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Inventory of theEsther Kaplan Pivnick Collection, 1863 - 2000

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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary............................................................................................................... 3

Biographical/Historical Note..................................................................................................... 3

Collection Overview................................................................................................................. 4

Collection Arrangement............................................................................................................ 5

Restrictions............................................................................................................................. 6

Subject Headings..................................................................................................................... 6

Related Material....................................................................................................................... 6

Administrative Information........................................................................................................ 7

Detailed Description of the Collection...................................................................................... 8

Series 1: Manuscripts of "Immigrants, Carpetbagger, South Carolinians: A ParticularHistory of the Andell Family on Johns Island, S.C. (1865-1932)", 1990-1998, andundated ............................................................................................................................ 8

Series 2: Research Materials: Johns Island Family Histories, 1850-1999, andundated............................................................................................................................. 9

Series 3: Research Materials: Johns Island Plantation Owners, 1860-1993, andundated........................................................................................................................... 16

Series 4: Research Materials: Education in South Carolina and Johns Island, 1663-2000,and undated.................................................................................................................... 20

Series 5: Research Materials: African-American Families on Johns Island, SouthCarolina, 1895-1999, and undated................................................................................. 24

Series 6: Research Materials: Johns Island and Lowcountry Locations, circa 1711-1999,and undated.................................................................................................................... 26

Series 7: Various Research Materials, circa 1718-1999, and undated........................... 28

Series 8: Correspondence, 1980-1999, and undated.................................................... 33

Series 9: Audio Visual Materials, 1987-1989, and undated........................................... 33

Series 10: Maps, 1969-1974, and undated.................................................................... 37

Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston

Inventory of the Esther Kaplan Pivnick Collection, 1863 - 2000

Descriptive SummaryTitle: Esther Kaplan Pivnick Collection,

Dates: 1863 - 2000

Dates Circa 1663-2000 and undated

Bulk 1863-1999

Creator: Pivnick, Esther Kaplan, 1913-2001

Abstract: Esther Kaplan Pivnick (1913-2001), a former patternmaker from NewYork, retired on Johns Island, South Carolina in the mid-1970s. Along withhistorian Elizabeth "Betty" Stringfellow, she embarked on an ambitiousproject to write an inclusive history of Johns Island, (the largest barrierisland in South Carolina, approximately thirty miles south of Charleston),and incorporating the adjoining islands of Edisto, Wadmalaw, Kiawahand Seabrook. Their goal was to write a "peoples' history" of white andAfrican-American island residents stressing the rich cultural heritage of theSea Islands, highlighting Stringfellow's ancestors, the Andells. While thejoint effort was never completed, Stringfellow eventually authored A PlaceCalled St. John's with historian Laylon Wayne Jordan, published in 1998.

This collection contains extensive materials which informed Pivnick andStringfellow's research for a proposed book with the working title of,"Immigrants, Carpetbaggers: South Carolinians: A Particular History of theAndell Family on Johns Island, South Carolina (1865-1932)." The majorityof the collection contains photocopied documents, notes and interviewtranscripts created and/or collected in the research of the book: typescripts;handwritten and typed notes; photocopies of letters, legal documents, bookexcerpts and journal essays, newspaper and magazine articles; transcriptsof oral histories; genealogical charts, maps, spanning the Native Americanorigins of the Islands to the 20th century. Included are documents relatingthe Civil War battles on Johns Island; family histories of both plantationowners and African-Americans, education on the Island after the CivilWar, including the work of the Freedmen's Bureau and their teachers;and cassette audio recordings of Pivnick and Stringfellow lectures anddiscussions on Johns Island history.

Extent: 8.0 Linear feet (17 archival boxes with 1 oversize folder)

Repository: Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston

Call Number: AMN 1138

Language of Material: Material in English

Biographical/Historical Note



Esther Beatrice Kaplan Pivnick (1913-2001), a graduate of Brooklyn College with a degree in Biology (1933).After working with her father Charles Kaplan, a garment design teacher in the New York City public schools,Esther taught patternmaking at the Traphagen School of Fashion. She also worked on Seventh Avenue (NewYork's garment district) as a patternmaker, assistant designer and production assistant. Pivnick authored Howto Make Beautiful Clothes (1949); and Fundamentals of Patternmaking for Women's Apparel, Book I and II,(1955, 1958). Married to Harold Pivnick, a physician, the couple relocated to Johns Island, South Carolinafrom Cold Spring Harbor, New York in the 1970s. Inspired by the natural habitat of her new Lowcountryhome, Pivnick conceived the Seabrook Island Natural History Group (SINHG). Pivnick met local historian,Elizabeth (Betty) Stringfellow through SINHG. The women eventually planned work on an book which wouldtell the history of Stringfellow's family, the Andells, with a historical and cultural narrative of the former St.John's Parish.

Elizabeth Stringfellow (1920-) was born on Seabrook Island to William and Marie Andell Hamilton. Hergreat-uncle Charles "Charlie" Andell, an German immigrant, was the first Andell to seek his fortune in landownership on Seabrook Island in 1868. In 1876, his brother William (Stringfellow's grandfather), left NewYork City to locate Charles and found opportunity on the island. By 1880, the William Andell family becamemajor property owners of approximately 4,000 acres known as the Andell Bluff Plantation. The propertyencompassed the entire Seabrook Island and part of the southern part of Johns Island. Known for its Sea IslandCotton and cattle ranching, the land remained in the family throughout the majority of the 20th century.

Collection Overview

The collection is divided into ten series:

NOTE: The majority of this collection contains photocopied documents. Dates indicated are derived from thedate of document. Original documents are noted as such.

Series 1. Manuscripts of "Immigrants, Carpetbagger, South Carolinians: A Particular History of theAndell Family on Johns Island, S.C. (1865-1932)" Contains numerous typed versions of drafts (somecomplete, many scattered) of the first three to four chapters of the intended book (never published). Alsoincludes editor's copies with notations.

Series 2: Research Materials: Johns Island Family Histories Holds extensive materials: handwritten andtyped notes; photocopies of legal documents; newspaper clippings, maps, brief photographs, with genealogicalcharts and information pertaining to the Andell, Seabrook, Gregg, Mitchell, Schaffer, Whaley, Roper andBryan families. These families either established, inhabited, or were associated with Johns, Edisto, Wadmalaw,Kiawah, and Seabrook Islands. Of note are five (5) original letters written by William Andell (dated 4February 1886, 6 May 1886, 17 December 1897, and undated). Also included are brief documents regardingAndell descendant, Elizabeth "Betty" Stringfellow. A subgroup of Seabrook Island holds typescripts regardingthe acquisition of the Andell, Kiawato, and Seabrook properties to attorney, Victor Morawetz. Also includedare maps, plats, surveys, photocopied legal documents pertaining to the transference of the Andell propertyto Seabrook Island; and documents pertaining to Camp Saint Christopher and the Seabrook Island NaturalHistory group in which Pivnick and Stringfellow were affiliated with.

Series 3: Research Materials: Johns Island Plantation Owners Contains various typed listings of"Plantations on Johns Island, 1860," "Plantations returned to owners after the (Civil) War," and "Otherresidents of Johns Island." All listings were eventually published in the book, A Place Called St. John's.. Alsoincluded are Pivnick's extensive research of Sea Island plantation owners and families, some with genealogicalinformation, records of ownership and transference of land.

Series 4: Research Materials: Education in South Carolina and Johns Island Contains documentspertaining to The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly referred to as TheFreedmen's Bureau; it's history on Johns Island and South Carolina, with photocopied letters; Bureau policiesand bills; newspaper articles; book excerpts and journal essays, with Pivnick's handwritten and typed notes.



A sub-series of Freedmen's Bureau schoolteachers, includes materials pertaining to Mary A. Sharp, a teacherfrom the Methodist Missionary Society of Philadelphia, who taught African-Americans at Walnut Hill SchoolHouse on Johns Island (circa 1865). Some folders include photocopied diaries and transcripts from publishedbooks. Education on Johns Island includes materials relating to the work of Septima Clark and Esau Jenkinsand The Citizenship School; and elementary and high schools established on the Island. Education in SouthCarolina contains reports, photocopied journal essays and book excerpts.

Series 5: Research Materials: African-American Families on Johns Island, South Carolina Holds familyhistories, some with genealogical charts, of those who worked and/or lived on the Andell Farm. Highlightedare members of the Freeman, Gilliard, Heyward, Qualls, Jr., Simmons, and Washington Families. Alsoincluded are interview transcripts with Robert Taylor and Maria Flood McNeil, discussing the Masonic Lodge,Johns Island Society, Saint Paul Hall, Johns Island Band (circa 1910-1930), Jenkins Point, with brief accountof a "African Ring Dance on the Andell Farm," and midwifery. Sub-series includes documents pertaining toAfrican-American churches (Greater St. Johns Methodist Episcopal, Hebron and Zion Presbyterian), funeraltraditions and cemeteries; farmers and Lowcountry communities, with various newspaper clippings.

Series 6: Research Materials: Johns Island and Lowcountry Locations Holds various documents andgeographical information pertaining to Johns, Edisto, Wadmalaw/Rockville and Kiawah Islands; Charleston,James Island, Folly Beach, Mt. Pleasant, Sullivans Island (formerly Moutrieville); and Beaufort County. Alsoincluded are photocopied and hand drawn maps by Pivnick of "Charles-Town," circa 1711; Civil War battleregions and of the Atlantic World.

Series 7: Various Research Materials Contains documents created and used in the writing of the manuscript,"Immigrants, Carpetbaggers, South Carolinians." Includes timelines, subject files, photocopied book excerpts,essays, and historic newspapers (circa 1718-1956), cultural institution newsletters and brochures and Pivnick'snotes on books and her research.

