New Acquisitions

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We are excited to present the following selection of books added to our collection this month.

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Check out the booklist below featuring new titles to the South Carolina State Library.

Acquisitions

2025

June

Cover of Our South: Black Food Through My Lens

Our South: Black Food Through My Lens
Author: Shanti, Ashleigh
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 641.5929 SHAN

Cover of Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History

Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History
Author: Helton, Laura E.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 026 HELT

Cover of Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present

Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
Author: Berry, Mary Frances
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: 331.3 BERR

Cover of Southern Black Women and their Struggle for Freedom During the Civil War and Reconstruction

Southern Black Women and their Struggle for Freedom During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Author: Bell, Karen Cook
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 908.996 BELL

Cover of Terror & Truth: Civil Rights Tourism and the Mississippi Movement

Terror & Truth: Civil Rights Tourism and the Mississippi Movement
Author: King, Stephen A.
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: 338.4 KING

Cover of The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns

The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns
Author: Turner, William Hobart
Publication Year: 2021
Call Number: B T944T

Cover of This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South
Author: Crawford, Alan Pell
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 975 CRAW

Cover of Why We Vote

Why We Vote
Author: Fiss, Owen M.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 342.73 FISS

Cover of Yellow Fever and the South

Yellow Fever and the South
Author: Humphreys, Margaret
Publication Year: 1999
Call Number: 614.5 HUMP

Cover of Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved

Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved
Author: Holmes, Jasmine L.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: B E599H

May

Cover of A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs

A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs
Author: Sanders, Crystal
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 378.3 SAND

Cover of A World Away from IEPs: How Diabled Students Learn in Out-of-School Spaces

A World Away from IEPs: How Diabled Students Learn in Out-of-School Spaces
Author: McCloskey, Erin
Publication Year: 2022
Call Number: 371.9 MCCL

Cover of Backcountry War: The Rise of Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton, and Thomas Sumter

Backcountry War: The Rise of Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton, and Thomas Sumter
Author: Waters, Andrew
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C 973.336 WATE

Cover of Carolina Currents: Studies in South Carolina Culture Vol. 2

Carolina Currents: Studies in South Carolina Culture Vol. 2
Author: Johnson, Christopher
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 975. CARO V. 2

Cover of Descended: Searching for my Gullah-Geechee Roots

Descended: Searching for my Gullah-Geechee Roots
Author: Rushing, Keith
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 975.799 RUSH

Cover of Folk Music and Song in the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives

Folk Music and Song in the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives
Author: Minton, John
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 780.89 MINT

Cover of Grant's Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan

Grant's Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan
Author: Gugliotta, Guy
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 322.4 GUGL

Cover of Great Times Down South: Deep South Tourism Promotion in the Carter Era

Great Times Down South: Deep South Tourism Promotion in the Carter Era
Author: Valenzani, Giuliano Santangeli
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: 659.19 VALE

Cover of Italians in the Lowcountry: Sunny Italy's Charleston Colony

Italians in the Lowcountry: Sunny Italy's Charleston Colony
Author: Butler, Christina R.
Publication Year: 2021
Call Number: S.C. 975.791 BUTL

Cover of Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
Author: Stocker, Shannon
Publication Year: 2022
Call Number: J B G5587S

Cover of Memory Work: White Ignorance and Black Resistance in Popular Magazines, 1900-1910

Memory Work: White Ignorance and Black Resistance in Popular Magazines, 1900-1910
Author: Triece, Mary E.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 302.23 TRIE

Cover of Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen, and Other Photographic Rhetoric

Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen, and Other Photographic Rhetoric
Author: Bogdan, Robert
Publication Year: 2012
Call Number: 305.908 BOGD

Cover of Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers

Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers
Author: Busch, Andrew
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 331.892 BUSC

Cover of Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South

Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South
Author: Helling, Thomas
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 362.10975 HELL

Cover of Social Roots: Lowcountry Foodways, Reconnecting the Landscape

Social Roots: Lowcountry Foodways, Reconnecting the Landscape
Author: Ross, Sarah V.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 306.4 ROSS

Cover of South Carolina Native American Interpreters and Traders, Genealogy Tutorial, and Research Sources

South Carolina Native American Interpreters and Traders, Genealogy Tutorial, and Research Sources
Author: Laene, Trevor
Publication Year: 2021
Call Number: S.C. 929.10720757 LAEN

Cover of South Carolina Reflections: A Photographic Journey

South Carolina Reflections: A Photographic Journey
Author: Clark, Robert C.
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 975.7 CLAR

Cover of The Rabbit Listened

The Rabbit Listened
Author: Doerrfeld, Cori
Publication Year: 2018
Call Number: J 813.6 DOER

Cover of Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day

Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
Author: Gutiérrez, Jolene
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: J 813.6 GUTI

Cover of Yes, Barbara, there is an Aiken

Yes, Barbara, there is an Aiken
Author: Healy, Marti
Publication Year: 2012
Call Number: S.C. 975.775 HEAL

April

Cover of Minnie Belle

Minnie Belle
Author: Owens, Loulie Latimer
Publication Year: 1956
Call Number: S.C. 250.88 OWEN

Cover of Poems to Awaken the Idle Mind

Poems to Awaken the Idle Mind
Author: McCrea, Terri L.
Publication Year: 2022
Call Number: S.C. 811.6 MCCR

Cover of Seeds Beneath the Snow: Vignettes from the South

Seeds Beneath the Snow: Vignettes from the South
Author: Millican, Arthenia J. Bates
Publication Year: 1969
Call Number: S.C. 813.54 BATE

Cover of Southern by Design: A Novel

Southern by Design: A Novel
Author: Walz, Grace Helena
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 813.6 WALZ

Cover of Southern Voices: Fifty Contemporary Poets

Southern Voices: Fifty Contemporary Poets
Author: Mack, Tom
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 811 SOUT

Cover of The Bleachery: Rock Hill's Greatest Business Enterprise

The Bleachery: Rock Hill's Greatest Business Enterprise
Author: Turner, Stephen
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: S.C. 677 TURN

Cover of The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640

The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640
Author: Anderson, Robert Charles
Publication Year: 2015
Call Number: 929.374 ANDE

Cover of The Gullah Geechee Journey: South Carolina's Coastal Heritage Unveiled

The Gullah Geechee Journey: South Carolina's Coastal Heritage Unveiled
Author: Fischer, Willard
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 305.896073 FISC

Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920

The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920
Author: Sinha, Manisha
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 973.8 SINH

Cover of Wild Things of the Upstate: An A to Z Guide to South Carolina Native Plants and Animals

Wild Things of the Upstate: An A to Z Guide to South Carolina Native Plants and Animals
Author: Keith, Abby Moore
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. J 578 KEIT