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Laura Matilda Towne, 1825 – 1901

These resources about Laura M. Towne, a missionary teacher to the newly freed people on St. Helena who founded Penn School in 1862, are available through the Beaufort County Library. Latest update: 8 March 2013

Web based resources: African American Registry entry about Laura Towne found at http://aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/laura-m-towne-was-primetime-educator. SC 372.757 UNI University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.The Penn School papers in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. Finding Aid also available online at http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/p/Penn_School.html. Pathfinder to Penn School […]

Selective Materials on African-Americans and the Civil War

Compiled in honor of Black History Month 2.24.2012; Latest update 1.4.2013

Prepared by Grace Morris Cordial, MLS, SL, Historical Resources Coordinator , Beaufort County Library. Posted: February 15, 2011.
Latest revision: February 24, 2012.

Charlotte Forten, 1837 – 1914

Suggested resources

The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. Charlotte Forten (later Grimke) was a Northern teacher to the former enslaved people of Beaufort District during the Port Royal Experiment.
Latest Revision 9 February 2012

Harriet Tubman, 1821 – 1913

Latest revision: 3 February 2012

Prepared by the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library a division of Beaufort County Government, Beaufort, South Carolina. Please note that materials available only through the Beaufort District Collection (BDC) are not available for checkout. Come visit us. The BDC Research Room is customarily open Monday – Friday: 10:00AM – 5:00PM; the Research Room is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Pirates of the Lowcountry

A Guide to Resources in the Beaufort County Library

The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. The era of the pirates and privateers is a critical part of that history.
Prepared by Grace Morris Cordial, MLS, SL Beaufort District Collection Manager.
Created: 11 September 2008;
Latest update: 23 November 2011

Clara Barton, 1821 – 1912

Suggested resources

The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. This bibliography was prepared by Staff in the Beaufort District Collection, Beaufort County Library. Creation date: 6 November 2008; Latest update 9 November 2011

Battle of Port Royal, 1861

A Selective Guide to Resources in the Beaufort County Library system

Resources available in the Beaufort County Library system, a division of Beaufort County Government of Beaufort, South Carolina. Prepared by Grace Morris Cordial, Beaufort District Collection Manager.
Creation date: 11 September 2008
Latest update: 8 November 2011

History of Bluffton, South Carolina

A Selective Annotated Bibliography (Latest update: 27 October 2011).

The Beaufort District Collection (BDC) exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry, including the Bluffton area. Resources available in the Beaufort County Library system, a division of Beaufort County Government. Prepared by staff of the Beaufort District Collection.
Latest update 27 October 2011.

Beaufort District Collection

A department of the Beaufort County Library, Beaufort County Government

The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of the area of lowcountry South Carolina known as the old historic Beaufort District.

James Edwin McTeer, Jr., 1903 – 1979

Latest Update: 18 August 2011

The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. Legend to materials location are at the end of the bibliography.

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