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Ruth Cupp Research Papers, 1949–2002

CreatorCupp, Ruth Williams, 1928–
Date1949–2002
Physical description2 linear feet
Preferred Citation[Identification of the Specific Item], Ruth Cupp Research Papers, 1949–2002, Charleston County Public Library, Charleston, SC.
RepositoryThe Charleston Archive
Compiled ByProcessed 2010, N. Butler. Scrapbooks of North Area History indexed 2009, C. Shedlock.
Access to materialsCollection is open for research.
Subject HeadingsNorth Charleston (S.C.)--History
Lawyers

Scope and Content

This collection includes scrapbooks, research subject files, photographs, and writings.

The bulk of the collection (approximately one linear foot) consists of seven scrapbooks of newspaper articles written by Ruth Cupp between 1988 and 2002 and published principally in the Charleston Post and Courier or the North Charleston News. A small number of newspaper clippings written by other authors are included as well. North Charleston history is the primary topic of these articles, but a number of Ms. Cupp’s writings concern more general subjects such as the legal profession and genealogy.

The subject files (approximately 0.5 linear feet) consist of clippings, research notes, and copies of sources materials, all of which are related to various aspects of the history of North Charleston.

The photographs (0.25 linear feet) included in this collection consist of images taken by Ms. Cupp as well as photographs sent to her by other individuals. The subject matter of all these images relates to North Charleston history, and many of the photographic prints included here were reproduced in Ms. Cupp’s various newspaper articles and in her 1988 publication, North Area Scrapbook.

The writings (0.25 linear feet) included in this collection consist of several brief drafts and two longer works: “A Survey of the Populated Area North of the City of Charleston” (typescript; 90 pages; 1949), and a typescript draft of “North Area Scrapbook” (1988; 181 pages).

 

Administrative/Biographical History

Ruth Williams Cupp (born 1928) is an attorney, writer, and historian. During the course of her career she collected a significant amount of information about the general history and progress of the area known as North Charleston. In 1988 she gathered much of this material into a publication titled North Area Scrapbook, and between 1988 and 2002 she regularly published articles relating to North Charleston history in the local newspapers.

 

Additional Finding Aids

A subject and name index to the Scrapbooks of North Area History is appended to this finding aid.

 

Acquisition

This collection was donated to Charleston County Public Library by the creator in 2007.

 

Collection Outline

I. Correspondence, 1984–2002 
[One Folder]BOX 1
II. Subject Files 
BankingBOX 1
Biographical materials 
Charleston Farms Corporation (photocopies of typescripts, 1912–ca. 1950) 
Churches 
Clippings (miscellaneous topics) 
Genealogical materials 
Huntington Woods Neighborhood Association 
Liberty Hill 
Lincolnville 
Maps: 
Charleston Neck plantations (photocopy, H.A.M. Smith, ca. 1919) 
Ben Tillman Homes (mimeograph? No date) 
Navy Yard 
class="tier1"North Charleston High School 
Place and Street names 
Postal History 
Westvaco 
III. PhotographsBOX 2
IV. Scrapbooks of North Area History 
Scrapbook No. 1: February 1988–December 1988BOX 3
Scrapbook No. 2: January 1989–March 1990 
Scrapbook No. 3: March 1990–July 1991 
Scrapbook No. 4: August 1991–October 1992 
Scrapbook No. 5: October 1992–October 1995BOX 4
Scrapbook No. 6: October 1995–May 1999 
Scrapbook No. 7: June 1999–October 2002 
V. Writings by Ruth Cupp 
Drafts, miscellaneous, n.d.BOX 5
“A Survey of the Populated Area North of the City of Charleston” (typescript; 90 pages; 1949) 
“North Area Scrapbook” (typescript; 181 pages; 1988) 

 

