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Camp Library at Camp Sevier, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Sevier, South Carolina
Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 3, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 12 pages | 1865 | Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)In this letter, Henry conveys that he has just crossed the Savannah river with his regiment into South Carolina, a state in which no Union army has yet successfully battled in. He writes, “Sherman’s army does not fail.”
Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library of the American Library Association at Camp Jackson, S.C. The A.L.A. gives service to 860 Army, Navy and Marine Corps camps and stations, and 208 hospitals. Libraries have been placed on 911 vessels and more than two million books have been sent overseas. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazine...
The "West Point", the Second Locomotive built for actual service on a Railroad
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1890 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster entitled "The 'West Point', the Second Locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a Railroad," describing the history of the train. The 'West Point' was built in New York and operated on the South Carolina Railroad in 1831.
Library Serrice of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsThree servicemen read in the library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Red Cross House. The A. L. A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.
Library, Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing exterior of ALA library at Camp Jackson, SC. The caption indicates that this building was one of 43 built by the ALA for the American armed forces
Camp Library at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of camp library, car in front. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina
Base Hospital Library, Camp Sevier, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing librarians and soliders using a military base library in South Carolina
Best Friend Locomotive
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1890 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster entitled "'The Best Friend', the First Locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a Railroad" describing the history of the train's construction in New York and operation for the South Carolina Railroad in 1831.

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Camp Library at Camp Sevier, South Carolina

Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 3, 1865

Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina

Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina

The "West Point", the Second Locomotive built for actual service on a Railroad

Library Serrice of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina

Library, Camp Jackson, South Carolina

Camp Library at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina

Base Hospital Library, Camp Sevier, South Carolina

Best Friend Locomotive

Camp Library at Camp Sevier, South Carolina

Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 3, 1865

Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina

Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina

The "West Point", the Second Locomotive built for actual service on a Railroad

Library Serrice of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina

Library, Camp Jackson, South Carolina

Camp Library at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina

Base Hospital Library, Camp Sevier, South Carolina

Best Friend Locomotive