The Collection includes photographs and negatives taken between 1884 and 1915. All but one were taken in Pendleton, SC. There are six photographs and two negatives which include photographs of a band wagon, Redshirts reunions, a New Year's Eve Party and a picture of Louise Hunter and four friends taken in Whitewater, NC.
Original book and carbon typescript, consisting of the roll of the Redshirts on February 2, 1878 (74 names) and on August 28, 1880 (51 names); minutes of meetings held at Farmers Hall and Maxwell Hall in Pendleton listing elections, officers and resolutions; and correspondence (listed in the minutes) with the Adjutant and Inspector General E.W. Moise regarding their status as a state group or as an independent and private club which would offer its services to the state if needed.
The Pendleton Farmers' Society was organized on June 12, 1815, as the "Farmers Society of Pendleton District"; its first president was Thomas Pinckney, Jr. The Pendleton Farmers' Society's original building, the Pendleton Farmers' Hall located on the square in Pendleton, South Carolina, is considered to be the oldest farmers' hall in the United States.