Geraty, Virginia Mixson
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Virginia Geraty papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1123
Abstract
Virginia Mixson Geraty (1915-2004) was born in Summerville, South Carolina to Edward Miles Mixson and his wife Ethel Sarah Ray Mixson. Geraty attended Immaculate Catholic School at Hendersonville, North Carolina, where her family lived during part of her childhood. After the passing of her younger brother and father, Geraty and her family moved to Yonges Island, South Carolina. It was there on the island that Geraty became interested in Gullah, when she heard it being spoken by a family...
Dates:
1915-2007; Majority of material found within 1978-2004
"T'engk'Gawd fuh Chaa'stun" (Thank God for Charleston)
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-025
Collection Overview
The collection consists of two copies of Geraty's Gullah language poem, "T'enk'Gawd fuh Chaa'stun, and the English translation of the work. The poem was a gift from Geraty to College of Charleston President Alex Sanders. Each poem is two pages. The first page contains the Gullah poem, and the second page contains the English translation. The poem is dated 1995.
Dates:
1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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- African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Social life and customs 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Drama 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History 1
- Creole dialects, English -- South Carolina 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Gullah cooking 1
- Gullah women 1
- Gullahs -- History 1
- Gullahs -- Social life and customs 1
- Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Folklore 1
- Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 1
- Sea Islands Creole dialect 1
- Sea Islands Creole dialect -- Dictionaries -- English 1
- Sea Islands Creole dialect -- South Carolina 1
- Sea Islands Creole dialect -- Study and teaching 1
- Sea Islands Creole dialect -- Texts 1
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