Research Room Schedule Adjustments in August 2018

The Beaufort District Collection Research Room is usually open Mondays - Fridays, 9 am to 5 pm -- except when we're not. The next "when we're not-s" that we can anticipate are Wednesday, August 1st and  Monday, August 6th. As frequent readers know, this department consists of a staff of 2.5 people - and sometimes it's just not possible to cover the 40 hours a week with that small a staff.  

Amanda will assist customers 9 AM to Noon and again from 1 PM to 5 PM on Wed., August 1st and Kristy will assist customers 9 AM to Noon and again from 1 PM to 5 PM on Mon., August 6th. Assistants have mandated lunch period from Noon to 1 PM and most of the time I can cover those times but not on August 1 and August 6.  Please schedule your research time with the lunchtime closure on these two dates in mind.

State Documents in the BDC and on the Web

There have been considerable changes in the arrangement of the information including updates where appropriate and deletions when needed. The links were updated October 12, 2021.  - gmc

There are two major agencies in South Carolina that provide access to the rich heritage of state government documents: the State Library and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Each agency has its own mission and collection focus which I will try to adequately describe below.

South Carolina State Library 
According to the State Library's Sheila Dorsey writing in the More e-newsletter dated 6 April 2018:

For the purpose of the State Library, documents are defined, in short, as publications in print or electronic format produced by state agencies or officials which are intended for public use or general distribution. State government documents include annual reports, agency newsletters, maps, research papers, books, public university catalogs, pamphlets, and many other items.

Our role is directed by South Carolina Code of Laws 60-2-10. This role includes the responsibility to collect, organize, and retain these publications for state government employees, agencies, legislators, and the public. We are the official state depository of all state publications, but also provide eleven depository system libraries across the state, and the Library of Congress, with copies of selected materials.

You may note that the State Library uses that word "publication" often. The term publication has its root in the Latin verb publicare meaning to "make public". The Vocabulary.com Dictionary defines publication as a product designed to communicate with the public, usually printed on paper but alternatively or simultaneously communicated via electronic means, as in the case of an online publication placed on the Internet. Thus, the State Library collects both physical and digital state documents to help citizens understand the actions of governmental bodies and their officials both in the present time as well as in the past. The State Library has an ongoing digitization effort to make historical paper records and current "born-digital" state documents available online through the South Carolina State Documents Depository.

The main access points to the state documents that the South Carolina State Library provides are the SCLENDS catalog for the physical printed publications and the South Carolina State Documents Depository which provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions including those “born digital” documents often originally published on agency websites.

You may recognize the SCLENDS search screen because this is the same catalog that Beaufort County Library and the other member Libraries use.  

Sometimes the documents found in SCLENDS are linked out to display the electronic version of that particular document. Sometimes the State Library will loan out a state document. For example, one can borrow a printed copy of the "Report of the South Carolina State Election Commission" from the State Library with a valid Beaufort County Library card number. Click the "Place Hold" icon on the far right and enter your library card number and password into the next screen and follow the directions to request delivery of the item to your favorite branch library for you to pick up  OR simply click on the URL under "Electronic resources" and get the publication delivered to your screen electronically. 

Finding state documents can be quite confusing so the State Library has created a South Carolina State Documents Depository subject guide for citizens and residents to use. 

South Carolina Department of Archives and History (a.k.a. the State Archives) 

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH)  is an independent state agency whose mission is to preserve and promote the documentary and cultural heritage of the Palmetto State. Its ruling legislation is the Public Records Act (Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976, as amended, Sectons 30-1-10 through 30-1-170). Until the State Legislature tapped the Historical Commission of the State of South Carolina to be the official body to take care of its records in 1905, individual South Carolina public officials safeguarded government records, usually with great zeal and sometimes with great courage and only after personal sacrifice. For many years of its existence, the State Archives has been undermanned and underfunded, often relying on a very small number of employees. (See The Palmetto State's Memory: A History of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1905-1960 by Charles H. Lesser, 2009 to learn more).

