South Carolina Department of Archives and History

South Carolina Department of Archives and History Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Government Organization, 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC.
(3)

The mission of the Department of Archives and History is to preserve and promote the documentary and cultural heritage of South Carolina through archival care and preservation, records management, public access, historic preservation, and education.

Mark your calendars for the last stop of our traveling exhibit! โ€ผ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (On Tour!) will be in Charl...
06/17/2026

Mark your calendars for the last stop of our traveling exhibit! โ€ผ

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (On Tour!) will be in Charleston at the The South Carolina Historical Society on June 27th from 10 AM to 4 PM. SCDAH staff will be giving a lecture at 2 PM in the Fireproof Building. The 1775 Articles of Association, 1776 South Carolina Constitution, and 1777 Treaty of Dewitt's Corner will each be on display.

Admission is free! ๐ŸŽŸ

๐Ÿ“œ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (On Tour!)
๐Ÿ“ South Carolina Historical Society
100 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401 (Fireproof Building)
๐Ÿ•š 10 AM โ€“ 4 PM

๐Ÿ“…On this day in 1924, saxophonist ๐ŸŽท Eli โ€œLuckyโ€ Thompson ๐ŸŽท was born in Columbia. Known for his talents on the soprano an...
06/16/2026

๐Ÿ“…On this day in 1924, saxophonist ๐ŸŽท Eli โ€œLuckyโ€ Thompson ๐ŸŽท was born in Columbia.

Known for his talents on the soprano and alto saxophones, Thompson played with jazz ๐ŸŽถgreats Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, ๐ŸŽบ and Charles Mingus, among others.
He lived in different parts of Europe ๐ŸŒ in the 1950s and 60s and taught at Dartmouth from 1973-74.

Thompson is known for his introduction of a unique playing style on soprano saxophone ๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽทand is credited with bringing the instrument out of obsolescence.

The 1925 birth certificates are now available through the South Carolina Electronic Records Archive (SCERA) at https://s...
06/12/2026

The 1925 birth certificates are now available through the South Carolina Electronic Records Archive (SCERA) at https://scdah.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_ddc5bd6a-d322-4fee-9d93-832207550b4a/

For more information on how to search the birth certificates, you can visit this link: https://scdah.access.preservica.com/home/search-birth-certificates/

SCDAH has birth certificates from 1915-1925 available on SCERA. Birth certificates from 1915-1923 are also available via Ancestry.com.

For sealed birth certificates or birth certificates from 1926-present, contact the South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) at https://dph.sc.gov/public/vital-records/birth-certificates

Have questions? Contact SCDAH at [email protected]

New publication alert! ๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ“– Now available from South Carolina Department of Archives and History Publications: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ...
06/11/2026

New publication alert! ๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ“–

Now available from South Carolina Department of Archives and History Publications: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, 1794โ€“1795.

This is the first volume in the long-running State Records of South Carolina Series published since 1988. Edited by SCDAH Historian, D. Andrew Johnson, these journals cover an array of topics under discussion by the House of Representatives as South Carolinians grappled with the recent founding of the new nation.

Available in a limited-run hardback edition. Purchase at our gift shop or through our online store.

Get your copy today!

Link to purchase online: https://sc.accessgov.com/sc-archives-and-history/Forms/Page/sc-archives-and-history/d3122736-bfaa-4efa-b2f9-d9c627db2a9e/f628b37f-28a4-4336-9f9c-12b1d7d5621d/1

Today is National Iced Tea Day! ๐Ÿฅค๐ŸงŠGrowing tea has a long history in South Carolina, dating back to the 18th century. Sin...
06/10/2026

Today is National Iced Tea Day! ๐Ÿฅค๐ŸงŠ

Growing tea has a long history in South Carolina, dating back to the 18th century. Since 1995, iced tea has been the official State Hospitality Beverage of South Carolina.

Pinehurst, one of South Carolina's early tea plantations, provided plants to the Thomas J. Lipton company, who conducted research on Wadmalaw Island. Mack Fleming, a manager at Lipton, purchased a tea farm and later created the Charleston Tea Plantation (now Charleston Tea Garden).

Charleston Tea Garden brand tea is available for purchase in our SCDAH Gift Shop! ๐Ÿ›

๐Ÿ“œ (1-2): 1995 Act No. 31 from the Codes and Session Laws of the General Assembly

๐Ÿ“… On this day in 1911, baseball pitcher Van Lingle Mungo was born in Pageland. โšพ Mungo began his major league career wit...
06/08/2026

๐Ÿ“… On this day in 1911, baseball pitcher Van Lingle Mungo was born in Pageland. โšพ

Mungo began his major league career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1931. In 1934, Mungo was named to the MLB All-Star team for the first time. In 1936, he led the Major Leagues with 238 strike outs, and in 1938 pitched a one-hitter against the Boston Bees (Braves).

Van Lingle Mungo was inducted into the SC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974. ๐Ÿ…

๐Ÿ“ฐ (1): ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, July 20, 1945
๐Ÿ“ฐ(2): ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, March 18, 1962
๐Ÿ“ฐ (3): ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, July 29, 1973

History Spotlight: The South Carolina Statehouse ๐ŸŒ™๐ŸŒด๐Ÿ›Construction began in Charleston on South Carolinaโ€™s first statehous...
06/05/2026

History Spotlight: The South Carolina Statehouse ๐ŸŒ™๐ŸŒด๐Ÿ›

Construction began in Charleston on South Carolinaโ€™s first statehouse in 1753 and it opened in 1756.

In 1786, the General Assembly voted to move the capitol to Columbia and then the original statehouse burned in 1788. The first Columbia statehouse was completed in 1790. By the 1850s, the building had deteriorated to the point where the General Assembly decided to build a new one, but construction was paused during the Civil War.

Federal troops burned the old statehouse when they captured Columbia in 1865, but the new, partially completed building survived. This new statehouse opened in 1869, but construction was not completed until 1903. The last major renovation on the building took place in the 1990s.

๐Ÿ“ธ (1): Illustration of the first statehouse in Columbia by James Akin Philad in 1794
๐Ÿ“ธ (2): Illustration of the first statehouse in Columbia by James Holman in circa 1855
๐Ÿ“ธ (3): Illustration of the planned new statehouse in Columbia in the 1860s
๐Ÿ“ธ (4): Photograph of the current statehouse in the early 1900s

We were glad to show 2026 South Carolina Teacher of the Year, Corey Bedenbaugh; Superintendent of Education, Ellen Weave...
06/03/2026

We were glad to show 2026 South Carolina Teacher of the Year, Corey Bedenbaugh; Superintendent of Education, Ellen Weaver; and members of the State Board of Education around the archives yesterday. We always delight in showing off our collections and discussing South Carolina's history!

Here is the Marlboro County Training School, a recent addition to the National Register of Historic Places. ๐Ÿ›Between 192...
06/03/2026

Here is the Marlboro County Training School, a recent addition to the National Register of Historic Places. ๐Ÿ›

Between 1928 and 1954, this was the only Black school in Marlboro County. To learn more about the Marlboro County Training School and other historic structures, check out the updated South Carolina Historic Property Record (SCHPR) website.

๐Ÿ”— Listing in SCHPR: https://schpr.sc.gov/index.php/Detail/properties/S10817735011

๐Ÿ“Marlboro County Training School
612 King Street, Bennettsville, South Carolina
๐Ÿ› Listed to the National Register of Historic Places in 2025

Address

8301 Parklane Road
Columbia, SC
29223

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Saturday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+18038960339

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when South Carolina Department of Archives and History posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category