Creator: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975 / Collection: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook / Institution: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

1. I am awarded $2000. for the loss of Redcliffe land to new defense highway; [Letter], 12 Jan. 1951 (Aiken County, S.C.), from Board of Condemnation to John Shaw Billings (New York, N.Y.); 12 Jan. 1951

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

2. Jan. 1951 The boundaries of the H-bomb plant are reduced and Jackson and Snelling are saved from construction, [newspaper clipping], 12 Jan. 1951

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

3. The Road that Ruins Redcliffs Privacy!, [newspaper clipping], 31 Jan. 1951, [in] Augusta Herald (Augusta, GA); 31 Jan. 1951

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

4. The Road that Ruins Redcliffs Privacy!, [newspaper clipping], 31 Jan. 1951, [in] Augusta Herald (Augusta, GA); 31 Jan. 1951

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

5. I am notified that the state is condemning a strip of my Redcliffe land to run the four-lane highway through to the H-bomb plant; [Letter], 28 Dec. 1950 (Columbia, S.C.), from J.B. Barker to John Shaw Billings (New York, N.Y.); 28 Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

6. I am notified that the state is condemning a strip of my Redcliffe land to run the four-lane highway through to the H-bomb plant; [Letter], 28 Dec. 1950 (Columbia, S.C.), from J.B. Barker to John Shaw Billings (New York, N.Y.); 28 Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

7. 1950 -And back to current news, the H-bomb site six miles away, This story riled me badley because it was wrong in harping on poverty and sharecroppers, the usual Time stereotype on the south; The Atom: The Displaced, [magazine clipping], 11 Dec. 1950, [in] Time (New York, N.Y.); 11 Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

8. 1950 -And back to current news, the H-bomb site six miles away; Atomic Plant Area Grieves at Exodus, [newspaper clipping], 8 Dec. 1950, [in] New York Times (New York, N.Y.); 8 Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

9. 1950 -And back to current news, the H-bomb site six miles away; Atomic Plant Area Grieves at Exodus, [newspaper clipping], 8 Dec. 1950, [in] New York Times (New York, N.Y.); 8 Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

10. These N[ew] Y[ork] Times stories are the best of the great outslopping of sentimentality over the people to be moved out of the area, behind the tears, great cupidity; [newspaper clipping image], Dec. 1950 [in] New York Times, (New York, N.Y.); Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

11. These N[ew] Y[ork] Times stories are the best of the great outslopping of sentimentality over the people to be moved out of the area, behind the tears, great cupidity; [newspaper clipping map image], 9 Dec. 1950 [in] New York Times, (New York, N.Y.); 9 Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

12. Atomic Neighbors Foresee Rich Era, [newspaper clipping], 9 Dec. 1950, [in] New York Times, (New York, N.Y.); 9 Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

13. Downer burned Dec. 1, 1950-about 2 A.M.; Fire destroys Downer school, [newspaper clipping], 1 Dec. 1950; Dec. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

14. Tests with Polaroid camera, note how open Redcliffe looks with garden removed, Camera at 7; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

15. At noon on Nov. 28, 1950 it was announced that the U.S. govt. was taking 250,000 acres near Redcliffe for its H-bomb plant, the worst news since Sherman's march; New U.S. War Capital, Revenue Millions in Ellenton's Ashes, [newspaper clipping], 29 Nov. 1950, [in Augusta Chronicle, (Augusta, GA)]; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

16. At noon on Nov. 28, 1950 it was announced that the U.S. govt. was taking 250,000 acres near Redcliffe for its H-bomb plant, the worst news since Sherman's march; Where new plant will be located, [newspaper clipping], 29 Nov. 1950, [in] Augusta Chronicle, (Augusta, GA); Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

17. Frederica Wade Billings and John Shaw Billings; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

18. Tests with Polaroid camera, note how open Redcliffe looks with garden removed, Camera at 5; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

19. Tests with Polaroid camera, note how open Redcliffe looks with garden removed, Camera at 6; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