The South Carolina State Archives holds more than 10,000 record series of non-current state, county, and municipal records, as well as copies of records relating to South Carolina government and history from other governments and private sources. The collections at SCDAH are one of the most comprehensive state archival collections in the United States, spanning more than 325 years of South Carolina history. A primary function of SCDAH is to work in partnership with state agency and local government officials in the proper management of their records and to identify and preserve for public access those of historical/archival value (subjects of the July 22, 2018 - Beaufort County records - and July 29, 2018 - Municipal records - posts here in Connections.) 

The main access points to the state documents that the South Carolina Department of Archives and History protects and provides are: SCArchCat (the SCDAH's online catalog), the Summary Guide to Holdings, the South Carolina Electronic Records Archive, and the Records Online Index.  The State Archives has an Online Resources landing page that includes access to the State Historic Properties Records, State Historic Preservation Office's ArchSite and South Carolina State Government Website Archives. 

The SCArchCat is the State Archives's online catalog. It provides summary level information on all series, full descriptions of over half of the series, and lists of containers and folders of many of the series.  In addition to keyword searches, you can do other searches such as these three types: 

1. Advanced Search - Type in subject, name, agency, place, or other search term to search specific fields, and get lists and description of records relating to your search.
2. Browse Subject Terms - View alphabetical lists of subject terms, names and other index terms available for searching.
3. Browse Holdings - View lists of holdings arranged alphabetically by series title or creator, or numerically by series number.

For example, I did a Keyword Search on "Beaufort County" and got 30 hits. 

The South Carolina Archives Summary Guide to Holdings has seven separate guides: Summary Guide to State Records; Summary Guide to Local Records; Summary Guide to Federal Records; Summary Guide to British Records; Summary Guide to Records of the Confederate States of America; Summary Guide to Government Records of Other States and Nations; and a Summary Guide to Private Records. Taken together, the seven guides constitute basic information about every record series housed in the State Archives - and thus are a critical reference for helping a researcher decide what record series might be the most useful for the question at hand.

The South Carolina Electronic Records Archive (SCERA) holds electronic records of permanent value that have been transferred to the SCDAH by state and local governments. It also includes some digital versions of physical records held at the Archives. Searching is by keyword/full-text or browsing. The Archives staff suggest that if you do use a keyword search, you should also browse nearby records to see related materials. (You may also want to read the Connections post I wrote about SCERA when it went live in February 2016. It provides greater details on how to use this resource.) 

At present SCERA contains 6 main collections: 

• Birth Certificates, 1915-1920
• British and Private Records
• Local Records - including Beaufort County's Conveyance Book Indexes, 1863 - 1926 
• State Records
• Constitutional and Organic Papers
• Map Collection

You can download individual files directly from SCERA - though I will admit that it is a clunky, not-very intuitive interface for researchers. 

Let's say that you are looking for a birth certificate for Elizabeth Green. 

And as luck would have it, there is one in the birth certificates for children born in 1916. And if you're really lucky, she is just the "Elizabeth Green" you seek!

This Elizabeth Green is the daughter of a Beaufort County Jericho Plantation farmer, John Green and his wife, Josephine Goodwine Green also of Jericho Plantation. Elizabeth was born on April 29, 1916 and delivered by a midwife, Kizzie Moultrie (?).  

Please note: Only birth certificates from 1915 through 1920 are currently available as South Carolina law requires a 100 year delay in the release of birth records to the general public. The Vital Records Office of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control contains information about how to secure birth certificates. 

Be sure to explore the six categories. For example, under the Constitutional and Organic Documents webpage, you can find the Articles of the Agreement of the Lords Proprietors from 1674. (Lord William Berkeley wasn't allowed to sign. Read why in the Encoded Archival Description in the left hand column of the cataloging data. It does take a bit of time for the image to load).

The Records Online Index provides access to only about 308,500 items cared for by the State Archives but it is the index to State records that I use the most often because it provides an item-level index to selected colonial, state, and county record series. The Records Online Index covers 55 record series and provides details descriptions of 308, 580 records. Some series indexed by the Records Online Index include online images; some series are available on microfilm at both the SCDAH and here in the BDC Research Room; and some record series are only available in the State Archives building in Columbia. Ask us when you're in doubt.  

