Pendleton Social Library Society Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0207
The records include catalog cards for the Library's book collection, a photocopy of a history of the Pendleton Library, a notebook containing minutes and lists, and a monthly report for February 1920. The notebook has minutes from 1828-1833, and list of subscribers and books lent from 1828-1834. A typescript copy of this notebook is at the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, as the Pendleton Social Library Society records, 1828-1834 (Manuscripts I&O). The report, written by Librarian Sara M. Trescot, discusses library finances and lists the patrons who checked out books and the total number of books circulated. The history of the Pendleton Library, also written by Trescot, was copied by Mary Stevenson in 1966 from Rudolph Lee's scrapbook, which had been given to David Watson.
The Pendleton Social Library Society was founded on October 5, 1828 in order to create a circulating library for Pendleton, South Carolina. Miss E.P. Huger was elected the first librarian. The Society continued until at least 1834. In June 1915 the Civic League requested that the old jail building in Pendleton be remodeled into a library and the town transferred ownership of the building the following year. The library first opened in the home of the librarian, Sara Trescot, in May 1916, and moved to the renovated jail building in November 1916. The library remained in that building until at least 1973.
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The history of the Pendleton Library, also written by Trescot, was copied by Mary Stevenson in 1966 from Rudolph Lee's scrapbook, which had been given to David Watson.
Typescript copy of notebook titled: Pendleton Social Library Society records, 1828-1834 (Manuscripts I&O), South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, SC, USA.
Accessioned as 79-8.
Typescript, Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository