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Tollison, Harris pen article about Furman’s historic campuses throughout SC
Courtney Tollison ’99, Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar. Photo: Dear Lissie Photography
Emily Anne Harris ’25. Photo by Nathan Gray, Furman University.
In a commentary published in The Post and Courier, Courtney Tollison and Emily Anne Harris trace Furman University’s history from its beginnings in Edgefield, South Carolina, in 1826 to its home in the Upstate. Tollison, a 1999 alum and Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar at Furman, and Harris, a 2025 Furman history alum, connect Furman’s Upcountry identity to its rich and sometimes “messy” legacy in the Lowcountry, Midlands and Pee Dee regions. The article is the second in a series marking Furman’s bicentennial year. The first is published here.
Tollison’s latest book is “Furman University: A Bicentennial History, 1826-2026” (Duke University Press). Harris is a graduate student in Clemson’s Historic Preservation Program.
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