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The State COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005 SECTION HOT DATES Enjoy book signings, shopping and more this weekend at the S.C. Book Festival INSIDE, Page D6 Preserving a legacy Hollings archivist gets first glance at the stuff from which future histories will be written By CAROLYN CLICK Staff Writer IKE AN archaeologist digging through layers of sand and dirt, Lori Schwartz spends her workdays sorting through stacks of paper, the accumulation of more than 50 years of political life. As project archivist for the papers of U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, she is charged with a formidable task processing, organizing and cataloguing more than 2,000 boxes from Hollings' 38 years in Washington and 15 as governor, lieutenant governor and state representative.

The papers are unfiltered I history. Hauled box by box and trailer-load by trailer-load out of Hollings' offices and a Maryland records repository to a warehouse at USC, the collection is expected to become one of the most important sets of papers within South Caroliniana Library's Modern Political Collections. What Schwartz preserves in neatly lettered files and carefully labeled boxes will be grist for scholars for years to come. It is heady stuff for a young archivist, although she has given un convincing friends of the thrill archival work. "People think it is a fairly boring profession," Schwartz said.

"One of the most exciting parts is, SEE ARCHIVES PAGE D3 BEHIND THE CAMERA Admirers fall in behind 'Sarge' Lea "Sarge" Masters is still having his stint on the latest "Survivor" series. Jackson drill sergeant, who finished on of "Survivor: Vanuatu," appreciates that is willing to stand around for 20 or 30 Lea 'Sarge' Masters TUNE IN The new season of "Survivor" will debut at 8 tonight on WLTX-19, cable channel 9. whenever they go out while he signs autographs and answers questions. "I'm a talker," Masters admits, and everywhere he goes, fans of the reality show want him to talk. He also wants to use his popularity from the show to help recruit for the Army.

Masters' upcoming gigs also sound like more fun than catching piglets on Vanuatu. He has been invited to be the grand marshal for Columbia's St. Patrick's Day parade, and he plans to attend Sunday's Daytona 500, where his pal Chris Daugherty who won the $1 million prize on "Survivor: Vanuatu" will be married in Victory Lane. Masters gave Ashlee Ashby, the latest South Carolinian to join a "Survivor" cast, a 50-50 chance to take it all in "Survivor: Palau," which will begin tonight. Masters has not met Ashby contestants from previous shows are not allowed to talk to incoming contestants but based on what he SEE CAMERA PAGE D3 Lori Schwartz was just out of graduate school when Hollings, who retired from the U.S.

Senate Founded in 1991, Modern Political Collections is a division of USC's South Caroliniana Library. It is the repository for the papers of 52 of the state's post-World War political figures, including congressmen, governors, cabinet members and party officials, as well as documents related to political organizations. Of those, 35 are open to the public. (The S.C. Archives and History Center hold official papers of modern governors.) MPC has earned a national reputation as a repository she landed her dream assignment for a budding after 38 years.

The job at USC's Modern Political Caroline Nos USC'S MODERN POLITICAL COLLECTIONS for legislative papers. In 2000, it was identified in a congressional report as a "model documentation program." "The program's broad collecting focus has allowed it to successfully document contemporary political history in South Carolina," according to the report of the Advisory Committee on the Records, of Congress. "It clearly appeals to donors (who can be assured that their political collection will be well cared for and used), the researchers (who will find numerous subject-related collections in one convenient location) and to university administrators (who benefit from the program's national recognition and donor financial support)." 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JIMMY BUFFETT Jimmy Buffett brings his "A Saint Piece IF YOU GO of Land" tour to the Colonial Center ut Jimmy Buffett toment. If you're not a Parrothead. here are five things that will keep you When: tonight 171 the know about Buffett.

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Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You must show a picture identification to use the collections. The staff recommends calling in advance (803) 777-0577 -to let them know you are coming and alert them to your subject of interest.

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Junior goes to Mom and asks, "Can Fred spend the night?" Mom says no. So, Junior scoots quickly to Dad, before Mom has a chance to warn him, and asks the same question, to which an unsuspecting Dad answers, "Sure." Of course our kids have tried this tactic. And it has never, ever worked. Sure, at times one of us may have inadvertently overruled the other. But as soon as we SEE FAMILY PAGE D3.