Sporting Plantations Local History Program with Dr. Vivian

During the first four decades of the twentieth century, wealthy sportsmen and sportswomen from northern cities created more than 70 large sporting estates in the lowcountry. Although this "Second Yankee Invasion" is familiar to many lowcountry residents, the making of these estates has received limited study. 

"Making Sporting Plantations: Rich Yankees and the Transformation of the Rural Lowcountry, 1900 - 1940" 

with Dr. Daniel Vivian 

Monday, March 12, 2019 - 11 AM

BDC@ BDC - 2nd floor lobby, 311 Scott Street

First come; first seated

Room for 40 people

In this presentation co-sponsored by the BDC and the Coastal Discovery Museum based upon his book, Dr. Vivian surveys their origins, the ideas that shaped their form and use, and their influence on popular views of the lowcountry. 

Daniel Vivian is a historian of the American South. He earned his PhD at the Johns Hopkins University and is currently chair of the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Kentucky. 

His research concentrates on historical memory of slavery during the era of Jim Crow. He is the author of A New Plantation World: Sporting Estates in the Carolina Lowcountry, 1900-1940 (Cambridge University Press, 2018), co-editor of and a contributor to Leisure, Plantations, and the Making of the New South: The Sporting Plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Red Hills Region, 1900-1940 (Lexington Books, 2015), and essays in Winterthur Portfolio, Ohio Valley History, Historic Preservation Forum, and the South Carolina Historical Magazine. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

His books A New Plantation World and Making of the New South are available in the BDC Research Room and for check out from the SCLENDS consortium of libraries to which Beaufort County Library belongs.  

Please note: No seats remain for the reprise of this presentation being held at Coastal Discovery Museum on Tuesday, March 12.  

An added dividend: The Sea Island Quilters exhibit is on display in the 2nd floor lobby. Not only will program attendees learn about how the sporting plantations transformed lowcountry culture in the early 20th century, they will be surrounded by beautiful 21st century hand-crafted quilts as they learn! 

Nancy Head Thode

Don't forget to register for "Remembering Ann Head: Beaufort's Forgotten Author & Mentor to Pat Conroy" with her daughter, Nancy Thode on March 27, 2019, Beaufort Branch Meeting Room, at 5:30 pm. This local history program is brought to you by the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort District Collection and the Beaufort County Library. 

Go ahead and mark your calendars for the return of "The Freedmen's Bureau Records" workshop with Toni Carrier on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Each session can accomodate up to 20 people. We will hold both sessions in the St. Helena Branch Library's Computer Lab: 

Session 1: 11 AM - 1 PM. Please register: Call 843-818-4587 or e-mail: info@gullahgeecheecorridor.org.

Session 2: First come, first seated 2 PM - 4 PM