Index to Scrapbooks of North Area History

SUBJECTVOL.PAGE 
Accabee638
Accabee family515
Adoption (lists names in historic examples)161
54
Aerial Photograph, park circle264
Agriculture614
Aichele, Frederick J. and family129
583
Aichele Terrace subdivision120
686
731
Air craft carrier, World War II753
Air Force Base657
Airplanes and landing strips (see also airports)173
Airports77, 47, 48
Airports, Ten Mile567
Air raid drills, World War II743
Alcoholism552
Alzheimers531
A.M.E. church formations and history19, 15, 43
American Agricultural Chemical Company695
American Tobacco Company strike590, 95
Amusement Parks3122
Antiques360-62
435, 37
536, 37
754
April Fools, 1954574
Architectural survey593
Army Airbase567
Army Ordnance Depot244
Art 451
617
Ashby, H. E. and family723
Association of North Area Old Friends692
ASSC, meeting notice25
Attaway, Booker Harrison232
Auctions, including history481
Autobiographies449
Aviation history (see also Airports)748
Bailey family628
Baking320
Bands, 1920s-1950s175
Baptisms638
Baptist Church65, 38, 39, 77, 81
Bar Association, see also Lawyers 550
722
Barbados (including Charleston connections)421
55, 6
669, 70
78
Barber shops358
232
Baseball210, 42
453
623
729
Bass, Bob and family641
Battle, Quarter House (revolutionary era)125
Beals Family34
Ben Tillman Homes658
Berkeley County, court history487
Best Friend' railroad753
Bibles, and family records463
Bible restoration459
Big Court2102
Billboard advertising 240
568
Birth records2100
Blockade running655
Boilermakers history111
Bonds, James R.558
Bonds, Lacy Campbell143
634
Bonds Wilson High119, 47
Bonneau Beach Band529, 32
Boxing212, 14
712, 52
Blackely, James457
Blacks, antebellum and reconstruction history19
696
Blacks, Civil War history664
Blacks, colonial history17
5
63, 17
737
Blacks, education692
Blacks, NAACP history584
Blacks, post World War II691, 92
Blacks, World War II history663, 70, 86
Blanton family (with 1952 picture)189
Blue House Plantation153
Bootle's Bare Be Que493
Bourne, John E.139
659
750
Bowens, Richard56
Bowling teams, Goose Creek3126
Boy Scouts, first troop 19336101
Brabham, Rev. A. McKay724
Breamor, Sarah489
Brick736
Bridgen, Rev. Paul M.145
Bridges, Westmoreland411
Broadcasting, local (see also radio)742
Brooks, Quincy646
Brown, Henry674
Buildings, O'Hear Street577
Butter Lobby76
Camaras69
Cameron Terrace71
Camp Plantation17, 49
Canty, Lewis and family515
758
Cantley, Tom and Frances692
card clubs477
de Carillo, Beatriz Polit Delgado431
Cars, history and dealerships425
732
Car shows638
Carter, William Joseph 677
760
Cattle631
Cattle Cars181
Cemeteries- locations, names, and history133
338
485
629, 32, 52, 77
737
Census Records, local465
Centre Pointe Development149
Chamberlain, Clarence173
Chandler Bridge formation657
Chapel, Navy Base427
588, 94, 98
Chappell family 129
731
Charleston181
Charleston Country Club157
Charleston Farms Neighborhood573
Charleston Grade School (with 1928 class photo)185
Charleston Heights Baptist Church681
756
Charleston Heights neighborhood145
Charleston High151
Charleston Library Society475
Charleston Mercury713
Charleston Orphan House636
Charleston Southern University65
Charter139
Chief Justices715
Cherokee County36
Cherokee neighborhood539
Cherry Street11
Chicora Grade School155
629
Chicora High School 516
676
Chicora Place neighborhood 121, 77, 79
651
Chinese, population682
Christiansen, Peter Amurius and family539
Christmas 192511
Christmas 192912
Christmas, 1998672
Churches (see also individual church names) 187
65, 7, 38, 77, 81
Circus in North Charleston 368
513
Civil Rights 24
483
649, 78
735