To facilitate research because Beaufort is a "burned county", the BDC makes 23 series of SCDAH microfilm available to customers in order to help compensate for the scarcity of pre-1865 Beaufort County courthouse records. All BDC microfilm, including the state record series outlined below, are listed in the SCLENDS catalog.  The series are arranged here in chronological order based on the earliest date:

Records in the British Public Records Office Relating to South Carolina, 1663-1782

South Carolina Commons House of Assembly Journals, vol. 1: 1692-1701; vol. 3 - 6, 1706-1724

SC Court of Common Pleas, 1703-1790

Records of the South Carolina Court of Admiralty, 1716-1732 

SC Court of Common Pleas, Renunciations of Dower, 1726-1775

Memorials of Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-Century South Carolina Land Titles, 1731-1775

South Carolina Court of General Sessions, 1769-1776 

Records of the South Carolina Treasury, 1775-1780

Petitions to the General Assembly 1776-1883 

Accounts Audited of Claims Growing Out of the Revolution in South Carolina, 1779-1793

South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868  

South Carolina Treasury Ledgers and Journals, 1783-1791

South Carolina Tax Returns, 1783-1899 

Duties on Trade at Charleston, 1784-1789

South Carolina State Plats, 1784-1868

South Carolina Treasury Ledgers and Journals, 1791-1865 

South Carolina Tax Returns, 1783-1899

Duties on Trade at Charleston, 1784-1789
 
South Carolina State Plats, 1784-1868
 
South Carolina Treasury Ledgers and Journals, 1791-1865
 
Free Negro Capitation Tax Books, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1811-1860
 
Records of the Confederate Historian, 1862-1905
 
South Carolina Reports and Resolutions, 1868-1900
 
Though the original John M. McCrady plats, ca. 1680-1929 belong to Charleston County government where there is an online search screen, the State Archives has the plats indexed in the Records Online Index and provides access to the records on microfilm in the SCDAH Research Room. We bought the series on microfilm long before the Charleston County Register of Deeds office began digitizing the McCrady series.   
    

I believe that you are now getting a sense of the challenges faced when trying to identify and locate accessible copies of State Records and why BDC staff cannot always give a researcher an immediate answer to his/her questions.

Be sure to search the SCLENDS catalog for cataloged State documents in our holdings. This can be a bit tricky since South Carolina has had 57 governors and 239 state government offices  through time.

Daufuskie Island Author Book Talk

Arcadia Press specializes in visual treatments of local historical topics. It is issuing its first hardback book for Sallie Ann Robinson and Jenny Hersch's Daufuskie Island. The book released on Sunday, July 8th and the authors will be at Beaufort Branch in the early evening of July 25th to share their research, images, and stories of life on the Island. At the conclusion of the program, books will be available for purchase and autographing by the authors.

The program is free for anyone who'd like to know more about the history of Beaufort County.

Wed., July 25 | BDC@ Beaufort Branch, 311 Scott Street | 5:30 pm

From the publisher's press release: 
Daufuskie, a Muscogee word meaning “sharp feather” or “land with a point,” is an island located between Hilton Head and Savannah, bounded by the Calibogue Sound and the Cooper River. With no bridge to the mainland, the island maintains a distinct allure. Home to Native American tribes, a paradise for pirates, and a strategic military outpost, Daufuskie held enslaved Africans brought by plantation owners as chattel to build their wealth. After the Civil War and occupation by Union soldiers, freed slaves from the Sea Islands and surrounding states settled on Daufuskie as landowners and sharecroppers. Daufuskie's population fluctuated in keeping with local industries, and those who stayed often relied on farming, hunting, and fishing to survive. Electricity was brought to the island in the early 1950s, and the first telephone rang in 1972. Today, historic sites, restaurants, outdoor recreation, and scenic beauty draw visitors and residents to this unique community. Daufuskie Island is part of the National Park Service's Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


Jenny Hersch first visited Daufuskie in 2000 and has called the island home since 2013. Sallie Ann Robinson is a sixth-generation Daufuskie native, cookbook author, celebrity chef, and certified nursing assistant. She is known as “Ethel” in Pat Conroy's memoir The Water Is Wide. Together, they have done extensive research and gathered stories and photographs from island residents, visitors, libraries, and archives - including some from us here in the Beaufort District Collection.  

