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Ms80_PorgoTypescriptUnbound_Omeka_compressed.pdf
Typescript manuscript of the novel published as Porgy in 1925, and later adapted into the opera "Porgy and Bess." In his 1954 monograph DuBose Heyward, the Man Who Wrote Porgy, Dubose Heyward's friend Dr. Frank Durham writes, "A study of the first…

Ms336_Vol8_Transcription_Omeka.pdf
LibGuide on this item available. This volume covers the dates Monday, January 1, 1894, through Saturday, July 7, 1894. On the cusp of the twentieth century, Charleston was still experiencing difficult post-Civil War social and economic changes. These…

Ms336_Vol7_Transcription_Omeka_compressed.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This volume covers the dates Saturday, September 15, 1888, through Monday, April 8, 1889. Ten years after the end of Reconstruction, Charleston was still experiencing difficult post-Civil War social and economic…

Ms335_Vol6_Omeka_compressed2.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This volume covers the dates Thursday, November 24, 1887, through Sunday, October 21, 1888. This period starts just over two years after the deadly 1885 hurricane, an a little over one year after the 1886 earthquake.…

Ms336_Vol5_Transcription_Omeka_compressed2.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This volume covers the dates Tuesday, July 31, 1883 through Friday, October 31, 1884. During this period Reconstruction was no longer in effect, and Charleston was still experiencing difficult post-Civil War social and…

Ms336_Vol4_Transcription_Omeka_compressed.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This volume covers the dates Tuesday, December 7, 1869 through Thursday, July 15, 1870. During this timespan the South was in the middle of Reconstruction following the end of the Civil War, and the city was policed…

Ms336_Vol3_new_Omeka_compressed.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This volume covers the dates Tuesday, October 13, 1868 through Thursday, July 15, 1869. During this timespan the South was in the middle of Reconstruction following the end of the Civil War, and the city was policed…

Ms336_Vol2_Transcription_Omeka_compressed.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This volume covers the dates Wednesday, December 18, 1861 through Wednesday, March 18, 1863. This period is fully within the span of the Civil War. In 1862 Charleston also fell under martial law, and policing by the…

Ms335_Vol9_Transcription_Omeka_compressed.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information paid by free people of color for the year 1863, the middle of the Civil War. The state of South Carolina came under martial law in 1862, and would remain so until the end of…

Ms336_Vol8_Transcription_Omeka.pdf
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information paid by free people of color for the year 1862, toward the beginning of the Civil War. The state of South Carolina fell under martial law in May of this year, and would…
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