Series 8: Correspondence Holds business and personal letters mostly sent to Pivnick, with some addressed toStringfellow. Many letters pertain to their research.

Series 9: Audio-Visual Materials Contains mostly audio cassette tapes, many with oral histories conductedby Stringfellow and Pivnick. Of note is a audio recording of Guy Carawan at the Avery Research Center(dated December 1987), featuring a brief talk by Bernice Robinson discussing Esau Jenkins and the JohnsIsland Citizenship School; Carawan singing several songs including variations of "We Shall Over Come;"folktales by Janie Hunter's daughter; and welcome by Dr. Myrtle Glascoe, Avery's first director. Several tapescontain Stringfellow's "Life on John's Island" presentations to the Elderhostel program regarding Johns Islandhistory.

Series 10: Oversize Materials: Maps Contains aerial map of Johns Island; soil system map of CharlestonCounty, South Carolina, Stono and North Edisto Rivers; large hand drawn maps of Johns Island plantationsand the Charleston peninsula; and Town of Seabrook Island flood and evacuation route map.

Collection Arrangement

Series 1: Manuscripts of "Immigrants, Carpetbagger, South Carolinians: A Particular History of the AndellFamily on John Island, S.C. (1865-1932)"

Series 2: Research Materials: Johns Island Family Histories

Series 3: Research Materials: Johns Island Plantation Owners

Series 4: Research Materials: Education in South Carolina and on Johns Island

Series 5: Research Materials: African-American Families on Johns Island, South Carolina



Series 6: Research Materials: Johns Island and Lowcountry Locations

Series 7: Various Research Materials

Series 8: Correspondence

Series 9: Audio-Visual Materials

Series 10: Oversize Materials: Maps

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

No Restrictions

Copyright Notice

The nature of the Avery Research Center's archival holdings means that copyright or other informationabout restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The AveryResearch Center claims only physical ownership of most archival materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study,pursuant to U.S. copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials,including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

Related Material

Book: Laylon Wayne Jordan and Elizabeth H. Stringfellow. A Place Called St. John's: The Story of John's,Edisto, Wadmalaw, Kiawah, and Seabrook Islands of South Carolina. . Spartanburg, South Carolina: TheReprint Company, Publishers, 1998.

Book: Stringfellow, Elizabeth H. Betty Stringfellow's Stories & Legends of John's Island South Carolina.South Carolina: Stringfellow, 2004.

Subject Headings

Andell, Charles John, 1837-1876.

Andell, William, 1845-1932.

Stringfellow, Elizabeth Hamilton, 1920-.

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

Freedmen--Education--South Carolina.

African Americans--Sea Islands--Social life and customs.

South Carolina--Social Conditions--19th century.

Wadmalaw Island (S.C.)--History.

Edisto Island (S.C.)--History.



Kiawah Island (S.C.)--History.

Seabrook Island (S.C.)--History

Johns Island (S.C. : Island)--Economic conditions.

Johns Island (S.C.)--Education.

Johns Island (S.C.)--History--19th century.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Esther Kaplan Pivnick Collection of Johns Island History, Avery ResearchCenter, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.

Processing Information

Processed by Georgette Mayo, November 2014

Edited by Aaron Spelbring, May 2015

Encoded by Aaron Spelbring, May 2015



Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Manuscripts of "Immigrants, Carpetbagger, South Carolinians: AParticular History of the Andell Family on Johns Island, S.C. (1865-1932)", 1990-1998, and undated

Contains numerous typed versions of drafts (some complete, many scattered) of the first three to four chapter ofintended book (never published). Also includes editor's copies with notations.

Box 1 Folder 1 Manuscript draft of "A Particular History of Johns Island, South Carolina: The Story of the AndellFamily Immigrants, Carpetbaggers, South Carolinans", 1991

Contains cover page and six pages of text.

Box 1 Folder 2 Partial drafts of "Immigrants, Carpetbaggers, South Carolinians: A Particular History of the AndellFamily on John Island, S.C. (1865-1932)", undated

Includes title page and preface.

Box 1 Folder 3 Partial drafts of "Immigrants, Carpetbaggers, South Carolinians...", circa 1990-1992, and undated

Various versions includes title page, table of contents and preface, some with partialchapter one.

Box 1 Folder 4 Outline drafts, 1998 and undated

Box 1 Folder 5 "Walworth Editorial Suggestions", 1991-1992

Contains various edits of the preface and chapter one.

Box 1 Folder 6 Edited draft of "Immigrants...", undated

Contains title page, preface and chapter one.

Box 1 Folder 7 Edited drafts of Preface, undated

Box 1 Folder 8 Edited drafts of Prologue, 1994-1995, and undated

Box 1 Folder 9 Edited drafts of Chapter One (1 of 2 folders), undated

Box 1 Folder 10 Edited drafts of Chapter One (2 of 2 folders), 1991-1995, and undated

Box 1 Folder 11 Edited drafts of Chapter Two, 1992-1993, and undated

Box 1 Folder 12 Edited drafts of Chapter Three, undated

Box 1 Folder 13 Typed manuscript with brief editor's comments, 1991-1998

Includes preface, chapters one and two with maps and listing of "Plantation on JohnsIsland, 1860."

Box 1 Folder 14 Scattered manuscript chapter sections (1 of 2 folders), undated

Contains numerous segments of unidentifed manuscript chapters.

Box 2 Folder 1 Scattered manuscript chapter sections (2 of 2 folders), 1995, and undated



Box 2 Folder 2 Scattered manuscript chapter writings (1 of 2 folders), undated

Contains individual chapter pages (not in order). Also contains handwritten notespertaining to the manuscript.

Box 2 Folder 3 Scattered manuscript chapter writings (2 of 2 folders), undated

Box 2 Folder 4 Research Questions regarding manuscript, undated

Contains typed and handwritten questions and research suggestions made by Pivnick andStringfellow.

Series 2: Research Materials: Johns Island Family Histories, 1850-1999, andundated

Contains extensive materials: handwritten and typed notes; photocopies of legal documents; newspaper clippings,maps, brief photographs and genealogical information pertaining to the Andell, Seabrook, Gregg, Mitchell, Schaffer,Whaley, Roper and Bryan families, who inhabited or who were associated with Johns, Edisto, Wadmalaw, Kiawahand Seabrook Islands. Subgroup contains documents regarding Andell descendant, Elizabeth "Betty" Stringfellowand documents pertaining to the establishment and development of Seabrook Island.

2.1: The Andell and Stringfellow Families, 1865-1998, and undated

Includes photocopied deeds and legal documents, letters (majority photocopied, withseveral originals written by William Andell), typescripts, genealogical charts anddocuments, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also contains a subgroup regardingAndell descendant, Elizabeth Stringfellow.

2.1.1: The Andell Family, 1865-1991, and undated

Box 2 Folder 5 Andell Family Genealogy, 1865-1932

Contains typescript overview of the Andell Family; several listings of familymembers with birth and death dates.

Box 2 Folder 6 Charles John Andell, 1872, 1876 and undated

Includes photocopied "Inventory of the Goods and Chattel of the Estate ofCharles J. Andell, deceased;" (circa 1876); handwritten and typed notes andphotocopied research documents.

Box 2 Folder 7 William Andell, 1880-1991, and undated

Brother of Charles John Andell. Holds original letters written by WilliamAndell (4 February 1886, 6 May 1886, 17 December 1897, and undated);photocopied letters and legal documents; and newspaper clippings, typed andhandwritten notes. Also contains a handwritten description of "The HauloverCut and Plantation," which was purchased by Andell in 1880.

Box 2 Folder 8 Margaretha Andell, 1917-1946, and undated

Wife of William Andell. Contains photocopied letters and legal documents;with handwritten notes

Box 2 Folder 9 Charles Andell, undated



Son of William and Margaretha Andell. Contains handwritten note with blackand white photograph regarding "Hamilton House: Charlie Andell Store atBrick House."

Box 2 Folder 10 Christine Artille Andell, undated

Daughter of William and Margaretha Andell. Includes original typescriptregarding Christine.

Box 2 Folder 11 Marguerite Andell, 1918-1980, and undated

Daughter of William and Margaretha Andell. Includes biographical sketches,photocopied medical staff records from the Medical College of the State ofSouth Carolina and United States War Department Certificate of Identity. Shewas the first dean of nursing at Roper Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina.

Box 2 Folder 12 George Andell, undated

Son of William and Marguerite Andell. Contains handwritten description ofjob duties on the Andell Plantation.

Box 2 Folder 13 John Charles and Lida Beckett Andell, undated

Son of William and Margaretha Andell. Includes typed and handwritten notesregarding John and his wife Lida. Notes includes excerpts from Lida's diary(1927).

Box 2 Folder 14 Andell House and Farm, undated

Includes handwritten notes, maps of Andell Farm, and photocopied notesregarding reminisces of the farm.

Box 2 Folder 15 Andell Family Photographs, 1910, 1940s, and undated

Contains black and white photograph of Marguerite Andell in nursing uniformand negatives of unidentified Andell family members and their steam launch"Thelma," (1910).

2.1.2: Elizabeth Andell Hamilton Stringfellow, 1978-1998, and undated

Contains interview and presentation transcripts with newspaper article clippings anddocuments.

Box 3 Folder 1 Interview transcripts regarding William Andell, dated 16 June, 1989

Typed interview transcript with Pivnick and Stringfellow. Discusses life andresidents on Johns Island from 1863 to the 1940s with Charles "Charlie"Andell, his best friend, Ferdinand Schaffer; brother William and his family.

