Tabby Times – Fall 2022
Historians and archeologists depend on human-made artifacts as clues to understanding and interpreting previous cultures. These historical objects give insight and lend credence to the influence of prior cultures on…
The Tabby Tattler – now Tabby Times – is the newsletter of the Dataw Historic Foundation, published twice a year. Each issue contains interesting articles on foundation activities, events, and island history.
Tabby Times – Fall 2024
This issue featured an article about the Yamasee tribe. Like many of Dataw’s current residents, the Yamasee Indians were migrants to Beaufort, South Carolina. download
Tabby Times – Spring 2024
This issue featured an article about the legacy of the bateau. Dataw is an island surrounded by other sea islands. In the early days of colonial settlement, the only way to travel from one island to the next island was by boat. download
Tabby Times – Fall 2023
This issue featured an article about Victoria A. Smalls, a Gullah native of St. Helena Island. She is our guest speaker at the January 2024 Fireside Chat. This event, an…
Tabby Times – Spring 2023
This Spring issue includes three compelling articles: one about the economic significance of Sea Island Cotton in the Lowcountry during the early 19th century and expansion attempts into the marshes,…
Tabby Times Spring 2022
The wind was blowing at ten knots, the tide was low, clouds hovered over the Morgan River when the Dataw Historic Foundation entered a new research project using 21st-century technology.…
Tabby Times Fall 2021
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Tabby Times Spring 2021
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Tabby Times 2020 Fall
Tabby Times – Fall 2020 – The Dataw Historic Foundation is fortunate that Sams’s descendants have entrusted us with several family heirlooms. One such item is a green taffeta silk gown. This gown has been in possession of the DHF since 1998, when the owners, Norman Ralph Pippin, Jr. and his sister Pauline Sams Pippin Sanders, donated it to us. This year we discovered its secrets.
Tabby Times 2020 Spring
President’s Report: We have a newly designed website that is much easier to navigate and features a beautiful new color palette. This issue debuts the new name Tabby Times and a fresh new look. I also want to congratulate Peter and Anna Pearks for becoming a Lifetime Members of DHF.
Tabby Tattler 2019 Fall
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Tabby Tattler 2019 Spring
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