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Collection of reprinted newspaper articles from "The State" on the Bicentennial of the American Revolution.

Textbook for grades 4-8. From the publisher: "Making North Carolina covers the history of North Carolina from the earliest people to the challenges facing North Carolinians today. Each chapter begins with a “Big Question,” includes primary source analysis, and ends with a social studies skill activity. The new edition is filled with thought-provoking images, timelines, maps, graphs, and charts. Content about the state’s government, geography, and economy woven into the state’s history, making this a comprehensive exploration of the history of North Carolina."

Essays and photographs of the Catawba River and its people.

From the cover: "A comprehensive guide - descriptions of state parks, boat ramps, bed and breakfasts, fishing docks, marinas and camping sites. Extensive section of maps on about 225 miles of the Catawba from Lake James to Lake Wateree."

Journal issue, collecting several articles including "Record of Catawba Indians' Confederate Service" by Thomas J. Blumer.

From the publisher: "The drama of South Carolina history is brought to life in this concise, lively and highly readable commentary. The book presents a complete narrative of South Carolina history without excessive details."

From the publisher: "This comprehensive social studies textbook is written for the third grade level. Its special focus is the geography, culture, and heritage of our home state, but the authors have incorporated in the instructional program all of the important concepts and skills of history and the social studies found in most third grade social studies text. The text incorporates basic skills, higher order thinking skills, reading and listening skills, map and globe skills, research and reference skills, and cooperative learning skills. Includes "Read-To-Me" and 'A Closer Look" sections."

1917 history of South Carolina. From the preface: "William Gilmore Simms, the editor's grandfather, wrote in 1840 for his children and for use in the schools "The History of South Carolina from Its First European Discovery to Its erection into a Republic." In 1860 the third edition of the history was published in which Simms brought the narrative down to that date. The editor offers in the present volume a revised and enlarged edition of the third edition of the work, intended primarily for use as a text book in the schools of South Carolina."

From the introduction: "One hundred years ago (in 1840), William Gilmore Simms wrote for the young people of South Carolina the first school history of the state ever to be written and one of the earliest school histories in the United States. A hundred years later (in 1940) this New Simms History is written for the young peopl eof South Carolina, as a memorial to William Gilmore Simms"

From the publisher: "From the beginning, South Carolina's history has been the story of the growth of a low-country aristocracy of wealth and political power and the gradual emergence of its opposition by the yeoman up country. Few states offer such rich materials for a popular history as this unique, American saga."