Selective Materials on African-Americans and the Civil War

Compiled in honor of Black History Month 2.24.2012; Latest update 1.4.2013

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Resources about African-Americans in the Military during the Civil War

Online Resources

The Civil War Trust has a United States Colored Troops hub athttp://www.civilwar.org/education/history/usct/usct-united-states-colored.html.Among the offerings are primary source materials,articles, a slideshow, and a quiz about actions in which the men of the USCT participated. .

“Men of Color: To Arms! To Arms!” by Elizabeth Berlin Taylor for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History at http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/african-americans-and-emancipation/resources/%E2%80%9Cmen-color-arms-arms%E2%80%9D.

REF 973.7 DYECompendium of the War of the Rebellionby Frederick H. Dyer. (3 vols.) (BEA, HHI) Also available online athttp://www.civilwararchive.com/regim.htm

973.7 WARThe War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies(130 vols.) (BDC, BLU) Also available online athttp://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html.

The New South, a Civil War era newspaper published here from 1862-1866 is available online athttp://www.sc.edu/library/digital/collections/newsouth.html.

BCL website pages on Robert Smalls, a local African-American Civil War naval hero are found at:

· http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/htdocs-sirsi/famous.htm#Smalls

· http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/htdocs-sirsi/smalls.htm

National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ . Read the “History of African Americans in the Civil War” at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/history/aa_history.htm .

In honor of the 150 th Anniversary of the Civil War, the Navy has posted an online brochure “Blacks in Blue Jackets: African Americans in the Civil War” at http://www.scribd.com/doc/38189408/Civil-War-Navy-Sesquicentennial-African-American-Sailor-Brochure

“Black Men in Navy Blue During the Civil War,” an article originally published in the National Archives

PrologueMagazine, is a very good introduction to what life was like for black sailors in the Union Navy. Go tohttp://www.navyandmarine.org/ondeck/1862blackinblue.htm.

“The African American Experience In Ohio, 1850-1920” found at http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/ allows searches on “African American soldiers” and keyword “Civil War” which brings up some good digital images of individual soldiers, most of whom had direct connections with the State of Ohio.

“The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship” found at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/ . Select “The Civil War” section and read “Soldiers and Missionaries” and “Fighting for Freedom.” An added benefit of this site is a digital image of a photograph of black soldiers in Beaufort.

“The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops” by Budge Weidman is found at http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-war/article.html . This site is part of the “Teaching With Documents” series offered to the schools by the National Archives.

“First to Serve” found at http://www.nps.gov/fosc/historyculture/firsttoserve.htm states: “During theCivil War, Kansas was the first state to officially recruit and train military units comprised of black soldiers.” For more about the Kansas Colored Troops, please see this site: http://www.kshs.org/p/online-exhibits-keep-the-flag-to-the-front-part-4/10654

“Valley of the Shadow” project found at http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ contains limited information about USCT. Select the “The War Years,” and then “Images.” Enter the term “African Americans” in the Subject dropdown box to access 71 images, some of which were taken in our area. A notable person, Maj. Martin Delaney, is shown. He was the first Black Officer in the Union Army. He served with the 55 th Massachusetts which was based here for a time during the Civil War.

“United States Colored Troops – Civil War: Brief Notes and Links” researched and compiled by Bennie J. McRae, Jr. offers some insights of a dedicated Civil War buff. The web site address is http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/usct.htm .

The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first military unit consisting of black soliders to be raised in the North during the Civil War. The Massachusetts Historical Society launched a website displaying some of their archival holdings of photographs, broadsides, and manuscripts relating to the 54th MASS at http://www.masshist.org/online/54thregiment/essay.php?entry_id=528 .

“American Memory, Library of Congress” found at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html is a treasure trove of information but you have to play with the database to get the best results. Appropriate databases to search are “Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society, contained within Civil War Images ~ Multiformat ~ 1861-1865 , Civil War Maps in the Hotchkiss Map collection and the “Civil War Maps, 1861-1865” digital exhibit; and the Brady Studio and Others photographic collection.

“Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War: A List of Images in the Civil War Photograph Collection” can be accessed through the Prints and Photographs Division

,Library of Congress through the portal found athttp://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/081_cwaf2.html.

The Library of Congress highlights images, maps, and other resources on African-Americans at http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/index.html . Of particular interest are the recently arrived images of African-American soldiers and sailors as found in the Liljenquist Collection of Civil War portraits. The portal for the Liljenquist Collection is found at http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/caption/captionliljenquist.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/print/caption/captionliljenquist.html .

For digital images posted by the Historical Division of the United States Navy, start with their homepage which is found at http://www.history.navy.mil/ . They are running a special “Navy African American Experience” at http://www.history.navy.mil/special%20Highlights/AfricanAmerican/African-hist.htm.

Information found in “African-Americans and the U.S. Navy” at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/af-amer/afa-1860.htm is very useful. There’s even a special feature on our native son, Robert Smalls!

Angela Y. Walton-Raji writes a blog entitled “The USCT Chronicle: Telling African American Civil War Stores, of Soldiers, Civilians, Contrabands, First Days of Freedom, and the Events that led to Freedom” at http://usctchronicle.blogspot.com/.

You can check out these materials from Beaufort County Library:

The branch libraries in Beaufort (BEA), Bluffton (BLU), and Hilton Head (HHI) have particularly strong collections of printed materials on the Civil War and the African American soldiers, sailors, and civilians who served.

PLEASE ask a Reference Librarian for help locating these and many other relevant materials about the role of African-Americans in the Union military during the Civil War.