Box 3 Folder 2 Interview transcripts of Inez Hay, Mary Nelson and "Le Dick" Simmons, 1978-1989,and undated

Typed and handwritten transcripts from interviews conducted Elizabeth"Betty" Stringfellow from former workers on the Andell farm. Also view "Box8, Folder 18" for additional interviews regarding the Simmons Family.



Box 3 Folder 3 Transcript of Stringfellow's "Life on John's Island" presentation dated, 4 February,, 1985-1989

Typed transcript of slide presentation at the Seabrook Island Natural HistoryGroup with handwritten notes regarding the recollections of the acquisition ofSeabrook Island, the William Gregg and Andell Families. Also includes typedreport of year's events with the group and notes for a Sea Island Academyregarding the Quakers involvement with Johns, Wadmalaw and Edisto Islands.Also see Audio-Visual Recording, Box 16.

Box 3 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1979-1991

Letters sent to Stringfellow regarding her research and personal health matters.

Box 3 Folder 5 Various documents pertaining to Stringfellow, 1978-1998

Includes a newspaper article regarding Stringfellow's history and genealogywork and a promotional flyer of her co-authored book, A Place Called St.John's.

2.2: The Seabrook Family and Seabrook Island, 1863-1999, and undated

Contains genealogy charts, typed and handwritten notes, photocopied book excerpts,and documents pertaining to property acquired and owned by various members of theSeabrook Family. A subgroup of Seabrook Island contains typescripts, timelines, maps,and photocopied legal documents regarding the transfer of the Andell property to SeabrookIsland.

2.2.1: The Seabrook Family, 1863-1993, and undated

Box 3 Folder 6 Seabrook Family Genealogy, undated

Contains typed and handwritten notes with photocopied book excerpt of "EarlyGenerations of the Seabrook Family."

Box 3 Folder 7 William Seabrook, Sr., 1866 and undated

Includes typed and handwritten notes and photocopies from National Archivesdocuments and books.

Box 3 Folder 8 William Edward Seabrook, Jr. and Family, 1866-1958, and undated

Includes typed transcripts of photocopied letters dated 1866 and 1876;handwritten notes by Pivnick, index cards regarding property owned (FerryField) and photocopied newspaper obituary of son E. Mitchell Seabrook.

Box 3 Folder 9 Marcellus M. Seabrook, 1876-1882, and undated

Contains photocopies of correspondence with Pivnick's handwritten notes onthe letters.

Box 3 Folder 10 Ephriam Mikell Seabrook and Family, 1863-1865, and undated

Includes photocopies of register and Confederate company muster roll forSeabrook (1863-1865); ledger list of non-commissioned officers (1863),and "requisition for forage," (1864). Also contains Pivnick's research on



Seabrook's property owned (Ferry Field). Also includes typed noted regardingson, Isaac Seabrook.

Box 3 Folder 11 George Washington Seabrook and Family, 1866-1960, and undated

Includes typed and handwritten notes; photocopied letters from George'ssons, James Clark and Archibald Clark, (1866, 1880); information regardingproperty owned (Jenkins Point, Rabbit Point and The Cottage).

Box 3 Folder 12 Laura Seabrook, 1867 and undated

Handwritten notes regarding Seabrook's interest (among other families) inJenkins Point; and photocopy of letter dated 1867.

Box 3 Folder 13 (Captain) Robert Seabrook, undated

Contains Pivnick's handwritten notes with genealogy chart of family.

Box 3 Folder 14 Various Seabrook Family Members, 1880-1993, and undated

Includes handwritten notes, brief photocopied letters and informationregarding Ned (undated); Eloise (1892); Whitemarsh Benjamin (undated); AnnEliza (1894); Grace S. (1993); Ephraim Clark (1968), among other Seabrookfamily.

2.2.2: The Seabrook Family: Seabrook Island, 1863-1999, and undated

Includes typescripts regarding the acquisition of the Andell, Kiawato, and Seabrookproperties to attorney Victor Morawetz. Also contains maps, plats, surveys,photocopied legal documents regarding the transference of the Andell propertyto Seabrook Island, and photocopied newspaper clippings. Documents pertainingto Camp Saint Christopher and the Seabrook Island Natural History Group areincluded.

Box 3 Folder 15 Chronology and Histories, 1863, 1973, and undated

Includes typescripts by Pivnick and Stringfellow with timelines regarding"How the Lands of Seabrook Island and Andell's Plantation Were Obtained;"photocopy from Harper's Weekly (15 August 1863); and published magazine,brochures and pamphlets regarding the island.

Box 3 Folder 16 Typescript: "Seabrook Island, Johns Island, South Carolina: A Memoir and a History", 1938 and 1999

Contains various partial copies regarding the history of Seabrook Island andthe sale of the Andell, Kiawato, and Seabrook properties to attorney VictorMorawetz. Also includes photocopied letter from Morawetz to ReverendAlbert R. Stuart regarding the establishment of a church camp (1938), thefuture Camp Saint Christopher and photocopied newspaper articles regardingMorawetz. Also see file: "Dr. Daniel Jenkins Townsend: Fenwick Hall," "Box6, Folder 2," regarding Morawetz's ownership of property.

Box 3 Folder 17 Maps, plats and surveys, 1908-1979, and undated

Original and photocopied maps of Seabrook Island. Includes a photocopy ofmap dated 1908 of parcels owned by Maragretha Andell.



Box 3 Folder 18 Typescripts regarding "The Shack and Executive Shack", undated

Pivinick typed and handwritten research regarding property formerly ownedby the Andells, Kiawato Company, an the Seabrook Island DevelopmentCompany.

Box 3 Folder 19 Seabrook Island Limited Partnership, 1970, and undated

Contains real estate mortgage and photocopied newspaper article.

Box 3 Folder 20 Seabrook Island Company: Legal documents and correspondence, 1977-1980

Contains letters and agreements between Andell's Bluff Associates and theSeabrook Island Company

Box 3 Folder 21 Andell Development Limited Partnership/Andell Tract: Legal documents andcorrespondence, 1976-1998, and undated

Contains documents pertaining to Stringfellow's and her family interests onSeabrook Island.

Box 3 Folder 22 Andell Tract: Newspaper clippings, 1985-1998, and undated

Contains information regarding the various sales and transference of property.

Box 3 Folder 23 Reports, 1983-1997

Includes zoning regulations and data base profile.

Box 3 Folder 24 Camp Saint Christopher: Typescripts, maps, and newspaper articles, 1973-1999, andundated

Contains documents relating to the history of a former youth camp establishedby the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. The site has evolved toincorporate the Barrier Island Education Program.

Box 3 Folder 25 Saint Christopher Camp and Conference Center: Elderhostel Program, 1986-1988

Contains program booklet "Background Material" written by Pivnick andStringfellow; with welcome letter, notes and pamphlet.

Box 3 Folder 26 Seabrook Island Natural History Group: Typescript and programs, 1980-1990, andundated

Contains documents relating to the natural habitats on the island. Includesa program booklet "An Exploration of the Natural Habitats of SeabrookIsland" written by Pivnick and June Carney. Also refer to Box 3 Folder 3, forStringfellow's involvement with this group.

2.3: Gregg Family, 1981-1999, and undated

Contains genealogy charts, typed and handwritten documents regarding family membersand land transactions, photocopied legal documents, military records and letters.

Box 4 Folder 1 Family Genealogy, undated



Contains typed and handwritten documents regarding family members and landtransactions.

Box 4 Folder 2 William Gregg, Sr., 1981, and undated

Contains photocopied last will and testament (1867); typed and handwritten noteswith brief biographical sketch.

Box 4 Folder 3 William Gregg, Jr., 1989-1999 and undated

Contains typed transcript of letters, photocopied documents regarding Gregg'smilitary service; index cards regarding property owned and various handwrittennotes.

Box 4 Folder 4 James Gregg, undated

Pivnick's handwritten notes regarding Gregg Sr.'s son.

2.4: Mitchell Family, 1865-1994, and undated

Holds typed and handwritten notes; typescripts, and photocopied letters and newspaperarticles regarding Mitchell and his joint law firms of Whaley and Mitchell and Mitchell andSmith.

Box 4 Folder 5 Family Genealogy, 1985, and undated

Contains typed and handwritten notes with newspaper clipping.

Box 4 Folder 6 Julian Augustus Mitchell (Sr.), 1865, 1907, and undated

Contains typescripts, handwritten notes and typed transcripts of newspaper articlesregarding Major and attorney Mitchell.

Box 4 Folder 7 Julian Mitchell, Esquire: Correspondence, 1865-1899

Contains photocopied documents pertaining to Mitchell (Sr.) career as an attorney.Several letters are transcribed and typed.

Box 4 Folder 8 Whaley and Mitchell Law Firm: Typescripts and correspondence, 1866-1870, 1994, andundated

Contains photocopied letters sent to firm with Pivnick's typed research.

Box 4 Folder 9 Mitchell and Smith: Correspondence, 1880-1899

Contains photocopied letters sent to Mitchell's joint law firm.

2.5: Schaffer Family, 1879-1898, and undated

Contains extensive genealogy documents, typed and handwritten notes and photocopiedlegal documents and correspondence.


Includes Pivnick's typed and handwritten notes with a published family genealogy(source unknown). Includes typed notes regarding Frederick Schaffer's war record.



Box 4 Folder 11 Frederick Ferdinand Schaffer: Correspondence, 1879-1884

Photocopied letters to and from Schaffer regarding general merchandise brought andsold to Johns Island plantations.

Box 4 Folder 12 Documents relating to Wadmalaw Island property, 1898, and undated

Includes a photocopy of deed of property sold by Josephine V. Schaffer (1898); andhandwritten notes.

