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21-577: The land on which the Visanska-Starks House sits was previously owned by Mrs. Bessie Springs Childs, daughter of the family that founded Springs Industries in Fort Mill, SC (now Springs Global ); wife of Capt. Lysander D. Childs, a banker and legislator; sister-in-law of William G. Childs, President of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad , and daughter-in-law of Colonel Lysander D. Childs. Childs,

42-711: A South Carolina pre-Civil War industrialist, was ancestor to William C. Westmoreland , the US Army General who commanded military operations during the peak of the Vietnam War . Mrs. Childs sold the land to Caroline Weston Arthur, daughter of planter and physician Dr. William Weston IV of Grovewood in Lower Richland County . Through her father, Caroline's distant relatives included state legislators Joel Adams , William Weston Adams , South Carolina Governor James Hopkins Adams , and diplomat Weston Adams . Caroline

63-705: A Tree of Life President, was a founder of Town Theatre , the oldest community theatre building in continuous use in the United States. The Visanska house was full of music; mother Rachel was a pianist, son Daniel played the violin professionally in several orchestras in Europe. Florence and Morton were musicians, and child prodigy Bertha attended the National Conservatory of Music of America , directed by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak . Daniel Visanska served as concertmaster for

84-712: A historic marker from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in 2007. Sponsored by the Richland County Conservation Commission, this state historic marker is the first erected in the District. The House and its carriage house were recognized in the Congressional Record by James Clyburn for being featured on the HGTV show "If Walls Could Talk" during Waverly's Centennial. At

105-619: A nurses home for Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital , fitting Mrs. Julia Stark's desire that the house serve the community. Waverly District, bounded by Gervais, Harden and Taylor Streets and Millwood Avenue, was listed in the National Register for Historic Places in 1989. The Visanska Starks House is a non-contributing property in the NRHP District, but is included in the City of Columbia Waverly Protection Area. The Visanska Starks House received

126-602: Is found there is entered at the request of Members of the House of Representatives. From a legal standpoint, most materials in the Congressional Record are classified as secondary authority , as part of a statute's legislative history . By custom and rules of each house, members also frequently "revise and extend" their remarks made on the floor before the debates are published in the Congressional Record . Therefore, for many years, speeches that were not delivered in Congress appeared in

147-573: Is in session. The Congressional Record Index is updated daily online and published monthly. At the end of a session of Congress, the daily editions are compiled in bound volumes constituting the permanent edition. Chapter 9 of Title 44 of the United States Code authorizes publication of the Congressional Record . The Congressional Record consists of four sections: the House section, the Senate section,

168-571: The Congressional Record , including in the sections purporting to be verbatim reports of debates. In recent years, however, these revised remarks have been preceded by a "bullet" symbol or, more recently and currently, printed in a typeface discernibly different from that used to report words spoken by members. The Congressional Record is publicly available for records before 1875 via the Library of Congress ' American Memory Century of Lawmaking website, and since 1989 via Congress.gov (which replaced

189-696: The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting . The event expressed a commitment to public health and non-violence, and observed historic ties between the Spann Medical Office, the Visanska Starks House and Good Samaritan Waverly Hospital. Visanska Starks House with Historic Columbia Foundation online tours Fort Mill, South Carolina Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

210-647: The Register of Debates , the first series of publications containing congressional debates. The Register of Debates contains summaries of "leading debates and incidents" of the period rather than a verbatim debate transcript. From 1834 to 1856, Gale and Seaton retroactively compiled the Annals of Congress , covering congressional debates from 1789 to 1824 using primarily newspaper accounts. When Andrew Jackson's Democrats came into power in congress around 1830, Gales and Seaton's popularity declined due to their differing views with

231-602: The THOMAS database in 2016). Thanks to a partnership between GPO and the Library of Congress, digital versions of the bound editions are available on govinfo.gov for 1873 to 2001 (Volumes 1-147) and 2005 to 2015 (Volumes 151-161). Govinfo.gov also provides access to digital versions of the daily edition from 1994 (Volume 140) to the present. In early United States history, there was no record of Congressional debates. The contemporary British Parliament from which Congress drew its tradition

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252-609: The 2019 historical marker unveiling at the Dr. Cyril O. Spann Medical Office in Columbia, South Carolina, a planting and dedication ceremony for a Tree of Peace and Resistance held that day in conjunction with the Visanska Starks House recognized actions of mutual support between members of Emanual African Methodist Episcopal Church who had experienced the Charleston Church shooting and members of Tree of Life _ Or L'Simcha Congregation after

273-635: The Conservatory. Visanska grandson Herbert Goodkind, lived in the house for a time with his parents, Walter and Annie Visanska Goodkind. Herbert was deeply influenced by his Uncle Dan, and grew to love music, especially the violin. He later wrote “Violin Iconography by Antonio Stradivari ”, a definitive work on this master violin maker, and was a founder of the Violin Society of America . Oberlin College holds

294-602: The Extensions of Remarks, and, since the 1940s, the Daily Digest. At the back of each daily issue is the Daily Digest, which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities and serves as a table of contents for each issue. The House and Senate sections contain proceedings for the separate chambers of Congress. A section of the Congressional Record titled Extensions of Remarks contains speeches, tributes and other extraneous words that were not uttered during open proceedings of

315-900: The Violin Society of America/Herbert K. Goodkind Collection, noted by master violinist Itzhak Perlman as the “most significant single collection of literature in the world about the making, playing and teaching of stringed instruments.” See also: African Americans in South Carolina The home became the residence of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John J. Starks during their administration as first Black president and first lady of Benedict College (1930-1944). Prior to this, Dr. Starks served as President of Morris College in Sumter (1912-1930), and Seneca Institute in Oconee County (1899-1912). The house later became

336-556: The War of 1812, public sessions became commonplace. In the early 1800s, political reporting was dominated by National Intelligencer , the first newspaper of Washington, D.C. Newspapers with reporters in the chamber regularly published floor statements in their reports. Joseph Gales and William Seaton , the editors of the Intelligencer , became regular fixtures in the House and Senate chambers. In 1824, Gales and Seaton began publishing

357-577: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 443153168 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 06:54:08 GMT Congressional Record The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress , published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress

378-597: The full Senate or of the full House of Representatives. Witnesses in committee hearings are often asked to submit their complete testimony "for the record" and only deliver a summary of it in person. The full statement will then appear in a printed volume of the hearing identified as "Statements for the Record" . In years past, this particular section of the Congressional Record was called the "Appendix". While members of either body may insert material into Extensions of Remarks, Senators rarely do so. The overwhelming majority of what

399-670: Was a highly secretive body, and publishing parliamentary proceedings in Britain did not become legal until 1771. The Constitution , in Article ;I , Section 5, requires Congress to keep a journal of its proceedings, but both the House Journal and the Senate Journal include only a bare record of actions and votes rather than records of debates. In the first twenty years, Congress made frequent use of secret sessions. Beginning with

420-631: Was home to black and white residents, and the Visanskas enjoyed friendships with such neighbors as funeral home owner Willis Johnson. Visanska was a founder of the Tree of Life Congregation in Columbia, later serving as its first vice president and president. His niece was Sarah Visanska , a founder and first president of the Charleston section of the National Council of Jewish Women . His son Morton Visanska, also

441-491: Was the widow of William Lindsley Arthur, whose family land would later become Arthurtown . See also: Jews in the Southern United States Mrs. Arthur built the home in 1900. In 1913, she sold the house to Barrett Visanska, a Polish immigrant, jeweler and watchmaker by trade. Through his wife Rachel Trager, Visanska's distant relatives included Esther Gottesman and David Gottesman . During this time, Waverly

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