Manuscript selections from the University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Historical Society, the Library of Congress, the Maryland Historical Society, the University of Virginia, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina have been selected for this project. Personal papers, plantation journals, financial records, business and legal papers, and diaries form the bulk of the collection. Carlson Library has Series A, E, F, and J, as well as guides to the complete collection. Among the topics covered are the abolition movement, conditions of slaves, the Fugitive Slave Law, the slave trade, history of slavery, travels through the slave states, antislavery tracts and religious views on slavery. Includes sermons, poetry, fiction, government documents, and narratives by former slaves.
Collection is arranged alphabetically by main entry, usually author.
Microfiche header strips give eye legible bibliographical data, including author, title, place of publications, publisher, date, and number of pages. Alphabetical by author's name. Complete printed indexes with call numbers listed above are available in the Reference Collection. The photographs of each theater production are arranged alphabetically by the title of the production. The Personality File reproduces photographs of individuals not necessarily related to a particular production, and includes playwrights, producers, directors, lyricists, choreographers, set designers and customers as well as actors.