This postcard addressed to Lionel Brockman
115 Avenue A
Schenectady, NY
Postmarked Dec 25, 4 pm 1906 Atlanta
Noon Dec 25, 1906
At the station on our way back to Columbia. Had a nice time but a very cold one. It is zero here-- was yesterday (sic) No warm and sunny south just now. The sun shines but it smiles coldly. Ice 6 inches thick. Shall be glad when we are in our own rooms once again. Louise V.
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Benedict's first class consisted of ten recently freed slaves and one teacher, the Rev. Timothy L. Dodge. Rev. Dodge was a college-trained northerner who became president. Benedict Institute set out from its humble beginnings in a dilapidated former slave master's mansion to prepare men and women to be "powers for good in society." The mansion, built in 1839, served as the first schoolhouse where standard grammar school subjects as well as Bible and theology were taught. Eventually other subjects were added to the curriculum to address the school's original objective: to train teachers and preachers.
On Nov. 2, 1894, the institution was chartered as a liberal arts college by the SC legislature, and the name was changed to Benedict College. From 1870 to 1930, Benedict College was led by seven northern white Baptist ministers. On April 10, 1930, the Rev. John J. Starks, who earned his bachelor's degree from the college in 1891, became the first African-American president of the college.
*Byron W. Valentine, University of Rochester, class of 1893. (alumni donation records from 1948 show that he was one of three other alums from his class who donated $12 to the University that year)
Byron W. Valentine, born 1866 died 1950 at the age of 84.
Louise W. Valentine born 1873 died 1968 in Florida, at the age of 95.
Both are buried at Waites Corners Cemetery
(Center White Creek Cemetery) in White Creek,
Washington County, New York.
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Addressed to Mrs. H.C. Brockman
15 Ave B
Schenectady NY
Postmarked Columbia, SC Sept, 1911 11:30am
This is about as we look now only we are alone.
Had our first cool day since my return.
Been busy all day but it seems as if the worst is about over.
We are clear where we are.
I presume Fred will be with you on Monday and Tuesday.
Feeling real good for me.
Love to you all. Louise
Wade Hampton Monument in State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, SC
Card addressed to Mr. H.C. Brockman, postmarked Columbia, Nov 30, 1911. 11:30am
Card published by F. M. Kirby & Co. Made in U.S.A.
Your letter came yesterday.
I won't get a chance to answer it before Sunday.
We are to be 9 at dinner tomorrow.
Have a turkey to roast.
Yesterday was like summer but to-day is quite cool again.
Have you heard that Minnie Folk Kulman's husband (Skinner)
killed her last Sunday night?
There are three children of his first marriage.
Louise W. Valentine
WHAT!?!? I am shocked at the nonchalance of this postcard --
Would love to know more details on this crime!
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Columbia Hospital, Columbia, SC
Card addressed to Mrs. H. C. Brockman
Dated Feb 22, 1916 1 pm Columbia, SC
Feb 22, 1916.
Your card was indeed a surprise and a sad case.
Will be glad to hear more about it. I presume you are back in Schen.
B.V. is away on a business trip and we had an exciting time here yesterday.
Had an earthquake shock.
Not severe they say but felt in six states and we felt it very plainly.
It is not a pleasant sensation.
At about nine o'clock while the music teacher was practicing with some boys
a masked man came into the chapel and ordered them to give him their money leveling a revolver at them. Little Miss Stickley talked right up to him and all the 10 boys made their escape and came over here and I phoned at once for police. He fired two shots in chapel but no one was hurt. It seems as if every time B.V. goes away something happens. I did not sleep very much. Never told B.V.'s mother a word about it.
L. W. Valentine
Why worry the mother-in-law?!?
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The campus, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Addressed to Mrs. H. C. Brockman
Postmarked July 21, 1916, 1 pm Columbia, SC
The --- (train? unreadable) situation in this state is still very bad. We had no northern mail from Monday morning until Thursday pm. The state is all chopped up between rivers. So many bridges are down or unsafe. We may not be able to go north when we are ready. They are working forces night and day to repair railroads and bridges. Was very glad to hear from you. Louise Can only go short distances in car. Roads too uncertain.
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Weather conditions geographically haven't changed in 100 years...check this out:
2011 www. AccuWeather.com:
1916 - A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential
rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass, NC, was drenched
with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state.
Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. (David Ludlum)
The --- (train? unreadable) situation in this state is still very bad. We had no northern mail from Monday morning until Thursday pm. The state is all chopped up between rivers. So many bridges are down or unsafe. We may not be able to go north when we are ready. They are working forces night and day to repair railroads and bridges. Was very glad to hear from you. Louise Can only go short distances in car. Roads too uncertain.
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Weather conditions geographically haven't changed in 100 years...check this out:
2011 www. AccuWeather.com:
1916 - A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential
rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass, NC, was drenched
with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state.
Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. (David Ludlum)
Earthquake Awareness (cited www.nws.noaa.gov 2011)An average of 10 earthquakes occur in South Carolina each year ( recorded by the South Carolina Seismic Network (SCNET) from 1974 to 1993) . The highest Richter magnitude (size) of these earthquakes was 4.1 (August 21, 1992). Thirty-nine of the 50 states are vulnerable to earthquakes.
Earthquakes? In the southeastern United States? Earthquakes don't happen here!Earthquakes can and do happen in the Carolinas. In the evening of August 31, 1886, the city of Charleston South Carolina experienced the most damaging earthquake ever recordedeast of the Mississippi River in the United States. The quake was felt as far north as New York, as far south as Cuba, as far west as Mississippi, and as far east as Bermuda. The quake and its aftershocks killed approximately 110 people and damaged 90 percent of the brick homes in Charleston. In all of the large towns within 200 miles of Charleston (including Columbia, Augusta, Raleigh, Atlanta and Savannah) houses and other structures were damaged. North Carolina is affected by not only the Charleston fault in South Carolina but also by the New Madrid fault in Missouri. The largest earthquake in North Carolina was February 21, 1916. The epicenter was near Waynesville. Tops of chimneys were thrown to the ground; windowpanes were broken in many houses; and people rushed into the streets at Waynesville. At Sevierville, Tennessee about 70 kilometers northwest of Waynesville, bricks were shaken from chimneys. Minor damage was reported in western Tennessee at Athens, Knoxville, Maryville, Morristown, and Newport, Tennessee; at Tryon, North Carolina; and at Bristol, Virginia. Also reported felt in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and West Virginia.
But that's ancient history. There haven't been any earthquakes in South Carolina recently - have there?In 2001, 31 earthquakes were recorded in the Middleton Place - Summerville seismic zone (approximately 22 miles northwest of Charleston SC).. The magnitude ranged from 0.82 to 2.75. Another recent earthquakes within South Carolina was a magnitude 2.7 event on April 5, 2000 (12:18 PM EDT) in the Lake Jocassee area. Other recent quakes include a magnitude 2.4 centered near Laurens, on May 27, 1999, a magnitiude 2.9 felt throughout the Summerville, SC on March 29, 1999. A magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred April 13, 1998 in the midlands of South Carolina.
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Confederate flag formed by 1000 school children on steps of State House, Columbia, SC
Addressed to Mrs. H. C. Brockman 15 Ave B. Schenectady, NY
Postmarked Sept 22, 1916 Columbia, SC
I am still here and worrying along.
Hope to write you at the end of the week.
The teachers club opened to-day.
I had them until 7 --(unreadable) here.
We have had and are having very cold nights.
48 this morning.
L.W. Valentine
