May 2010
Laurens County is well known for two Presbyterian schools, Thornwell Home and Presbyterian College. There was another Presbyterian institution in the county, however, which predated both of these. This was the Laurensville Female College, located not in Clinton, but in Laurens. – Read More –

November 2009
We recently ran across two Bluestocking articles detailing the history of the college seal, the familiar oval which contains the motto “Dum Vivimus Servimus” (“While we live, we serve”). The articles trace the seal back to the 1915 PacSac. As usual, while the facts were partially correct, they were not totally accurate, which proves once again the value of going back to the source. – Read More –

October 2009
Since we’re in the middle of football season, we thought it might be nice to profile a couple of PC’s football legends. Thanks to our interns, Stewart Self and Caroline Todd, for their research on Walter Johnson and Lonnie McMillian, two legendary PC coaches. – Read More –

July 2009
This is another entry from PC alum William T. Johnson, whose reminiscences in his blog about PC in World War II appeared in our June blog. To see some of Charles MacDonald’s wartime letters, check out our Bee Mail page once a link is available. – Read More –

March 2009
We are sharing Dr. William P. Jacobs Garden journals for March 1868 and 1869 with you this month. – Read More –

February 2009
We continue with Dr. Jacobs Garden Journal for February 1868 and 1869. – Read More –

January 2009
Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, fresh out of Columbia Seminary, arrived in Clinton in May of 1864. He was 22 years old, and had been hired as the first full-time pastor of the Clinton Presbyterian Church, now First Presbyterian Church, Clinton. The next year he married Mary Dillard, and by the time he was writing this garden notebook, he was living in his own home with his wife and two children, Florence and Ferdinand. – Read More –

October 2008
The ever-curious Chris Bates (he is a librarian, after all) inquired recently about stories involving Volkswagens and Neville Hall. We did a little research, and came up with details on that event, as well as several other memorable pranks. – Read More –