Alexia Jones Helsley

Alexia Jones Helsley--author, historian and archivist--loves to study and write about South Carolina's long and unique history. She grew up in Beaufort and developed a lifelong love affair with the Lowcountry. Currently, she teaches history at the University of South Carolina-Aiken and serves as the university archivist. Among her publications are South Carolinians in the War for American Independence, Beaufort, South Carolina: A History, Wicked Edisto: The Dark Side of Eden and Wicked Columbia...See more

Alexia Jones Helsley--author, historian and archivist--loves to study and write about South Carolina's long and unique history. She grew up in Beaufort and developed a lifelong love affair with the Lowcountry. Currently, she teaches history at the University of South Carolina-Aiken and serves as the university archivist. Among her publications are South Carolinians in the War for American Independence, Beaufort, South Carolina: A History, Wicked Edisto: The Dark Side of Eden and Wicked Columbia. Recently, she published "Dr. Daniel Lesesne Smith and the Spartanburg Baby Hospital: A Chapter in South Carolina Progressivism," in Recovering the Piedmont Past II and "A Girl, a Boy, and a Train" in Our Prince of Scribes: Authors Remember Pat Conroy. A graduate of Furman University and the University of South Carolina, Helsley chairs the Old Exchange Commission and is the recipient of the Governor's Archives Award. See less