Views of McLeod Plantation Main House and Slave Cabins
Entry/Object ID
MCLEOD.15a-b
Description
Two sets of B&W negatives featuring views of McLeod Plantation:
a (31 negatives): Views of slave cabins. Includes exterior and interior views. Six photographs feature a girl at play in front of one of the cabins. Presumably she resided there with her family.
b (20 negatives): Varous views of the McLeod Plantation main house.
Photocopy of contact sheets in file.
Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records
Acquisition
Accession
MCLEOD.
Source or Donor
McLeod Plantation
Acquisition Method
Collected by Staff
Made/Created
Artist
Unattributed
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Negative
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Slave cabin, McLeod Plantation (James Island, S.C.), Slaves--Dwellings--South Carolina--James Island
Prints are stamped Smithsonian Institution. Karen Emmons contacted the SI photo archivist (see Media tab) to inquire about the provenance of the photographs. SI archivist had no record of the photos and stated that it was likely that the film was copied from a non-SI source for reference/research purposes. Gave authority to HCF to handle any requests to reproduce.
Copyright
Copyright Details
HCF copyright.
General Notes
Note
Notes: Negatives filed in the lateral file cabinet, drawer 2, under Miscellaneous Buildings/Plantations.
Contact sheets and prints transferred to McLeod Plantation Historic Site. High resolution TIFF files in HiRes041, both DVD and External Hard Drive My Passport1.
