An Attempt To Save South Carolina's Historical Documents Is Destroying Them

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Pat McCawley, left, and Eric Emerson look at a drawing of an asylum built in Columbia, S.C., in the 1820s.

Historical documents across the country are facing an issue other than age: An effort to preserve them decades ago is hastening the documents’ demise.

(Image credit: Cooper McKim/South Carolina Public Radio)