20. At noon on Nov. 28, 1950 it was announced that the U.S. govt. was taking 250,000 acres near Redcliffe for its H-bomb plant, the worst news since Sherman's march, now skip ahead 28 pages to pick up this same story; Bemoan Loss of Fine Hunting Area Which is to be H-bomb Plant, [newspaper clipping], 29 Nov. 1950, [in Augusta Chronicle, (Augusta, GA)]; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

21. Lucky Star [the dog]; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

22. Frederica Wade Billings and susanquas, they were killed back when it went to 10 deg. Nov. 25; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

23. Frederica Wade Billings under piazza; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

24. Frederica Wade Billings at desk in ""Grandfather's Room""; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

25. My second cousin, she died Nov. 15, we attended her funeral, her trouble: leukemia; Miss Pauline Verdery dies at hospital, [newspaper clipping], Nov. 1950; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

26. John Shaw Billings; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

27. Harry Hammond, aged 45; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

28. Elese Van Pelt and Harry Hammond; Nov. 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

29. Harry Hammond, Frederica Billings, and Henry Hammond in Redcliffe side yard in afternoon shade; May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

30. A few of Dennis and Beth's countless grandchildren in Pecan Orchard on Redcliffe property; May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

31. Redcliffe gets a bathroom (the fourth) built in the nursery, The work takes from May to August and costs $1457, [architecutral sketch]; May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

32. Outline specifications for bath for Mr. John Shaw Billings, May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

33. [Letter], 9 May 1950 (Augusta, GA), from Hansford Anderson, Jr. to John Shaw Billings (Augusta, GA); May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

34. One of Harry's case's, Byrd was cutting Redcliffe timber and sawing it across the road; Assualt reported at Beech Island [and] Theft Reported at Beech Island, [newspaper clipping], 5 May 1950; May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

35. Henry C. Hammond-81 1/2 yrs. [and] John S. Billings-52 yrs; May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

36. Our Jeep station wagon, still new and nice; May 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

37. This highway will cut through the bottom edge of Redcliffe land; Four-lane highway, Road to atomic area is to be a 'rush' job, [newspaper clipping], 1950, [in] Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA); 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

38. Broad Street, Augusta [GA]; [newspaper clipping image]; 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

39. Forgotten is the Ellentown riot of Sept. 1876; Ellentown, [newspaper clipping], 1950, [in] N[ew] Y[ork] Times (New York, N.Y.); 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

40. Gertrude Dunbar's son killed, We went to the funeral; Augusta Air Cadet is Killed in Wreck, [newspaper clipping], 1950; 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

41. Norah Cohen, great good friend of Redcliffe's, dies April 4, 1950, aged 86; L-K-S In a Garden, [newspaper clipping], 4 Apr. 1950; 1950

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

42. And we see a steam boat at Silver Bluff [in Aiken County, S.C.]; Oct. 1-Nov. 12, 1949

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

43. We buy Jeep station wagon; Oct. 1-Nov. 12, 1949

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

44. The old elm in the side yard is cut down; Oct. 1-Nov. 12, 1949

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

45. We have Redcliffe painted two coats of white (77 gals.); Oct. 1-Nov. 12, 1949

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

46. We have Redcliffe painted two coats of white (77 gals.); Oct. 1-Nov. 12, 1949

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

47. These pictures are second rate works by famous painters, were purchased in Europe by James H. Hammond, They hung in Redcliffe unti lafter his death, In the settlement of his estate they went to his son Spann who took them away, They passed to Spann's son, James, who now gives them to Columbia Museum; Three Valuable Portraits Are Placed on Permanent Loan to Columbia Art Museum by James H. Hammond, [newspaper clipping], 30 Oct. 1949, [in] The State (Columbia, S.C.); 30 Oct. 1949

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

48. William R. Eve Taken by Death, [newspaper clipping, part 2], 5 Nov. 1948, in Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA); Nov. 1948

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

49. We attend a farewell dinner to Henry C. Hammond by Bar Association; Lawyers Hear Dean of Bar Read His Will, [newspaper clipping], 29 Nov. 1948; Nov. 1948

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

50. She was a sister of Jerome and Warren Fair; Miss Kellah Fair Passes at Edgefield, [newspaper clipping], 29 Nov. 1948; Nov. 1948

Creator:: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975
Collection:: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

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