Mark Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

In honor of National Hobby Month, come learn a little about bird watching and see the State Library’s rare copy of Mark Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama islands. This display will be up through the end of the month.

Image of the Mark Catesby book on birding open with a woodpecker illustration behind it.

Image of the Mark Catesby book opened to an illustration of a cardinal.

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Photo of Matilda Evans, courtesy of Wikicommons.

South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer

August 26, 2025, 3:00 PM


Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with the authors of South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer, Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr., Beverly Aiken Muhammad, and Anusha Ghosh on Thursday, August 26 at 3:00 PM at the State Library. South Carolina Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer is the official biography of Dr. Matilda Evans, the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina.

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