Rcpl Local History Room

Walker Local History Room

Richland County Public Library 1431 Assembly Street

Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Benefactors The benefactors for the Local History Room are members

of the Walker Family:

Joseph Walker, Jr. Claude M. Walker Marion Walker Clarke Felix D. Walker Robert C. Walker John S. Walker

The Walker family has long been involved with the cotton industry. The patriarch of the family was Joseph Walker, the senior member of the firm of Joseph Walker and Company, one of the leading cotton companies of the South.

Introduction The Local History Room contains historical and some

current material focusing on the Midlands of South

Carolina (Columbia, Richland County, and the surrounding

counties of Lexington, Orangeburg, Newberry, Fairfield,

Kershaw, Sumter, and Calhoun) and other general South

Carolina sources. The collection is selective, not

exhaustive.

Hours Monday –

Thursday 9-9

Friday – Saturday 9-6

Sunday 2-6

Helpful Hints Materials may not be removed from the area; however,

duplicate copies of some titles may be found in the circulating collection.

A copier and a microfilm/microfiche reader/printer are available to use for those sources which are found only in the Local History Room.

Displays Sources of Displays

Examples

Popular Materials South Carolina Vertical File City and County Histories South Carolina General Histories Church Histories Columbia and Cayce, West Columbia, Lexington City

Directories, prior years; Columbia Telephone Directories and Cross-reference Directories for the Columbia area, prior years

South Carolina Legislative Manuals, prior years The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine The Official Records of the Civil War Mills’ Atlas Biographies of famous South Carolinians

Special Collections and Activities Oral Histories

South Carolina Vertical File

Photographs

Maps

Presentations to Groups

Oral Histories Purpose

Selection

Process

Photographs Examples

Scanning vs. Donating

Assembly Street Market, circa 1934

Five Points, circa 1939

Maps Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

Topographical

Presentations to Groups

Special Services Census Reel Rentals

Items Not Collected Minutes of Meetings

Ephemera

Scrapbooks

Yearbooks

Genealogical Material

Contact Information

Walker Local History RoomRichland County Public Library1431 Assembly StreetColumbia, South Carolina 29201(803) 929-3402(803) 929-3471 (Voice Mail)