A newspaper clipping on cemeteries at sea, explaining how people, no matter how different they are physically or financially, are alike in the cemetery of the sea. Includes the notation, "Who can tell where lie tens of thousands of Africa's sons who perished in the "middle passage?"
Miscellaneous Inventories, 1813-1817, is a bound volume kept by or for a member of the Ball family. The volume includes inventories of furniture, kitchen ware, clothing, and other household decorations such as candlesticks, bookcases, shades, looking glasses and crockery. The volume also includes a list of enslaved men, women and children divided by families.
The Edisto Island Presbyterian Church Register is an unbound book recorded between 1837-1901. The register contains minutes from church sessions, baptism and marriage records, church memberships and church controversies with references to enslaved men and women by name and the accusations against them. Also included is the constitution of the Edisto Union Church, which was formed by Africans Americans, formerly enslaved, who took over the Edisto Island Presbyterian Church following the Civil War.
A black and white photograph printed on Kodak Velox Paper of a crop field. The back of a house and another building along with many oak trees are pictured in the background.
A color photograph of the reverse side of the framed tokens won by various members of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina for their agricultural endeavors.
A black and white negative of a man standing in a potato field and holding a sign that reads, '600# [600 pounds] 20% of Manure Salts in [? illegible] Addition to [illegible] Fert [fertilizer].'
A black and white negative of a man standing in a potato field and holding a sign that reads, '600# [600 pounds] [illegible]' during a fertilizer experiment.
A color photograph of two young girls standing in a large field behind a Potato Variety Test sign listing the cooperating partners. Different variations of the potatoes are marked.
A color photograph of a man in a potato field standing next to a barrel of harvested potatoes. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, '100 [illegible] spuds [potatoes] per acre.'
A black and white photograph of a large house in an empty field. A driveway with Ford Mercury automobiles and a Ford F-Series truck, utility lines, an American flag on a flagpole, and a smaller building behind the house are pictured.
A black and white photograph of two men in a field inspecting potato crops, particularly the bliss triumph variety. Various partners in this endeavor are listed.
A black and white photograph of several Ford Company Model T automobiles parked on a dirt road. Also pictured are overhead utility lines, license plates, pedestrians and houses.