B GOULDDiary of a contraband : the Civil War passage of a Black sailor[edited by] William B. Gould IV. (BEA, BLU, HHI)

B MCCLINESlavery in the Clover Bottoms: John McCline’s narrative of his life during slavery and the Civil War.(BLU, LOB)

B SHAWBlue-eyed child of fortune: the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. (BDC, HHI)

B SMALLSCongressman Robert Smalls [DVD]: a patriot’s journey from slavery to Capitol Hillnarrated by Sean Patrick Thomas; written and directed by Adrena Ifill. (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI, LOB)

371.1 JOU

The journals of Charlotte Forten Grimke

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edited by Brenda Stevenson. (BDC, HHI)

973.7 CIV The Civil War[DVD] Produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for The History Channel. Jim Lindsay, Narrator. (BLU, HHI)

973.7 CIVCivil War journal [DVD]: the conflict begins. History TV Network presentation; produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. in association with A & E Networks. Danny Glover, Narrator. (HHI)

973.7 FREFreedom’s journey: African American voices of the Civil Waredited by Donald Yacovone. (BLU)

973.7 HAWA woman doctor’s Civil War : Esther Hill Hawks’ diaryedited with foreword and afterword by Gerald Schwartz. (BDC, BEA, HHI)

973.7 HIGThe complete Civil War journal and selected letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginsonedited by Christopher Looby. (BDC, HHI, LOB)

973.7 MCPFor cause and comrades: why men fought in the Civil Warby James M. McPherson. (BEA, BLU, HHI)

REF 973.7 SOU

South Carolina African-Americans in the Civil War: two sides to a story, compiler and author, Roberta VH. Copp ; editing, Judith M. Brimelow. (BLU)

973.7 TRULike men of war : Black troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865by Noah Andre Trudeau. (BLU, HHI)

973.7 WASEagles on their buttons: a Black infantry regiment in the Civil Warby Versalle F. Washington. (HHI, STH)

973.7415 ASHFirebrand of liberty : the story of two Black regiments that changed the course of the Civil Warby Stephen V. Ash. (ALL)

973.7415 CORThe sable arm: Black troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865by Dudley Taylor Cornish. (BLU)

973.7415 FOR

Forgotten Confederates : an anthology about Black southerners

compiled & edited by Charles Kelly Barrow, J.H. Segars & R.B. Rosenburg. (BDC, BEA)

973.7415 GLAForged in battle: the Civil War alliance of Black soldiers and white officersby Joseph T. Glatthaar. (BDC, BEA, HHI)

REF 973.7415 GRESwamp angels: a biographical study of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment: true facts about the black defenders of the Civil Warby Robert Ewell Greene. (BDC, HHI)

973.7415 MAS[DVD]The Massachusetts 54th [DVD]: colored infantryby Jacqueline Shearer. (HHI)

973.7415 WARThe slaves’ war: the Civil War in the words of former slavesby Andrew Ward. (BEA, BLU, HHI)

973.742 HIGArmy life in a Black regimentby Thomas Wentworth Higginson. (BDC, BEA, HHI)

Come to the BDC Research Room to see these items:

Please note that materials available only through the Beaufort District Collection (BDC) are not available for checkout. Customary visiting hours are Monday – Friday: 10:00AM – 5:00PM; the BDC is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

B DELANYLife and public services of Martin R. Delany [Excerpt photocopied from book]: Sub-assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned lands, and Late Major 104th U.S. Colored Troopsby Frank A. Rollin. (BDC)

B SHAWBlue-eyed child of fortune: the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. (BDC, HHI)

B SMALLSCongressman Robert Smalls [DVD]: a patriot’s journey from slavery to Capitol Hillnarrated by Sean Patrick Thomas; written and directed by Adrena Ifill. (ALL)

SC 306.3621 HUNSouth Carolina Volunteers [Pamphlet Articles] : Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 8, 1862, transmitting correspondence of Major General Hunter, in relation to arming South Carolina volunteers: fugitive slaves : July 2, 1862.(BDC)

SC 371.1 JOUThe journals of Charlotte Forten Grimkéedited by Brenda Stevenson. (BDC, HHI)

SC 973.7 BRODesperate deliverance : the story of African Americans in the Civil Warby Robert Broadwater ; edited by Patricia Mitchell [and] Judy Gowan. (BDC)

SC 973.7 HAWA woman doctor’s Civil War : Esther Hill Hawks’ diaryedited with foreword and afterword by Gerald Schwartz. (BDC, BEA, HHI)

SC 973.7 HELSouth Carolina’s African American Confederate pensioners, 1923-1925by Alexia Jones Helsley. (BDC)

SC 973.7 HIGThe complete Civil War journal and selected letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginsonedited by Christopher Looby. (BDC, HHI, LOB)

SC 973.7 OFFOfficial Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion(25 vols.) (BDC)

SC 973.7 ROSThe roster of Union soldiers, 1861-1865.United States Colored troopsedited by Janet B. Hewett (BDC)

SC 973.7 SUPSupplement to the Official records of the Union and Confederate Armiesedited by Janet Hewett. (BDC)

SC 973.7 TAYA Black woman’s Civil War memoirs: reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, late 1st South Carolina Volunteersby Susie King Taylor. (BDC)

SC 973.7 WARThe War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies(130 vols.) (BDC, BLU) Also available online athttp://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html.

SC 973.7415 ASHFirebrand of liberty : the story of two Black regiments that changed the course of the Civil Warby Stephen V. Ash. (ALL)

SC 973.7415 FORForgotten Confederates : an anthology about Black southernerscompiled & edited by Charles Kelly Barrow, J.H. Segars & R.B. Rosenburg. (BDC, BEA)

SC 973.7415FULMen of Color, To Arms!: Vermont African-Americans in the Civil Warby James Fuller. (BDC)

SC 973.7415 GLAForged in battle: the Civil War alliance of Black soldiers and white officersby Joseph T. Glatthaar. (BDC, BEA, HHI)

SC 973.7415 GOOOn the altar of freedom: a black soldier’s Civil War letters from the frontby James Henry Gooding. (BDC)

SC 973.7415 GOU104th infantry regiment-USCT, Colored Civil War soldiers from South Carolinaby J. Raymond Gourdin. (BDC)

SC 973.7415 GRESwamp angels: a biographical study of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment: true facts about the black defenders of the Civil Warby Robert Ewell Greene. (BDC, HHI)

SC 973.7415 HUMIntensely human : the health of the Black soldier in the American Civil Warby Margaret Humphreys. (BDC)

SC 973.7415 WESBlack troops, white commanders, and freedmen during the Civil WarbyHoward C. Westwood; with a foreword by John Y. Simon. (BDC)

SC 973.74157 MCRNineteenth century freedom fighters : the 1st South Carolina Volunteers byBennie J. McRae Jr., Curtis M. Miller, Cheryl Trowbridge-Miller (BDC)

SC 973.742 HIGArmy life in a Black regimentby Thomas Wentworth Higginson. (BDC, BEA, HHI)

SC 973.896 KINWounds that Bind: A Comparative Study of the Role played by Civil War veterans of African descent in community formation in Massachusetts and South Carolina, 1865-1915by Lisa Yolande King. (BDC)

Records on Microfilm

NEWSPAPERS

New South , Free South , Palmetto Heraldnewspapers, 1862-1866 (BDC, BEA, HHI)Please note:The New South, 1862-1866 is available online athttp://www.sc.edu/library/digital/collections/newsouth.html.

