Institution: Greenville County Library System

Renfrew Bleachery

Photograph collection of Renfrew Bleachery and community from the Travelers Rest Historical Society. Renfrew Bleachery opened in 1928 and operated for 60 years before closing in 1988.


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American Spinning Company

Contains photographs of the mill, village, and people of the American Spinning Company from the private collection of Robert “Bob” H. Duke of Greenville. Organized in 1895 by Oscar Sampson, James Orr, and Jacob Cagle American Spinning Company began as a two-story wooden building, but grew rapidly adding a new brick building and other additions …


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Alexander McBeth Store Ledger, 1794

A handmade ledger book from 1794 belonging to Alexander McBeth & Company, who began operations in Greenville County in the early 1790s. The store stood on the White Horse Road. This ledger is held by the Greenville County Library System’s South Carolina Room.


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Greenville County Library System – Bookmobiles

In 1923, the Greenville Public Library converted a Ford truck into a “Library Truck.” It began service to the textile mill communities in the Parker District in September of that year. The second bookmobile was built on a Dodge chassis and began serving rural areas in December 1924. After 90 years, the Greenville County Library …


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Beautifying and Improving Greenville, S.C.

In 1907, the landscape architecture firm Kelsey & Guild, of Boston, MA, prepared a report for the Municipal League of Greenville in which they outlined, “the possibilities for beautifying and improving Greenville and…practical ways to accomplish results.”  This report, presented here in its final published version as well as the typescript version initially submitted to …


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Camp Wetherill

Collection of Camp Wetherill photographs located in Greenville in 1898.


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Camp Sevier

Collection of photographs and other items from World War I Camp Sevier.


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Businesses of Greenville County

Photograph collection of Greenville County businesses.


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Collected Receipts of William Butler of Greenville

William Butler [1790-1850] moved to Greenville from Edgefield in 1825 where he began to practice as a country doctor. He was educated at the University of South Carolina and served as a surgeon during the War of 1812. In 1841, he was elected from Greenville District as a Whig to the twenty-seventh Congress, and eight …


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Clubs, Organizations, and Sports

Photographs of Greenville County clubs, organizations, and sports.


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