We are not rich people, and I cannot afford to hire no help. Stored in Vance's public correspondence. Every year, governments in both Carolinas create millions upon millions of pages of documents. Casual, gossipy office e-mail. All must be kept, at least temporarily.
Some documents expire with time and are either recycled or trashed.
Others, from death certificates to old oyster-tax receipts, must be saved. Thus, the state archives. South Carolina's History Center resembles a corporate campus, 12.5 acres surrounding a massive brick and smoked-glass museum. Visitors sit in a library-like reference room. The Dewey Decimal System, however, won't get you anywhere here.