Collection: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina

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. Superstitious Beliefs

Creator:: DuPre, F. S. and Turnage, Elmer
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

28. Customs

Creator:: Summer, G. L. and Turnage, Elmer
Collection:: WPA Federal Writers' Project on African American Life in South Carolina
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

29. Avery Normal Institute

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. Mather School, Beaufort County

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

34. 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

35. Emma J. Wilson: Founder of Mayesville Institute, Sumter County, S.C.

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

36. Negro Servant of the Old School

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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. A Wordless 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

44. A Banshee Visits the Congaree

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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. Faith Cures at the House of Prayer

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

49. Negro Spirituals

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

50. 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

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