December 2013
In March of 1943, the United States War Department began a pre-flight training program on the campus of Presbyterian College. Over the next sixteen months, approximately 1600 Aviation Training Program cadets attended classes and lived on campus as part of this program. – Read More –
November 2013
Last fall we were asked about the number of Homecoming celebrations that had been held over the years at Presbyterian College. Our best calculation after considerable research and subtraction of several years during WWII when celebrations were not held, placed 2012 as the 78th year of Homecoming festivities at PC. You might think we have lists in the Archives for this sort of information, however, most questions we receive require detailed resear4ch and close reading in several different sources. – Read More –
October 2013
Presbyterian College has produced many star athletes during its 125+ year history and one of the finest is Bob Waters; however, his athleticism is far from being the most remarkable thing about him. – Read More –
September 2013
This fall marks the 100th year of intercollegiate football on the Presbyterian College campus. We’d like to share a list of the fifteen men who have served Presbyterian as Head Football Coach, as well as information on the PC alumni who have been awarded the Bob Waters Award by the Scotsman’s Club. – Read More –
August 2013
The Presbyterian College Archives is happy to announce that several texts related to William Plumer Jacobs, the founder of Presbyterian College and Thornwell Orphanage, have been digitized and are available for viewing on the World Wide Web at the Internet Archive. – Read More –
July 2013
On the Presbyterian College campus, the July heat brings back memories of the Leroy Springs swimming pool. – Read More –
June 2013
Since Thomas Paine anonymously published Common Sense in 1776, pamphlets have provided Americans from all walks of life with a means to share their thoughts and opinions on all sorts of issues, such as slavery, suffrage, education, and religion. In the 19th century, as printing costs went down and the US population grew, the use of pamphlets as a means of communicating ideas skyrocketed. Often these pamphlets began as sermons or speeches which, at the urging of supporters, the authors subsequently published. In fact, historical pamphlets could be compared to the blogs of today, in that many of them were published by and represented the views of individuals. – Read More –
May 2013
One of our goals here in the Archives is to strengthen the collective memory of the Presbyterian College community by expanding our online presence using images as well as factual information. This semester we are fortunate to have Allston LaBruce ’13, a History major who is wrapping up his senior year with an Internship in the Archives, to assist with this work. – Read More –
April 2013
This month Presbyterian College celebrates the inauguration of our seventeenth president, Dr. Claude C. Lilly. A variety of activities will take place across the campus during the week of April 15th, culminating in the Inauguration on Friday the 19th in Belk Auditorium. In conjunction with this event, the Archives & Special Collections is providing a short biography for each of the previous sixteen PC Presidents. This information is in the bar below the Blue Notes heading above. – Read More –
March 2013
In preparation for the inauguration of Dr. Claude C. Lilly in April, Kirsten Witry, our Intern this spring, has researched the college’s ceremonial mace and has written this column in order to share information about this symbolic object with our readers. – Read More –