Charleston Library Society

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

In the world of books, autographs, and photographs, Doyle is a legend. The renowned auction house has worked with the estates and collections of screen greats like Bette Davis and Rock Hudson, music legends from Louis Armstrong to Count Basie, and fashion vanguards such as Oleg Cassini and Alexander McQueen, and for this one evening, […]

A commitment to public service and a passion for a cause have a way of bridging gaps. Throw in a love of storytelling and a surprisingly few degrees of separation, thanks to a meeting a decades ago, and you have the makings of a superlative discussion filled with new content and established context.   Join […]

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

During the destruction and devastation brought about by World War II, a segment of the US army set out preserve Fine Art threatened by the Third Reich. The U.S. Army Monuments, Fine Arts & Archives Group was tasked initially with preservation and ultimately, to track and recover art masterpieces stolen by the Nazis. The story […]

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She […]

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

In the early days of the republic, fractious political fights among the founders stoked real fear that the War of Independence might end in disunion and civil war, with separate regional confederacies, rather than a single nation, emerging as the shape of this brand new world. In a new eye-opening account of American history, Disunion […]

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Highlighting an incredible discovery from our archives—a handwritten journal documenting meeting minutes from the Clionian Debating Society, a philosophical group formed in 1847 by and for free people of color in pursuit of intellectual discourse—this CLS original event illuminates a chapter of broad historic influence and interest that has remained largely unknown. Until now.   Join […]

Join our resident bookbinder and conservator, James Davis, to learn the art of hand bookbinding and walk away with your very own journal. Starting with paper, board, and thread, students will be instructed on the techniques and practices of constructing a well made blank book from scratch. Each journal will feature hand stitching and decorative marbled […]

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She […]

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Don't miss this rare audience with two of the country's leading legal figures. On Thursday, November 2, Judge Richard Gergel will host the distinguished Harvard Law School professor and constitutional law scholar Randall Kennedy to discuss an important, yet little-known South Carolinian, whose remarkable life offers a unique perspective on the state's history since World […]