South Carolina from A-Z

“S” is for South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Located in Columbia, the SCDAH is a state agency responsible for collecting the valuable public records of South Carolina.

“S” is for South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Located in Columbia, the SCDAH is a state agency responsible for collecting the valuable public records of South Carolina.

This week we’ll be talking about the life and career of the man that many call the Father of American opera: Carlisle Floyd. Our guests are Floyd's neice, Jane Matheny, and his biographer, Thomas Holliday. A native of Latta, South Carolina, Carlisle Floyd became a professor of composition at Florida State University in 1947. His magnum opus, Susannah, was first performed in 1955 and became the most performed American opera, second to Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.Floyd was both composer and librettist of his operas, which typically portrayed themes common to rural America, especially the post-Civil War South. 2026 in the centennial of Carlisle Floyd’s birth and today we’ll talk with our guests about his long life and his career.

“S” is for South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) was created by the General Assembly in 1967.

“S” is for South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) was created by the General Assembly in 1967.

“P” is for Port Royal Island, Battle of (February 3, 1779). The battle of Port Royal Island was part of a larger campaign the British to use their command of the waterways to strike at both military and civilian targets.

“P” is for Port Royal Island, Battle of (February 3, 1779). The battle of Port Royal Island was part of a larger campaign the British to use their command of the waterways to strike at both military and civilian targets.

“M” is for Mount Zion College. Established in 1777 the institution started in a small log building as an all grades public school in Winnsboro.

“M” is for Mount Zion College. Established in 1777 the institution started in a small log building as an all grades public school in Winnsboro.

“M” is for Mount Pleasant (Charleston County; 2020 population 90,801). Mount Pleasant was a small village until the 1970s, when it began a dramatic expansion to become the fourth largest municipality in South Carolina.