2.6: Whaley Family, 1866, and undated

Holds genealogy, typed and handwritten notes, photocopied correspondence andinformation regarding property acquired.


Contains typed and handwritten notes regarding Whaley members.

Box 4 Folder 14 William Whaley, Esquire: Correspondence, 1866

Photocopied letters to and from Whaley regarding legal and land transactions.

Box 4 Folder 15 Property Owned, undated

Typed and handwritten notes regarding family plantations and land owned(Auldreekie, Cain Slash, Creekside and Greenpoint)

2.7: Roper and Bryan Families, 1850-1994, and undated

Holds genealogical information, typed and handwritten notes, photocopied newspaperclippings, interview transcript with Ameila and Charlie Bryan regarding the history of theRoper and Bryan families (17 April 1988), and notes pertaining to plantations and landowned by various family members.

Box 4 Folder 16 Roper Family Genealogy, 1850, and undated

Contains handwritten notes/charts regarding family members. Also containsphotocopy of "Will of Benjamin Dart Roper" (1850).

Box 4 Folder 17 Dr. William Roper: Brickhouse Plantation, 1951, 1994, and undated

Contains typed and handwritten notes; photocopied newspaper clippings regardingthe ownership of plantation.

Box 4 Folder 18 Bryan Family: History, 1988 and undated

Contains typed interview transcript with Amelia and Charlie Bryan regarding thehistory of the Roper and Bryan families (17 April 1988). Includes a photocopiedpage from unidentifed book regarding John Bryan.

Box 4 Folder 19 Roper and Bryan Family Property, 1988 and undated

Typed and handwritten notes regarding plantations and land owned by variousfamily members (The Myrtles, Yellow House, Capes, Briars, The Oaks, Chaplins).



Series 3: Research Materials: Johns Island Plantation Owners, 1860-1993, andundated

Contains information on plantation ownership with maps regarding Johns, Seabrook, Wadmalaw, Edisto, andKiawah Islands.

3.1: John Island Plantations, 1860-1993, and undated

Contains typed listings with maps of "Plantations on Johns Island, 1860," "plantationsreturning to owners after the (Civil) War," and other residents of Johns Island. All listingswere eventually published in the book, A Place Called St. John's. An audio cassetterecording by Pivnick and Stringfellow discusses the creation of said maps and listings,located in Box 16, Folder

Box 5 Folder 1 "Plantations on Johns Island, 1860", 1992, and undated

Contains various typed drafts of plantation listings with handwritten notes.

Box 5 Folder 2 Maps of plantation locations, 1860, 1860, 1908, and undated

Includes information regarding property sold to African Americans by 1908.

Box 5 Folder 3 "Other Residents of Johns Island, 1860", 1860, 1992, and undated

Typed and handwritten listings created by Pivnick and Stringfellow.

Box 5 Folder 4 "Plantations on Johns Island Returned to Owners Directly After the War", 1993, andundated

Contains various typed and handwritten drafts of listings.

Box 5 Folder 5 "Plantations on Johns Island, circa 1880-1895", 1864-1881, and undated

Contains various typed and handwritten drafts of listings with photocopiedcorrespondence.

3.2: Johns Island Plantations, Owners and Families, 1865-1990, and undated

Organized alphabetically by families last name. Many files include index cards made byPivnick in her research of plantation ownership, transference of land, some with partialfamily lineage.

Box 5 Folder 6 Angel Family: Angels/Hoopstick, undated

Contains typed notes and index cards.

Box 5 Folder 7 Dr. Bacot: Miller Hill, undated

Contains index card regarding the property.

Box 5 Folder 8 Beckett Family: Adasville, Blue Cross, Sams Tract, 1867 and undated

Contains photocopied letter (1867), with handwritten notes and index cardsregarding property owned.

Box 5 Folder 9 Christopher Columbus Bowen, 1875-1878 and undated



Contains photocopied letters (1875, 1878) and book excerpts; with handwrittennotes.

Box 5 Folder 10 Brown Family: Brownswood and Hickory Hill, undated

Contains index cards and handwritten notes.

Box 5 Folder 11 Kinsey Burden Family: Blacklock, Burdens, Hut, undated

Includes typed and handwritten notes with index cards.

Box 5 Folder 12 Samuel Edward Burgess, undated

Contains several typescripts, handwritten notes and photocopied excerpts of Burges'diary from South Carolina Historical Magazine.

Box 5 Folder 13 James Julian Chisolm: Raven Point (Chisolms Place), undated


Box 5 Folder 14 Dr. Francis Sylvester Curtis: Curtis Hall, undated

Holds index cards.

Box 5 Folder 15 John Fraser Family: Genealogy, undated

Contains handwritten family chart.

Box 5 Folder 16 Fripp Family: Orange Hill, Rushlands, Saxby, 1866 and undated

Contains photocopied "Contract between W.E. Fripp & Freedmen on Rushlands" 13April 1866; typed notes and index cards.

Box 5 Folder 17 Dr. Paul Trapier Gervais, Jr.: Exchange, The Laurels, Simmons Bluff, undated

Contains property index cards.

Box 5 Folder 18 Grimball Family: Auldreeke, Longwood, Old Barn, Waterloo, 1869 and undated

Contains photocopied "Record for Taylor Grimball" (1869); with handwritten andtyped notes, index cards.

Box 5 Folder 19 Holmes Family: Genealogy, undated

Contains handwritten notes with index cards.

Box 5 Folder 20 James Hopkinson Family: Hopkinson (Live Oak Point) Plantation, 1875-1880, and undated

Contains photocopies of letters mostly sent to Julian Mitchell regarding theplantation. Includes a photocopied broadside regarding the sale of HopkinsonPlantation tracts (undated).

Box 5 Folder 21 Jenkins Family: Genealogy and History, undated

Includes handwritten typescript by Stringfellow, "The Story of William R. Jenkinsand his son Charles B. Jenkins of Walnut and Hickory Hill Plantations," with familychart.



Box 5 Folder 22 Jenkins Family: Hope, Waterside, Woodlands, The Retreat, Walnut Hill, Hickory Hill, undated

Contains index cards and handwritten notes regarding property indicated.

Box 5 Folder 23 LaRoche Family: Laurel Point (Waterside), Mount Pleasant, Belvedere, Chisolms Place, undated

Contains typed and handwritten notes, index cards and a photocopied newspaperarticle regarding Julia Hopkinson LaRoche of Edisto Island.

Box 5 Folder 24 Francis Y. Legare: Auld Reeckie, Walnut Hill, 1870-1885

Contains photocopied letters regarding land transactions.

Box 5 Folder 25 Lydia Legare: Rosebank, undated

Contains photocopied typescript written by Annie Jenkins Batson regarding herexperience at Rosebank.

Box 5 Folder 26 Solomon (Sol) Legare: Legareville (Town), Hanscome Point, 1990, and undated

Contains newspaper clippings, pamphlet regarding Gare L'Egare book; typed,handwritten and index cards regarding Legareville.

Box 5 Folder 27 Thomas Legare: Edenvale Tract, circa 1872, and undated

Contains photocopied statement regarding monies spent for the care of Thomas andhis brother Joseph (circa 1872) with index cards and handwritten notes.

Box 5 Folder 28 Solomon Legare, Jr. Family: Mullet Hall, Jack Island, The Oaks, 1866-1887, and undated

Includes photocopied letters (with one typed transcription, 1866-1867); typed andhandwritten notes with index cards.

Box 5 Folder 29 James Legare Walpole Family: Creekside, Acorn Hill, 1868-1886, and undated

Contains typed transcription of letter (1868); photocopies of letters and statementsfro sea island cotton; family genealogy chart, with handwritten notes and indexcards.

Box 5 Folder 30 Samuel Catawba Lowry: Civil War Diary, 1978, and undated

Contains and photocopied excerpt of diary and essay "The War for Independence,North and South..."

Box 5 Folder 31 Eugene F. McElheney Family: Woodlands, 1875, and undated

Contains photocopied "Memorandum of Agreement," (1875); with index cards andhandwritten notes.

Box 5 Folder 32 Mathews Family: Contentment Hall, White, Hall, Indian Place, undated

Contains index cards regarding property indicated.

Box 5 Folder 33 Parker Family: Church Place, undated



Index cards indicating property owned.

Box 5 Folder 34 Pringle Family: History, 1955, and undated

Contains photocopied newspaper article regarding Ernest Henry Pringle, andhandwritten notes.

Box 5 Folder 35 Henry William Ravenel: History, undated

Includes several typescripts and notes on "The Private Journal of H.W. Ravenel."

Box 5 Folder 36 Raynor Family: Genealogy, undated

Contains handwritten charts and notes.

Box 5 Folder 37 William Howard Russell, undated

Contains several typescripts and notes on "My Diary, North and South."

Box 5 Folder 38 Major H. W. Smith, 1866-1888

Contains photocopied letters to and from Smith.

Box 5 Folder 39 Stevens Family: Genealogy, undated

Contains handwritten charts.

Box 5 Folder 40 Stevens Family: Fair Oaks, Seven Oaks, Betsy Field, undated

Contains black and white photograph of Fair Oaks; with typed, handwritten notesand index cards.

Box 5 Folder 41 Towles Family, 1882, 1987

Contains photocopied letter to Stringfellow from a Towles descendant seekinginformation about his family (1987). Also includes a photocopied letter fromLancaster and Towles, 1 March 1882.

Box 6 Folder 1 Townsend Family: Genealogy and History, 1975, and undated

Includes photocopied book excerpt from The Daniel Townsends of the SouthCarolina Islands, their forebears and descendants; index cards, handwritten notes andnewspaper article regarding Georgianna Townsend, the "Duchess of Wadmalaw."