Beaufort Republican newspaper , 1871-1873(BDC, BEA)

Port Royal Commercial and Beaufort County Republican newspaper ,1873 -1874(BDC, BEA)

Palmetto Postnewspaper, 1882-1906 (BDC, BEA, HHI)

LAND RECORDS

Index to and Heads of Family Land Certificates, 1863-1872 (BDC, HHI)

Tax Sale Certificates 1864 (BDC, HHI)

Land Sale Certificates, 1869-1870; 1875-1876 (BDC, HHI)

VOTER REGISTRATION

Abstract of Voter Registrations reported to the Military Government, 1868 (BDC)

CENSUS RECORDS

1890 Federal Census of

Union Veterans and Widows(BDC, HHI)

1790 – 1880, 1900 – 1930

Federal Censusfor Beaufort County. (BDC, HHI) Also available electronically in all branch libraries throughAncestry Library Editiondatabase.

1870, 1880, 1900-1930

Federal Censusfor Hampton County. (BDC, HHI) Also available electronically in all branch libraries throughAncestry Library Editiondatabase.

1910-1930

Federal Censusfor Jasper County. (BDC, HHI) Also available electronically in all branch libraries throughAncestry Library Editiondatabase.

Suggested Subscription Databases in the Beaufort County Library

Please note: (Valid Beaufort County Library card and Password Required)

ESBCO Host

History Reference Centerdatabase

DISCUS databases

Biography in Context,Academic OneFile, U.S. History in Context, andExpanded Academic ASAPdatabases are particularly helpful when learning more about key figures and military actions during the Civil War era, including the role of the members of the USCT.

ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION

Ancestry Library Editionis available on the library’s Internet stations located in each of our branch libraries. To get the most out of the experience, come prepared with a list of USCT ancestors to research. Go to the Ancestry Database Card Catalog search search, type in “Civil War” as keyword and filter the location to the “United States.” (This eliminates records to civil wars in other countries). You will get a listing of 109 databases inside ALE about Civil War soldiers, sailors, and civilians. Here you will find links to key series:US Civil War Soldiers, 1861 – 1865; US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles; Civil War Pension Index; Civil War Prisoner of War records; US, Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861 – 1865; US Navy Pension Index, 1861 – 1910; the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861 – 1865,and theAfrican American Photo Collection, 1850 -2000among others.

Ancestry Library Editionalso offers a version of the National Park Service’s Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System database.Ancestry Library Editioncalls its versions theU.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865[database collection]. This database tells the researcher whether a specific African-American is included in the African American Civil War Memorial and if so, the soldier’s name and plaque number.

Ancestry Library Editionis the largest online genealogy resource available with almost 8000 complete databases, and more than 4 billion names. The database includes census data; maps; military records and slave stories. New content is added regularly.

Suggested USCT and Civil War Web Sites on the Net

025.06 THOThe Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sitesby William G. Thomas and Alice E. Carter (BEA, HHI).This book offers valuable suggestions for the Civil War researcher. Chapter 5 evaluates web sites about “The Experience of the U.S. Colored Troops. Part II recommends specific topical sites that are well organized and updated regularly.

Suggested Sources for Images and Maps of the Civil War

We have a number of digital images imbedded within our Library’s website that our customers can view and photocopy for educational use. Permission to reproduce our images for publication and appearance in works produced by others must be granted by the Beaufort County Library per policy of the Library Board of Trustees. For additional information, please contact Grace Cordial, Historical Resources Coordinator, Beaufort County Library, 843-255-6446 or gracec@bcgov.net .

SCIway hosts a number of online maps on its site found at http://www.sciway.net/hist/maps/ .

Port Royal Sound – circa 1860 -

City map of Beaufort – circa 1860 (with sites of Civil War hospitals)

Map of Saint Helena Sound compiled from U.S. Coast Survey – 1861 -.

Port Royal entrance – 1862

Port Royal entrance and Hilton Head Island – 1862

Beaufort River – Compiled from U.S. Coast Survey – 1864

Trigonometrical survey of Saint Helena Sound – 1864

Broad River – Beaufort and Jasper Counties – 1865 -

LEGEND TO MATERIALS LOCATION

BDC = Beaufort District Collection

BEA= Beaufort Branch

BLU = Bluffton Branch

HHI = Hilton Head Branch

LOB = Lobeco Branch

STH = St. Helena Branch

Charlotte Forten, 1837 – 1914

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The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. Charlotte Forten (later Grimke) was a Northern teacher to the former enslaved people of Beaufort District during the Port Royal Experiment.
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Charlotte Forten Grimke, (1837 – 1914) : A List of Resources

in the Beaufort County Library, SC

Web based resources:

Biography Resource Centerdatabase (DISCUS, password required for access from home)

Cross Searchable Products, DISCUS databases (DISCUS password required for access from home)

History Reference Centerdatabase, (EBSCO password required for access from home)

“Only a Schoolhouse: Education Pioneers” http://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/charlotte.html .

Charlotte Forten: Biography

by the Biography Channel.

Charlotte Forten Grimke, 1837 – 1914 by the National Women’s History Museum

Charlotte Forten Enters Salem Normal School March 13, 1855 in Mass Moments

Come to the Beaufort District Collection to see these items:

SC B FORTENA tribute to Charlotte Forten by Roberta Hughes Wright

SC B FORTENCharlotte Forten, Black and free by Polly Longsworth

Grimke, Charlotte Lottie Forten (1837-1914) [BDC Vertical File]

Grimke Family [BCD Vertical File]

SC 371.1 JOUThe Journals of Charlotte Forten Grimke edited by Brenda Stevenson (BDC, HHI SC)

Check out these materials from the Beaufort County Library:

973.7 WORWords for the hour: A New Anthology of American Civil War Poetryedited by Faith Barrett, contains Forten’s poem, “The Two Voices,” on pp. 41 -44. (BEA)

975.799 SPIBeaufort, South Carolina : Pages from the Pastby Gerhard Spieler. (ALL)

791.43 CHACharlotte Forten’s mission[videorecording]. (HHI)

REF 370 WILI dare not fail : notable African American women educatorsby Mary Wilds. (BEA, BLU)

