New in  December 2004
booklet
 The Item; Progress 2000; The 1st 150 Years of Sumter, 1800-1950; Volume I,
published by The Item  Donated by Sarah Foxworth Tindal.
 SC SUM NEWS 7 Donated by Sarah Foxworth Tindal
booklet
 The Item; Progress 2000; The Past 50 Years and Beyond, 1950-2000; Volume I, Number 2, published by The Item
SC SUM NEWS 8 Donated by Sarah Foxworth Tindal
binder
 Extracts of Obituaries from old Sumter Newspapers V/FL SUMTER NEWSPAPERS OBIT Donated by Caleen Watts
book
 Missouri Pioneers of Clay County, by Info Tech Publications MO 1
folder
 Short History of NBSC, address given by Charles J. Broadwell, May 17, 2004 V/FL NBSC Donated by Charles J. Broadwell
book
 The Journal of Michael Gaffney, From  Ireland to the Backwoods of South Carolina, by Ronald G. Killion and Bobby G. Moss SC CHERO 5 Donated by Robert Butler.
CD-ROM
 African American Family Resources: Freedmans Bank Records, by Family Search and The Church of the Latter Day Saints AAFHR CD 1 Donated by the South Carolina Genealogical Society
book
 A Memory of Trains: The Boll Weevil and Others, by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. US HIS RAILROADS 46  Donated by Ivy Moore
book
 South Carolinians in the War for Independence, by Alexia Jones Helsley

MIL REV SC 26  Donated by Ivy Moore
book
 Partners with the Sun, South Carolina Photographers, 1840-1940, by Harvey S. Teal

SC HIS PHOTOGRAPHY 36  Donated by Ivy Moore
books
 The Bulldog: 1951, 1952 & 1953, yearbooks by Mayesville-Riverside High School, Mayesville/St. Charles, SC  YRBK HS MAYESVILLE: 1951, 1952 & 1953 Donated by Martha Dabbs Greenway
books
 The Lincolnite: 1965, 1966, 1967 & 1968, yearbooks by Lincoln High School, Sumter, SC  YRBK HS LINCOLN 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 COPIES. Society funded. Originals loaned for copying kindness of Dr. J. Earl Vaughn
book
 Grace Baptist Church Directory 2000, by Grace Baptist Church, Sumter, SC  SC SUM CH DIR GBC 2000 Donated by Shirley Cockerill
book
 Grace Baptist Church Directory 1986, by Grace Baptist Church, Sumter, SC

 SC SUM CH DIR GBC 1986 Donated by Shirley Cockerill
book
 Grace Baptist Church Directory 1997, by Grace Baptist Church, Sumter, SC SC SUM CH DIR GBC 1997 Donated by Shirley Cockerill
book The Panther 1956, yearbook by Manchester High School, Pinewood, SC.  YRBK HS MANCHESTER 1956 A COPY. Society funded. Original loaned for copying kindness of Mary Lou Holloway Jones. Yearbook contains grades 1-12
book The Panther 1962, yearbook by Manchester High School, Pinewood, SC  YRBK HS MANCHESTER 1962 A COPY. Society funded. Original loaned for copying kindness of Mary Lou Holloway Jones. Yearbook contains grades 1-12. 
book The Lincolnite 1952, yearbook by Lincoln High School, Sumter, SC  YRBK HS LINCOLN 1952 A COPY donated by Jeanette Medows. Original loaned for copying kindness of Jerry Peterson, Class of 1952.
book Descendants of John & Catherine Kilbride Ryan of Tipperary, Ireland, compiled and edited by Rufus Byron Brown, Jr.  Surnames include: Ryan, Bretts, Molony, Bellinger, Pinkney, Duncan, Jennings, DOyley. FAM R-20 RYAN Donated by Mrs. Rufus Byron Brown, Jr.
book Morris College: A Noble Journey, by Dr. Mary Vereen-Gordon and Janet Smith-Clayton  SC SUM EDU 6 Society purchase. A pictorial history of Morris College.
book The Social Index: South Carolina 1961, by Unknown - An alphabetical listing of whos who in 1961 South  Carolina white society. 98 pages with a cross index of maiden names on pages 99-115. SC SUM ORG 19 Donated by Geraldine Ingersoll.
book Guide to Sumter, 2000-2001, by The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce
SC SUM ORG 18 Donor Unknown
book Guide to Sumter, 1998-1999, by The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce
SC SUM ORG 17 Donor Unknown
book Guide to Sumter, 1997-1998, by The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce 
SC SUM ORG 16 Donor Unknown

