Geographic Information: Charleston County (S.C.) / Date: 1936 - 1937 / Language: English

1. Cooshine Baby

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

2. A Negro Tale

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

3. Peep Hell

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

4. Street Criers Brawl: Poggy

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

5. Anecdotes

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

6. Old Sayings and Superstitions

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

7. [Source cards for John Bull, Benjamin Brawley, and Mamie Sanders]

Creator:: WPA Federal Writers' Project, South Carolina
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

8. Negro Customs: Family Mourning / Churches

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

9. Legend: "If de Lord Spea' My Life"

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

10. Charms and Common Formulas for Different Diseases

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

11. Street Criers Brawl: Shrimpee Roe

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

12. Slangs

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

13. [References to unidentified story]

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

14. Screet Criers Brawl: Sweet Banana

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

15. Charms

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

16. Sissie in the Barn

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

17. Work Songs of the Negro

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

18. Old Sayings and Superstitions

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

19. Voodooism

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

20. Children's Games

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

21. Games

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

22. Folk Customs and Folk Lore [Spiritualism]

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

23. Negro Spirituals

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

24. Charms: Magic Rose Charm / Grave Yard Dust / The Lucky Elephant

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

25. Ghost Stories and Old Sayings

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

26. Negro Tales

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

27. Negro Tales

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

28. Children's Games

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

29. Come On Wood Your Money

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

30. Luck Charms

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

31. Street Cries of Charleston, South Carolina

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

32. Street Criers of Charleston, S.C.

Creator:: Middleton, Laura
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

33. Folk Songs

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

34. Slangs

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

35. Shu Turkey

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

36. Negro Spirituals

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

37. Negro Spirituals

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

38. Children's Games

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

39. Negro Work Songs

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

40. Negro Legends, a Negro Custom, and Old Sayings

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

41. Street Cries of Charleston

Creator:: Nelson, Robert L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

42. Folk-lore

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

43. Folk Customs

Creator:: Nelson, Robert L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

44. Negro Songs

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

45. Luck Charms

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

46. Folklore

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

47. Negro Ballads

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

48. Common Ailments and Their Cure

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

49. Weird Celebration Is Held By Negroes of Two Counties

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

50. Children's Games

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

51. Negro Legends

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

52. Negro Custom (Burials)

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

53. My Lord Gwine to Move This Wicked Race

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

54. Street Cries of Charleston, South Carolina

Creator:: Middleton, Laura
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

55. The Brown Fellowship Society

Creator:: WPA Federal Writers' Project, South Carolina
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

56. Street Cries of Charleston, South Carolina

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

57. Folk Customs, Folk Lore [Omens]

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

58. Charms: To Discover a Thief by the Sieve and Shears [and Others]

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

59. The Immaculate Conception Catholic School

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

60. A Dead Dog / A Five Year Old

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

61. Magnolia Cemetery: Ghosts Romance at Night in Chapel

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

62. My Mind Stayed on Jesus

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

63. Children's Games

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

64. Children's Games

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

65. Reel Songs

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

66. Meeting the Situation [and Other Folklore]

Creator:: WPA Federal Writers' Project, South Carolina
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

67. Negro Customs [Ghosts]

Creator:: WPA Federal Writers' Project, South Carolina
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

68. Superstitions of the Negro (Continued)

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

69. Legends

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

70. Folk Songs [alternate copy]

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

71. Ghost Stories and Old Sayings

Creator:: Middleton, Laura
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

72. Cum Wood Yur Money

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

73. Negro Legend: Walk, Gospel, Walk

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

74. Ghost Stories and Legends: The Giving of Money by Spirits

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

75. Negro Tales / Children's Games

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

76. Negro Spirituals

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

77. Negro Folklore

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

78. Children's Games / Negro Legends

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

79. Notes on Labor Organizations in South Carolina, 1742–1861

Creator:: Snowden, Yates
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

80. Churchyard Romance Taken for Call from Angel Gabriel

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

81. The Minister and the Boy

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

82. Slangs / Legend: "Shet Dat Damn Cold Door on My Back"

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

83. Magic Charms

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

84. A Plantation Song: Going from de Cotton Fields

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

85. Ghost Stories

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

86. Luck Charms

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

87. Folk-lore [Ghost Stories and Old Sayings]

Creator:: Middleton, Laura
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

88. Negro Work Songs

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

89. Island Negroes of South Carolina Coast: Burial Societies and Lodges

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

90. The Industrial Pursuits of the Negro in South Carolina

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

91. Negro Folk Songs

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

92. Ex-slave 101 Years of Age

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

93. The Negro Hospital and Training School for Nurses

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

94. Charleston Negro Life Side Glances

Creator:: Nelson, Robert L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

95. Music and Drama

Creator:: WPA Federal Writers' Project, South Carolina
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

96. Experiences of an Ex-slave on Wadmalaw Island

Creator:: Ladson, Augustus
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

97. Civic Organizations

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

98. Jenkin's Bands Earn $75,000 Up

Creator:: Hare, Mildred
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

99. White Overseer Had Negro Wife

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

100. Uncle Dave White

Creator:: Middleton, Laura L.
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

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