“The Ku Klux Klan Trials” The Charleston Daily News, Jan. 1, 1872. Available online
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"Search for Health Ended in Death. Col. Fitz William McMaster Has Passed Away. An Eventful Career Ended." State, Sept. 12, 1899. Available online to USC Columbia students, faculty, and staff.
"Cornerstone Will be Laid Tomorrow Programme Announced Yesterday by Supt. Dreher." State, Mar. 16, 1910. Available online to USC Columbia students, faculty, and staff.
"The Turning Point of a City Address by Porter A. McMaster Yesterday upon the Occasion of the Laying of the Cornerstone of the New Building of the Public School System." State Mar. 18, 1910. Available online to USC students, faculty, and staff.
"Heat, Telephones and Clocks Used Warmth, Conversation and Time Provided for McMaster School - Supt. Dreher." State, Apr. 14, 1910. Available online to USC Columbia students, faculty, and staff.
"The McMaster School. Incidents of Gallant Colonel Are Recalled." State, Apr. 15, 1910. Available online to USC Columbia students, faculty, and staff.
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"If Assembly Provides $ USC Will Buy Land." The Gamecock, Feb. 12, 1960. Available online.
McMaster Houses Music, Art. The Gamecock, Sept. 16, 1960. Available online.
"Art Department Puts On Display." The Gamecock, Oct. 13, 1961. Available online.
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"Sumwalt to Close for Minor Renovations." The Gamecock, Aug. 24, 1995. Available online.
"Campus Master Plan Moving Toward Completion." The Gamecock, May 1, 1999. Available online.
Brandt, Lydia Mattice. Historically Complex: A Tour of the South Carolina State House Grounds (podcast hosted by Historic Columbia, 2021). Available online.
Lesesne, Henry H. A History of the University of South Carolina, 1940-2000. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001.
Parry, Tyler D. "The Radical Experiment of South Carolina: The History and Legacy of a Reconstructed University," The Journal of African American History 105, no. 4 (fall 2020): 539-566. Available online to USC Columbia students, faculty, and staff.
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