Clark, Septima691
Clement's Ferry Market569
clubs (see also individual names)266
Coburg milk company 177
748
Cobb, Henry674
Coca-cola153
Cock fights 22
620
759
Cody, Buffalo Bill show639
Cohen, Mordecai135
Coliseum 451
617
Colleges65
Condon, Charlie727
Construction, history473
Coolege Park Middle School 125
396
Colonoware artifacts 17
63, 17
737
Cooper River Blue Devils (football)615
Cosgrove Avenue610
Cosgrove, James179
Cotton495
Country music bands 175
757
Courts281, 82, 84, 88, 90, 102
322, 24, 50-56, 66, 70, 82, 96
439, 57, 79, 87
54, 31
Court case, against magistrate, 1956262
Court House, downtown Charleston289
Court House, North Charleston 248
322
Cows748
Cox Drycleaners Softball Team, 1938210
Cross Feed Store43
Crump family562
Cupp Family6100
Cupp, Ruth150, 54, 56
23
378-80
470
575
76
Dairy farms177
Daley Street2116
Davis, Mary649
Davis, Mary Lee 24
735
Davis, Mendel451
Daylight savings time, began 1967 in SC545
Death Records, CCPL 470, 71
637
Declaration of Independence71
DeCosta- Willis, Miriam691
Dentists in North Area  28
677
760
Development74, 59
Dewey Hill (GARCO)143
Diners193
Divers, Navy (history)167
Divorce (see also Court)2104
Dixie Diner 193
739
Docket, restaurant650
Driggers Feed Store 758
43
Droze family 547
748 
Drye, Robert71
Duffin, Adam236
Dunlap, Robert Leon689
Dunn, Susan723, 32
Durant, Edward 310
749
Ecology565
Edwards, Malcome686
Elections and campaigns (see also politics)499
Electricians685, 93
Employment, history163
441, 95
Episcopal church, early history 117
Etiwan Fertilizer Plant557
Eure's Mercantile163
Evolution, in schools2108
Fabian family 153
741
Fabian, G., and family563
Farley's Barber Shop358
Farley's Restaurant515
Feaster, Rev W. D.47
Feed stores43
Felton, John Richard15
Ferguson vs. MUSC Supreme Court case723, 32
Ferries586
Fertilizer 555, 57
695
Fiddler's Island671
Filbin Creek737
Filbin family 17
737
Fielding, Judge Bernard479
Fires, 1930s169
Fire stations, firefighters (history) 165, 69
530, 59
675, 89
Fisher, John and Lavina 64
724
Five Mile74,5
Five Mile Cash and Carry Store75
Fleming, Judge W.396
Floyd, Cindy768
Flynn family663
Folklore 3106
671
Football history 615, 97
Foreclosure sales2110
Forest Hills subdivision338
Four Mile House64
Freedmen (see also Blacks, history) 19
368, 86
696
Freeman, Joe763
Freemasons518
Fulton, Robert111
Game wardens489
GARCO143, 85
270
587
623
733
GARCO Little League Team242
GARCO Village 12
733
Garrett, Mildred527
Garrett School516
Garris, Thomas E.121
Garrison, Virginia Dantzler145
Gathers, Johnny752
Gaud, Henry Taylor550
Genealogy26, 48, 78, 98,100
3134
419, 63, 65, 71, 75, 92
646, 47, 64, 73, 76, 96
77, 27
Geology657
German, Fred and family693
German, George274
Gibbes Family55
Gish, Dorothy (actress, 1920s)157
Godsey, Ernest157
Gold Mine Pawn Shop, est. 1919519
Golightly Family34
"Gone With The Wind"346
Gonzales, James E.139
Goodrich Subdivision765
Goose Creek, bowling team3126
Grae, John P.256
Grant family258
Grant, Israel368
Grant Park131
755
Grits 681
721
Grocery Markets137
648
75
Guiness records660
Gullah culture78
Hall, Paul Gerta719
Hammond, Hugo S.427
Hanahan 666
726
Hanahan High School435
Harley's Grocery Store (with picture, 1941.)74
Hawkins genealogy674
Hawkins, Robert167
Hayes, Don, councilman in 1960721
Hayes, Dorothy739
Hays, O.M.148, 67
Health care189
Herron, Eugene A.262
640
Hewitt-Myring, Eleanor528
Heyward, Dubose633
Hibernian Hall, senator dinner521
Hispanics (see also Immigration) 431
742, 43
Historians, local 619
445
Historic sites in North Charleston 310, 110,124
553
716
History, colonial17
421
55, 65, 69
63, 69, 70
737
History, Revolutionary41, 65