Box 6 Folder 2 Dr. Daniel Jenkins Townsend: Fenwick Hall, 1938-1984, and undated

Contains typescript and photocopied newspapers articles regarding Fenwick Hall andTownsend's ownership; typed notes and index cards.

Box 6 Folder 3 Trenholm Family, 1865 and undated

Contains photocopied letter (1865); index cards and handwritten notes.

Box 6 Folder 4 William Henry Trescot Family, undated

Contains typescript of notes taken from the South Carolina Historical Society.



Box 6 Folder 5 Vanderhorst Family: History, 1865-1866, and undated

Contains photocopied letters (1865-1865); and typed and handwritten notes.

Box 6 Folder 6 Vanderhorst Family: Kiawah Island, undated

Contains typed and handwritten notes.

Box 6 Folder 7 Arthur Brailsford Wescoat, circa 1954

Contains photocopied essay regarding his journal published in South CarolinaHistorical Magazine.

Box 6 Folder 8 Wilson Family: Genealogy, undated

Contains handwritten charts.

Box 6 Folder 9 Wilson Family: Ravenwood, Back Pen, Saxby, Bugby (Old), Deer Park (Mary Ann Point), undated


Box 6 Folder 10 Rosa Glen Witte, undated

Contains typescripts/notes regarding, "Reminiscences of Witte."

Series 4: Research Materials: Education in South Carolina and Johns Island, 1663-2000, and undated

Contains sub-series on the Freedmen's Bureau, their teachers, and education on Johns Island from the mid-19thcentury through the 20th century.

4.1: The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands: Freedmen's Bureau, 1865-1990,and undated

Contains documents regarding the Bureau's history on Johns Island and South Carolina;photocopied letters; photocopied Bureau policies and bills; photocopied newspaper articles,book excerpts, and journal essays , along with handwritten and typed notes by Pivnick.

Box 6 Folder 11 Port Royal Experiment, 1983, and undated

Contains several typescripts, handwritten notes and photocopied book excerpt ofRehearsal for Reconstruction

Box 6 Folder 12 Freedmen's Bureau: History and notes, 1866-1867, and undated

Contains typed and handwritten notes; photocopied book excerpts of state reportsand encyclopedia excerpts.

Box 6 Folder 13 Freedmen's Bureau: Letters, 1865-1869

Holds photocopied letters (some with typed transcriptions) and other documentspertaining to the agency.

Box 6 Folder 14 Freedmen's Bureau: Policies, Bills and Land Contracts, 1867 and undated



Contains typescripts regarding "Post -War Land Policies," and typed and handwrittentranscriptions of circulars and bills. Also includes a photocopied circular regardingimmigration 5 April 1867.

Box 6 Folder 15 Freedmen's Bureau: Newspaper clippings, 1865-1866, 1868

Contains photocopied clippings from the Charleston Daily Courier, some with typedtranscriptions.

Box 6 Folder 16 Freedmen's Bureau: Book Excerpts and Journal Essays, 1916, 1926, 1971, 1979

Photocopied pages.

Box 6 Folder 17 Freedmen's Bureau: Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association, 1866, and undated

Holds photocopied excerpts from "The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin," withtyped and hand written notes.

Box 6 Folder 18 Freedmen's Bureau: Scattered typed notes, undated

Box 6 Folder 19 Freedmen's Bureau: Scattered handwritten notes, undated

Box 6 Folder 20 Freedmen's Bureau: Research Correspondence, 1990

Letters sent to and from Pivnick regarding archival research.

4.2: Freedmen's Bureau Schoolteachers, 1866-1989, and undated

Contains photocopied documents, book excerpts and published diaries pertaining toteachers, Mary Ames, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Cornelia Hancock, Esther Hill Hawks,Martha Scofield, Mary A. Sharp (who taught on Johns Island) and Laura M. Towne.

Box 7 Folder 1 Schoolteachers: General Information, 1866, 1869, 1870 and undated

Contains photocopied "Teacher's Monthly School Report," (1870); typed andhandwritten notes; timelines and "Assorted facts on Yankee schoolteachers."

Box 7 Folder 2 Schoolteachers: Mary Ames, 1989, and undated

Contains typed excerpt of From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865,and a newspaper article regarding Ames' work on Edisto Island.

Box 7 Folder 3 Schoolteachers: Charlotte L. Forten, 1988

Contains excerpts of The Journals of Charlotte Forten Grimke.

Box 7 Folder 4 Schoolteachers: Cornelia Hancock, undated

Includes typescript and photocopied book excerpt from, South After Gettysburg:Letters of Cornelia Hancock.

Box 7 Folder 5 Schoolteachers: Esther Hill Hawks, undated

Contains typescripts, typed and handwritten notes.

Box 7 Folder 6 Schoolteachers: Esther Hill Hawks diary, circa 1989



Contains photocopied book excerpts of A Woman doctor's Civil War.

Box 7 Folder 7 Schoolteachers: Martha Scofield, circa 1932, and undated

Contains typescripts, typed and handwritten notes and dissertation excerpts from TheNorthern Teacher on the South Carolina Sea Islands (circa 1932).

Box 7 Folder 8 Schoolteachers: Martha Scofield Servant of the Least, circa 1944

Contains photocopy of book by Mary S. Patterson.

Box 7 Folder 9 Schoolteachers: Mary A. Sharp, undated

Contains handwritten and typed notes.

Box 7 Folder 10 Schoolteachers: Laura M. Towne, undated

Contains typewritten notes entitled, "Letters and Diary of Towne."

4.3: Education in South Carolina, Circa 1663-2000, and undated

Includes documents, reports, photocopied journal essays and book excerpts regardingeducation in the state of South Carolina, Johns Island, and Charleston.

4.3.1: South Carolina State Education, 1999, and undated

Contains photocopied reports, journal essays and book excerpts.

Box 7 Folder 11 Various notes regarding education in South Carolina, 1999, and undated

Contains handwritten and typed notes regarding public schools and colleges.Also includes a typescript of "A Chronological Synopsis of Events in theEvents in the 20th Century in Relation to Education with Particular Emphasison the Lowcountry and Johns Island."

4.3.2: Education in Charleston, South Carolina, 1959-2000, and undated

Box 8 Folder 5 Schools in Charleston, 1999, and undated

Contains various typed and handwritten notes regarding schools and districts.

Box 8 Folder 6 Charleston School Report: "Elements of an Effective School Governance Structure", 1998

Written by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce School GovernanceTask Force.

Box 8 Folder 7 Thesis Excerpt: Susan Dart Butler, Pioneer Librarian , 1959

Photocopy of entire thesis of the librarian of Dart Hall Library in Charleston.

Box 8 Folder 8 Various newspaper clippings regarding education in Charleston, 1988-1989, 1991,1999, 2000

Box 8 Folder 9 Avery Normal Institute: Booklet and notes, undated



Includes photocopied booklet regarding school history and typed notes derivedfrom Edmund Drago's book, Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations.

Box 8 Folder 10 Avery Research Center: Essays, newsletters, and brochures, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994,1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998

Essays include background description and "The Need for Avery," withscattered newsletters.

Box 8 Folder 11 Avery Research Center: Announcement flyers, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991

Regarding Avery's public event programming.

4.3.3: Education on Johns Island, Circa 1663-2000, and undated

Box 7 Folder 14 Johns Island Schools, 1933, and undated

Includes typescripts of essays, handwritten and typed notes with timelines, andschool listings.

Box 7 Folder 15 Maps of Johns Island Schools, undated

Includes location map of schools from 1870-1940, designed by Pivnick andStringfellow.

Box 7 Folder 16 Johns Island High School, 1930, 1937, 1989, 1990

Contains photocopied letter, programs, school song lyrics and newspaperclipping.

Box 7 Folder 17 Citizenship School/Highlander Folk School, 1964, and undated

Contains typescripts, handwritten and typed notes mostly derived from thebook, Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? with photocopied newspaperclippings.

Box 7 Folder 18 Book Excerpt: "Charleston/Johns Island, The Citizenship Schools", 1998

Photocopied book pages from, Weary Feet, Rested Souls: A Guided History ofthe Civil Rights Movement.

Box 7 Folder 19 Septima Poinsette Clark: Typescripts, 1962, and undated

Contains typed and handwritten timeline and notes from Clark's book Echo inMy Soul. Also see Box 7, Folder 20, for photocopied book excerpt.

Box 7 Folder 20 Septima Poinsette Clark: Book Excerpt: Echo in My Soul, 1962

Contains scatter chapters from Septima Clark's autobiography.

Box 7 Folder 21 Interview Transcript of Septima P. Clark, 9 November, 1971

Photocopied transcript by Judy Barton in Charleston, South Carolina.

Box 7 Folder 22 Septima Poinsette Clark: Newspaper clippings, 1987, 1989

Articles regarding the passing of Clark.



Box 8 Folder 1 Esau Jenkins: Typescripts and newspaper clippings, 1964, 1972, 1984, and undated

Includes typewritten timeline.

Box 8 Folder 2 Esau Jenkins: The Progressive Club, 1964, 2000

Contains photocopied workshop announcement, and newspaper clippings.

Box 8 Folder 3 Billy Jenkins: Interview transcript, 26 June, 1989

Interview conducted by Pivnick and Stringfellow with the son of Esau Jenkins.

Box 8 Folder 4 Mamie Garvin Fields: Typescript, undated

Typed notes derived from Fields' autobiography, Lemon Swamp and otherplaces.

Box 7 Folder 12 Educational reports, circa 1663, 1795-1865, 1883, 1891

Contains photocopied reports with "Charters and Constitutions of SouthCarolina," 1663; and "Local Government and Free Schools in South Carolina,"1882.

