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Castle Pinckney Work Continues- Testing And Monitoring During The Down Season In 2020, John Fisher
Castle Pinckney Work Continues- Testing And Monitoring During The Down Season In 2020, John Fisher
Faculty & Staff Publications
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Legacy - September 2020, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
Legacy - September 2020, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch
Contents:
Ancient Weapons from the Siege of Ninety Six…..p. 1
Director’s Notes…..p. 2
New Books Include Contributions by SCIAA Staff…..p. 4
Artillery Ammunition from the 1781 Siege of Star Fort…..p. 5
The Wateree Bug: Hellgrammites, Dobsonflies, and Mississippian Period Potters…..p. 8
Sixteenth-Century Scale Weights from Santa Elena…..p. 12
Update on the Activities of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (2014-2020)…..p. 17
Field Slave Quarters Discovered at Historic Brattonsville…..p. 23
Castle Pinckney Work Continues: Testing and Monitoring During the Down Season in 2020……p. 26
A Vietnam War-Era Training Village at Fort Jackson…..p. 28
Archaeological Survey at Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site…..p. 31 …
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.
Forggett, Essie (Fa 1104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Forggett, Essie (Fa 1104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1104. Student paper titled “Slavery in Green County” in which Essie Forggett details the history of the settlement of Green County and its eventual dependence upon slave labor. Forggett also includes stories of slave auctions, punishments, attempted escapes, and religious practices of slaves throughout the region. Paper is based on information collected by Forggett from county clerk records and in-person interviews with slave descendants.
Business, Education, And Enjoyment: Stakeholder Interpretations Of The Gettysburg Museum And Visitors Center, Ava M. Muhr
Business, Education, And Enjoyment: Stakeholder Interpretations Of The Gettysburg Museum And Visitors Center, Ava M. Muhr
Student Publications
An anthropological study of the Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center undertaken to understand the ways in which the visitor experience is conditioned by their own personal background, as well as filtered through the carefully constructed historical narrative created by museum historians, National Park Service rangers, and administrators. The Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center is a site in which multiple stakeholders contend to ensure that their interpretations of the museum’s purpose is being upheld. This paper will examine the ways in which these various stakeholders – primarily NPS rangers, Civil War historians, and history buffs – interpret the catalyst(s) for constructing …
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Mss 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Mss 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 531. Correspondence, research, historical and archaeological reports, contracts, budgets and other documents relating to the 1970s excavation and restoration of Fort Williams, a Civil War fortification at Glasgow, Kentucky.
Slavery - Tennessee (Sc 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slavery - Tennessee (Sc 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 704. Photostats of slave narratives which relate a folk history of slavery in Tennessee from interviews with former slaves. The records were prepared by the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938. Originals (typed) are in the Library of Congress.
Supernatural Experiences (Fa 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Supernatural Experiences (Fa 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scans of two out of thirteen papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 74. [Supernatural Experiences] Project completed by Western Kentucky University students for a folk studies class taught by Lynwood Montell. Collection focuses on short supernatural events experienced by informants. Subjects include dreams, ghosts, Ouija boards, sleepovers, church experiences and others.
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 23. Oral history interviews with various residents of Wayne County, Kentucky, conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students. Topics include the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one-room schools and banjo playing.
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 346. Correspondence and writings relating to the career of Allan Mitchell Trout, political reporter and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Includes letters from readers, written mostly on the occasion of his retirement, collections of Trout's "Greetings" columns, speeches and articles, historical memorabilia, correspondence relating to the Allan M. Trout Collection at Western Kentucky University, and messages of sympathy to his wife after Trout's death.
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Sc 1721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Sc 1721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1721. Correspondence related to the archaeological excavation of Civil War fortification, Fort Williams, in Glasgow, Kentucky. Also, report of archaeologist Jack M. Schock, news clipping, and photos.
Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 197. Interviews and transcripts with ninety-three year old Acie Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs (Edmonson County), Kentucky, about his life experiences. Includes photographs. WKU student Ricky Carroll, did the project for a Folk Studies course.
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 16 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 7 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.
Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 2 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.