New in  October 2004
book
 Slaves for Hire: The Slave Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1800-1865, by Bruce Y. Mayer
AF/AM 24 Donated by
Bruce Y. Mayer
book
 Beaufort County, South Carolina, by N. L. Willett.
 SC BEAU 9 From the Collection
of Myrtis Ginn Osteen
book
 County Courthouse Book by Elizabeth Petty Bently
 RES AIDS 26 Donated by Claude E. Cooper, Sr.
book
 Maps in the Samford University Library: an Annotated List, compiled by Barbara Roberts and Annie Ford Wheeler
 RES AIDS 25 Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
book
 William Johnston of the Ise of Wight County, Virginia and his Descendants 1648-1964 by Coy K. Johnston and Hugh B. Johnston
 FAM J11
 Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
book
 The Moise Family of South Carolina and Their Descendants; An Account of the Life and Descendants of Abraham and Sarah Moise who Settled in Charleston, South Carolina in the Year 1791 A.D., by Harold Moise FAM M27
 Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
book
 Bryan Family records; The Name and Family of Bryan or Brian, by Thomas Ray Bryan.
Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
book
 The Bishop from Barnwell; The Political Life and Times of Senator Edgar A. Brown by W. D. Workman, Jr SC BIOG 25 Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
book
 Mackeys History of Freemasonry in South Carolina, by Albert Gallatin Mackey  SC HIST 39 Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
book
 The Hiers Genealogy (Heyer, Hyer, Hier, Hire, Hires, Hiers) and Allied families: Platts, Rentz, Fender, Varn, Carter, Parker, Croft, Kinard and Others, by the Hiers Research Committee; James Hiers, Chairman.  FAM H 42 Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
surname file
 Hiers, by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan. 
SUR FL HIERS Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan
booklet
 Ceremonies Attending the Unveiling of Portraits Honoring the Honorable Edgar Allan Brown and the Honorable Richard Manning Jefferies
 SC BIOG 26 Donated by Mrs. Werber (Elizabeth) Bryan.
surname file
 Ribault, Jean
SUR FL RIBAULT From the Collection of
 Myrtis Ginn Osteen
booklets
 Newsletter: South Carolina Home Demonstration Council, and National Notes: National Home Demonstration Council SC SUM ORG 20-a & 20-b Donated by
Mrs. Ralph (Pat) Gates
CD
 1910 South Carolina: U.S. Federal Census Index, by HeritageQuest CD SC CEN 1910 Donated by Caleen Watts
CD
 Revolutionary War: Pensions and Bounty-Land Warrant Index, by HeritageQuest CD REV PEN Donated by Caleen Watts
CD
 Military Records: Revolutionary Muster Rolls by Ancestrey.com CD REV MUS Donated by Caleen Watts
book
 A Little History of the Village of Alcolu, South Carolina, by Robert Lewis Alderman SC CLEN 11 Donated by
 Robert Lewis Alderman
binder
 South Carolina Archives Summary Guide of Sumter County-9/03 MAT LIST 2 Donated by Geraldine Jay Ingersoll
verticle file
 History of Rose Hill Cemetery, by Stanley L. DuBose V/FL CEM LEE CO Donated by Stanley L. DuBose
book
 The Rebel 1962, Yearbook by Mayewood High School YRBK HS MAYEWOOD 1962 Donated by Hazel Ridgeway
surname file
 Summer, by Mrs. Brian Eargle 
SUR FL SUMMER Donated by Mrs. Brian Eargle
surname file
 Glover, by Unknown
SUR FL GLOVER Donated by Unknown
surname file
 Guyton, by Shirley Cockerill
SUR FL GUYTON Donated by Shirley Cockerill
surname file
 Covington, by Anne C. Powell 
SUR FL COVINGTON Donated by Anne C. Powell