371.1 JOUThe journal of Charlotte L. Fortenby Charlotte Forten (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI)

Pirates of the Lowcountry

A Guide to Resources in the Beaufort County Library

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The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. The era of the pirates and privateers is a critical part of that history.
Prepared by Grace Morris Cordial, MLS, SL Beaufort District Collection Manager.
Created: 11 September 2008;
Latest update: 23 November 2011


Pirates of the Lowcountry

A Guide to Resources in the Beaufort County Library



Online Resources:

“Pirates of the Lowcountry” by Dennis Adams, Information Services Coordinator
“The Crows Nest:An Exploration of Pirates in South Carolina”
” Pirates and Privateers: The history of Maritime Piracy ” website by Cindy Vallar – A wealth of information and links to additional information!
” Beware the Buccaneers ” by Julie Thompson Adolf
The National Maritime Museum of Greenwich, London, England has a webpage entitled ” Pirates ” within their “Ships, seafarers & life at sea” section.


You can check out these materials from Beaufort County Library:

359 BUT

Pirates, privateers & rebel raiders of the Carolina coastby Lindley S. Butler.(HHI)

364.1 SHERaiders and rebels: the golden age of piracyby Frank Sherry. (BEA, HHI)

910.45 CORUnder the black flag: the romance and the reality of life among the piratesby David Cordingly. (BEA, BLU)

910.4 PIRPirates: terror on the high seas, from the Caribbean to the South China Seaedited by David Cordingly. (BEA)

910.4 ROGPirates!: brigands, buccaneers, and privateers in fact, fiction, and legendby Jan Rogoziński. (BEA, HHI)

910.45 CONPirates and raiders of the Southern shoreby T. D. Conner. (HHI, BDC) 910.45 EAR The pirate warsby Peter Earle. (BLU)

910.45 HUGThe Carolina pirates and colonial commerce, 1670-1740by Shirley Carter Hughson. (BLU, BDC)

910.45 KONPiracy: the complete historyby Angus Konstam. (BLU)

910.45 ROBBlackbeard and other pirates of the Atlantic coastby Nancy Roberts. (BEA, BDC, HHI)

J 910.45 ZEPPirates of the Carolinas for kidsby Terrance Zepke. (LOB)

972.9 WOOThe Spanish Main: The Seafarersby Peter Wood and the Editors of Time-Life Books (BLU)

975.7 GRAPlanters, pirates & patriots: historical tales from the South Carolina Grand Strandby Rod Gragg. (BEA, HHI)

975.7 HASA Primary Source history of the colony of South Carolinaby Heather Hasan. (BLU) Chapter 4: “Pirates, Rebellion, and War.”

975.7 MCCThe history of South Carolina under the proprietary government, 1670-1719by Edward McCrady (BEA, BDC)

975.799 ROWThe history of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861by Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, George C. Rogers, Jr. (ALL) See in particular, pp. 26-27, 44-46, 50, 58, 63, 148-149, 151, 155, 176, 186, 212, 229, 247-248; for French privateers, see 20, 22-23, 32-33, 40, 42-43, 147-148, 151; for Spanish privateers, see 141, 145, 147-151, 154-155.

Come to the BDC Research Room to see these items:

Please note that materials available only through the Beaufort District Collection (BDC) are not available for checkout. Normal visiting hours are Monday – Friday: 10:00AM – 5:00PM; the BDC is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

According to the

South Carolina Encyclopedia‘s entry on “Piracy. Piracy flourished on the South Carolina coast chiefly in two periods: the early proprietary years (1670-1700) and at the end of the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’ (1716-1720)….Pirates, most of whom began their commerce raiding as legal war-time privateers, thrived” in the uncertain circumstances caused by a weak proprietary government during a period of political unrest and military threats to the English colony from Native Americans, the Spanish and the French.

B JOHNSONRobert Johnson, proprietary & royal Governor of South Carolinaby Richard P. Sherman. (BDC only)

SC 387.5 COKCharleston’s maritime heritage, 1670-1865: an illustrated history by P.C. Coker III. (BDC, HH SC only)

SC 364.13 SOUCollections by the South Carolina Historical Society, pp. 206, 239, 249, and 264. (BDC only)

SC 910.45 MARMary Long’s yesteryear Skull and crossbones: South Carolina’s infamous pirates[DVD] (BDC only)

SC 910.45 SPEShipwrecks, pirates & privateers: sunken treasures of the upper South Carolina coast, 1521-1865by E. Lee Spence. (BDC only)

SC 975.703 JACPrivateers in Charleston, 1793-1796; an account of a French palatinate in South Carolina[by] Melvin H. Jackson. (BDC only)

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History of Bluffton, South Carolina

A Selective Annotated Bibliography (Latest update: 27 October 2011).

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The Beaufort District Collection (BDC) exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry, including the Bluffton area. Resources available in the Beaufort County Library system, a division of Beaufort County Government. Prepared by staff of the Beaufort District Collection.
Latest update 27 October 2011.

History of Bluffton, SC

A selective bibliography prepared by staff of the Beaufort District Collection, Beaufort County Library, a division of Beaufort County Government.

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Online Resources



Water Quality Concerns in the May River: Analysis of Monitoring Data Collected by the Town of Bluffton and the Palmetto Bluff Developmenthttp://www.blufftonian.com/blufftonian/mayriverreport.pdfBluffton Breeze(magazine).An online version of this publication is available from November 2004 – Present athttp://blufftonbreeze.com .Includes an article or two about the history of the area every month.Bluffton Today(newspaper). Partial archives from 2008 to present are available online athttp://www.blufftontoday.com .

“History of Bluffton” web page hosted by the City of Bluffton is available at http://www.townofbluffton.sc.gov/visiting/Pages/index.aspx.

“The Devil’s Elbow Barony,” by Henry A. M. Smith, South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine , vol. 13, no. 3, July 1912, pp. 119 – 215 is available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575336 .

Print copies of the entire run of the

South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazineare held in the BDC. HHI has the article on microfiche. This article was reprinted inThe baronies of South Carolinaby Henry A. M. Smith. (BDC). This article is also included inThe Historical Writings of Henry A.M. Smith: Articles from the South Carolina Historical (and Genealogical) Magazineunder call number 975.702 SMI at BLU and HHI.Historical timeline for the Devil’s Elbow Barony is found at http://www.colletonriverclub.com/Community/History/Historical-Timeline.aspx.

