sentences:  The Waccamaw Room is also housed in Kimbel Library.The creation of this special collection began in 1980 with the Waccamaw Regional Studies Program, later called the Waccamaw Regional Studies Center, and now known as the Waccamaw Center for Southern History and Culture.The mission of the Center is to research and disseminate studies in Southern history and culture with a special emphasis on studies of the Waccamaw Region of South Carolina.