Box 7 Folder 13 Book excerpts, 1925, 1978

Contains photocopied pages from The Foundations of Public Schools of SouthCarolina and thesis, The Influence of Blacks ...of the Public Education Systemin South Carolina.

Series 5: Research Materials: African-American Families on Johns Island, SouthCarolina, 1895-1999, and undated

Contains documents pertaining to African-American families, religion and churches on Johns Island and within theState of South Carolina.

5.1: African-American Family History, 1895-1999, and undated

Box 8 Folder 12 Genealogy Charts, undated

Includes various charts pertaining to the Capers, Chisolm, Miller, Wright, McGill,Green, Taylor, and Ford Families. Many of the families worked or lived on theAndell Farm.

Box 8 Folder 13 Freeman Family, 1988-1990, and undated

Contains typescripts, "A Brief History of the Freeman Family," and "Memoirsof Reverend William Lee Freeman;" typed excerpts from the talk between Elijah(Buddy) Freeman and Pivnick (1988); handwritten notes from conversation withBuddy Freeman regarding "voter registration in the 1950 and 1960s," and variousfamily funeral obsequies.

Box 8 Folder 14 William Gilliard Family, 1989, and undated

Contains typed interview transcript with family genealogy charts.

Box 8 Folder 15 Heyward Family, 1895-1991, and undated



Contains photocopy of "Memorandum of Agreement" between William Andell andPhillip Heyward (1895); genealogy chart and funeral obsequies.

Box 8 Folder 16 Jesse Qualls, Jr. Family, 1989, and undated

Contains genealogy charts, typed interview transcripts and handwritten notes.

Box 8 Folder 17 William "Bill" Saunders, 1989-1999, and undated

Contains "Synopitic bio-data on Saunders," timeline of education, employmentand affiliations, a "High Profile," Post & Courier newspaper article (1989); andhandwritten notes.

Box 8 Folder 18 Simmons Family, 1989, and undated

Contains genealogy charts, handwritten notes regarding the Simmons Family on theAndell Farm; description of Old Simmons House, and boats from 1910-1930. Alsoincludes funeral obsequies and poems by Dorothy Simmons.

Box 8 Folder 19 Reverend John Henry Washington Family, 1984-1994, and undated

Contains a typed interview transcript by Caroline Zinsser with ReverendWashington, pastor of Zion and Hebron Presbyterian Churches on Johns Island.Includes typed and handwritten typescript, "Standing in the Need of Prayer: ATribute to John Henry Washington" by Mattie F. Washington, with newspaperclippings and program from retirement-appreciation event (1984).

Box 8 Folder 20 John Henry Washington Family: Photographs, undated

Contains black and white unidentified prints of the building of churches and houses.

Box 8 Folder 21 Oral History Transcripts, 1989, and undated

Includes typed and handwritten interview transcripts with Robert Taylor and MariaFlood McNeil. Topics pertaining to the Masonic Lodge, Johns Island Society, SaintPaul Hall, Johns Island Band, circa 1910-1930, Jenkins Point, and midwifery.

5.2: African-American Religion and Churches, 1970-1999, and undated

Box 8 Folder 22 Religion on the Sea Islands, 1976-1998, and undated

Contains television transcript from "CBS Evening News With Bob Schieffer,"regarding Sea Island culture, churches and "ring-shouts" in the Methodist church,with handwritten notes and newspaper article regarding the African MethodistChurch.

Box 8 Folder 23 Johns Island African-American Churches, 1985-1996, and undated

Contains newspaper articles, programs and funeral obsequies regarding: Churchof Our Saviour, First Baptist Church on Edisto Island, Edisto United PresbyterianChurch, and Ferry Field Baptist Church.

Box 8 Folder 24 Greater St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1987-1990, and undated

Contains special event programs, funeral obsequies, and handwritten notes.



Box 8 Folder 25 Hebron Presbyterian and Zion Presbyterian Church, 1970-1991, and undated

Contains anniversary programs, flyers, and funeral obsequies of several parishioners.

Box 8 Folder 26 Hebron St. Francis Center, 1984-1989

Contains, newsletter, programs and newspaper article.

Box 8 Folder 27 Lowcountry African-American Churches, 1988-1989

Contains newspaper clippings.

Box 8 Folder 28 African-American Funeral Traditions and Cemeteries, undated

Contains typed listing of African-American Cemeteries on Johns Island withhandwritten notes.

Box 8 Folder 29 African-American Churches: Spirituals, 1989-1999, and undated

Contains hand written notes with excerpts of spirituals, with one referencing the"African Ring Dance on the Andell Farm," booklet from a Smithsonian Institutionprogram featuring "The John Island Seniorlites," (1989), with various music sheetsand newspaper clippings.

5.3: African-Americans on Johns Island and South Carolina, 1936-1999, and undated

Includes documents relating to farmers, Lowcountry communities, and various newspaperclippings.

Box 8 Folder 30 Farmers on Johns Island, 1936-1988, and undated

includes typed interview transcript regarding small farmers' cooperative, (1988), withmagazine article and newspaper clippings.

Box 8 Folder 31 Book Excerpt: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?, circa 1968, and undated

Photocopied pages from book with promotional flyer.

Box 8 Folder 32 Book Excerpts: African-Americans in South Carolina, 1968, and undated

Box 8 Folder 33 African-American Lowcountry Communities, 1994, and undated

Contains typescript of "Black Property After the War," and newspaper articleregarding Parker's Ferry and Lincolnville, South Carolina.

Box 8 Folder 34 Various newspaper clippings regarding African-American culture in South Carolina, 1989-1999, and undated

Series 6: Research Materials: Johns Island and Lowcountry Locations, circa1711-1999, and undated

Contains documents pertaining to St. John's Colleton County (Johns, Edisto, Wadmalaw/Rockville and KiawahIslands); Charleston County including James Island, Folly Beach, Mt. Pleasant, Sullivans Island (formerlyMoutrieville); Beaufort and St. Helena. Also included are photocopied and hand drawn maps by Pivnick of Charles-Town, c. 1711, battle regions during the Civil War, and Atlantic World maps.



6.1: St. John's Colleton Locations, 1864-1997, and undated

Includes materials pertaining to Kiawah, Edisto, John's and Wadmalaw Islands.

Box 9 Folder 1 Johns and James Island Historical Survey, 1989

A report issued by the City of Charleston Department of Planning and UrbanDevelopment.

Box 9 Folder 2 Johns Island: Angel Oak, 1975, and undated

Contains photocopied booklet published by the Angel Oak Youth DevelopmentProgram, with large color postcard and City of Charleston Department of Parksbrochure.

Box 9 Folder 3 Johns Island: Various newspaper clippings, 1985-1997, and undated

Box 9 Folder 4 Edisto Island, 1880-1994, and undated

Contains photocopied newspaper articles, letters regarding land and propertyownership, journal essay, brochures regarding the island and churches, andnewsletter from the Preservation Progress for the Preservation Society of Charleston(1994).

Box 9 Folder 5 Edisto Island: Essay, "Up The Edisto," August,, 1867

Box 9 Folder 6 Kiawah Island, 1975-1991, and undated

Contains report by the Chicora Foundation, Inc., "The History and Archaeologyof Kiawah Island, Charleston County, South Carolina," (1991); journal essaysnewspaper and magazine articles.

Box 9 Folder 7 Wadmalaw Island and Rockville, circa 1882-1991, and undated

Contains photocopied statement of Shim Ford regarding Union forces taking thecotton (circa 1882); booklet and typescript regarding Rockville; with newsletter andnewspaper clippings

Box 9 Folder 8 Botany Bay Island: Signal Tower, December, 1864

Contains photograph negative from the National Archives (Washington, DC).

Box 9 Folder 10 St. John's Colleton Churches, 1970-1988, and undated

Contains typescript, handwritten notes and newspaper clippings regarding St. JohnsPresbyterian Church; a "Commemorative History of St. John's Parish, 1734-1934;"newspaper clippings regarding Johns Island Presbyterian Church, Grace Chapel,The Rockville Presbyterian Church, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Trinity EpiscopalChurch and John's Island Mennonite Congregation.

6.2: Charleston County Locations, 1985-1999, and undated

Box 9 Folder 11 Charleston, South Carolina, 1985-1989, and undated

Contains typescript of a speech, book excerpts, magazine articles, and newspaperclippings.



Box 9 Folder 12 Charleston Churches, 1988, and undated

Includes a typescript of "An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Churchin South Carolina, 1670-1820," with magazine articles, newspaper clippings andbrochures.

Box 9 Folder 13 James Island, 1990-1999

Contains newspaper clipping regarding Mary Clark.

Box 9 Folder 14 Folly Beach, undated

Contains newspaper clippings.

Box 9 Folder 15 Mt. Pleasant, 1988

Box 9 Folder 16 Moultrieville/Sullivans Island, 1987, and undated

Contains typescript by Pivnick.

6.3: Lowcountry Locations, 1990, and undated

Box 9 Folder 17 Beaufort and St. Helena Island, South Carolina, 1990, and undated

6.4: Maps, circa 1711, and undated

Contains photocopied and hand drawn maps by Pivnick pertaining to the Lowcountryregion, the Civil War battle regions and the Atlantic World.

Box 9 Folder 18 Lowcountry Maps, circa 1711, and undated

Includes photocopy of maps of Charles-Town (circa 1711), and St. John's CollectonCounty.

Box 9 Folder 19 Civil War Maps, undated

Contains mostly photocopied maps, several made by Pivnick, of various warcampaigns.

Box 9 Folder 20 Atlantic World Maps, undated

Contains maps drawn by Pivnick of the North Atlantic World, the American Tropic,and the Dutch slave trade routes.

