SCArchCat, the online catalog, allows searching and browsing of information about the holdings of the South Carolina State Archives.  These holdings include over 10,900 record series, 29,000 cubic feet of paper records and 23,550 microfilm reels of non-current state, county, and municipal records, as well as copies of records relating to South Carolina government and history from other governments and private sources.  The catalog provides summary level information on all series, full descriptions of over half of the series, and lists of containers and folders of many of the series.

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