Presidential Prospects & Palmetto Politics

We mounted a new exhibit in Thomas Cooper's East Gallery on September 22nd in conjunction with an Associated Press photographic exhibit.

View of the East Gallery showing the new exhibits

One of our cases showing items from

the 1976 and 1984 presidential campaigns

The first of more than a dozen panels on display from the AP;

On September 25th AP photographer Scott Applewhite

gave a lecture sponsored by the School of Journalism and

Mass Communication and the University Libraries.

Part of the mobile exhibit we brought to the Applewhite lecture

The Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library

Today our future building, now being constructed behind Thomas Cooper Library, was officially named for Senator Fritz Hollings. The Senator's collection, recently opened to researchers, is currently our largest at 860 feet.

The Naming was marked by a reception at

Thomas Cooper at which the Senator made remarks.

Senator Hollings speaking with the press

For the reception we put together this portable

exhibit of classic Hollings photos and ephemera.

And here we are with our student assistants.