New in  September 2004
 booklet
  Tuomey Hospital School of  Nursing COPY includes clippings giving
some of  the school’s history

SC SUM EDU 5

  Assembled by
Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll.
 Originals provided by
Sarah Fowler Parker		  
 book  The Hornet, 1962 Morris College Yearbook, Sumter, SC
  YRBK COL MORRIS 1962  Society purchase
  
book
 The Hornet, 1971 Morris College Yearbook, Sumter, SC YRBK COL MORRIS 1971 Society purchase
booklets
 St. James Lutheran Church, Yearbooks/Directories, 1971, 1974 & 1979, by St. James Lutheran Church, Sumter, SC. SC SUMTER CH DIR SJLC Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book
 St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Sumter, SC: 1989 ( Directory)
 SC SUM CH DIR SACC 1989 Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
booklet
 First Presbyterian Church 1992 Directory, Sumter, SC (SC SUM CH DIR FPC 1989). 
 SC SUM CH DIR FPC 1992 Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
booklets
 Leadership Sumter 2000-2001 Class XIII, 1999-2000 Class XII, 1998-1999 Class XI, 1997-1998       Class X, 2000-2001 Class XIII, by the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce   
 SC SUM ORG Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book On a Hilltop High: The Origin and History of Claflin College to 1984, by Blinzy Gore, Ph.d., J.D. ( Note: Dr. Gore is married to the former Gloria Bultman from Sumter, SC.) SC ORGB 12 Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book
 The Cutlass 1968: Vol. 3, by Baptist College, Charleston, SC (yearbook) YRBK COL BAPTIST 1968 Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book
 The Garnet and Black, 1967, by the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. (yearbook)
    
YRBK COL USC 1967 Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book
 The Sphinx, 1962 by the Citadel, Charleston, SC
 
 YRBK COL CITADEL 1962 Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book
 Welcome to Shaw Air Force Base, by Shaw Air force Base.
  
SC SUMTER SHAW 2 Donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
books
 Paragon, 1983, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, Sumter High School Yearbooks, by Sumter High School, Sumter, SC
YRBK HS SUMTER Donated by Ms. Betty J. Kennedy
books
 Paragon, 1985, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, Sumter High School Yearbooks, by Sumter High School, Sumter, SC 
YRBK HS SUMTER Donated by Sumter High School, kindness of Nancy Hart and Katherine Barrett, SHS Media Center
books
 Rebel, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, Mayewood High School Yearbooks, by Mayewood High School, Mayewood, Sumter County, SC
 YRBK HS MAYEWOOD Donated by Harvey and Elizabeth “Lib” Tiller
notebook
 Dabbs Family Genealogy: Dabbs and Related Families FAM D-6 Donated by Dorothy K. Reynolds.
book
Clemson University Alumni Directory 2003, by Clemson University, Clemson, SC
 DIR COL CLEMSON 2003 Donated by Alton J. "Bo" Watts
CD
 Families of Alton J. "Bo" Watts by Alton J. "Bo" Watts
 GF CD WATTS Donated by Alton J. "Bo" Watts
binder
 From These Roots: Ervin Bradley Sr and his Descendants: African American Bradleys from Sumter, Lee, and Darlington Counties. A family reunion publication
 FAM p.b. B-1 Dontated by Cynthia Bradley
book
 Columbia's Comercial Heritage by Bultman Coulter Gasque Associates (many old photographs of Columbia, SC's buildings)
 SC RICH 13 Donated by Joan Gibbs
notebook
 Cooper Family: Williamsburg District, Old Salem, Sumter, Clarendon, and  Lee Counties, SC by Robert Cooper Manning, Jr. ( This is a compilation and listing of the descendants, plantations, slaves (and freedman) of Capt. George Cooper and George William Cooper. There are several photographs.)
 FAM C-26 Assembled by Geraldine "Jay" Ingersoll

