State Records Available in SCERA
Here you can find a list to all state records currently available in SCERA. The list is arranged by record group, then by the records in that group which are currently available. Please check this list regularly, as new records are being added on a regular basis.
State Records
African-American History Monument Commission
Recordings of Commission meetings, 1996-1999
Recordings of public hearings, 1997
Recordings of Selection Recommendation Committee meetings, 1998
Agriculture, Dept. of
CD-ROMs of the Dept. of Agriculture’s website, 2002
Portraits of the Commissioners of Agriculture, 1904-2005
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Audiotape of the Charleston, S.C. Bicentennial commemoration, 1973
Archives and History, Dept. of
Oral history transcripts of the Robert E. McNair gubernatorial administration (1965-1971), 1979-1983
200 Candles, A Bicentennial film, 1975
Record set of agency publications, 1997-2005
Teaching American History files, 2001-2012
Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), 1971-2017
Survey of historic resources (compliance project data on surface properties), 1979-2019
African-American Heritage Commission
Annual meetings and events file, 2006-2008
Arts Commission, South Carolina
Minutes of the South Carolina Arts Commission, 2001-2010
Attorney General’s Office
CD-ROMs of the Attorney General’s website, 2002
Budget and Control Board
Audits of state agencies, 1990-2007
Minutes and Attachments of the Budget and Control Board, 1940-1998
Commerce, Dept. of
Published directories of South Carolina industries, 1999-2002
Comptroller General
CD-ROMs of the Comptroller General’s website, 2000-2003
Constitutional and Organic Papers
Articles of agreement between the Lords Proprietors, 1674
Nullification ordinances, 1832-1833
Proclamations relating to nullification, 1832-1833
Ordinance declaring the right to secede, 1852
Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of South Carolina, 1860
Composite photograph of the delegates, 1895
Corrections, Dept. of
National Corrections Reporting Program data files, 1987-1994
Administrative files of the director of the Dept. of Corrections, 1999-2013
Correspondence of the superintendent/director, 1999-2013
Council on Indigent Defense, South Carolina
Minutes of the Commission on Indigent Defense, 2003-2016
Deaf and Blind, School for the
Minutes of the Board of Commissioners, 2010-2019
Comprehensive permanent improvement plans, 2016-2020
State Auditor’s reports, 1998-2019
Organizational charts, 2008-2020
Accountability reports, 2007-2020
Minutes of the staff meetings, 2013-2020
Education, Dept. of
Minutes of the State Board of Education, 1998-2010
Education Lottery, South Carolina
Minutes and meeting files of the Lottery Commission, 2001-2009
Lottery operations presentation, 2003
Education Oversight Committee
Audio recordings of meetings, 2007-2011
DVD Film “When the Bough Breaks”, 2014
Education Television Commission, South Carolina
Audiovisual recordings of the governors’ inaugurals, 2011
Emergency Management Division
Comprehensive emergency management plan, 2009-2011
Hurricane emergency preparedness plans, 2009
Earthquake emergency operations plan, 2008-2010
Operational radiological emergency response plans, 2009-2011
Catastrophic incident response plans, 2009
Forestry Commission, South Carolina
Civilian Conservation Corps files (photographs), ca. 1934-1942
General Assembly
Commons House of Assembly
Free Conference Committee on Home Rule
Free Conference Committee on Home Rule report, 1975
House of Representatives. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
Legislative reference files, 1995-2002
House of Representatives. Judiciary Committee.
Hearings and exhibits on the impeachment of Marshall C. Sanford, Jr., 2009
House of Representatives. Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee.
Joint Bond Review Committee
Minutes and meeting files of the Joint Bond Review Committee, 1981-2007
Governor David M. Beasley
Internet home page files of Governor David M. Beasley, 1995-1999
Finding aid for Governor Beasley’s correspondence, 1995-1999
Governor James B. Edwards
Governor James H. Hodges
Public relations files, 1999-2003
CD-ROMs of the website of Governor James Hovis Hodges, 2003
Electronic log of governor’s office correspondence, 1999-2003
Governor John C. West
Youth volunteering public service announcements, ca. 1971-1975
Governor Mark C. Sanford
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request file, 2008-2009
Extraditions and renditions files, 2003-2005
Electronic log of Governor Mark Sanford’s constituent correspondence, 2003-2011
Orders for safekeeper files, 2003-2005
Daily press briefings, 2003-2010, bulk 2003-2005, 2010
Governor Mark Sanford photograph collection, 2002-2011
Executive budget proposal working files, 2003-2011
Governor Nikki R. Haley
Electronic log of Governor Nikki Haley’s constituent correspondence, 2011-2014
Photograph collection, 2012-2016
Recordings of cabinet meetings, 2011-2015
Speeches and other public event remarks, 2011-2016
Central correspondence file, 2014-2017
Press conferences and briefings, 2011-2016
Executive order files, 2011-2017
Statewide appointments, 2011-2017
Administrative files of the Office of Boards and Commissions, 2011-2016
Unlogged Incoming Correspondence, 2014-2017
Unlogged Outgoing Correspondence, 2013-2016
Correspondence of the Press Secretary, 2014-2017
Correspondence of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Budget and Policy, 2011-2014
Correspondence of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative Affairs, 2011-2017
Correspondence of the Chief Legal Counsel, 2015-2017
Freedom of Information Act files, 2011-2016
Hall of Fame, South Carolina
Inductee Biographical Videos, 2011-2014
Health and Environmental Control, Dept. of
Administrative reference files. 1999-2008
