Northern Money, Southern Land at HH Tues., Sept. 14th

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Submitted by Grace Cordial on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 7:54am

In case you missed the fabulous session these editors did for us in the Paul Siegmund Room last September, here's another opportunity!

Editors Stephen Hoffius and Robert Cuthbert spent several years reading microfilmed newspaper backfiles studying the work of Chlotilde Martin, Beaufort based Charleston News and Courier newspaper columnist during the 1930s. A financially strapped young widow intent on providing for her family, she wrote more than 50 columns about land, economic and social transactions involving about 80 plantations in our area.

Please come to learn more about the history and property owners of Belfair, Honey Horn, and Palmetto Bluff among others.

Copies of Northern Money, Southern Land are available in the local history sections at our Branch Libraries, call number is 728.8579 MAR.

The editors will personalize your copy of their book after their presentation.

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

If you already on Hilton Head Island for the day, you may also want to drop by the Coastal Discovery Museum later that afternoon. The “Grass Roots – the Exhibition and the Inspiration” program begins at 4:00pm with a presentation by Dr. Dale Rosengarten and Nakia Wigfall who discuss the history of coiled grass basketry, its African roots, and its long evolution on the South Atlantic coast. Contact Coastal Discovery Museum for details about this program and others in the series supporting the traveling exhibit.

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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.