Geographic Information: Charleston County (S.C.) / Collection: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina / Institution: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

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. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

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

4. 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

5. O Lord, I'm in Your Hands

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

6. God Knows I'm a Soldier Enlisted in the Army

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

7. He's Got His Eyes on You and Me

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

8. At the Ferry

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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. I'm Going to Build Right on That Shore

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

14. There's a Bright Light Somewhere

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. [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

21. 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

22. Charms

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Folk Custom, Folk Lore

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. 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

27. Folk Customs, Folk Lore [Superstitions]

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

28. 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

29. 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

30. Games

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

31. The Economic Future of the Negro in South Carolina

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

32. Music (Songs Commemorating Historical Events)

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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. Charleston Aids Negro Research

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

44. 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

45. Folk Customs and Folk Lore

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

46. 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

47. Slangs

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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. Voodooism Has Its Votaries in Charleston

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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. Real Spirituals

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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. Folk Customs: A Traditional Custom over the Dead

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

68. I'm on the Battlefield for My Lord

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

69. 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

70. 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

71. The Physical Condition in Some Charleston Negro Neighborhoods

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

72. 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

73. Negro 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

74. 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

75. Research 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

76. 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

77. Folk Burial Customs

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. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. Negro 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. Magic Charms

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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. Legends

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

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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

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