768
History, 1889267
History, Civil War 664
713, 14, 64
History, World War I731, 34
History, World War II in N. Charleston 179
467
662, 63, 70, 81, 85-88
71, 43, 50, 53, 62
History, World War II, local soldiers 52, 93
History, post World War II  590, 91
483
History, progressive era 3112
76
History, 1930s493
History, Vietnam War218, 20
History, 1970s570, 71
History, 1980572
Holen, Richard220
Hollings, Ernest 497
521
Hollings, Fritz690
Hood, Bobby723, 32
Hospitals (see also individual names)75, 66
Hotels, history653, 54
Housing, Ben Tillman611
Housing, Daniel Jenkins Homes541, 87
Housing, George Legare Homes738
Housing, history 216
587
Hudson, Rufus38
Hughes, Francis658, 87
Hugo, huuricane, 19893140
Hunley, C.S.S. 725, 65
Hunley Park Elementary School735
Hunting489
Hurricanes, history, 1926, and Hugo3140
I-26 Highway676
Ilderton, Robert610
Immigration 141
3128
742
Incorporation750
Indians682, 87
Indian schools543
Infinger, Daniel N., and business 636
759
Infinger, Nathaniel759
Inns, history 165
6100
Inns, Rice Hope698
Integration398
Irish in North Area278
Iron dog' landmark611
Italians in North Charleston751
Izard, Henry171
Jackson, Rev. William Wesley and family149
Jails258
530
James family115
Jaycee family671
Jazz 189
755
Jenkins, Rivers T.489
Jericho Baptist Church234
Johnson, Margaret131
Johnson, Olin D (governor)494
Jones, Bryan R.149
Juke joints 272
336
597
762
Juries 461
511
727
Jury duty744
Jury girls396
Keels, Cecil744
Kemp, Judy Dove512
Key, Eva G.750
Killian, Carlton453
Kinard, Robert220
King, Martin Luther visit655
Klan, Ku Klux rally of 1950 3112
721
Korean United Methodist Church561
Krawcheck, Leonard (senator)545
Labor Day 494
728
Labor Day parade 47
649
763
"Ladies Night Out"477
Ladybird Johnson tour390
Lamb, David W.639, 86
Lambs Elementary School 127
735
Lambs Road Graveyard127
Lawyers (includes names and firm names) 286
350-54, 64
457
511, 50
66, 18, 29, 32, 33, 36, 48, 50
76, 13, 40
Lee, Gerd Krogsback224
Legare family 78
Lecque Family 32
696
Lewis Street, created 1939614
Liberty Hill 119
212
336
696
729
Library, Charleston County147, 79
689
Library, Citadel514
Library, collective697
Library, Myrtle Norton542
Library, S.C. State Archives637, 56
Likpatrick, James J.35
Lincoln 2illage673
Lincolnville 386
564
716
Little League, 1952453
Livestock758
LNO Club477
Longshoremen 47
Longshoremen Association274
Lumber Companies639, 96, 100
Magnolia Crossing2116
Ma Kelly's Club266
"Mamba’s Daughters" 19, 79
6102
Mappus family 195
619
Mappus Grocery Store 137
653, 54
Maps 292
594
Marina560
Mark Clark Highway665
Marks, Robert540
Marriage370, 76
Marquis family671
Marquis Road, house histories 238
675
Masonic records517
Masons, brick736
Maxwell, Elmer653
Maybank, Burnett R.497
May Day 228
3118
527
675
Mayoral campaign, 19993130
McKee, Charles71
McKenzie, John M.764
McMakin family630
McMillan family544
Meeting Street 149
Meeting Street, 3111125, 37
Mellard, David L.678
Mellette Family316
Mental health, area statistics552
Mepkin Abbey736, 51
Merchant's Fertilizer and Phosphate695
Mexicans in North Charleston742, 43
Midland Park543, 47
Midland Park Elementary765
Milk industry 141
Mitchell, Margaret, trips to Charleston3136
Mitchum Family3132
Mitchum, Robert177
3132
78
Mixson family549, 80
660
Mixson Street580
Montague Avenue 149, 91
614, 55
733
Montague, Robert L.310
549
665, 70
749
Moore, Floyd Sr.272
Motley, Robert Lee665
Motley, Ronald Lee79
Motorcycles535
Mt. Pleasant Street334
Movie filming, "Little Miss Rebellion"66
Movie filming, "Mamba's Daughters"157
Movie theaters332,120,122
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church620
