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ARTH 542: History of American Architecture

Newspapers

Most of these newspapers are 19th century.  This guide might help you to figure out which search terms to use.

The Newspapers databases list offers additional newspapers, including national and regional titles.

Photographs and Maps

Keep in mind that the South Caroliniana Library has a lot of archival primary documents that could be related to your buildings or the people that worked in them/developed them/owned them. You can search the catalog or reach out to a librarian via the "contact us" link to see if there are materials that might further your research!

Aerial Photographs of South Carolina: features geo-rectified aerial photographs from 1930s-1980s. These are helpful when looking to track changes over time from a bird’s eye view. Quality and coverage varies by year. The photographs are also available in hard copy in the Map Library at TCL. 

Sanborn Maps: these maps were made for cities all over the country and are ideal for getting a quick look at the street level - especially of areas developed after the 1950s.

  • The USC Library has up to 1923 digitized
  • The Library of Congress has digitized the 1949 maps and the 1956 maps.
  • The Richland Public Library (see below) has the maps up until the 1960s on Microfilm.

Joseph E. Winter Photograph Collection: Winter documented dozens of neighborhoods and thousands of properties in Columbia in the second half of the twentieth century, often before they were torn town for urban renewal.

Views of Columbia, SC: miscellaneous photographs of Columbia from various eras.

John Hensel Photograph Collection: focuses on buildings and people photographed in Columbia from 1949-1951.

 All Digital Collections:  Above I have highlighted collections that I think would be helpful for your research. There are certainly others that may have resources that will help you! Explore and alert your classmates to what you find.

Scholar Commons: search this database of UofSC publications, including masters theses on the history of Columbia (the footnotes could help you identify other sources!).