John Bennett papers, 1875-1967.

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John Bennett papers, 1875-1967.

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Papers consist of correspondence, research notes, writings, artwork, photographs, and other items. Included are the papers of Susan S. Bennett, John H. Bennett, and the Smythe family. Correspondence includes family letters as well as Bennett's correspondence with organizations, publishers, friends, other writers and artists including DuBose Heyward, Josephine Pinckney, and Hervey Allen. Topics include family matters, Charleston social life, historical research, Bennett's writings and art, the Poetry Society of South Carolina, Gullah, Black music and folklore, the Regulators, the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, and Bennett's Red Cross work during World War I. Writings include manuscripts and manuscript fragments of novels, stories, and articles (many unpublished); juvenalia; copies of Bennett's poems; and drafts, galley proofs, and adaptations of Bennett's published fiction; with related correspondence, illustrations, clippings, and other items. Photographs (ca. 1875-1956) are of John Bennett and Bennett family members, scenes in Chillicothe (Ohio), North Carolina, and elsewhere, Woodburn Plantation (S.C.), family dwellings, black fishermen and farm workers (ca. 1900), and other subjects. Also included are negatives, including glass negatives of family portraits and houses and buildings in Charleston (S.C.), and silhouette cutouts on glass. Original artwork includes designs for silhouettes, ornamental lettering, mounted silhouettes, and pencil drawings of Egyptian motifs, humorous characters, and other subjects, with related correspondence. There are also reproductions of Bennett's silhouettes and illustrations, and clippings of cartoons and other material. Topics of research notes include black folklore, music, and superstitions, Gullah, slavery in South Carolina, the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, and the history of Charleston (S.C.), with related correspondence and clippings. Other items include scrapbooks of clippings of articles, verse, and drawings by Bennett, reviews and advertisements of his books, and memorabilia; biographical material on Bennett; genealogical material on the Bennett family; and musical transcriptions of black spirituals and street cries and original music by Bennett.

29 linear ft.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7386500

South Carolina Historical Society

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Bennett family.

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Bennett, John, 1865-1956

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Writer and artist. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, he moved to Charleston, S.C. around 1900 and made his home there, marrying Susan Smythe (1878-1965) in 1902. From the description of John Bennett papers, 1875-1967. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794355 Writer and artist, of Charleston, S.C.; native of Chillicothe, Ohio; moved to Charleston, S.C. ca. 1900 and made his home there, marrying Susan Smythe (1878-1965) in 1902. From the descr...

Poetry Society of South Carolina

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The Poetry Society of South Carolina was founded in 1921 by John Bennett, Hervey Allen, Dubose Heyward, Laura Bragg, Helen von Kolnitz Hyer, and Josephine Pinckney. Featuring lectures, poetry contests, and prizes, the Society helped to encourage South Carolina poets and to stimulate the Charleston Renaissance. Writers who have served as guest lecturers for the society include Gertrude Stein, Thornton Wilder, Sherwood Anderson, Robert Frost, and Carl Sandburg. From the description of ...

Pinckney, Josephine, 1895-1957

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949

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"Hervey-Allen, born Dec. 8, 1889, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S., died Dec. 28, 1949, Coconut Grove, Fla., [was] in full William Hervey Allen, Jr., [an] American poet, biographer, and novelist who had a great impact on popular literature with his historical novel Anthony Adverse." -- "Hervey Allen," Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9005788 (Accessed 10 February 2009). From the description of Hervey Allen letter, 21 December 1936. (University of Georgia). WorldCat...

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940

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Author. From the description of Letter : to Henry Ravenel Dwight, 1931 Jan. 4. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521975 From the description of Letters to Robert N.S. Whitelaw, 1940. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522020 Author, of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Peter Ashley promotional poster [picture] ; [1932]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 38943426 Po...