There is no charge for attending any BDC@ The Branches local history programs. Anyone over age 12 interested in the program topic are welcomed to attend.

If you cannot make this session, there will be a reprise on Wed., Sept. 19 at Hilton Head Branch, 11 Beach City  Road at 11 am.

Federal Records in the BDC and on the Web

Last Sunday, I introduced the concept of government records. As promised, today's topic is Federal Records in the Research Room and the major portals to United States documents on the internet. Please refer to that post for the schedule and topics for the rest of this series.

The main portal to Federal Information and Services is the USA.gov website. There you can find out about the structure of the Federal government, how to find benefits, grants, and loans, or even a job. There's an A-Z Index of U.S. Government Agencies covering a gamut of agencies from Alhurra TV with a mission is to provide objective, accurate, and relevant news and information to the people of the Middle East about the region, the world, and the United States to the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor charged to safeguard the interests of working women, advocate for equality, and promote quality work environments. In the course of daily business, these U.S. Government Agencies create records, piles and piles of records, which become the responsibility of the National Archives and Record Administration to manage and from which to select appropriate records to preserve for their importance to the workings of Government, for their long-term research worth, or because the records provide information of value to citizens.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) preserves U.S. government records, manages the Presidential Libraries system, and publishes laws, regulations, Presidential, and other public documents.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the National Archives in 1934 to become the  steward of United States government records from 1775 forward. Earlier this year, the NARA estimated its holdings to be 10,061,700,000 text, image, video and sound recordings plus 133 terabytes of electronic records.

According to the National Archives, "Records include all books, papers, maps, photographs, machine-readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an agency of the United States Government under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business  ... as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the Government." Even so, the National Archives retains approximately 2 - 5% of Federal government records made each year for their long-term research value. The guidelines for retaining Federal records are found in 44 U.S.C. 3301. (Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute has this code posted online at https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/chapter-33).

The place to start getting acquainted with what's in the National Archives is the 
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives. This guide provides a general overview of NARA's holdings of federal records at the record group level, and is intended to assist researchers in identifying which record groups may have material relevant to their research topics. Many records only briefly identified in the Guide are more fully described in the National Archives Catalog and researchers are encouraged to consult these online resources in tandem. 

NARA arranges its holdings according to the archival principle of provenance. This principle provides that records be

• attributed to the agency that created or maintained them and
• arranged thereunder as they were filed when in active use.

The Society of American Archivists thesaurus defines a record group as  "n. ~ A collection of records that share the same provenance and are of a convenient size for administration." In the National Archives, application of the principle of provenance takes the form of numbered record groups, with each record group comprising the records of a major government entity, usually a bureau or an independent agency. For example, National Archives Record Group 29 is Records of the Bureau of the Census. NARA has posted guides to many of its Record Groups and its topical holdings.

Most record groups include records of any predecessors of the organization named in the title of the record group. A few record groups combine the records of several small or short-lived agencies having an administrative or functional relationship with each other. An example of this type of record group is Record Group 76, Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations.
The number assigned to a record group reflects the order in which it was established by the National Archives.

Within a record group, the records of a government agency are organized into series. Each series is a set of documents arranged according to the creating office's filing system or otherwise kept together by the creating office because they

• relate to a particular subject or function,
• result from the same activity,
• document a specific kind of transaction,
• take a particular physical form, or
• have some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt, or use.

With the “Know Your Records” lecture series, you can learn more about the National Archives Catalog, how to use U.S. Federal Government records for historical and genealogical research, and dive deeper into a topic that interests you.

The South Carolina State Library is a member of the Federal Depository Library Program, also known as the FDLP.

South Carolina State Library's Sheila Dorsey, Collection Librarian, writes a column for the More newsletter. She has often explained that libraries within the FDLP serve to connect the public with Federal Government information and tends to feature a specific Federal agency every other column or so. The State Library is a selective depository, which means it chooses materials in subject areas which we determine will be of the most interest or help to South Carolinians. The State Library is required to provide access to both the Federal Register, the official daily publication for Presidential documents and executive orders, rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, and the Code of Federal Regulations comprised of 50 titles representing broad areas which are subject to Federal regulation. It is completely revised at least once a year on a quarterly basis. 

