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The university archives of Francis Marion University are housed in the James A. Rogers Library. These digital collections begin with the college yearbooks.
Francis Marion University is a four-year liberal arts university in Florence, SC. The institution began as a University of South Carolina regional campus and became a state-supported college in 1970. Named Francis Marion College for General Francis Marion who served in the American Revolutionary War, it became a university in 1992.