Dr. Courtney Tollison Publications
World War II and Upcountry South Carolina: "We Just Did Everything We Could" (Vintage Images) (Paperback), The Campus History Series, Arcadia Publishing, 2004
World War II changed America, and the history of
Upcountry South Carolina during this era testifies to the war's deep
impact. On the homefront, Upcountry residents grew victory gardens and
supported recruits at local bases and soldiers abroad. They also
manufactured textile goods, including uniforms and parachutes, crucial
for the war effort. As thousands of young men and women came into the
Upcountry to train at Spartanburg's Camp Croft and the Greenville Army
Air Base, thousands more were sent to Europe, the Pacific and beyond.
More than 166,000 South Carolinians fought for the United States,
including 5 Congressional Medal of Honor winners. The resulting import
and export of culture through the war and long after reflects the
modernization and diversification that occurred across the South. Using
works and images form the men and women who lived through it all, Furman
University professor and Upcountry History Museum historian Courtney
Tollison, PhD, examines the ways that Upcountry South Carolina affected
World War II and how the war affected the region.
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World War II and Upcountry South Carolina: "We Just Did Everything We Could"
By Courtney Tollison
Published by The History Press, 2009
ISBN: 1596298251, 978-1596298255
224 pages
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Furman University, The Campus History Series, Arcadia Publishing, 2004
Founded in 1826 by a group of South Carolina
Baptist Convention leaders, Furman Academy and Theological Institution
was named after Richard Furman, the first president of the first
national gathering of Baptists in the United States. Furman currently
resides several miles north of Greenville, as it has since the 1950s,
though it has changed locations and names several times since its
founding and disaffiliated from the Baptist Convention in 1992. Well
known for its beautiful campus, impressive academics, and successful
alums, Furman is one of the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the country
and was ranked fourth in the country in U.S. News and World Report's
"Undergraduate Research" category.
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Furman University
By Courtney Tollison
Published by Arcadia Publishing, 2004
ISBN 0738517259, 9780738517254