Parent Institution
Site Type
Supervisor Name(s)
Windy Cole
Supervisor Title(s)
Volunteer Resource Manager
Supervisor Email(s)
Department Address
Historical Center of York County
210 East Jefferson St.
York, SC 29745
210 East Jefferson St.
York, SC 29745
ADA Compliant
Yes
Parking
Yes
Site Description
The Historical Center of York County, located in York, South Carolina, opened in 1989 to serve as the repository for York County court records and to collect and preserve the cultural heritage of York County and the Carolina Piedmont. In 1990, a major donation of family genealogies compiled by Joseph E. Hart Jr. helped establish the current archival collection. Since its creation, the collection has grown to include family papers, historic photographs, business records, local newspapers, rare books, and church records.
The archival holdings include York County case files and minute books for Court of Common Pleas, General Sessions, Court of Equity and Circuit Court, as well as Will Books, Inventories and Appraisals, Voter Registrations, Sheriff Records, and Coroner Inquests ledgers. In addition, the archive houses public donations including garden clubs, literary societies, family papers, store ledgers, church records, business records, school memorabilia, rare books, and photographic collections. These materials can be viewed in the Search Room upon request.
In 2006, the Southern Revolutionary War Institute (SRWI) was added as a special archival collection to house and make available the research of Revolutionary War Historian Bobby Gilmer Moss. The Moss Collection includes Patriot and Loyalist military records of those who fought in the Southern Campaign. Since its creation, the collection has grown to also include the Lyman C. Draper Manuscript Collection, the Cornwallis Papers, and the published papers of Henry Laurens and Nathanael Greene. All collections, as well as a number of published books about the Revolutionary War, are available for public use in the non-lending public search room in the SRWI.
The archival holdings include York County case files and minute books for Court of Common Pleas, General Sessions, Court of Equity and Circuit Court, as well as Will Books, Inventories and Appraisals, Voter Registrations, Sheriff Records, and Coroner Inquests ledgers. In addition, the archive houses public donations including garden clubs, literary societies, family papers, store ledgers, church records, business records, school memorabilia, rare books, and photographic collections. These materials can be viewed in the Search Room upon request.
In 2006, the Southern Revolutionary War Institute (SRWI) was added as a special archival collection to house and make available the research of Revolutionary War Historian Bobby Gilmer Moss. The Moss Collection includes Patriot and Loyalist military records of those who fought in the Southern Campaign. Since its creation, the collection has grown to also include the Lyman C. Draper Manuscript Collection, the Cornwallis Papers, and the published papers of Henry Laurens and Nathanael Greene. All collections, as well as a number of published books about the Revolutionary War, are available for public use in the non-lending public search room in the SRWI.
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