From the Vault: The SC Historical Society Podcast

Continental Collab: Interview with C. James Taylor

This month's episode is a collaboration with the oldest in America – the Massachusetts Historical Society - exploring the relationship between John Adams, one of their most famous sons, and Henry Laurens, one of ours. Both were instrumental in the founding of the nation, but how well did they know each other? We’re going to discuss that with C. James Taylor, historian and the former editor-in-chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Check out their podcast in partnership with us here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast-tooh.

Interview with Annette Guild on Digitizing the Heyward Papers

This episode continues our Dubose and Dorothy Heyward month, discussing these two Charleston Renaissance writers. We’re talking with Annette Guild, the Metadata Specialist at the SC Historical Society, who recently finished a project to digitize some of the papers of the Heywards. Those are now available on the Lowcountry Digital Library, as well as Digital Library of South Carolina, and the Digital Public Library of America.

Interview with Harlan Greene on Dorothy Heyward's Contribution to Porgy & Bess

We are heading back to the roaring 20s to talk about Dubose and Dorothy Heyward, the Charleston writers. Dubose was best known for his novel "Porgy," which became a play and then opera, "Porgy & Bess" developed with Ira and George Gershwin. In this episode, we’re talking with author and historian Harlan Greene, who recently wrote the book “Porgy’s Ghost: The Life and Works of Dorothy Heyward and Her Contribution to an American Classic”.

John Burnet and George

We’re exploring the story of two men who were accused of similar crimes, but whose fates were very different. John Burnet, a Scottish immigrant, was taken into custody in the summer of 1775 in today’s Colleton County. He was accused of preaching to enslaved people and encouraging them to preach on their own, as well as revolt against their enslavers. An enslaved man accused of preaching at these same gatherings was named George and while John eventually went free, George met a very different end.

Mary Musgrove - RE-RELEASE

In this re-release episode, we revisit Mary Musgrove, a woman who played a role in colonial South Carolina and Georgia as peacemaker, translator, and liaison to Native Americans - specifically those in the Creek Nation.