Walter Edgar
HostDr. Walter Edgar has two programs on South Carolina Public Radio:Walter Edgar's Journal, and South Carolina from A to Z. Dr. Edgar received his B.A. degree from Davidson College in 1965 and his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1969. After two years in the army (including a tour of duty in Vietnam), he returned to USC as a post-doctoral fellow of the National Archives, assigned to the Papers of Henry Laurens.
In 1972 he joined the faculty of the History Department and in 1980 was named director of the Institute for Southern Studies. Dr. Edgar is the Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies and the George Washington Distinguished Professor of History. He retired from USC in 2012.
He has written or edited numerous books about South Carolina and the American South, including South Carolina: A History, the first new history of the state in more than 60 years. With more than 37,000 copies in print and an audio edition, it has been a publishing phenomenon. Partisans & Redcoats: The Southern Conflict that Turned the Tide of the American Revolution is in its fourth printing. He is also the editor of the South Carolina Encyclopedia.
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“S” is for Sonoco. This Hartsville-based international packaging manufacturer had its beginnings in the late nineteenth century. -
“S” is for Sonoco. This Hartsville-based international packaging manufacturer had its beginnings in the late nineteenth century. -
“S” is for Snowden, Mary Amarinthia (1819-1898). Philanthropist.
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“S” is for Snowden, Mary Amarinthia (1819-1898). Philanthropist.
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“S” is for Smyth, Thomas (1808-1873). Clergyman, author.
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“S” is for Smyth, Thomas (1808-1873). Clergyman, author.
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“S” is for Smyth, Ellison Adger (1847-1942). Industrialist.
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“S” is for Smyth, Ellison Adger (1847-1942). Industrialist.
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This week we'll be talking with Dr. Jennifer Whitmer Taylor of Duquesne University about her book, Rebirth: Creating the Museum of the Reconstruction Era and the Future of the House Museum (2025, University of SC Press).In Rebirth, Taylor provides a compelling account of how to reenvision the historic house museum. Using the Museum of the Reconstruction Era—known as the Woodrow Wilson Family Home for most of its many years as a house museum—as a case study, Taylor explores the challenges and possibilities that face public history practitioners and museum professionals who provide complex interpretations of contested public memory. -
“S” is for Smith, William Loughton (1758 to 1812). Lawyer, congressman, diplomat.
