| In
1956 Dr. Irene Dillard Elliott was the South Carolina State Organizing
Secretary for the Daughters of the American Revolution. At that time,
she decided that the University of South Carolina should have a DAR chapter
and began recruiting 65 ladies for charter members. By February of
1958 she had recruited the wife of thePresident of USC, the widow of a
former President, a dean's wife and daughter, a professor's mother, professors
and professors' wives, administrative staff and wivesof the same.
Dr. Elliott also recruited her two sisters.
The
chapter was named The University of South Carolina Chapter because everymember
was affiliated with the University in some way. It remained that
way until the
membership was expanded to include Friends of the University in the 1960s.
The
first meeting was held in the Russell House, which had just opened in 1955
and was the star
of the campus. Meetings were also held in the Governor's Mansion,
the Lace
House, Columbia Museum of Art, the State Archives Building, Caroliniana
Library and the
home of the President of the University of South Carolina.
The
membership in USC Chapter is now open to all ladies who qualify for membership
in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The
meetings are heldin various locations in the Columbia area. |
