Dear Mr. Coker:

I read with interest some of the researchers whose work was housed at the
South Caroliniana library. I wondered if you by chance might know a Ruby
Cash Garvin, late of Gaffney, SC. Her research is cited over and over on a
website concerning the Petty family, from which I descend. I could not get
the man who owned it to respond to my letter of inquiry though. If you
could help me I would be so appreciative. I feel that her papers must be
somewhere or they could not be accessed as they were. 

Thanks,
Sabra 

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> From: Steve Coker 
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: South Caroliniana Library
> Date: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 12:36 AM
> 
> University of South Carolina
> South Caroliniana Library
> Manuscripts Division
> Columbia, SC 29208
> Tel: (803) 777-5183
> Fax: (803) 777-5747
> 
> http://www.sc.edu/library/socar
> 
> The Manuscripts Division of the South Caroliniana Library collects and
preserves
> a wide variety of unpublished materials significant to the study of
history and
> culture in the Palmetto State.
> 
> Holdings include letters, diaries, and other personal papers; records of
> businesses and organizations; and broadsides and other ephemera
reflecting
> political, commercial, and leisure activities. The visual images
collection
> includes photographs, prints, postcards and other material that document
the
> people, buildings, and landscapes of the region.
> 
> Genealogy: 
> 
> Manuscripts Division holds various unpublished genealogical files
documenting
> connections among families of South Carolina and beyond. Frequently
consulted
> research files include the Leonardo Andrea, Bessie Lee Garvin, and Louise
K.
> Crowder genealogical collections. A microfiche index to W.P.A. cemetery
> inscriptions is available in the repository. Other finding aids to search
> include the surname index to the Andrea collection, a list of churches
surveyed
> by the W.P.A. Inventory of Church Archives, and lists of many of the
unpublished
> cemetery records held by the Library are included in Richard N. Côté's
Local and
> Family History in South Carolina: A Bibliography (1981). Finding aids to
other
> genealogical collections are available in the repository and, in part,
online
> (USCAN search tips for genealogical materials). Although the Library
staff
> cannot undertake genealogical searches for users, a list of researchers
for hire
> is available upon request.
> 
> For more information, visit the web site or contact the Library staff.
> 
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