From the South Carolina State Library website:

The South Carolina State Library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law (Title 44 United States Code). The Federal Documents can be searched in our online catalog, SCLENDS.
A selection of digitized materials from the Federal Documents can be accessed through the South Carolina Federal Documents. Further information can be found in the Federal Documents Guide.

The State Library goes one step further and in addition to displaying the availability of physical items, it provides a link to a digital copy of many Federal publications, or to the Federal Government web page where current and past issues of the title may be found. 

Federal Records in the Beaufort District Collection

Some of the federal records held in the Research Room are listed in the SCLENDS catalog. The non-current Flood Maps created by the Federal Emergency Management Administration, charts produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and maps made by United States Geological Survey are all cataloged. We have some Environmental Protection Agency documents relating to Superfund sites in Beaufort County; we have some Federal documents relating to the operation of the Marine Corps and Naval bases in Beaufort County; and we have some Federal documents relating to former Congressmen such as Robert Barnwell Rhett, Robert Smalls and William Elliott:

SC 975.799 ROB  Robert Smalls vs. William Elliot, United States House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.:  House of Representatives, 1888. 50th Congress, 2nd session, H.R. 3536.

SC B SMALLS  Arrest and Imprisonment of Hon. Robert Smalls: January 25, 1878 [pamphlet] by  Mr. Knott. Washington, D.C.: House of Representatives, 1878. 45th Congress, 1st session, no. 100.

We have all our microfilm listed in the SCLENDS catalog including Federal Census records for the Beaufort District area, 1790 - 1880, 1900 - 1930; the statewide Union Veterans and Widows Census for 1890; Naturalization Records and Registers of Aliens, 1908-1941; Record of Admissions to Citizenship, District of South Carolina, 1790-1906;  and the Civil War and Reconstruction era record series Index to and Heads of Family Land Certificates, 1863-1872; Tax Sale Certificates, 1864; Land Sale Certificates, 1869-1870; 1875-1876; and Abstract of Voter Registrations reported to the Military Government, 1868. Some of these series are available through our subscription to Ancestry Library Edition. 

Because of remodeling in Beaufort Branch last year, the BDC received plenty of GoDocs to review. Amanda has created a spreadsheet of what came upstairs to the BDC to be evaluated for permanent retention or discard. The timeline for completion of this project is December 2018.

New (and New to Us) Materials in the BDC, May - June 2018

Please note: The Beaufort County Library system is closed today in honor of America's birthday. Regular hours resume Thursday, July 5th.

As mentioned before, the Library's Strategic Plan has three priorities: Communications; Facilities; and Collections. Given that the term "Collection" is in our title and is our primary mission, we give a lot of thought about what materials to acquire by purchase or by donation in order to provide a reputable research collection of permanent value that records the history of this area. Here is a list of the books that arrived in our Research Room the past two months:  


You may remember our Facebook post marking the day that Debbi Covington gave us a copy of her latest recipe book, Celebrate Beaufort: Sophisticated Cuisine from the South Carolina Lowcountry (2018). (Full disclosure: Debbi catered my daughter’s wedding reception and I loved the Black-Eyed Pea Caviar (p. 28), Broccoli Salad with Berries (p. 27), and pork roast served there.) The Library also shares copies of her Dining under the Carolina Moon (2004) and Celebrate Everything! (2012) through the BDC and local history sections at the Branch Libraries. 

Cordial and Covington Celebrate Beaufort

And while we’re on the subject of cookbooks, Pat Branning’s Shrimp Collards & Grits volume 2 (2016) was a gift to us as well. The Library has multiple copies of Branning’s volume 1 ([2011]) and Pullin’ Pots (2016) too.

You may recall that the Harmony Lodge no. 22 A.F.M. helped us celebrate 100 years of library service back in March. Lodge historian Robert Pinkston recently stopped by to give us a history of the Lodge that he compiled back in 1983. You will find this treasure only in our Research Room.