An essay about Rose Hill Mansion by Iva Roberts Welton is found at http://www.rosehillmansion.com/HistoryIndex.html .

SCIways has a “Bluffton, SC” web page at http://www.sciway.net/city/bluffton.html .
“History of Bluffton” posted by the Heyward House, Bluffton Historical Preservation Society, Inc. is found at http://www.heywardhouse.org/bluffton/history .
Old Town Bluffton history is posted at http://bluffton.hiltonheadisland.org/history/ .
The Kirk Family Genealogy is available at http://www.rosehillmansion.com/KirkGenealogy.html. History of Colleton River Plantation Club is posted http://www.colletonriverclub.com/Community/History.aspx.

Another source of “Bluffton History!”is http://www.bluffton.com/bluffton-history/.

Borrow these materials from one of our libraries

B HOWIE.The Bluffton Charge: One Preacher’s Struggle for Civil Rights by Stephen S. Howie, 2000. (BLU, HHI)
Describes some events of the Civil Rights movement in Bluffton surrounding the lives of Rev. and Mrs. John Howie.

728.8579 MARNorthern Money, Southern Land: the Lowcountry Plantation Sketches of Chlotilde R. Martin , edited by Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius, 2009. (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI)
Reprints the newspaper articles that Martin wrote during the 1940s and provides updates to 2009 regarding subsequent ownership and history of the land.

917.5799 GUI.A Guide to Historic Bluffton by Bluffton Historical Preservation Society, 2007 (ALL)
Brief history of Bluffton Historical Preservation Society and Bluffton Town. Contains brief descriptions and historical information of houses in the Bluffton historic district.

975.799 FRI.Bluffton and the Okatie by Nellie Hasell Fripp.Unpublished, 1951. (BLU)
History of Bluffton Town from 1841 to 1951 through oral histories of prominent town folk. This account details the history of the white, Bluffton elite.

975.799 ING.A Corner of Carolina: The Four Seasons in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, and Bluffton by Edith Inglesby,1968. (BEA, BLU, HHI)
An account of the history of the area specifically detailing the natural history. Short references to historically significant people, places, and events.

975.799 LON.A Longer Short History of Bluffton, South Carolina and its Environs by Bluffton Historical Preservation Society, Inc., 1988. (BEA, BLU, HHI)
Explains the history of Bluffton, South Carolina from European settlement to the Civil War. Relates the history and architecture of Bluffton’s antebellum buildings and buildings dating during the time period between the Civil War and World War I. A map is included to help you find these historically relevant buildings.

975.799 MAR.Remembering the Way it Was at Hilton Head, Bluffton and Daufuskie by Fran Heyward Marscher, 2005. (ALL)
Oral histories of the 20 th century. This compilation includes a variety of accounts from peoples of differing ages, social, and political backgrounds.

975.799 MAR.Remembering the Way it Was Volume Two: More Stories from Hilton Head, Bluffton and Daufuskie by Fran Heyward Marscher, 2007. (ALL)
Oral histories of the 20 th century. This compilation includes a variety of accounts from peoples of differing ages, social, and political backgrounds.

975.799 SHO.A Short History of the Early Days of Bluffton South Carolina byBluffton Historical Preservation Society, Inc., 1983. (BEA, BLU)
Explains the history of Bluffton, South Carolina from European settlement to the Civil War. Relates the history and architecture of a few historically significant buildings. Includes a map of burned houses during the Union attack on June 4, 1863 as well as correspondence and Army Reports in relation to the incident.


Visit the BDC to see these materials

283.757 CHU.The Church of the Cross: An Episcopal Parish in Bluffton, South Carolina . Unpublished, 2004.
Provides history of Bluffton from 1854-2004 through the activities and members of The Church of the Cross. Also contains “The First One Hundred Years of History” a sermon presented by Rev. Albert Sidney Thomas at the 100 th Anniversary of the church which details the general history of the area known as Bluffton.

912.75799 BEA V.1.Bluffton Street Index by Beaufort County GIS Department.Unpublished, 2006.
Detailed mapping of Bluffton’s streets. Includes divisions for parceled land, but does not provide any land owner information. Contains a street finding guide.

975.79 BRE.Summer Migrations and Resorts of South Carolina Low-Country Planters by Lawrence Fay Brewster, 1947.
Chapter II: “To ‘The Salt’” includes information about the Sea Island Resorts of Beaufort County including Kirk’s Bluff, the earlier name forBluffton.

Archaeological Reports


SC 975.7 ADAIntensive survey of 1.8 acres, Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolinaby Natalie Adams, 1995.

SC 975.7 ADAIntensive survey of the Bluffton to Hilton Head Island transmission line, Beaufort County, South Carolinaby Natalie Adams, 1994.

SC 975.799 ATZLittle house on the bluff: data recovery excavations at the Horskins Site (38BU1381), Palmetto Bluff, Beaufort County, South Carolinaby prepared for Palmetto Bluff, LLC by Leiellen Atz . . .et al.,2005.

SC 975.799 BRICultural resources inventory of Belfair’s Buckwalter Tract, Beaufort County, South Carolinaprepared for Belfair Plantation, Bluffton, SC by Kara Bridgman, Archaeologist and Bruce Harvey, Historian, under the direction of Eric C. Poplin, Principal Investigator.

SC 975.799 FLE“Meet, O Lord, on the Milk-White Horse”: archaeological data recovery at Rephraim Plantation Sites 38BU1385 and 38BU1803: Palmetto Bluff, Beaufort County South Carolina: USACE P/N 2001-1G-426-C; OCRM Permi prepared for Palmetto Bluff, LLC by Joshua N. Fletcher . . .et al., 2005.

SC 975.799 HUDLate archaic settlement on the May River: data recovery at the Tree Runner Site (38BU1800), Beaufort County, South Carolinaprepared for Palmetto Bluff, LLC by Connie M. Huddleston . . .et al.,2005.

SC 975.799 INTIntensive cultural resources survey for the proposed extension to Bluffton Parkway (Phase 5-B), Beaufort County, South Carolinaprepared for Florence & Hutcheson, Inc., Columbia, SC, on behalf of Beaufort County, SC by Legacy Research Associates. Draft Report, 2006.

