South Carolina Baptist Historical Collection

Located in Greenville, South Carolina, it is housed in the Special Collections and Archives department of the James B. Duke Library.

Professor Harvey Toliver Cook was the man responsible for the compilation and appellation of the collection.

[2] When Furman University moved to its new campus in the late 1950s, the South Carolina Baptist Historical Collection received renewed attention.

Loulie Latimer Owens, co-founder of the South Carolina Baptist Historical Society, was hired in 1961 as Furman's first Special Collections Librarian.

[2][3] She helped relocate and reorganize the collection in its new home in the Pitts Wing of the Duke Library.