Time Capsule Re-installation Mar. 2018

While I’m on the subject of gifts and treasures, An Island’s Treasure by Lula Mitchell Holmes and Roberta Hughes Wright (1997) honors the history and heritage of St. Helena Island’s Penn School and Penn Center.  

We like having first dibs on all self-published family histories provided two or more generations once lived in Beaufort District though we do keep an eye out for appropriate materials. For example, my personal funds secured The Rivers Family From Normandy to Pondtown by Heyward Wilson Sauls (privately printed 1997; reprint 2018) from the Hampton County Historical Society. The Rivers Family helps enhance our genealogical materials relating to Prince William’s Parish settlers and families. 

Speaking of genealogy, Mastering Genealogical Documentation by Thomas W. Jones (2017) “teaches genealogists how to cite all kinds of sources clearly, completely, and accurately—including sources for which no model citation exists … Readers will learn how to describe and cite their sources with artistry, clarity, conciseness, completeness, and competence so that their work will meet the genealogy field's published standards” – and I would add, in order that others can follow where and how one arrived at conclusions about the ancestors.  

The Fire-Eaters by Eric Walther (Louisiana State Press, 1992) discusses nine key advocates of secession including South Carolinians Laurence M. Keitt, Louis T. Wigfall, William Porcher Miles and Beaufort’s own Robert Barnwell Rhett. The Library also has Rhett’s memoir A Fire-Eater Remembers (2000) and Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater by William C. Davis (2001) in our holdings.

A re-issued children’s book Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls by Louise Meriwether (1971, 2018) contains wonderfully vibrant paintings by Beaufort’s own Jonathan Green about one of the most important persons in Beaufort’s long and storied past.



Lydia Inglett Publishing continues its island hopping series of coffee table books describing in words and images "Where water and sky meet to make a masterpiece" with Bluffton State of Mind: Celebrating Bluffton, the Lowcountry, and Palmetto Bluffton [featuring] the photography of Marge Agin with essays by Emmett McCracken, Lisa Sulka, Courtney Hampson and Amber Kuehn (2018) and Fripp Island: Nature's Masterpiece (2018) with contributions by Sandra King, Page Putnam Miller, Ryan Copeland, and Barbara Robinson. These books join Hilton Head Island: Sand, Sea and Fun (2012) and Hilton Head Island: Discover the Treasures of One of America's Most Cherished Coastal Towns (2017). 

The Book of Sarah: Poems by Amy Benson Brown (2011) recounts in verse the unique journey of Sarah and Angelina Grimke from daughters of a prominent Beaufort District slaveholding family into ardent abolitionists.

Occasionally we accept gifts of novels and children's materials written by Beaufort County residents in order to provide a literary history of Beaufort District. Dyneshia Watson's A Gift for Coco (2018) is a children's storybook about the love of a young girl for her dog while Sondra Sykes Meek's Model Marine (2018) is a novel about Molly Monroe, a female Combat Camera Marine whose life is transformed by her experiences in the military.  

All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868- 1878 by Lewis Burke (2017) explores the careers and impact of the 170 black attorneys who fought for equal protections and rights for African Americans, including these from Beaufort District: Samuel J. Bampfield; William J. Whipper; Julius I. Washington; Jonathan J. Wright; Richard H. Gleaves; A.A. Bradley; Thomas H. Wheeler; L.S. Langley; A. H. Ezekial; Dempsher W. Powell; Isaiah R. Reed; Charles English Washington; Charles E. Washington, Jr.; Thomas J. Reynolds; A.S. Bascomb; and William W. Still.  This book extends his At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina (2005).
 

My Exaggerated Life Pat Conroy as told to Katherine Clark (2018) is the result of 200 hours of recorded conversations with the world acclaimed author during 2014. It is an enlightening candid reflection on his personal life, career, and demons. The Library has loads of copies of all of his books and the BDC has loads of books, movies, reference works and vertical files containing clippings and Conroy ephemera in the Research Room.

Drop by the Research Room during our regular hours of operation to see these books and ever so much more.