SC 975.799 LANCultural resources survey of the Olde Mill Run Tract, Beaufort County, South Carolina prepared for Olde Mill Run LLCby Brent Landsdell, Archaeologist and Jason Ellerbee, Historian under the direction of Eric C. Popin, Principal Investigator. Draft report, 2005.

SC 975.799 POPMontpelier Plantation (38BU1789): Antebellum Life at Palmetto Bluff: Final Reportby prepared for Palmetto Bluff, LLC by Eric C. Poplin . .. et al.,2004.

SC 975.799 SCHPhase II Archaeological Testing of Site 38BU1944 in the Managed Forest of Palmetto Bluff: Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County South Carolina: Permit 2004-16-360: Final Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC by Ellen Shlasko and Mary C. Socci, 2008.

SC 975.799 SCHTheus Plantation: Phase II Archaeological Testing at sites 38BU1376, 38BU1377, 38BU2017 and 38BU2020: Palmetto Bluff: Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina:Permit 2004-16-360 prepared for Palmetto Bluff Uplands, LLC by Ellen Shlasko and Mary C. Socci, 2007.

SC 975.799 SOCPhase II Archaeological Testing of Long Island: Palmetto Bluff: Town of Bluffton, Beaufort County South Carolina: Final Report prepared for Crescent Resources, LLC by Mary C. Socci and Ellen Shlasko, 2010.

Vertical Files

In addition to maintaining an extensive vertical file collection including Bluffton-specific topics of interest, the Beaufort District Collection also maintains the following general files pertaining to Bluffton:

Bluffton
Bluffton Historical Preservation Society, Inc.
Bluffton Movement ( See Rhett, Robert Barnwell)
Sun City Hilton Head
Beaufort County Library – Bluffton Branch

Maps

The Beaufort District Collection houses a variety of maps depicting the South Carolina coastline and Bluffton, SC in particular. Search our online catalog for details.


Images

Most images are not cataloged. There is, however, a guide to the postcard and illustrated prints collections within the Research Room. The illustrated prints collection (approximately 150 – 200 images) are listed in the Library system’s online catalog. Please consult with the librarian.

Legend to Materials Locations:

BDC= Beaufort District Collection BEA= Beaufort Branch Library BLU= Bluffton Branch Library HHI= Hilton Head Branch Library LOB= Lobeco Branch Library STH= St. Helena Branch Library

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James Edwin McTeer, Jr., 1903 – 1979

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McTeer, James Edwin, Jr., 1903-1979 : A Bibliography

Prepared by the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library a division of Beaufort County Government, Beaufort, South Carolina. (Latest update: 18 August 2011)  

These resources are available through the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library.  Please visit your local Beaufort County Library branch or the Beaufort District Collection to view or borrow these materials.  Please note that materials available only through the Beaufort District Collection (BDC) are not available for checkout.  Legend to library branch abbreviations is at the bottom of this document.


Web based resources:

Beaufort County Library has posted a web page about Sheriff McTeer at http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/htdocs-sirsi/famous.htm#James%20Edwin%20McTeer.

Read the “Quintessentially Lowcountry” July 24, 2009 column on Sheriff McTeer by Patrick Donohue in the Beaufort Gazette at http://www.islandpacket.com/2009/07/24/915010/quintessentially-lowcountry-sheriff.html.

One of Sheriff McTeer’s more noteworthy cases involved the Nudist Colony on Cat Island. Read “Baring Witness: America’s First Nudist Colony had a South Carolina adress” by Lee Baxandall from Nude & Natural Magazine at http://www.scpronet.com/point/9509/s03.html.  Please note: the article contains 3 images depicting the nudist lifestyle.

Listen to author Baynard Woods talk about his book Coffin Point on Radio Free Daufuskie at http://www.citytrex.com/rfd/baynard-woods1.php.  This interview occurred on December 7, 2010 before his BDC@ The Branches program held a few days later.  (approximately 6 minutes)

“200 Years of History: Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department,” by Neil Baxley, http://www.bcso.net/history.htm.

“Author Shares Legend of County’s Witch Doctor Sheriff,” by Justin Paprocki from the December 9, 2010 issue of the Island Packet at http://www.lowcountrynewspapers.net/archive/node/162945.

Author Baynard Woods was interviewed by Aaron Hinklin of WYPR, Baltimore on January 12, 2011.  Listen to the interview at http://tunein.com/tuner/?ProgramId=60224&TopicId=34260898&.  His interview begins at 45 minutes.

“That Old Black Magic,” by Tom Poland in Like The Dew: A Journal of Southern Culture and Politics can be read at http://likethedew.com/2010/12/05/that-old-black-magic/.

Security consultant, Sylvia Longmire, used Sheriff McTeer’s practice of ‘white magic’ to illustrate that “Historically criminal organizations throughout the world have taken advantage of local folklore and religious faith in order to get a magical “edge” against their enemies.” Read her analysis of “Mexican Border violence” in 2010 at http://borderviolenceanalysis.typepad.com/mexicos_drug_war/2010/03/mexican-police-ask-spirits-to-guard-them-in-drug-war.html.

                    Come to the Beaufort District Collection to see these items: 

  • His obituary is on file in the BDC.
  • We have a vertical file of materials about him in McTeer, James Edwin, Jr. (1903-1979).  Ask for help in the BDC.
  • The McTeer family donated three scrapbooks that Sheriff McTeer kept to the Beaufort District Collection.  Ask to see the preservation photocopies of the scrapbooks in the BDC.  [Please note:  The amount of information on voodoo is not extensive].
  • B MCTEER High Sheriff, Lowcountry Witch Doctor [DVD] by Fran Hensler (BDC)

 

Check out these materials from the Beaufort County Library: 

799 MCT Adventure in the woods and waters of the Low Country by James Edwin McTeer, Jr. (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI)  
 
975.799 MCT Beaufort, now and then by James Edwin McTeer, Jr.  (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI, STH)       
 
B MCTEER  Fifty years as a Low Country witch doctor by James Edwin McTeer, Jr.   (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI)     
 
B MCTEER High sheriff of the low country by James Edwin McTeer, Jr.  (ALL)  
 
B MCTEER High Sheriff, Lowcountry Witch Doctor [VHS]  by Fran Hensler (ALL)
 
B MCTEER  Coffin Point: The Strange Cases of Sheriff Ed McTeer by Baynard Woods (ALL)


Materials may be found at the following Beaufort County Library locations: 

Beaufort District Collection (BDC) 
Beaufort Branch Library (BEA) 
Bluffton Branch Library (BLU) 
Hilton Head Island Branch Library (HHI) 
Lobeco Branch Library (LOB) 
St. Helena Branch Library (STH) 

(ALL) = BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI, LOB and STH

                                                        

“Dr. Buzzard” (1885 – 1947) and Rootwork

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The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. Here are some suggestions to help you learn more about Dr. Buzzard, (aka Stepheney Robinson, Stepany Robinson, Stephney Robinson), a root doctor from St. Helena Island, SC. Latest update: July 26, 2011.

