South Carolina State Library Digital Collections

The South Carolina State Library Digital Collection provides documents and information that expand the State Library’s mission to provide equal access for all South Carolinians. These online collections create greater access to the State Library’s unique historical resources, government documents, and new digital projects.

Our ever-growing digital collections contain a wealth of state and federal agency documents, digitized historical items published about South Carolina from the State Library print collection, and collaborations with public libraries, museums, and public institutions across the state to showcase South Carolina specific digital projects.

We also partner with the South Carolina Digital Library to provide free access to an even larger collection of South Carolina historical materials from over 40 cultural heritage institutions across the state.

The South Carolina State Library strives for a high standard of accessibility for its patrons. Efforts are ongoing to make our digital collections more accessible. If you require reasonable accommodations, encountered an item that requires accessible adjustments, or if you have any questions regarding accessibility and collections, please send an e-mail to DigitalCollections@StateLibrary.SC.Gov and a staff member will get back to you as soon as possible.

Featured Items

Our heroes. : Patriotic Poems on Men, Women and Sayings of the Negro Race

Rowe, George Clinton

This book of poetry focuses on influential African American men and women in the late 1800's written by George C. Rowe, an African American minister, newspaper publisher and poet in Charleston, South Carolina.

1890

The Daufuskie kids' magazine : a collection of writing, poetry and artwork

South Carolina Arts Commission

1981

A season in the hour : poems from the prisons of South Carolina

1978

Recent Submissions

Nursing Initiative
(South Carolina State Library, 2025-01-23) South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
The General Assembly tasked the Commission on Higher Education (CHE) to allocate funding designated to address the state’s nursing shortage.
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024
(South Carolina State Library, 2024-06-30) South Carolina Comptroller General's Office
The report provides financial information about the State’s operations during the year and describes its financial position at the end of the year.
Strategic Talent Acquisition and Retention Taskforce Reccomendations
(South Carolina State Library, 2025-03) South Carolina State Department of Education
The South Carolina Department of Education formed the Strategic Talent Acquisition and Retention Taskforce (Taskforce) in 2024 to recommend evidence-based policies that empower and support the South Carolina teacher workforce. This Taskforce built upon and expanded the work of a 2023 report that included recommendations from the General Assembly’s Teacher Recruitment and Retention Taskforce, chaired by former State Superintendent of Education, the late Dr. Barbara Nielsen.
Annual Report 2024
(2024) South Carolina Insurance Department. Insurance Fraud Division
The Insurance Fraud Division of the South Carolina Insurance Department provides statistics and information about insurance fraud cases.
2024 Report on the Utilization of Family Leave Insurance
(South Carolina State Library, 2024-12-31)
Paid Family Medical Leave refers to a policy that allows employees to take time off from work with pay for qualifying reasons such as to attend to serious medical needs for themselves or a family member. It includes coverage written as an amendment or rider to a group disability income policy or life insurance policy, included in a group disability income policy or life insurance policy, or a separate group insurance policy purchased by an employer.

Communities in SCSL Digital Collections

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South Carolina State Documents Depository
The South Carolina State Documents Depository provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions.
South Carolina Book Collection
The South Carolina State Library maintains an extensive print collection of materials published about South Carolina.
Federal Documents
The South Carolina State Library maintains a print collection of federal documents as a member of the Federal Depository Library Program.
State Library Collaborative Collections
The South Carolina State Library partners with institutions across the state to increase access to local holdings.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library Collaborative Project
The South Carolina State Library has partnered with the Sherman Grinberg Film Library to provide access to digitized film reels containing historical South Carolina related content from the Paramount and Pathé newsreel collections.