Civil War : two sides to a story -- no. 7. Community as classroom : an oral history resource publication -- no. 8. The changing face of South Carolina politics.
These tips will make you more familiar with rehabilitation terminology, necessary documentation, and accepted rehabilitation treatments for meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, as required by the legislation enacting this state income tax credit program.
This pamphlet by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History is one in a series titled Electronic Records Management Guidelines. This pamphlet addresses electronic document management systems -- government standards, selecting am EDMS solution, legal frameworks and basic functions of EDMS.
Tracing your ancestor's service in the Confederate army during the Civil War can be a very rewarding part of genealogical research. The records listed here, consisting of National Archives' microfilm and original documents from various state agencies, are the primary tools for tracing your ancestor's Confederate service. All the records listed are available to the public in the SC Archives' Reference Room.
In South Carolina, state agencies are responsible for a wonderfully diverse array of historic properties ranging from prehistoric archaeological sites to antebellum plantation houses to significant examples of early-twentieth-century architecture. In 1992 the South Carolina General Assembly approved legislation to encourage the preservation of historic properties owned and leased by the State. The law establishes a preservation review process for projects involving historic buildings, structures, districts, and archaeological sites managed by the state of South Carolina that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The South Carolina Historic Rehabilitation Incentives Act provides income tax credits for the certified rehabilitation of historic properties in the state. This sheet provides examples of how the credit might be used in three hypothetical situations.
This imposing Greek Revival inspired house was constructed in 1883 for Dr. Samuel Marshall Orr, a prominent Anderson physician, businessman, and politician. The Anderson County Woman's Club applied to the State Historic Preservation Office for a Federal Preservation Fund Grant in 2006 in order to produce a preservation plan for this historic property.
This newsletter was designed by the Division of Archives and Records Management of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History to promote good records administration in state and local government agencies and offices. This issue is Volume 8, No. 2 from January 2001.
This newsletter was designed by the Division of Archives and Records Management of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History to promote good records administration in state and local government agencies and offices. This issue is Volume 8, No. 3 from June 2001.
This newsletter was designed by the Division of Archives and Records Management of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History to promote good records administration in state and local government agencies and offices. This issue is Volume 8, No. 1 from July 2000.