“Dr. Buzzard” (1885 – 1947) and Rootwork: A Bibliography
(also known as Stephney Robinson, Stepany Robinson, Stepheney Robinson)

Prepared by the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library a division of Beaufort County Government, Beaufort, South Carolina.  LEGEND to abbreviations are at the end.  Note: Lifespan of Dr. Buzzard is based on information given on his S.C. Death Certificate.

Web based resources:

“Blue Root Real Estate” by Roger Pinckney http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/224/.

“Searching for Minerva,” by Rob Oldham, The South Magazine, October/November 2008 posted at http://roboldham.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/searching-for-minerva/. 
 

Come to the Beaufort District Collection to see these items: 

  • Dr. Buzzard [BDC Vertical File]
  • Root Doctors [BDC Vertical File]
  • McTeer, James Edwin, Jr., (1903-1979) [BDC Vertical File]
  • Gullahs–Folklore [BDC Vertical File]
  • Gullahs–Medicine [BDC Vertical File]
  • The McTeer family donated three scrapbooks that Sheriff McTeer compiled of newspaper and magazine articles about himself and rootwork to the Beaufort District Collection.  Ask to see the preservation photocopies of the scrapbooks in the BDC.  [ Please note: The amount of information on voodoo is not extensive.  The BDC does not have any of his rootwork artifacts in our holdings].
  • SC 299.6 AND  Conjure in African American Society [Microfiche] by Jeffrey E. Anderson. (BDC only)
  • SC 299.6 BEL Pattern, structure, and logic in Afro-American hoodoo performance [Microfiche] by  Michael Edward Bell. (BDC only)
  • SC 305.8961 TRO An Afrocentric analysis of the transition and transformation of African medicine (root medicine) as spiritual practice among Gullah people of Lowcountry South Carolina [Microfiche] by Wendy Carmen Trott.  (BDC only).
  • SC 398 MIT  Hoodoo medicine: Gullah Herbal Remedies by Faith Mitchell.  (BDC only).
  • SC 615.88 HEY Rootwork [Microfiche] : psychosocial aspects of malign magical and illness beliefs in a South Carolina Sea Islands community by Kathryn Wilson Heyer. 3 microfiche (BDC only)

 

Check out these materials from the Beaufort County Library: 

B MCTEER Fifty years as a Low Country witch doctor by James Edwin McTeer, Jr. (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI)     

B MCTEER High Sheriff of the Low Country by James Edwin McTeer, Jr.  (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI, LOB)  

B MCTEER High Sheriff, Lowcountry Witch Doctor [VHS] (BEA, BDC, BLU, HHI, STH)

299.675 ZEP Lowcountry Voodoo: Beginner’s Guide to Tales, Spells, and Boo Hags by Terrance Zepke (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI, LOB)

398 PIN Blue roots: African-American folk magic of the Gullah people by Roger Pinckney (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI, LOB)

615.8896 MIT African American Folk Healing by Stephanie Y. Mitchem.  (BEA) 

975.8 BAI God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man by Cornelia Walker Bailey with Christena Bledsoe, 2000 (BEA, HHI)  
 
 These resources are available through the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library.  Please visit your local Beaufort County Library branch or the Beaufort District Collection to view or borrow these materials.  Please note that materials available only through the Beaufort District Collection (BDC) are not available for checkout.  

LEGEND : Materials may be found at the following Beaufort County Library locations:

Beaufort District Collection (BDC) 
Beaufort Branch Library (BEA) 
Bluffton Branch Library (BLU) 
Hilton Head Island Branch Library (HHI) 
Lobeco Branch Library (LOB) 
St. Helena Branch Library (STH)                  

Rachel C. Mather, 1823 – 1903

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The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area. Here are some suggestions to help you understand the work of educator and missionary Rachel C. Mather. Her Mather School for Girls educated black female students from 1868 until 1968. The Technical College of the Lowcountry has occupied the site since 1968. Latest update: July 26, 2011

Rachel C. Mather: A Bibliography

  Web based resources:
“Appeal for Suffering Negroes:  Dire Distress Among the People of the Storm-Swept Coast Islands,” New York Times, March 3, 1894 PDF at
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D0CE3D71F31E033A25750C0A9659C94659ED7CF&oref=slogin.
 

“Sea Island Sufferers: Relief Organizations battling with starvation and exposure,” New York Times, February 18, 1894 PDF at
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F0CE4DB1F39E033A2575BC1A9649C94659ED7CF.

“Quintessentially Lowcountry: Educating freed slaves was the foundation of today’s Beaufort colleges,” by Kate Cerve, Island Packet, May 14, 2010 at  http://www.islandpacket.com/2010/05/14/1240519/quintessentially-lowcountry-educating.html#ixzz1TEztuxU1.

Mather School Highway Historic Marker http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6940.

Come to the Beaufort District Collection to see these items:  

  • Her obituary is on file in the BDC.

 

  • We have materials in the vertical file labeled Schools — Mather School which contains some information about Mrs. Mather.

 

  • 975.799 MAR Lowcountry Gossip by Chlotilde R. Martin, 1930? Photocopy of newspaper article, 1 sheet. 

 

  • 551.552 MAT The storm swept coast of South Carolina by Rachel C. Mather, 1894.
  • Please note: These resources are available through the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library and cannot be checked out.  Visit our homepage for hours of operation.

Fort Lyttelton (aka Lyttleton, Littleton)

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Resources available in the Beaufort County Library system, a division of Beaufort County Government of Beaufort, South Carolina. Prepared by Staff of the Beaufort District Collection.
Posted: April 28, 2010

Web-Based Resources:

A short introduction to the site is found on the National Register Properties hosted on the South Carolina Department of Archives and History website.  Go to http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707028/index.htm. To read the Nomination form, go to http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707028/S10817707028.pdf.

