Media Type: Manuscripts / Date: 1936 - 1937

1. Faith Cures and Superstitions

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

2. Bad Luck Omens

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

3. Superstitions

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

4. 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

5. The Negro's Adjustment to Slavery and His Development Under Slavery Regime

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

6. 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

7. [Source cards for Capt. John Smith and Marion Birnie Wilkinson]

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. Recreations—In and Near Charleston

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

9. Recreations—Rural

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

10. Work Song: John Henry, the Steel Driving Man

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

11. A Survey of Folklore in 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

12. [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

13. 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

14. The Negro in South Carolina After 1865

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

15. South Carolina's Dirt Eating Cult

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

16. 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

17. A Hermit's Ghost

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

18. Recreation

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

19. Reconstruction

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

20. Morris College, Sumter, 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

21. Slavery of the Negro in 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

22. The Stono Insurrection (1739): Charles Town, 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

23. Monument to Faithful Slaves at Fort Mill

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

24. Promised Land, Greenwood County, 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. Camp Welfare

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

29. Joseph Calhoun: A Faithful Slave and a Brave Civil War Servant

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

30. Faith-cure Practices in Columbia

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

31. 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

32. 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

33. Faith-cures

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

34. The Silent Chant

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

35. Folklore in Columbia

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

36. Faith-cures

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

37. Language and Localisms

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

38. Ha'nt and Witch Experiences

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

39. Dialect Words and Phrases (Sumter County)

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

40. Seven Seals Day

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

41. Seven Seals Day

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

42. Cunjur Doctors

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

43. Cunjur Doctors

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

44. Miscellaneous Superstitions

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

45. Miscellaneous Superstitions

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

46. Singing Convention

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

47. Customs

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

48. Folk Ways (Lancaster County)

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

49. Borninecker-Rodie, Kyanger [manuscript]

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

50. Borninecker-Rodie, Kyanger

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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. The Worth to Society of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner

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

55. 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

56. Research Work on the Negro Spirituals

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

57. The Jenkins Orphanage Band

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

58. The Ellenton Riot

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

59. Howard School

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

60. 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

61. 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

62. Swing Dose Gates Ajar

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

63. Pompey, the Slave Who Had Champagne with General LaFayette

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

64. 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

65. Henry Lawrence McCrory

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

66. Cleveland G. Allen, Journalist and Musician

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

67. Mary Wright, Slave Born Educator, Spartanburg, 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

68. Folklore, Richland 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

69. 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

70. Frank Range: Civil War Servant and Hero

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

71. The J. J. Sulton and Sons Lumber Company, Orangeburg County

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

72. Uncle Ransom Simmons, Richland 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. [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

83. 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

84. William W. Beckett (1857–1926)

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. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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

95. 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

96. Rice Demonstration at Museum

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

97. 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

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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

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