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South Carolina State Agricultural Society Proceedings

 Collection — Box: 3, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: Mss-0031

Scope and Contents

This original volume includes membership list, premium lists, constitution, minutes of meetings; two unattached pages, 1860; three undated newsclipping fragments; and one 1857 newsclipping pasted on fly leaf. The Agricultural Convention of South Carolina met in Columbia August 8 and 9, 1855, for the purpose of organizing a state agricultural society. The society promoted the improvement of agriculture in the state and sponsored what became the State Fair in Columbia. There is also a carbon typescript, 155 pages, of this volume, created by the Works Progress Administration in 1937 by the University of South Carolina.

Dates

  • 1855-1860

Creator

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet ( (2 volumes))

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisiton

Porfessor Gaston G. Gage deposited the original volume in the library through Dr. William Hayne Mills, July 1935.

Status
Completed
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
230 Kappa St.
Clemson SC 29634 U.S.A. US