ENGL 111 (Moore): Monument Research

NPS Data Store is a National Park Service database containing a variety of reports, articles, and books about national parks. Highlights include Natural Resources and History/Cultural Resources. In the Advanced Search, choose the Text Field dropdown and search for your national park in the title field.

Search USGS site for any geology and environmental information related to specific locations.

Map and list of National Park Service sites in South Carolina. Pages for each site have introductory information. ***Note that Fort Moultrie is included as part of the Fort Sumter National Monument***

Read summaries of South Carolina sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Importantly, also view the original application for inclusion in the register. These are rich in detail and often contain bibliographies with references to useful material.

A useful place to find background information, but remember that anybody can edit this information. You probably shouldn't cite a Wikipedia page as a source. Pay attention to cited sources and external links at the bottom of pages to help you find authoritative information.

Created in June 2020 and updated weekly, this mapping project seeks to document and map the Confederate monuments, memorials, and plaques removed, promised for removals and renaming and other examples connected with global white supremacy. The various layers help to provide some insight of a five-year period within the broader history of the Confederate monuments.