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Digital Traditions

Home to a wealth of folk traditions, South Carolina is culturally and geographically diverse. 

General - Traditional Arts

Home to a wealth of folk traditions, South Carolina is culturally and geographically diverse.  From the Appalachian Mountains to the Sea Islands and from rural crossroads to urban centers, the state boasts rich sources of traditional culture and folklore. Rooted in family and community activities, folklife involves expressive forms of many kinds that are communicated verbally and by observation or imitation.  Folk artists can learn through apprenticeships, but most often are taught informally by family members or close friends. This sharing of information can occur in many different group settings - familial, occupational, religious, social, and educational. Folklife is dynamic by nature, a part of a community's history that continues to develop every day, with every generation.  

Digital 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. For further information about any of the artists featured on Digital Traditions, send your questions and comments to hallagan@mailbox.sc.edu.

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Is It Possible to Achieve Balance? | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Is It Possible to Achieve Balance? | Digital Traditions
Episode 4
Eugene Pottery, Cowpens, Cherokee County. Interview recorded June 2007 as the Folklife Resource Center continues to document pottery traditions in South Carolina. Winton Eugene is a self-taught potter...
Larry Klein Photos | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Larry Klein Photos | Digital Traditions
Larry Klein has been host of the SC Educational Radio program “The Bluegrass Sound” since 1989. Working with the show’s creator and producer, Clarence Dreher, Dr. Klein has faithfully compiled hour...
Betty McDaniel Photos | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Betty McDaniel Photos | Digital Traditions
Betty McDaniel is a life-long educator. She has degrees from the University of North Carolina, Clemson, and the University of South Carolina. She started her teaching career in 1974 and retired in...
Robert Ferguson Photos | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Robert Ferguson Photos | Digital Traditions
Robert F. Ferguson, Ferguson Pottery, Gillsville, Hall County. Interview recorded June 1981. The great-great grandson of Charles Ferguson, who moved to Georgia from Edgefield, South Carolina, Robert...
Al Wall Photos | Digital Traditions Faded Love | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Faded Love | Digital Traditions
A blue grass song sung by Al Wall, from the album Sugar Hill - Remembering Bob Wills. (Written by Bob and John Wills)
Al Wall Photos | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Al Wall Photos | Digital Traditions
Wall began playing hillbilly and “old-time” music before it was dubbed bluegrass. He was one of eleven children in a family he described as not very musically oriented. As a teen, he cut his teeth...
Turtle Excluder | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Turtle Excluder | Digital Traditions
Sonny Morrison on his unique invention the turtle excluder, a device for fishing nets that allows turtles to escape while keeping the fish.