Draft:Samuel Gaillard Stoney
Samuel Gaillard Stoney (August 29, 1891 - July 30, 1968) was a historian and preservationist in South Carolina. He wrote a collection of Gullah creation stories, a novel about miscegenation, and several books and articles about Charleston, South Carolina.[1]
He graduated from the College of Charleston and received an architecture degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.[1]
He married in 1933 to poet Frances Frost. They divorced.[1]
He was a lecturer at the College of Charleston from from 1949 to 1966.
Writings
[edit]- A collection of creation tales told in Gullah, Black Genesis (1930), a collection of creation tales
- Po’ Buckra (1930), a novel addressing miscegnation
- Charleston: Azaleas and Old Brick (1937)
- Plantations of the Carolina Low Country (1938)
- This Is Charleston (1944)
- The Story of South Carolina’s Senior Bank: The Bank of Charleston (1955)
- The Dulles Family in South Carolina (1955)
References
[edit]- This draft is in progress as of April 11, 2024.