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Time Capsules
Time capsules have been used for thousands of years to store for posterity a selection of objects thought to be representative of life at a particular time. Such vessels have the dual purpose of causing participants to ponder their own cultural era and think about those to come. This work is a cultural history of five thousand years of time capsules and other related time-information transfer experiences. It examines both the formal and the popular culture aspects of the time capsule, from its roots in ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian building foundation deposits to the present utilization of spacecraft probes and other extreme locations. The deposits of 3000 BCE deliberately had no definite date and time to be opened; in 1876 CE came the idea of target-dated deposits. Also discussed are how "real" time capsules work, notional and archaeological time capsules, the height of the time capsule's popularity from 1935 to 1982, the preservation of writings in time capsules, keeping time in a perpetual futurescape, and turn of the century hype surrounding millennium time capsules.
Clinton
At the edge of the Piedmont region of South Carolina lies the small town of Clinton. A town built upon nurturing others, Clinton boasts a picturesque village and countryside inhabited by warm-hearted residents. Beginning as little more than an intersection of highways, Clinton has become the home to institutions such as the Thornwell Home for Children, Presbyterian College, and the Presbyterian Home. The small-town charm and quaint beauty that once attracted the town founders still permeates throughout. In this attractive volume of vintage photographs, readers will visit the Clinton of yesteryear, experiencing the area as it was when the earliest visitors and settlers came, including Christian followers of several denominations, railroad travelers en route between Laurens and Newberry, and historical figures such as William Plumer Jacobs, founder of both the orphanage and the college. Covering Clinton's history from its beginnings in the 1800s to its presence in the new millennium, this visual history touches upon aspects of everyday life, the remaining and the lost architectural treasures, and the social activities of the decades.
Southern Observer
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Glenn and Kin
James Glen[n] and his wife, Hannah (Thompson?) Glen were living in New Kent County, Virginia, by 1717 in the area that became part of of Hanover County, Virginia, in 1721. In his will, written in June 1762, and probated in Hanover County, Virginia, in February 1763, he named twelve children. Descendants lived in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, and elsewhere. Most descendants spelled their surname "Glenn."
The Life and Letters of James Henley Thornwell. Ex-President of the South Carolina College, Late Professor of Theology in the Theological Seminary at Columbia, South Carolina
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A Choice of Angels
A Choice of Angels is the tale of two cultures colliding. When Ayse Yalcin, a Muslim international exchange student, meets the son of a Southern Baptist minister, Daniel Harris, an innocent study date evolves into a serious romance. Daniel's father, Clayton, tells his son not to pursue the relationship, but his father's stern warnings go unheeded. Set in contemporary Atlanta and Istanbul, the novel explores the depths of religious intolerance in the modern world. It is a love story set against a background of two deeply religious families who suddenly find themselves torn between their faith and their children. It is a novel that is as certain to inspire as it is to spark heated debate.
