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.
Find special projects that have been digitized for exploration.
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by Annie Major. Major is a Film Studies student in the South Carolina Honors College at USC. This paper was written for a "Folklife in America" class. The simple moments in Les Blank’s films, whether...
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by Saddler Taylor, Chief Curator of Folklife and Fieldwork, McKissick Museum. Original article appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of "Edible Lowcountry" Magazine. Barbecue in South Carolina is a story of...
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by Emily Enloe. Enloe is a Dance Education major in the South Carolina Honors College at USC. This paper was written for the Spring 2009 class "Folklore and Film." A classic movie about a boy trying...
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by Beth Hinson. Hinson is an International Studies student in the South Carolina Honors College at USC. This paper was written for the Fall 2007 class "Folklife in America." I have decided to address...
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by Jimmy Gilmore. Gilmore is a Film and Media Studies major in the South Carolina Honors College at USC. This paper was written for the Spring 2008 class "Folklore and Film." “Well, Charlie, I guess I...
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The Dundas Ruritan Club “dips” the stew and then sells to the local community.
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Wayne Parrish and Billy Wilkinson’s families made sheep stew.
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Walter and Bernice Thompson discuss stewmaster Maxie Moore’s skill in making sheep stew.
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Walter Thompson shows the method for stirring sheep stew
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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...
