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Camden Homes and Heritage
Reprinted by popular demand: A best-seller! Hardback, color photos with text, coffee table book with color dust jacket, $30.00.

The Decorative Arts of Camden and Kershaw County
Companion volume to above, featuring interiors. Hardback, color photos with text, coffee table book with color dust jacket,  $30.00.

Historic Camden: Colonial and Revolutionary (Volume I)
The classic, scholarly text by Thomas J. Kirkland and Robert M. Kennedy in1905 that is a standard in South Carolina history. $40.00

Historic Camden: Nineteenth Century (Volume II)
Kirkland and Kennedy's 1926 continuation of the previous volume.  A standard with classic, scholarly text. Hardback reprint, $40.00. (Contact us regarding availability of some rare, earlier editions.)

Every-name Index to Names in Historic Camden
Modern indexing by James D. McKain combines the two classic volumes above and includes listings omitted from the briefer indexes of the originals. Extremely valuable to the researcher.  Hardback, $17.50.

Living in Camden: Scenes Since Historic Camden
Historical study of several topics since 1880 by Priscilla Ann Trantham Oliver, illustrated with historic photos by E. T. Start.
44 pages, $5.00.

The Battle of Camden, South Carolina: August 16, 1780
Facsimile reprint of the 1929 compilation of "historical statements" of the Revolutionary battle, by Lieut. Col. H. L. Landers. 65 pages. $10.00 paperbound. $

Horatio Gates and the Battle of Camden--"That Unhappy Affair" August 16, 1780
An examination of the scholarship past and present, by John R. Maass, including an afterword by Charles B. Baxley:  "The South Carolina  Militia in the Battle of Camden." Printed as a comparion volume to the Landers book above. $10.00 paperbound.

In the Sunny South: A Winter Colonist's View of Camden, South Carolina, and Vicinity in 1901
A first-time publication in 1999 of a century-old manuscript, author unknown, edited by Harvey S. Teal, illustrated with previously unpublished photos accompanying the manuscript. Rare views of  local scenes and of black citizens in everyday life. 90 pages, $12.50.

Kershaw County Confederate Miscellany
Valuable compilation of source material in one publication:  Excerpts on the Kershaw County Confederate Monument and Constitution of the Minutemen for the Defense of Southern Rights. Also chapters from Historic Camden, as well as Guide to Selected Historical Sites, "One Week in Camp with the Melish--The Fight at Boykin's and DeSaussure's," a Map of Boykin Mill from Captain Alexander Hamilton Boykin, and all the related sections from The War of the Rebellion (Sherman's and Potter's Campaigns in Kershaw District). Illustrations and maps included. Edited by Harvey S. Teal. 86 pages, $15.00.

A Wateree River Plantation: "Rosny," from 1815
Very rare material. An unpublished agricultural journal begun in 1815 by Lewis Ciples and continued by James D. Smyrl is transcribed, annotated, and analyzed in narrative by Joan A. Inabinet. Plantation on White Oak Creek, between Camden and Liberty Hill. Detailed index. 72 pages, $5.00.

Five Visitors to Kershaw District 1806-1832
Descriptions of visits to early Kershaw District from five outside points of view:   Robert Gilmore 1806-7;   W. Faux "An English Farmer" 1823; General Lafayette 1825; Mrs. Anne Royall 1831; and Thomas Sheldon "a Connecticut axe salesman" in 1832. Edited by Harvey Teal. $5.00.

History and Homes of Liberty Hill
A popular history by Louise Johnston of a unique rural community established in upper Kershaw County by antebellum planters. Reprint, $12.50.

Gold Rush Letters from William Lemmond: A 49er from Carolina
A first-time publication of private letters of a Lancaster County citizen with some of his public letters to contemporary Camden and area newspapers, with annotation and narrative by Allen H. Stokes, Jr. Detailed index. 88 pages, $8.00.

A Guide to Historic Sites in Camden
Detailed text with photos (visitor maps also available). Corresponds to the numbering of    historical markers the Society has placed throughout the community. Useful for tourists and researchers. 48 pages, $5.00.

A Guide to Selected Historical Sites in Kershaw County
Rich with information, text is matched with maps and photos. Welcomed by researchers as well as casual visitors. 90 pages, $10.00.

Kershaw County Legacy
A wealth of research and oral history information compiled by adult and student interviewers in 1976. Includes old photos and adds information not included in other histories. Reprinted twice by popular demand. 88  pages, $5.00.

Legacy II
More articles, old photos, and oral history interviews conducted by students in 1983 in the format of the previous Kershw County Legacy. Reprinted by popular demand. 88  pages, $5.00.

'Just Mud'--A History of Kershaw County Pottery to 1980
Annotated text, about 200 old and modern photos (including 8 pages of full color) of Indian, pre-Revolutionary, and twentieth century pottery from Kershaw County.  Also including  a detailed catalog of works from the old Bethune potteries. By Dr. Porter McLaurin and Harvey S. Teal. Published 2002. 100  pages, $25.00.

Kershaw County Cemetery Survey (Vols. I, II, and III)
Years of great effort by numerous volunteers resulted in the survey of all known graves in the county. Printed in 1991. Thorough indexes. Each volume over 200  pages. $20.00 each.

Federal Census of Kershaw County
A different volume for each of the following: 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1830.  Includes introduction, additional related information. $5.00 each

South Carolina State Census, 1839, A Schedule of the White Population of Kershaw District, South Carolina
Only five antebellum state censuses survive. A facsimile reproduction of this rare document, with introduction. $5.00.

Return of Crops and Other Statistics of Kershaw County, South Carolina: 1868
A valuable introduction by Harvey S. Teal enhances Kershaw County's only surviving postbellum state schedule. $5.00.

Periodically, the Society has issued facsimile reproductions of hard-to-find, out-of-print booklets, at $5.00 each:
     Kershaw County/Business Directory, 1854-1900   A compilation of several directories.
    Kirkwood, Story of a Neighborhood   Account from several sources of a distinguished section of Camden.
     A Legend, Agnes of Glasgow A romantic tale that grew into legend from lore of local Revolutionary days. 
    A Descriptive Sketch of Camden, S. C.  48 pages of historical sketches and advertising in 1888.
    Rides About Camden, 1853 & 1873   Newspaper series, 1853 and 1873, of sites on equestrian travels.
    Old Times in Camden, 1876 Sketches and reminiscences by Col. William M. Shannon in 1876 newspapers.

Camden Businesses That Sell Our Publications:  The Camden Archives & Museum, Historic Camden Exchange, Antiques on Broad, Blake & Ford, Broom Place, Camden Antique Mall, Duck’s Crossing, Sheridan’s Hallmark

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