History of South Carolina Women

The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 and conceived as a national coalition of church, labor, and civil rights organizations that would coordinate protest action. This resource is provided by funds from a donation by the Williams Companies to the University's Center for Civil Rights History and Research.

A unique collection of primary source documents, including correspondence, diaries, government documents, business records, books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, photographs, artwork and maps.

Use this free online search to discover unique primary source collections from AM Digital. To access documents, choose the OpenAthens login option.

Topically-focused digital collections of historical documents. Available collections cover African American history and civil rights, the American Civil War, and Native Americans of the Southeast.

With over 100,000 pages of fiction, poetry, and essays, Black Women Writers brings together the many voices of African, African American, and African Diaspora women.

Supports the study of American social, cultural and popular history by providing access to rare primary source material, including books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides.

Correspondence and papers of Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist and civil rights leader who was instrumental in organizing Mississippi Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, among many other accomplishments. This resource is provided by funds from a donation by the Williams Companies to the University's Center for Civil Rights History and Research.

Search for primary resources, including rare printed materials, military files, artwork and audio-visual files related to the First World War. Covers four themes: Personal experiences, Propaganda and Recruitment, Visual Perspectives and Narratives, and Global Conflict.

An image-based collection of legal periodicals from various time periods.

Digitized primary sources from archival collections. Our institution provides access to collections in two subject areas: Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle; Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War

Literature, in the original language, by Latin American women from the colonial period in the 17th century forward to the present.

The Papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793) and her daughter Harriott Pinckney Horry (1748–1830) document the lives of two founding-era women who were members of one of South Carolina’s leading families.

Keyword-searchable, online access to the entire historical archive of all related titles from 1873 up to today's issues, including regional editions and web articles. Materials from 2012 to 2013 currently unavailable.

Keyword-searchable, online access to the entire historical archive of Columbia's newspaper from 1891 up to today's issue.