Countdown to Upcoming BDC Local History Programs

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Submitted by Grace Cordial on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 5:20am

One month to launch!
BDC @ The Branches, Local History Program Schedule, September 2010

Sun., Sept. 12th “Beaufort Through the Ages”
Gloria Singleton (Author Book Talk)
BDC @ Bluffton Branch Library, Large Meeting Room,
Weekend Afternoon Program 2:00pm – 3:00pm
[Reprise in Beaufort Branch Sept. 25th in case you can’t make this one!]

Tues., Sept. 14th “Northern Money, Southern Land”
Stephen Hoffius and Robert Cuthbert (Author Book Talk)
BDC @ Hilton Head Branch Library, Large Meeting Room
Afternoon Program 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Thurs., Sept. 23rd “Beaufort Through the Ages”
Gloria Singleton (Author Book Talk)
BDC @ Beaufort Branch Library, Children’s Programming Room
Evening Program 5:30pm – 6:30pm

Sat., Sept. 25th “Native Plants of the Lowcountry”
Laura Lee Rose
BDC@ St. Helena Branch Library
Weekend Morning Program 11:00 am - Noon

BDC Programs are free and open to anyone over age 12 interested in Beaufort’s local history, culture, or our environment.

Because the BDC Research Room is closed for relocation, please contact the Branch Library where the program will be held for details. Beaufort Branch 255-6456; Bluffton Branch 255-6490; Hilton Head Branch, 255-6500; St. Helena Branch 838-8304 or check the library’s website at www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.

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About the Author

Grace Cordial has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Beaufort District Collection at the Beaufort County Library since 1999.  The Beaufort District Collection exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry.  Besides the research room, Cordial oversees the “Virtual BDC:” the BDC web pages, the Online Obituary Index, the Phosphate, Farms, and Family digital collection, and the Connections blog.  
 
Among her duties is to coordinate or present programs about local history and our coastal environment, including the occasional instructional session about how to perform historical and/or genealogical research.