Mullinax family143
Museums, train117
NAACP584
659
Nafair subdivision649
Names, family151
Names, place 159
360
421
619
Names, street 635, 59
191
National Archives216
Navy Yard/ Navy Base141,47,67,81,83 
318, 40,132
49, 67
562, 82
610, 22, 24, 28, 34, 35, 51, 54, 55, 59, 63, 65, 74, 85
722, 29, 31,53, 69
Navy Yard/ Navy Base, Administration Building318
512, 18
Navy Yard/ Navy Base, brig750, 51
Navy Yard/ Navy Base, chapel 427
588, 94, 98
Navy Yard/ Navy Base, closing518
Navy Yard/ Navy Base, layoffs49, 41
Navy Yard/ Navy Base, officer's lounge757
Neighborhoods (see also individual names) 179, 87-89
Neon signs493
Nesbit family 234
614
Newspapers  469
750, 54
Newspapers, North Charlestonian566
Nieman Family3128
Norman C. Toole Middle School516
North American Suffrage Club528
North Area Scrapbook195
North Charleston Arts Advisory Commission451
North Charleston founders146, 54
North Charleston Elementary15
222
527
655
North Charleston, general history256
360, 79
575
728, 41, 49
North Charleston High School62, 97
155
252
3118
558, 74, 96
630, 35, 37,44,100
79, 52
North Charleston Holding Company749
North Charleston Housing Authority738
North Charleston Infinger's Transportation759
North Charleston Jaycees, baseball team453
North Charleston Methodist Church724
North, Edward L.2116
North State Lumber Company6100
North, William N.748
Norton, Myrtle 542
765
Norwegians in the north area539
Notary publics, local 261
374
Nurseries179
Nursing 129, 43
Oak Grove Children's Home 58
634
Oaks Country Club135
O'Hear Street577
Old Friends of North Charleston635
Olympics, local reaction 1992432
One Day Church' (North Charleston Methodist)724
Orphan House276
Outdoor plumbing (see also privies)610
Owens, Marty Lee218
Padgett's Drive In 622
739
Paidon, Andrew459
Palace Theater193
Palmetto Gardens 34, 42
681
Paper Mills 585
6100 
Parades (see also Labor Day) 47, 53
688
Paralegals290
Park Circle236, 38, 64
388
569, 76 
639, 70 
Park Circle Building762
Passailaique, Clifford R.189
Pawn shops519
Pearce, Dixon Jr.59
Pearl Harbor Day, recollections in N. Charleston693
Pearlman, Gus H.382
Pendarvis family 662
737
Pender, Betty Sue527
Pepperhill Elementary School768
Petigrue neighborhood, subdivision17
Phosphate 695
768
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas19, 79
Pinckney, Felix C.64, 14
Pine Haven Hospital766
Pine Haven Sanitarium147
Pine Haven Shopping Center151
Pine View Indian School680
Pinkham, Lydia260
Plantations, Belmont626
Plantations, Blue House64
Plantations, Camp153
Plantations, Mepkin Abbey736, 51
Plantations, Oak Grove17, 49
Plantations, Otranto368
Plantations, Rice Hope698
Plantations, Shubricks614
Plantations, Stromboli157
Plantations, Tipseeboo338
Plantations, Windsor Hill737
Plate, Lee473
Poindexter Family330
Police, history530
Political parties, local483, 99
Politicians, state and local (see also individuals494, 97, 99
Pooser, Ann614
Population 589
647, 73
Ports, North Charleston (se also Navy Yard)741
Port City-Wachovia Bank687-8
Post Cards, antique318
Post Office (Lambs)646, 49
Post Office526, 64, 92
Post Officers of South Carolina, 1865-1980745
Powell, Louis425
Prefabricated houses579
Pregnancy723
Preservation and planning127
Preservation Society652, 69
Pridgen, Paul Jr. 669
738
Pringle, Ashmead695
Prisoners of War--German and Italian, WW II638
750, 51
Privies 13
447
769
Privy Patrol 447
769
Probate laws394
Prostitution622
Quarter A mansion, navy base690
Quarter house, Meeting Street654
Race, school survey on125
Race relations 3112
644, 92
Radio, local742, 44, 52
Radio Roots' genealogy radio show492
