woman: as a child, beverly would accompany her father, walter buchanan, on his rounds, his visits toharecroppers' homes and to tenant farmers' homes in his capacity as a state representative for agriculture, as well as for his position as the dean of the school of agriculture at the south carolina state college. woman: and although beverly never lived in a shack, they would get rained in, and beverly would get an opportunity to stay overnight in the shack communities. buchanan: so i was exposed to a lot of practical things. so i saw, you know, calves being born, and horses and pigs and little baby chickens. westmacott: and it may not have meant much to her when she was doing it as a young child, but it certainly has permeated her memory and her work today. and it can be seen in a lot of the photographs that her father actually took while they were on these trips when he was documenting the state of life for the people that he was seeing. steinbaum: those memories of the shack communities are often shared with her audience through the work and through the legends. buchanan: "nellie ma