surname file
 Singleton, Jacob, Descendant Chart
 AFAM SUR FL SINGLETON Donated by Vernon Harris
books
 St. Anne Catholic School, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001. School Yearbook by St. Anne Catholic School YRBK ES ST ANNE Donated by Bob Butler

New in May 2004
book Enchantments 1990, Wilder Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES WILDER 1990 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien
book Enchantments 1991,Wilder Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES WILDER 1991 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien
book Enchantments 1992,Wilder Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES WILDER 1992 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien
book Enchantments 1994, Wilder Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES WILDER 1994 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien
book Wilder Wizards 1995 - 1996, Wilder Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES WILDER 1996 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien
book Images of America: Orangeburg by Dr. Gene Atkinson
 SC ORBG 11 Society purchase
book An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina; 1820-1957 RELIG EPISC 2 donated by Sarah Fowler Parker
booklet 1969 Pictorial Directory: Alice Drive Baptist Church by Albert Sidney Thomas, LL.D., D.D., S. T. D. V/FL Religion-Baptist SUMTER CHURCHES ALICE DRIVE donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien

New in April 2004
book Highways 1938 Edmunds High School Yearbook YRBK HS EDMUNDS 1938 donated by Lorinne Johnson DeLorme
book Highways 1942 Edmunds High School Yearbook YRBK HS EDMUNDS 1942 donated by Ruby Garrenton McGowan
booklet 50th Reunion; Class of 1942; Edmunds High School V/FL SUM CO SCHOOLS donated by Ruby Garrenton McGowan
book The Rebel 1963 Mayewood High School Yearbook YRBK HS MAYEWOOD 1963 donated by Ruby Garrenton McGowan
book Dragon Ship 1971 Mayewood High School Yearbook YRBK HS MAYEWOOD 1971 donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book Valhallan 1975 Mayewood High School Yearbook YRBK HS MAYEWOOD 1975 donated by Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
book The Cricketeer 1979 Crosswell Drive Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES CROSSWELL 1979 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien
book The Cricketeer 1986 Crosswell Drive Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES CROSSWELL 1986 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien
book The Cricketeer 1989 Crosswell Drive Elementary School Yearbook YRBK ES CROSSWELL 1989 donated by Robin Holdom O’Brien


New in March 2004
book Plantation Journal of John D. Ashmore, South Carolina, 1853-1857; with other entries by John D. Ashmore FAM A-13 donated by DuRant Ashmore
book Colleton County, S.C.; A History of the First 160 Years 1670-1830 by Evelyn McDaniel Frazier Bryan SC COLT 3 donated by John B. Tindal, Jr.
surname file DeLorme II SUR FL DeLorme II donated by Caleen Watts
surname file Britton II SUR FL BRITTON II donated by Caleen Watts
surname file McCullough SUR FL McCULLOUGH donated by Caleen Watts
surname file July Tisdale by Andy Jackson AF/AM SUR FL TISDALE, JULY donated by Andy Jackson
binder Pensions Enacted by Congress for American Revolutionary War Veterans by “Ed” from the Genealogy.com Revolutionary War Message Boards, Message # 3250 MIL REV 29 Donated by Elizabeth Tindal
binder Confederate Pensions in Lee County, SC, from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History MIL CW SC 4 donated by Caleen Watts
binder The History and Genealogy of the Jewish Families of Yates and Samuel of Liverpool from materials collected by Stuart M. Samuel, M.P. RELIG JEWS 7 donated by Dorothy K. Reynolds