Series 7: Various Research Materials, circa 1718-1999, and undated

Contains documents created and used in the writing of the manuscript, "Immigrants, Carpetbaggers..." Includestimelines, photocopied book excerpts and newspaper articles, newsletters and brochures and numerous handwrittennotes by Pivnick.

7.1: South Carolina Chronologies, Timelines and Statistics, 1988-1999, and undated

Includes mostly typed with several handwritten event timelines, organized by year.

Box 9 Folder 21 Timelines: From 1400-1863, undated





Box 10 Folder 1 Statistics, 1988-1999, and undated

Contains various typescripts and newspaper clippings regarding "The Cost of theAmerican Civil War," South Carolina population and census figures.

7.2: Subject Files, 1876-1999, and undated

Holds mostly newspaper clippings, manuscripts and brochures on various topics.

Box 10 Folder 2 Topic: Africans in America, undated

Contains typescript and index cards.

Box 10 Folder 3 Topic: Agricultural Society of South Carolina, 1876-1999, and undated

Contains photocopied newspaper article (4 March 1876); book excerpt from ThisOur Land; and newsletter article (1999) and typed notes.

Box 10 Folder 4 Topic: American Revolution, undated

Box 10 Folder 5 Topic: "Black Yeomen of the Sea Islands, 1865-1940", 1983

Typescript of essay by the South carolina Sea Grant Consortium.

Box 10 Folder 6 Topic: Civil Rights in South Carolina and the United States, 1958-1999

Box 10 Folder 7 Topic: Civil War, 1989

Box 10 Folder 8 Topic: Gullah Culture, 1975-1987, and undated

Includes handwritten notes, and newspaper articles regarding speech and culture.

Box 10 Folder 9 Topic: Gullah Culture-Journal Essays, 1925-1976, and undated

Box 10 Folder 10 Topic: Gullah Culture: Stories and Folktales, 1932-1935, and undated

Contains handwritten notes and photocopied book excerpts from Humor in the Dark,and Some Experiences While Taking the Census among the Low Country Negroes ofSouth Carolina.

Box 10 Folder 11 Topic: Gullah Culture: Sweetgrass Baskets, 1986-1992, and undated

Contains newspaper articles and brochures, with information regarding a 1988Sweetgrass Conference hosted by the Charleston Museum.

Box 10 Folder 12 Topic: Johns Island and Charleston Police Departments, circa 1993, and undated

Contains untitled typescripts and handwritten notes.

Box 10 Folder 13 Topic: Lowcountry History (1630-1900), 1983

Contains typescripts written by the Sea Grants Foundation.

Box 10 Folder 14 Topic: Lowcountry Plantations, 1988-1990, and undated



Contains newspaper clippings regarding Magnolia Plantation.

Box 10 Folder 15 Topic: The Mosquito Fleet, 1982-1983

Contains essay, "We Are In Trim to Do It," and Coastal Heritage newsletter.

Box 10 Folder 16 Topic: Native Americans, 1969-1995, and undated

Contains several photocopied book excerpts, with typescripts, and handwritten notes.

Box 10 Folder 17 Topic: Rice Cultivation, 1988-1996, and undated

Contains handwritten notes, newspaper clippings and typed transcript lecture, "Rice,Slavery and the Sierra Leone-American Connection," given by Joseph Opala, 16November 1988.

Box 10 Folder 18 Topic: Sea Island Cotton, undated

Contains typescripts of essays.

Box 10 Folder 19 Topic: South Carolina Landscape, undated

Contains typed notes on the book, South Carolina: The Making of a Landscape.

7.3: Book Excerpts and Essays, 1901-1998, and undated

Contains photocopied excerpts from books and essay (many complete) used in Pivnick'sand Stringfellow's research. Dates indicated are publication dates. Organized by timeperiod.

Box 10 Folder 20 Book Excerpts and Essays: Colonial South Carolina, 1905-1994

Box 10 Folder 21 Book Excerpts and Essays: Early 19th Century South Carolina, 1972, and undated

Box 10 Folder 22 Book Excerpts and Essays: Civil War, 1901-1976, and undated

Box 11 Folder 1 Book Excerpt: Mason Smith Family Letters, 1860-1868, 1950

Box 11 Folder 2 Book Excerpts and Essays: Reconstruction (Folder 1 of 3), 1935-1998

Box 11 Folder 3 Book Excerpts and Essays: Reconstruction (Folder 2 of 3), 1967, and undated

Box 11 Folder 4 Book Excerpt and Essays: Reconstruction (Folder 3 of 3), 1996, and undated

Box 11 Folder 5 Book Excerpts: Late 19th Century, 1990

Box 11 Folder 6 Book Excerpts and Essays: 20th Century South Carolina, 1924-1986, and undated

7.4: Notes on Published Books and Book References, 1990-1998, and undated

Contains Pivnick's mostly typed notes on books used in research. The majority of notes areundated. Organized by time period. A subgroup pertains to book references with publishedbook reviews.

7.4.1: Notes on Published Books, 1998, and undated

Box 12 Folder 1 Notes: Colonial South Carolina (Folder 1 of 2), undated



Box 12 Folder 2 Notes: Colonial South Carolina (Folder 2 of 2), undated

Box 12 Folder 3 Notes: Early Mid-19th Century (1800-1860), undated

Box 12 Folder 4 Notes: Civil War (Folder 1 of 2), undated

Box 12 Folder 5 Notes: Civil War (Folder 2 of 2), undated

Box 12 Folder 6 Notes: Reconstruction (Folder 1 of 2), undated

Box 12 Folder 7 Notes: Reconstruction (Folder 2 of 2), 1998, and undated

Box 12 Folder 8 Notes: 20th Century South, undated

Box 12 Folder 9 Notes: Charleston, South Carolina, undated

7.4.2: Book References, 1990-1998, and undated

Contains published book reviews, with Pivnick's and Stringfellow's notes regardingsuggested readings for their research and publication.

Box 13 Folder 1 Published Recommended Readings, undated

Includes photocopied bibliographies from various books.

Box 13 Folder 2 Book Reviews, 1991, 1995-1998, and undated

Contains published reviews from newspapers and magazines.

Box 13 Folder 3 Book Catalogs, Brochures and Flyers, 1994-1995, and undated

Box 13 Folder 4 Book References: Handwritten notes, undated

Box 13 Folder 5 Book References: Index cards notes, undated

Box 13 Folder 6 Archival Collection Requests, 1990, and undated

Includes information regarding local and national archives and for conductinggenealogical research.

Box 13 Folder 7 Library book searches, 1990-1996, and undated

From printed card catalog searches; also includes Pivnick's call slips.

7.5: Historic Newspaper Articles, circa 1718-1956, and undated

Contains photocopied articles from The Charleston Daily Courier, The Charleston DailyNews, The Charleston Mercury, Harper's Weekly, and The New York Times. Organized bydate/time period.

Box 14 Folder 1 Various newspaper articles, circa 1718, 1846, 1849

Includes reproduction of The South-Carolina Gazette, Friday, October 3, 1718.

Box 14 Folder 2 The New York Times articles, 1860

Box 14 Folder 3 Various newspaper articles, 1861



Box 14 Folder 4 The Charleston Daily Courier articles, 1862, 1864

Includes a reproduction of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 12 July 1862.

Box 14 Folder 5 Various newspaper articles, 1865

Box 14 Folder 6 Various newspaper articles, 1866-1867

Box 14 Folder 7 Various newspaper articles, 1872, 1880

Box 14 Folder 8 Newspaper Advertisements from various papers, 1849, 1861, 1864-1867

Box 14 Folder 9 Various newspaper articles-20th Century, 1910, 1932, 1956

Box 14 Folder 10 Various newspaper articles, undated

7.6: Research Notes and Index Cards, undated

Holds Pivnick's various and scattered handwritten notes, organized by time period. Writtennotes are not dated.

7.6.1: Research Notes, undated

Box 15 Folder 1 Notes: Pre-History/Geology, undated

Box 15 Folder 2 Notes: Settlement of the South Carolina Lowcountry, undated

Box 15 Folder 3 Notes: Colonial-Pre-Civil War, undated

Box 15 Folder 4 Notes: Civil War-Reconstruction-(Folder 1 of 3), undated



Box 15 Folder 7 Notes: Various and scattered typed notes, undated

Box 15 Folder 8 Notes: Various and scattered handwritten notes, undated

7.6.2: Research Notes on Index Cards, undated

Contains Pivnick's various and scattered handwritten notes on index cards, organizedby time period. Notes are undated.

Box 16 Folder 1 Colonial South Carolina, undated

Box 16 Folder 2 Civil War-1860-1864, undated

Box 16 Folder 3 Various and scattered index cards, undated

7.7: Newsletters and Brochures, 1978-2000, and undated

Contains newsletters from archives, museums and civic organizations. Organizedalphabetically.

Box 16 Folder 4 Charleston Library Society and The Charleston Museum: Newsletters, 1988, 1992,1998-1999



Box 16 Folder 5 Coastal Heritage Programs: Newsletters, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1991

Contains materials from The South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, South CarolinaCoastal Council, and University of North Carolina Sea Grant program.

Box 16 Folder 6 Drayton Hall: Newsletters, 1987, 1989, 1991

Box 16 Folder 7 Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina: Newsletters, 1991, 1998-1999

Box 16 Folder 8 South Carolina African-American Tourism Brochures, 1987, 1995-1996 and undated

Box 16 Folder 9 South Carolina Historical Society: Newsletters, 1987-1988, 1990-1991, 1993

Contains scattered copied of the "Carologue."

