Media Type: Manuscripts / Geographic Information: Lowcountry / Date: 1936 - 1937

1. 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

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. 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

4. Adele Frost, Ex-slave 93 Years of Age

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

5. Andrew Bryan

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

6. 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

7. Art and John H. Green

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

8. Attempted Insurrection in 1822

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

9. Avery Institute: The Pride of Charleston

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

10. B. F. Cox Leaves Avery Institute

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

11. Bishop Alexander Daniel Paine

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

12. Charleston Bagging Mill

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

13. Charleston Folk Have Odd Way of Speech to Stranger

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

14. 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

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. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

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. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. City and County Dental Work

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

28. 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

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. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. Dart Hall Branch of Charleston Library

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

34. Dave White 91 Years Old

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

35. Denmark Vesey

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

36. Dr. William Crum

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

37. Dr. William H. Johnson

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

38. Early Negro Schools and Freedmen

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

39. Earthquake on September 8, 1886

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

40. Elizabeth E. Wright Menafee: Founder of Voorhees Institute, Bamberg County, South Carolina

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

41. Ex-Congressman Thomas Ezekiel Miller

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

42. Ex-Naval Cadet, Alonza Clifton McClennan

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

43. 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

44. Ex-slave Born 1857

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

45. 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

46. Fire on Boat 30 Years Ago Started Orphanage

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. Flower Venders 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. Francis L. Cardoza, Charleston County

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

57. Games

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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. John Wesley Moultrie

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

65. Ladies' Garden Club

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

66. 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

67. Legends

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

68. List of Famous Songs, Ballads, and Stories About Charleston and Low Country

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. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. Master Was Never So Morocious

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

75. 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

76. Miscellaneous Superstitions: Charms and Magic

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

77. Miscellaneous Superstitions: Charms and Magic

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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. Negro Amusement Centers

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

82. 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

83. Negro Contribution to South Carolina

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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. Negro Health and Social Service

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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. Negro Religious Institutions [The "Sanctified" Church]

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

94. Negro Rural Life

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

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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

98. Negro Spirituals

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

99. 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

100. 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

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