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

1. "Then I Saw the Congo": A Negro Revival Meeting

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

2. A "Hant" Drinks Whiskey / Hants and Boogers

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

3. 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

4. A Conjure Story

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

5. 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

6. A Haunted House

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. A Negro of Genius Who Should Most Certainly Be Widely Known: Harleston! Who Is E. A. Harleston?

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

10. A New Crop Makes History

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. All Gawd's Chillun Got uh Shoe

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

16. Allendale Farms

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

17. An Agreement (Sale of Negroes)

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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Art

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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. Big Zion Presbyterian Makes History

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. 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

30. Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

31. Bishop Isom C. Clinton, Lancaster County, South Carolina

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

32. 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

33. 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

34. Burt Haygood, a Faithful Slave: Anderson County, South Carolina

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

35. 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

36. 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

37. Celia Dial Saxon

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

38. Celia Dial Saxon (1857–1935), Richland County

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

39. Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church

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

40. Certainly, Certainly, Certainly, Lawd

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

41. Charitable Activities, Negro Church

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. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. Charms

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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. Clayton (Peg-Leg) Bates

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

61. 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

62. Climbin' Up de Mountain Chillun

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

63. 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

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. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. Daniel Jackson Sanders, Fairfield 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. Daniel Prayed Three Times a Day

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

74. 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

75. 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

76. De Righteous Train

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

77. De Train Gwinna Leab Yuh

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

78. 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

79. 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

80. Doctor Matilda Evans, Richland County, South Carolina

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

81. Down Dar!

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

82. Down by de Ribber (River) Side

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

83. Dr. H. U. Seabrook Makes Major Advance in Radiation Treatment

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

84. Dr. John J. Starks, Richland County

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

85. 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

86. 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

87. Dreams and Their Interpretations

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

88. E. A. Harleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

89. E. M. Brawley, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

90. Early Negro Life in South Carolina Low-country

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

91. 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

92. 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

93. Edmond M. T. Jenkins, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

94. Education of the Negro in Charleston, S.C. Prior to the Civil War

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

95. 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

96. Elizabeth E. Wright, 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

97. 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

98. Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

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

99. 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

100. 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

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