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

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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

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Things that move the silence : poems, stories, and plays from the creative writing component of Project TAP

Cattonar, Joanna; Sullivan, Chuck

1977

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Poems, prose and songs of trees and woodland for South Carolina

South Carolina Forestry Commission

1947

Recent Submissions

  • ItemOpen Access
    Status Report on the South Carolina Commercial Liability Insurance Market
    (South Carolina State Library, 2026-01-30) South Carolina Department of Insurance
    The commercial liability insurance market in South Carolina remains troubled. In 2025, legislation was passed and signed into law requiring the South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) to issue a report to the General Assembly annually containing information related to the commercial liability market generally and the liquor liability sub-line of that market.
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    Medicare Supplement Insurance 2026 Shopper’s Guide
    (South Carolina State Library, 2026) South Carolina Insurance Department
    This document discusses Medicare, Medicare supplement insurance, Medicare deductible and coinsurance amounts, Medicare premiums, companies writing Medicare supplement insurance in S.C. and who is eligible for Medicare.
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    Insurance Fraud Division Annual Report
    (South Carolina State Library, 2026-02) 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.
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    Guide to Flood Insurance
    (South Carolina State Library, 2026-02) South Carolina Department of Insurance
    This is a guide to flood insurance.
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    2025 Status Report on the South Carolina Coastal Property Insurance Market
    (South Carolina State Library, 2026-01-31) South Carolina Insurance Department
    The General Assembly began requiring the South Carolina Department of Insurance to submit annual reports relating to the status of the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association via the Omnibus Coastal Property Insurance Act of 2007. The statute requiring this annual report was subsequently expanded to include an overview of the coastal property insurance market via the Competitive Insurance Act of 2014. This report examines the status of the South Carolina coastal property insurance market through 2025.
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Communities in SCSL Digital Collections

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  • Federal Documents  
    The South Carolina State Library maintains a print collection of federal documents as a member of the Federal Depository Library Program.
  • 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.
  • South Carolina 250  
    The documents and books in this collection reflect the work done by the S.C. American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission, South Carolina state agencies, and historic items from the South Carolina State Library State Documents Depository.
  • South Carolina Book Collection  
    The South Carolina State Library maintains an extensive print collection of materials published about South Carolina.
  • South Carolina State Documents Depository  
    The South Carolina State Documents Depository provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions.