Stirring Committee | Digital Traditions
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Walter Thompson shows the method for stirring sheep stewDigital Traditions was developed to provide access to the Folklife Resource Center (FRC) at McKissick Museum. For thirty years, deeply rooted traditions like quilting, pottery, basketry, communal foodways, and folk music have been documented through audio, video, and photography.
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Walter Thompson shows the method for stirring sheep stewDocument
by Vennie Deas-Moore. A South Carolina native, Deas-Moore is a photographer and writer who specializes in the cultural history of the Lowcountry, especially the rice culture of Georgetown County. My...Document
By Dr. Will Goins. Goins is the president of the Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois, and United Tribes of South Carolina, a non-profit organization dedicated to Native American cultural issues...Document
by Dr. Stephen Criswell. Criswell is Assistant Professor of English & Native American Studies at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. Filet of flounder, salt and pepper catfish, deviled crab...Document
by Dee Dunagan. Dunagan is a Chemical Engineering student in the South Carolina Honors College at USC. This paper was written for the Fall 2007 class "Folklife in America." In Greenwood, South...Audio
Dr. John Vlach discusses clay and lime glazesAudio
Cinda Baldwin discusses the importance of Edgefield stonewareAudio
Dr. John Vlach discusses wood ash and clay glazes and the firing processAudio
Dr. John Vlach describes Edgefield as a melting pot or "kiln" of three distinct culturesAudio
Cinda Baldwin discusses the decline of Edgefield stoneware