New in February 2004
book Paragon 1977 Sumter High School Yearbook YRBK HS
SUMTER 1977		 donated by W.A. "Bubba" McElveen
book Paragon 1978 Sumter High School Yearbook YRBK HS
SUMTER 1978		 donated by W.A. "Bubba" McElveen
book Paragon 1979 Sumter High School Yearbook YRBK HS
SUMTER 1979		 donated by W.A. "Bubba" McElveen
book Paragon 1980 Sumter High School Yearbook YRBK HS
SUMTER 1980		 donated by W.A. "Bubba" McElveen
book Lincolnite 1950 Lincoln High School Yearbook YRBK HS
LINCOLN 1950		 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book Lincolnite 1957 Lincoln High School Yearbook YRBK HS
LINCOLN 1957		 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book Bulldog 1970 Lincoln High School Yearbook YRBK HS
LINCOLN 1970		 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book Idylls 1984 Wilson Hall School Yearbook YRBK HS
WILSON HALL
1984		 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book Dimension Vol. II 1968 Sumter Area Technical College Yearbook YRBK COL
SATC 1968		 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book Columbian 1969 Columbia College Yearbook YRBK COL
COLUMBIA
1969		 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book The Sphinx 1963 The Citadel Yearbook YRBK COL
CITADEL
1963		 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book Other Free People in Early Barnwell County by Isabel Vandervelde AF/AM 23 donated by Jay Ingersoll
book Pioneer Jews; A New Life in the Far West by Harriet and Fred Rochlin RELG JEWS 6 donated by Jay Ingersoll
notebook Clan MacLeod USA's Genealogy by Clan MacLeod Society, USA, Inc. FAM Mc-11 donated by John B. Tindal, Jr.

New in January 2004
book Paragon 1993 Sumter High School Yearbook YRBK HS
SUMTER 1993		 donated by Chuck Gibbs
book Paragon 1995 Sumter High School Yearbook YRBK HS
SUMTER 1995		 donated by Chuck Gibbs
book Aeneid 1976 Northwestern High School Yearbook YRBK HS NORTH
WESTERN 1976		 donated by Margaret Powell
book Aeneid 1977 Northwestern High School Yearbook YRBK HS
NORTH WESTERN
1977		 donated by Margaret Powell
book Falcon 1972 YRBK HS
AC FLORA 1972		 donated by Margaret Powell
book Falcon 1973 A.C. Flora School Yearbook YRBK HS
AC FLORA 1973		 donated by Margaret Powell
book Clemson University Alumni Directory 1989 DIR COL
CLEMSON 1989		 donated by Margaret Powell
book Universtiy of Georgia Alumni Directory 1995 DIR COL
GEORGIA 1995		 donated by Margaret Powell
book Roster of Patriots Serving With Francis Marion by John M. Gregg, Three Rivers Historical Society, compiled from materials by W.W. Boddie and Leonardo Andrea MIL REV
SC 24		  
book Notes on Simons, Britton, Coachman, Mouzon, White, Knox, Dick (Georgetown District, Williamsburg District, Sumter District, South Carolina) by M. Jean Brunson and J. Maynard Davis; based on (and including) a short memoir by John Joseph Simons FAM p.b. Misc. donated by Cecil DeLorme
book The Coulliete Family Roots prepared by Audry E. Coulliette FAM p.b. C-3 donated by Audry E. Coulliette
binder Stanarne and Julia Ashby Richardson Burrows by their seven surviving children FAM p.b. B-6 donated by Marie Witherspoon Richardson
notebook A History of the Sumter Secondary Schools; Prior to 1888 and since 1935 (1935-1950); The Sumter Academy by Thelma Magalas Gaston SC SUM EDU 3 donated by Jay Ingersoll



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