Unidentified artist. Benjamin Hawkins and the Creek Indians, circa 1805, oil on canvas, 35 7/8 x 49 7/8 inches. Collection of the Greenville County Museum of Art, gift of The Museum Association, Inc.

Some Highlights of the 2003 Summer Institutes

Midlands Participants received a tour of the stacks at the SC Department of Archives and History. Here, Joel Walker, Director of Education at the State Archives, discusses the Articles of Agreement between the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. This 1674 document called for additional supplies to be sent to the struggling colony at Charles Town.

Upstate participants visited a variety of historic sites and museums. Here they are about to take a bus tour of some of the mills and mill villages near Greenville. Professor Steve O'Neill of Furman University facilitated this tour.

Lowcountry participants spent two days during the summer working with staff at the South Carolina Historical Society. Here they are examining some of the treasures at the Historical Society with Director Eric Emerson.

Both Midlands and Upstate participants visited Historic Brattonsville. Here, Kitty Wilson, interpreter for Historic Brattonsville, provides a powerful 1st person narrative about slave life in South Carolina during the antebellum period.

2009 Teaching American History in South Carolina Project. "Statement of Use and Reproduction."