Our library webpage on “Fort Frederick” also contains some information about Fort Lyttleton.  Go to http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/htdocs-sirsi/FortFrederick.htm.

Lipscomb, Terry W., ed. The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly, October 6, 1757-January 24, 1761. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press for the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1996. NOTE: This source is available on CD-ROM and as a pair of PDF files containing the introduction (http://www.palmettohistory.org/commonshousejournal/fttst.pdf) and the body (http://www.palmettohistory.org/commonshousejournal/txtst.pdf) of the text. 

“Global Gazetteer of the American Revolution” by John A. Robertson, c2006 has an entry about “Lyttleton, Fort” posted at http://gaz.jrshelby.com/fortlyttleton.htm.  Please note: not all links are active.

Google Books includes a digital version of South Carolina as a Royal Colony, 1719 – 1776 by William Roy Smith (Macmillan, c1903) with references to “Fort Lyttleton.”  See pp. xii, 211.  The url is http://books.google.com/books?id=gUkOAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA211&ots=YB-nWCZOsD&dq=Fort%20Lyttleton&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=Fort%20Lyttleton&f=false.

Come to the Beaufort District Collection to see these items:

 SC 328.7574 SOU Lipscomb, Terry W., ed. The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly, November 20, 1755-July 6, 1757. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press for the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1989.  (BDC)

Please ask for assistance.  “Forts of Beaufort Pre-Revolutionary: Why They Were Where They Were When They Were, a paper given before the Beaufort County Historical Society, June 30, 1959” [typescript] by Howard E. Danner.  (BCHS #1) BDC ONLY in printed form.  On the reel of Beaufort County Historical Papers microfilm at BEA and HHI Branches. 

Please ask for assistance.  “Major John LaBoularderie deTreville Fought for American Independence” [typescript] by Gerhard Spieler and Ruth deTreville Spieler,” presented before the Beaufort County Historical Society, June 25, 2000 (BCHS #69) BDC ONLY

SC 973.3 BRO Memoirs of Tarleton Brown, a Captain in the Revolutionary Army, written by himself, with a new introduction by Terry W. Lipscomb, Barnwell County Museum and Historical Board, 1999. Note: Fort Lyttleton is in the index spelled “Fort Littleton,” pp. ix, 3, 60, 67, 80 (BDC)

SC 973.33 DAN Beaufort and the Wars with England by Howard E. Danner, [typescript] no date.  BDC ONLY in printed form.  On the reel of Beaufort County Historical Papers microfilm as #4 at BEA and HHI Branches

SC 973.33 MOU Memoirs of the American Revolution, So Far as It Related to the States of North and South Carolina, and Georgia … 2 vols. reprinted in 1 [by William Moultrie] (Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution) reprint ed., New York Times and Arno Press, 1968, vol. 1, pp. 288 – 292, 353 (BDC)

SC 975.7 WAL The History of South Carolina by David Duncan Wallace, American Historical Society, 1934, vol. 1: 461 (BDC, HH SC REF)

SC 975.799 JOH Beaufort and the Sea Islands, Their History and Traditions by Dr. John Archibald Johnson (Typescript) pp. 83-84, 111-113 (BDC)

·         Forts [vertical file]

·         Fort Lyttleton [vertical file]

Check out these materials from the Beaufort County Library: 

917.5799 HIS Historic Beaufort, South Carolina’s Sea Island Jewel prepared by Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce, c1972, [unpaged 31] (BDC, BEA, HHI)

975.799 HEL Beaufort South Carolina: A History by Alexia Jones Helsley, History Press, 2005, pp. 41, 47, 51, 56, 73 (ALL)

975.799 ROW A History of Beaufort County, South Carolina, vol. 1: 1514-1861 by Lawrence S. Rowland et al., University of South Carolina Press, 1996, pp. 156-57, 175,188, 215-217, 219, 233, 239, 243, 288, 425 (ALL)

 Note:  Dr. Nicholas Michael Butler found this record series of crucial importance to his research:  South Carolina, Commissioners of Fortifications. “Journal of the Commissioners of Fortifications, 1755–1770.” Manuscript journal available at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. A microfilm version of this source is also available in the South Carolina History Room at the Charleston County Public Library. The Beaufort County Library does not have a microfilm copy of the “Journal of the Commissioners of Fortifications, 1755-1770.”  Dr. Butler transcribed the entry dated 16 November 1758 which is a report of the superintendents’ about the progress of the construction work. We keep a copy of his transcription of the journal entry in the Fort Lyttleton [vertical file] in the Beaufort District Collection.


Harriet Keyserling, 1922 — 2010

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Latest revision: January 25, 2011

Harriet Keyserling, 1922 – 2010
A Bibliography 

Prepared by the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library a division of Beaufort County Government, Beaufort, South Carolina. 

These resources are available through the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library.  Please visit your local Beaufort County Library branch or the Beaufort District Collection to view or borrow these materials.  Please note that materials available only through the Beaufort District Collection (BDC) are not available for checkout.  Normal visiting hours are Monday – Friday: 10:00AM – 5:00PM; the BDC is closed on Saturday and Sunday. 
 

Materials may be found at the following Beaufort County Library locations: 

Beaufort District Collection (BDC) 
Beaufort Branch Library (BEA) 
Bluffton Branch Library (BLU) 
Hilton Head Island Branch Library (HHI) 
Lobeco Branch Library (LOB) 
St. Helena Branch Library (STH)  

Web based resources:

Biography Resource Center database (DISCUS password required for access from home)  

Cross Searchable Products, DISCUS databases (DISCUS password required for access from home)  

Come to the Beaufort District Collection to see these items: 

  • Keyserling, Harriet H., (1922- 2010 ) (Legislator) [BDC Vertical File]
  • Keyserling, Billy (Legislator) [BDC Vertical File]
  • Keyserling Family [BDC Vertical File]

 

Check out these materials from the Beaufort County Library: 

Entry in South Carolina Encyclopedia (ALL)  

B KEYSERLING Against the Tide: One Woman’s Political Struggle, by Harriet Keyserling, 2004 (ALL)  

B KEYSERLING Doctor K: A Personal Memoir by Herbert Keyserling, 1999 (BDC, BEA, BLU, HHI)

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