I made this program for a movie premiere at USC-Aiken.

2. Program
March 29, 2010
• Welcome
• Recognition of Special Guests
• Presentation of the Pickens-Salley Southern
Woman of Distinction Award
• Keynote Presentation: “Edgewood: Stage of
• Southern History”
• Closing Thoughts
• Gala Event on the grounds of the Pickens-
Salley House
DVDs of the documdrama, CDs of the original music (by JR.
Hall) for the production, posters and books will be available for
purchase following the program
Special thanks to: Sissy Brodie, Dr. Maggi Morehouse, Chris
Koelker, Barbara Morgan, Judith Goodwin, Debbie Boggs, Eddie
Rogers, and the staff of the USCA Advancement Office

3. “Edgewood: Stage of Southern History” is
a docudrama featuring the stories of the
extraordinary people who have lived, worked
and visited in this historic home in its nearly 200
year history including stories of: the Antebellum
era, the War Between the States, the Pickens
visit to Czarist Russia, the Suffrage movement,
the Winter Colony settlement in Aiken, the Civil
Rights era, and the creation of the Savannah
River Site.
With gratitude to the sponsoring organizations
for the documentary: The Community
Foundation of the CSRA, The Humanities Council
of South Carolina, South Carolina National
Heritage Corridor, Porter Fleming Foundation,
the Aiken Branch of the American Association
of University Women, American Association of
University Women, SC League of Women Voters,
and the Julian B. Salley Pickens-Salley House
Endowment at the University of South Carolina
Aiken
More information available at www.edgewoodfilm.com

4. History
Called “the last and perhaps the greatest” house of the Federal
period built in South Carolina, the Pickens-Salley House was originally
constructed in 1829 in Edgefield by Francis W. Pickens, Minister to Russia
and secessionist Governor of South Carolina. The house was a center
of social activity during the Antebellum era, and Pickens and his third
wife, the former Lucy Petway Holcombe, entertained many leaders of
the Confederacy in their home. Lucy was known as the “Queen of the
Confederacy” and was the only woman to be featured on Confederate
currency.
“Edgewood,” as the Pickens family called the house, was 100 years
old when it was acquired in 1929 by Julian and Eulalie Salley. It was
moved to Aiken and reconstructed board-by-board but with a number of
improvements and alterations. Mrs. Salley - Eulalie – was one of South
Carolina’s earliest business women and was also a leader in the suffrage
movement. Eulalie lived at the Pickens House until her death in 1975.
The house was acquired in 1986 by developer Ronald B. Bolton of the
Bolton Group, who generously donated the dwelling to the University of
South Carolina Aiken. And so, Edgewood - now the Pickens-Salley House
- moved one more time, but only for a distance of a few blocks to its
new home on the USCA campus.
For information on how you can support our efforts with your
contribution, contact the USCA Advancement Office at (803) 641-3448 or
advancement@usca.edu. Contributions made on behalf of the Pickens-
Salley House should be made payable to the Aiken Partnership.
Aiken Partnership
University of South Carolina Aiken
471 University Parkway, Aiken, South Carolina 29801
(803) 641-3448