The Story of Sea Island Cotton

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

The Story of Sea Island Cotton

Entry/Object ID

2006.002.0158

Description

Traces the journey of the cotton seed from the Andes to the Caribbean and then to suitable growing conditions found on barrier islands from North Carolina to Florida, encompassing planting, cultivation, harvesting, ginning, and market preparation. Also presents descriptions of the plantations and plantation architecture that were found in the lowcountry of SC. Contents: Natural landscape of the Sea Islands -- The cotton plant -- The science of Gossypium barbadense L. -- Worldwide dispersal of cotton -- The origin of Sea Island cotton -- Geographical distribution of long-staple cotton in SC, GA, & FL -- The culture of Sea Island cotton -- Market preparation -- Ginning -- The Fones McCarthy roller gin -- Textile industry -- Insect pests and diseases -- Sea Island cotton trade -- Kinsey Burden family -- Sea Island cotton plantation architecture: Edisto Island Plantations: Brick House -- Tom Seabrook's House -- Baynard's Old Place -- William Edings House (Seaside) -- Hopkinson's -- Frogmore -- Peter's Point -- The Launch/Middleton's -- Prospect Hill Plantation House -- Oak Island Plantation House -- Brookland -- Crawford's Plantation House -- Ashe's/Little Edisto/Windsor -- Swallow's Bluff Plantation -- Johns Island Plantations: Head Quarters Plantation House (Fenwick Hall) -- Brick House/Stanyarne Hall -- Port Royal Island Plantations: Laurel Bay -- Old Fort/Smith's Plantation -- Myrtle Bush -- Woodward -- St. Helena Island: Tombee -- Coffin Point -- Mary Jenkins House -- Seaside -- Tom Fripp House -- William J. Jenkins House -- Kiawah Island: Vanderhorst House -- Hilton Head Island: Coggins Point -- Fish Hall Plantation -- Daufuskie Island: Melrose Plantation (Salt Pond) -- Oakley Hall (Bloody Point) -- James Island: McLeod Plantation House -- Other architectural examples: Cassina Point Plantation House -- William Seabrook House -- Bleak Hall Plantation -- Youghal, Christ Church Parish -- Rose Hill, St. Luke's Parish -- Patents -- Specific names of plants -- Plantation families. xxxv, 542 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2006.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2006)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Agriculture, Plant culture, Sea Island cotton, Cotton growing--South Carolina--History, Cotton trade--United States, Plantations--South Carolina--Sea Islands

Book Details

Author

Fick, Sarah, 1953-, Porcher, Richard D. (Richard Dwight)

Edition

1st ed.

Publisher

Wyrick & Company

Place Published

Location

Layton, UT

Date Published

1995

Call No.

SB466.U6 C58 2003

ISBN

0-971711-73-0

LCCN

2005-931934

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Room

Granville Room

Building

Missroon Library

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Checked Out

Moved By

Shannon (intern)

Date

July 9, 2014

Location

Building

Checked Out

Date

June 12, 2008

Notes

Notes: Katherine

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Richard Dwight Porcher and Sarah Fick. Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-519) and index.

Created By

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Create Date

July 10, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023