Agency organizational charts, 1999-2023
Promotional material, 1996-2020
Health and Human Services, Dept. of
Central correspondence files, 2006-2015
Higher Education, Commission on
Minutes and meeting materials of the Commission on Higher Education, 1967-2010
Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission
Minutes of the Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission, 1997-2010
Juvenile Justice, Dept. of
Judge Byars Speech, November 8, 2008
Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, Dept. of
Minutes of the State Board of Veterinary Examiners, 2006-2010
Minutes of the Real Estate Appraisers Board, 2004-2009
Minutes of the State Board of Dentistry, 2002-2010
Minutes of the State Athletic Commission, 2000-2010
Minutes of the State Board of Architectural Examiners, 2004-2010
Minutes of the Board of Occupational Therapy, 2006-2009
Minutes of the State Board of Medical Examiners, 2007-2010
Minutes of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, 2003-2010
Minutes of the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, 2004-2010
Minutes of the Board of Long Term Health Care Administrators, 2002-2010
Minutes of the State Board of Nursing, 2006-2010
Minutes of the Board of Social Work Examiners, 2006-2009
Minutes of the Board of Accountancy, 2003-2010
Minutes and meeting files of the Environmental Certification Board, 2012-2013
Minutes of the South Carolina Panel for Dietetics, 2009-2017
Minutes of the Board of Examiners in Optometry, 1936-2017
Minutes of the Board of Examiners in Opticianry, 1980-2017
Occupational injuries and illness survey, 2007-2014
South Carolina fatal occupational injury tables, 2007-2014
Agency organizational charts, 2015-2023
Legislative Audit Council
Comprehensive agency audit reports, 1976-2022
Minutes and attachments of the Legislative Audit Council, 1981-2018
Program audit reports, 1997-2022
System-wide studies and reports, 1977-2021
Lieutenant Governor
Photographs of Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler’s visit to Carolina Eastman, September 6, 2000
CD-ROMs of the website of Lieutenant Governor Robert Lee Peeler, 2003
Finding aid to Lieutenant Governor Peeler’s correspondence, 1999-2002
Alphabetical administrative reference and subject file, 2011-2017
Mental Health, Dept. of
Administrative, correspondence, and speech files of the director, 1919…2018
Brochures and other promotional material, 2006-2021
Minutes of the Mental Health Commission, 1828-2018
Public relations files, 2003-2022
Military Dept.
CD-ROM of the Adjutant General’s website, 2003
Earthquake emergency operations plan, 2008
Motor Vehicles, Dept. of
Administrative reference files, 1997-2011
Executive correspondence, 2000-2010
Natural Resources, Dept. of
Minutes of the Natural Resources Board, 1998-2007
Public information campaign radio announcements, 1996-2000
Report on employee feedback from regional staff meetings in 2000, 2000-2001
DVD of the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center, 2001
Brochures, flyers, and other public relations material, 1933-2019
Miscellaneous reports, studies, and plans, 1968-2016
Bulletins, notices, and press releases from state and federal agencies, 2016
Department of Natural Resources photographs and image files, 1998-2018
Blogs of the Department of Natural Resources, 2019
South Carolina Wildlife Magazine, 2018-2019
Department of Natural Resources social media files, 2019
Navy, Commissioners of the
Clerk’s pay bill book, 1778-1779
Office of Regulatory Staff
Old Exchange Building Commission
Recordings of Commission meetings, 1986-2017
Audio tour of the Old Exchange Building, ca. 1986-1992
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, Dept. of
South Carolina: the good life, 1970-2008
Project report on the mapping and site study of the Rivers Bridge Battlefield, 2005
Carolina, a film, ca. 1970-1971
Discovering South Carolina, 2003
Patriot’s Point Development Authority
Minutes and resolutions of the Patriot’s Point Development Authority, 2017-2018
Public Service Authority
Annual Reports of the Public Service Authority, 2005-2006
Minutes of the Public Service Authority, 2009-2010
Secretary of State
Commissions and appointments database, 1994-2008
CD-ROMs of the Secretary of State’s website, 2001-2003
Trademarks database, 1982-2004
Municipal corporations index, 1783-1996
Copies of plats and plans, 1728-1800, circa 1820-1821
Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Sentencing and parole databases, 1995-2001
State Housing Finance and Development Authority
General correspondence and administrative files of the executive director, 2004-2015
State Treasurer
CD-ROMs of the State Treasurer’s website, 2003
State Library
Minutes of the State Library Board, 2007-2018
Transportation, Dept. of
Movie film of the Silas Pearman Bridge, ca. 1966-1967
Highway construction allotment advice, 1927-2015
State Highway Department 60th anniversary film, 1977
Accountability reports, 1999-2020
Rail implementation plan reports, 2015-2020
Comprehensive permanent improvement plans, 2015-2017
Annual transit reports, 2014-2021
Legislative reports, 2014-2017
Annual C Fund Program reports, 2000-2018
Miscellaneous reports, 2001-2015
Minutes of the Dept. of Transportation Commission, 1988-2008
Strategic ten-year asset management plan, 2022
Tricentennial Commission
Opening week parade video tapes, 1970
Vocational Rehabilitation Department, South Carolina
Agency organizational charts, 2018
Minutes and meeting files of the Board of the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2018
Public relations files, 2015-2018
Minutes of the Council on Rehabilitation Education, 2018
Wil Lou Gray School (West Columbia, SC)
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1957-2018
Women, Commission on
Minutes of the Commission on Women, 2006-2009
Administrative, correspondence, and reference file, 2006-2009
