The Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Collection
A subcollection of Special Collections is the Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Collection. The Littlejohn Collection is a multi-format collection of cultural heritage materials collected by prominent local businessman and philanthropist B.R. Littlejohn, Jr. (1925-2010). The collection reflects his interests and contains manuscripts and ephemera concerned with the history of the South, South Carolina, the Civil War, and the Confederacy, including manuscripts by prominent figures of the from the late colonial period through about 1900, archival collections created across the social spectrum of the 19th century (1800s), Civil War ephemera such as envelopes, songs, and sheet music, pamphlets on social, political, religious and other topics, and single copies and complete runs of historical newspapers. The collection also contains over one 700 books that complement materials in the Collection.