Railroads (see also Trains) 161
753
Rationing, World War II663
Reeves Family244
Reeves, Rufus22
Reeves Store681, 90
Registrar of Conveyances, history765
Resch, George425
Residents, 1980s interviews620
Restaurants (see also individual names)266
Revelise, Victor197
Revere, Paul and local ties455
Reynolds Avenue515, 91
Rheman Trucking Company6100-101
Rhett, R. Goodwin310
678
749
Rhett Avenue573
Riddle family674
Riley, Charlotte564
716
Rivers Avenue117
Rivers, L. Mendel294, 96
340
76, 21
Robert's Drive in, closing3120, 122
Robinson, Dolly735
Rock City491
Roosevelt, F. D. R.183
686
Rosemont Grammar School, 1933 graduates280
Rosen, Leon624
Rudd, Reggie (Navy diver)677
Rufus J. Reeves Country Store759
Russell, Chester F.167
Rutledge, John768
St. Michaels Alley447
St. Paul's Baptist Church763
St. Peter's A.M.E Church368
737
St. Peters By the Sea561
St. Stephen340
Sanitarium685
Saverence, Bob57
Scanella family151
Schools, history (see also individual names)119, 47, 55
246
3118
647, 73
Schott family3126
Seabrook, Mattie626
Sears and Roebuck mail order house, 1920334
Sears catalog and delivery 330
514
Segregation398
Sewerage294
Sheriff's Sale, 1992481
Ship building (see also Navy Yard)467
Ship launches19
467
Ship Yard Creek467
741
shoe shine boys 515
758
Shopping centers628
741
Shubrick’s plantation680
Shuler, Beverly475
Silk Stocking Row577
Silver455
Sinclair, Jean157
Singing Pines 579
6101
Slavery (see also History)55, 6
Slave ships467
Small pox 653
755
423
Smith, Tommy453
Smoking rules461
Solicitor262
Southern Truck Terminal229, 30
Spoleto 19996102
Stained glass 276
640
Stall High school620
State Guard3114
Stoney, Samuel678
Stoney, Thomas Porcher 153
262
Street cars 633
729
Street names 181
730, 33
Street name changes, 1964191
Street signs763
Strikes, labor 590, 95
727
Submarines119
Summey, Keith689
Supreme Court justices (see also court)740
Surnames (local) 159
298
656
Swain, Mable222
Swimming pools 676, 101
72
Tanner, Julian537
Tant, Nancy533
Target Drive In and Diner332
Taxation, 1914522
Taylor, Regina and Dick634
Taylor, William A.3114
Teague Family372
Tecklenburg, Nancy461
Telegraphs2116
Telephone history650, 96
Telephone operators113
Television, local filming439
Ten Mile Airport567
Ten Mile area113
Tiffany window173
Tiller, Emmett79
Tillman, Ben and family620, 51
Tillman, Moyer Mellette316
Toal, Jean Hoefer715
Todd, Carlton and Betty Lou728
Tourism310, 40, 124
Tragedy of 1919, Navy Yard3132
Trains 161
753, 61
Transportation, history659, 88, 95
Transportation, trolley181
Transportation, tram system761
Traveling shows651
Trucking229,30
Truere, Joe266
Trull36
Tucker, Thomas765
Tuxbury Lumber Company 553
639, 96
Unions169
Union Heights530, 34
USO (see also History, World War II)762
Vacations73
Varner, Jack (sheriff)685
Vaughn family119
Venison489
Veronee, Gracie527
Vietnam War, north area218, 20
Vignettes117
Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer Plant555
Volley ball671
Voodoo3106
Voting 637
746
Wages, 1930s61, 82
Walsh, Tim214
Watkins, Myra Lavinia360
Wedel family3128
Westmoreland, General William411
West Virginia Pulp Company (Westvaco)226
526, 85
Whaley, Freddie Sr.530
Whipper Barony 163
766
Whipper, W.J.19, 19
White, Wesley Durant (aka Wes Taukchiray)543
Whittington family569
Williams family genealogy19
Williams, Ruth645
Wills, unclaimed479
Winthrop College223-24
Women, history679
Wood, William26
Woodard, William W.530, 57
Woolworth dime store662, 87
Workers rights, South Carolina727
WPA projects665
Yacht basin560
Yeamans, John and Yeamans Hall 173
340
Yellow Fever485
Young, Eva 320
581
Zanzabar Juke Club762
Zoning 148
669, 70