New (and New to Us) Materials, November - December 2020

I am trying to get back into the usual and customary swing of things about arriving materials by letting you know of materials that arrived and were cataloged in the final two months of 2020. Some items were purchased, but most of the items listed were donations from the Friends of the Beaufort Library or persons named below. some items were donations. The titles are in no particular order. My goal is to produce such a list at least once a quarter in 2021. 

El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America by Carrie Gibson (New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019) recounts long centuries of Spanish heritage and history in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Chapter 1 covers Beaufort District's Santa Elena settlement from 1492 to 1550. 

South Carolina’s Blacks and Native Americans, 1776 - 1976 by Marianna W. Davis and the Bicentennial Project Editorial Board (Columbia, SC : State Human Affairs Commission, 1976) is an overview of the contributions made by African Americans and Native peoples upon the state's political, religious, educational, artistic, occupational, sports and community history to honor of the nation's 200th birthday. Raymond H. Williams of Beaufort was on the State Human Affairs Commission led by James E. Clyburn at the time. 

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 1846-1964 by Nell C. Pogue (Columbia, SC : South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, 1964) is a corporate history of a major supplier of power in the Palmetto State. 

History of South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, 1892 - 1936 by Virginia Mason Bratton (South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, 1937) includes brief biographies of past regents and chapter histories. Beaufort's Chapter was organized in 1932 and its entry includes the names of the group's charter members.

The State House of South Carolina: An Illustrated Historic Guide (Columbia, SC : R.L. Bryan, 1970) is lavishly illustrated with portraits of important government officials and prominent citizens through time and aspects of the building to commemorate the state's Tricentennial.

All the Rights and Privileges Appertaining Thereto : Selected Commencement Speeches and Presidential Toasts (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 1998) includes the commencement speech delivered by Pat Conroy in 1997 and the toast to Jonathan Green delivered by U of SC President John Palms in 1996.

The Public Treasury of Colonial South Carolina by Maurice A. Crouse (Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, 1977) examines how the British financed the colony and how controversies about financial affairs over the years from 1691 to 1776 ultimately led to Revolution.  

Ain’t a Rambler’s Life Fine: The South! a Zine by Michele Roldan-Shaw ([Bluffton, SC:] The Author, 2010) is the only SCLENDS copy of this magazine with a handmade linoleum print cover. The title recounts her travels in images and short essays through Beaufort County to Barbados with stops from Virginia to Florida in between. 

Langdon Cheves of South Carolina by Archie Vernon Huff, Jr. (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1977) is another volume in the Tricentennial Commission series. Cheves (correctly mispronounced chi - vis with short i vowel sounds) saved the Bank of the United States from collapse in 1819 and he owned the largest plantation in Beaufort District along the Savannah River. 

Artie M. Heape : A Low Country Man and His Life by Arlene Heape-Hull ([Beaufort, SC?] : The Author, 2011) is a loving tribute of a granddaughter to her grandfather told in vignettes about his youth  in rural Beaufort County, through his long military career and as Beaufort's Chief of Police to his warm family life.  

Marsh Color : Celebrating the Unique Beauty of Our Coastal Landscape by Eric John Einhorn (Hilton Head Island, SC : Starbooks, 2020) is a lush photographic essay with few words in segments highlighting cloud formations, colorful skies, seasonal variations in the marsh, bi-tonal images of pure color and captured instances of reflected light. I sent copies to Beaufort, St. Helena, and Hilton Head Branch Libraries, too.

Sharing Common Ground: Promises Unfulfilled but Not Forgotten by Billy Keyserling with Mike Greenly (Beaufort, SC: The Author, 2020) is both biographical and aspirational. Keyserling discusses his formative years and how "being other" impacted his life and world view which ultimately led to his deep interest in race relations and sharing the history of Reconstruction with others through various means and partnerships, including the non-profit Reconstruction Beaufort: The Second Founding of America and The Reconstruction Educator's Network. Copies are also available at Beaufort Branch and in St. Helena Branch's Reconstruction Reference Collection. 

Received but not yet readied for use are: a presentation copy embossed to Mrs. F.W. Scheper Jr. of Marine Corps Recruit Depot album and eleven 8" X 11" black and white photographic prints relating to the official visit of the Commandant of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps General Kim Du Chan and his wife to Parris Island in 1964; a compilation of the writings of former Beaufort County Councilwoman Laura Von Harten donated by her mother, Patricia Von Harten; a copy of the history of the Sea Island Garden Club donated by Ruth Anne Lawson; and copies of Shrimp Tales : Small Bites of History by Beverly Jennings.