Box 16 Folder 10 South Carolina Historical Society: Event Flyers and Brochures, 1988, 1991

Box 16 Folder 11 South Carolina Historical Society: Magazines, 1978, 1993

Box 16 Folder 12 South Carolina Humanities: Newsletters, 1990-1991

Box 16 Folder 13 Various Organizations materials, 1987-1989, 1990, 1998-1999, 2000

Contains mostly newsletters from the Charles Towne Landing Foundation, SeaIsland Habitat for Humanity, Trident Community Foundation, and League of WomenVoters, South Carolina.

Series 8: Correspondence, 1980-1999, and undated

Holds business and personal letters mostly sent to Pivnick, with some addressed to Stringfellow. Many letterspertain to their research.

Box 16 Folder 14 Letters, 1980

Contains correspondence to and from Pivnick with The South Carolina Wildlife Federationregarding creating programs at St. Christopher Camp. Includes brochures sent by theorganization.

Box 16 Folder 15 Letters, 1987-1989

Contains personal and research interest letters to Pivnick and Stringfellow.


Contains correspondence to and from Pivnick pertaining to research.


Holds letters and cards to and from Pivnick and Stringfellow pertaining mostly to theirresearch.

Box 16 Folder 18 Letters, undated

Holds letters to Pivnick regarding research.

Series 9: Audio Visual Materials, 1987-1989, and undated



Contains mostly audio cassette tapes, many with oral histories conducted by Stringfellow and Pivnick.

Box 17 Folder 1 Presentation with Guy Carawan at the Avery Research Center, December, 1987

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape

Sound quality-Fair to Good.

Sides A and B: Features brief talk by Bernice Robinson discussing Esau Jenkins and theJohns Island Citizenship School; Carawan providing a brief history of the song "We ShallOver Come," singing several variations; folktales by Janie Hunter's daughter; brief talkby Myrtle Glascoe, Avery's first director; and numerous songs sung by Mary Pickney andothers.

Box 17 Folder 2 Interview with Reverend John Henry Washington with Ecumenical Hebron Presbyterian ChurchService (Tape 1 of 3), 1988 and undated

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape: Side A-Sound quality-fair to good. Stringfellow andPivnick interview with Reverend Washington. Discusses book that Mrs. Washingtonwrote regarding her husband (in collection); Reverend Moultrie; Dorothy Richardsonof Dorothy's Funeral Home-funeral practices (cooling boards); Reverend Brewer, voterregistration and The Progressive Club; Alice Wine who memorized the constitution inorder to pass the voter literacy test; Haut Gap and St. Johns High School used for adulteducation; Buddy Freedman and Head Start. Side B: No recording. Folder contains three(3) cassette tapes. Also refer to Box 8 Folder for interview transcripts.

Box 17 Folder 2 Interview with Reverend John Henry Washington (Tape 2 of 3), 18 January,, 1988

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape.

Side A: Sound quality-Fair to Good. Discusses Reverend Washington's private education inCharlotte, North Carolina. Building church on Johns Island; the quality of education, pastand present. Presbyterian education; St. John's High School for whites only; Washington'sdifferences with of Esau Jenkins; the racial makeup of Johns Island; farming crops on theIsland; African-American farmers; On Johns and James Island discussed how was the landacquired, handed down by family members, an acre of land cost $25 (at one time); financialassistance for migrant farmers versus African-Americans.

Side B: Sound quality: Fair to good Migrant farmers discussion continued; the need foreducational training; the lack of African-American educators; Washington's inability toretire; his involvement with the church; the stigma of enslavement; irrated by people whowant to study Gullah language, advocates speaking the "Kings Language."

Box 17 Folder 2 Johns Island Hebron Presbyterian Ecumenical Church Service (Tape 3 of 3), undated

Sixty (60) minute cassette tape

Side A and B: Sound quality-Fair to good. Taping of singing.

Box 17 Folder 3 Interview with Billy Jenkins, 26 June, 1989


Sides A and B-Sound quality-Fair. Interview with Esau Jenkins' son by Pivnick andStringfellow. Also refer to typed transcript in Box 8, Folder 3.



Box 17 Folder 3 Pivnick and Stringfellow discussion of creation of Johns Island plantation maps, 1 November, 1991

Sixty (60) minute cassette tape.

Side A: Sound quality-Good to excellent. See "Johns Island Plantations:" Box 5, Folders1-5 to view the maps mentioned in this recording. Mentions African-American purchasedtheir land after the war; the size of Seabrook Island; the Schaffer Family-The end of Side Adrags.

Side B: Sound quality-Good but the tapes drags in the beginning. Continues to discussplanation families.

Box 17 Folder 4 Interview with Dorothy Richardson and Linda Dingle Gadson, for Elderhostel program, 4 April, 1988

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape.

Sound quality-poor on both sides. Side A: Richardson's voice is muffled. Sings "Down bythe Riverside," and other songs. Side B: Linda Gadson, sound quality good; discusses EsauJenkins and his establishing the Rural Missions, Inc., in which Gadson is the director.

Box 17 Folder 4 Discussion with Stringfellow, Pivnick and Dee Dee Frasier, undated


Side A-Voice quality-fair to bad; with several conversations and voices are speaking at thesame time, hard to understand what is being discussed. Mentioned: Promised Land Churchand other Johns Island churches Side B-Sound quality-good to fair: A woman named "DeeDee Frasier" enters the conversation, discusses McClennan Banks Hospital, Stringfellowmentions her aunt who was a nurse; Grisby who was a root doctor in the 1930s; midwiferyon Johns Island.

Box 17 Folder 4 Pivnick and Stringfellow discussion on African-Americans obtaining education on Johns Island, undated

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape. Sound quality-good to fair.

Side A and B: Discusses Buddy Freeman's father; adult education at Promise Land Churchwith Reverend Martin, prior to Clark and Jenkins, Reverend Taylor also taught; questionsregarding records of voter registration; African-American residents on Johns Island andfuneral rituals. Note: Side 1 stops half way; the same recording is on Side 2, which soundsclearer.

Box 17 Folder 5 Pivnick and Stringfellow discussion on the Thomas Stanyarne Family, 4 June, 1988

Forty-five (45) minute cassette tape: Sides A and B: Sound quality-Good.

Box 17 Folder 5 Pivnick and Stringfellow discussion of Johns Island Plantation owner families, undated

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape: Sound quality-fair: voices muffled in the beginning oftape. The sound improves further in the recording.

Side A contains long pause in recording. The cassette is labeled: "June 88 visit withShoolbred at Snee Farm" (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina). Sides A and B: Stringfellow is



tracing Johns Island history through her family, the Andells, and other families. Thosementioned are the Boykins, Stanyarnes, Gibbs, Greggs and Vanderhorsts, among others.

Box 17 Folder Discussion with Stringfellow and Pivnick, 25 August, 1991

Sixty (60) minute cassette tape

Side A-Audio quality: clear and good. Talks about a discussion Stringfellow had with GregCraven. Mentions Union army on Johns Island during the Civil War; Battle of BloodyCreek, fought by African-Americans. Property owned by Kinsey Burden. Also mentionedAdams Run, Brickhouse, Steamboat Landing, and James Island bridge. Side B-Audioquality: clear and good. Civil War on Johns Island discussion continue. Tape cut off withStringfellow relating her experience with accessing the Freedman's Bureau Records fromthe National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Box 17 Folder 6 Stringfellow's "Life on John's Island" Elderhostel lecture, (Tape 1 of 4), March, 1988

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape Sides A and B: Sound Quality-Good. "Life on John'sIsland'-See Box 3, Folder 3 for transcript.

Box 17 Folder 6 Stringfellow's "Life on John's Island" Elderhostel lecture, (Tape 2 of 4), March, 1988

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape Side A and B: Sound quality-fair to poor. See Box 3,Folder 3 for transcript.

Box 17 Folder 6 Stringfellow's "Life on John's Island" Elderhostel lecture, (Tape 3 of 4), 27 April, 1988

Ninety (90) minute cassette tape Side 1: Audio quality-Fair. Talks about her ancestors, theAndells. Built a Clubhouse in 1915. Palmetto Lodge, fresh water pump. Mentions NativeAmericans originally on the land. Tape stops short. Side 2: Audio quality-Fair to poor.Discussion begins 3/4 from the beginning. Talks about Gullah, Native Americans.

Box 17 Folder 6 Stringfellow's "Life on John's Island" Elderhostel lecture, (Tape 4 of 4), 27 April, 1988


Side A:Sound quality-fair-good (sound muffled at times) Discusses Revolutionary Waron Johns and Seabrook Islands; the end of the Civil War and the work of the Freedmen'sBureau; the rise of the white farmers; the Seabrook family subdivision of land; educationfor African-Americans on Johns Island; discusses Johns Island book project with Pivnick;answers audience questions: briefly explains the terms "carpetbaggers," and "Gullah." SideB: Sound quality-fair to poor-Features archivist Harlan Greene discussing Lowcountryhistory with Stringfellow and Pivnick.

Box 17 Folder 7 Scholarly lectures on enslaved life and free people of color, undated


Sound quality-poor. Professors from Northwestern University are not identified.

Box 17 Folder 7 Recording of history conference-Three (3) cassette tapes, undated

Ninety (90) minute cassette tapes

Sound quality good on all recordings Features historians Charles Joyner and Peter Woodreading papers regarding enslavement in South Carolina.



Box 17 Folder VHS Video Tape of Rural Mission, Inc., Johns Island, undated

Series 10: Maps, 1969-1974, and undated

Contains aerial map of Johns Island; soil system map of Charleston County, South Carolina; Stono and North EdistoRivers; large hand drawn maps of Johns Island plantations and the Charleston peninsula; and Town of SeabrookIsland flood and evacuation route map.

Drawer 7 Various Maps, 1969-1974, and undated