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1886 Charleston Earthquake Photographs
This collection is comprised of 15 photographs documenting the destruction Charleston, South Carolina, suffered as a result of the August 1886 earthquake. Locations in the photos include King Street, Market Street, and Hibernian Hall. The massive earthquake occurred on August 31, 1886.
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1886 Charleston Earthquake "Faults and Fractures" Online Exhibit
Charleston County Health Department Photographs
The Charleston County Health Department Photographs, circa 1930 to 1950, document the activities of the department and staff. Images include a combination of candid and staged photographs about activities such as maternal and child health programs, health education, treatment clinics, midwifery instruction, environmental sanitation and inspection of privies, farms, grocery stores and restaurants, public health initiatives targeting tuberculosis, typhus, and sexually transmitted diseases, and administrative activities for offices such as the Office of Vital Statistics. Images document the department's activities in Charleston County's rural and urban communities. Several of the images were used in A quarter of a century of public health, written by Leon Banov for the Charleston County Department of Health (Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans, and Cogswell, 1945).
OTHER RESOURCES
Charleston County Health Department Photographs Finding Aid
Colleton County Hospital Photographs
The Colleton County Hospital Photographs, 1955-1975, consist of 168 photos of the hospital, its staff, and programs at the hospital located at S. Lemacks Street in Walterboro, South Carolina. The photographs were from the morgue of the Walterboro Press and Standard. The photographs are arranged in five series: bloodmobiles and clinics, construction, facilities and equipment, health department, and people. Included are images of bloodmobiles, midwifery clinics, fire safety demonstrations, nuclear medicine facilities and equipment, hospital construction progress, nursing classes, vaccination clinics, surgery, and the Colleton County Health Department staff and facilities.
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Colleton County Health Department Photographs Finding Aid
Medical College Expansion Program Lantern Slides, 1954-1974
The Medical College Expansion Program Lantern Slides, 1954-1974, digital collection consists of portions of two separate archival collections of the MUSC University Archives, capturing the architectural development and construction on the growing campus of the Medical College of South Carolina. The slides of ARC 101 comprise a series of the Kenneth M. Lynch, Sr., M.D., Presidential Papers, 1913-1983, and depict construction as part of the expansion plans for the Medical College, developed by President Kenneth Lynch, 1950-1960. These lantern slides feature images of campus buildings dating back to 1914, newly constructed facilities, architectural models and plans, and images of various medical and college campuses. The lantern slides of ARC 900, part of the larger images collection of the MUSC University Archives, contain images which display the construction of the Basic Sciences, Dental and Library buildings, in particular, from 1968 to 1970.
Medical University of South Carolina Yearbooks
Collection features the School of Nursing's Tres Anni (1948-1966) and the Medical College's Caducean (1967-1970) yearbooks, as well as a history of the School of Nursing written by Ruth Chamberlin, former Dean of the Medical College of South Carolina School of Nursing and Director of Nursing at Roper Hospital.
MUSC Anatomy Class and Dissection Room Photographs
The MUSC Anatomy Class and Dissection Room Photographs collection primarily features images of students and professors from the Medical University of the State of South Carolina at work over cadavers, as well as group photographs of classes, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection also includes photographs of anatomy department faculty from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1974.
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MUSC College of Graduate Studies Class Photos
This collection contains photographs of classes in the Medical University of South Carolina, College of Graduate Studies, from 1976-2012. Fields of study include anatomy, biochemistry, biometry, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology.
MUSC College of Health Professions Class Photos
This collection contains photographs of classes in the Medical University of South Carolina, College of Health Professions, from 1970-1986. Fields of study include medical laboratory assistant and technician, medical record administration, nurse anesthesia, practical nursing, radiologic technology, medical technology, cytotechnology, and histotechnology.
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MUSC College of Health Professions Quick Facts
MUSC College of Medicine Class Photos
Class photos of MUSC College of Medicine students covering the period from 1899-2007.
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MUSC College of Medicine Quick Facts
MUSC College of Nursing Class Photos
Class composites and group photos of graduates of the MUSC College of Nursing.
MUSC College of Pharmacy Class Photos
Class composites and group photos of graduates of the Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
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