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Footlight Players collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0016
Abstract
Collection contains histories, scrapbooks, programs, copies of the Footnotes newsletter, scripts, photographs, posters, costume and set design sketches by Emmett Robinson, and other ephemera relating to the Footlight Players of Charleston, South Carolina.
Dates:
1885-1975; Majority of material found within 1925-1964
Found in:
Special Collections
Ford-Fraser family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0015
Collection Overview
Papers include a bond, an obituary, genealogical information, and a family Bible.; The bond (1852) in Georgetown (S.C.) of John Potts Ford to James Rees Ford, trustee of the estate of George T. and Mary W. Ford is for $4,000. The obituary of Elizabeth Shackelford Ford pays tribute to the child. Family genealogy relates to the children (born 1826-1840) of Stephen C. and Hannah Ford, and to the Fraser family. Genealogy includes excerpts from two Fraser family letters (1893, 1896).; A family...
Dates:
1839-approximately 1926
Found in:
Special Collections
Founder's Day Program & Directory, 1985
File — Box 151, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains correspondence, handbooks, financial reports, grant proposals/applications, speech transcripts, event programs, and publications from Whipper's sorority.
Dates:
1985
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper clippings about South Carolina
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0097
Collection Overview
The collection consists of various clippings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from 1858 to 1901. Each of the clippings concern events or places in South Carolina. Most of the articles concern the Civil War.
Dates:
1858-1901
Found in:
Special Collections
Charles Fraser book of precedents
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0017
Collection Overview
Rebound indexed volume contains copies of legal cases compiled by Charles Fraser, drawings, and a clipping. The volume contains copies of writs for both civil and criminal actions and decisions from the Court of Chancery, Court of Pleas, and Commissioners of the Peace.; "Part First" contains writs and
decisions. "Part Second" contains pleas, judgments, and executions. Drawings (renumbered pages 51 and 57) are of a bull and pig, and of a hand with pointed finger. A clipping concerns a case...
Dates:
1800-1819; Majority of material found within 1800-1807
Found in:
Special Collections
Herb Frazier papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1088
Abstract
Herb Frazier, an African American journalist based in the Lowcountry, has reported and edited for various newspapers in South Carolina and elsewhere since 1972. Frazier has been active in professional journalism associations and in education initiatives for minority journalism.The collection includes materials related to the personal and professional life of Herb Frazier. A small portion of the collection contains biographical, educational, and other personal information. The...
Dates:
1972-2006
Lissa D'Aquisto Felzer's Charleston "Freedman's Cottage" project collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1140
Abstract
Lissa D'Aquisto Felzer is a former Senior Preservation Planner for the City of Charleston and adjunct professor with the College of Charleston. This collection contains final reports from Professor Felzer's course, "Researching Historic Properties" (ARTH-290) taught at the College of Charleston in 2006. Students were assigned to write detailed property histories of houses identified as "Freedman's cottages." The property histories are derived from a variety of documents: deeds and indices;...
Dates:
2006
Friendly Moralist Society records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1009
Abstract
The Friendly Moralist Society was a benevolent society, established in Charleston South Carolina, 1838 for free men of color (mulatto or mixed race). The group served the community by providing burial aid, purchasing plots and assisting during funerals, for those in need. The organization also worked to provide charitable assistance to needy widows and orphans of deceased members. Each member was entitled to certain rights of membership, namely financial assistance in times of illness or...
Dates:
1841-1856, and undated
Joseph Fromberg letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-055
Collection Overview
Carbon typescript letter, dated August 10, 1948. Fromberg gives a lengthy history of himself and his position in the state. He then defends Judge J. Waties Waring for his recent decision to open up the Democratic Primary to African Americans, noting that he may not agree with Waring but defends his right to interpret the law. Fromberg objects to suggestions for actions made by Dorn, saying that such methods will undermine and destroy the government; he links Dorn to bigots and raises the...
Dates:
1948
Found in:
Special Collections
Funeral Obsequies for Dr. Mamie Neely Coker, 2006
File — Box 103, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes organizational Constituition (undated); "Directory of the Sisterhood of the WBMEC;" adminstrative documents; booklet: "Black Baptist Women of South Carolina; "Dr. Mamie Neely Coker Tribute Book, and her funeral obsequies; Mount Pidgah Baptist Church: Biennial One-Day Session (2004); scholarship program information, event calendars, and mailing lists.
Dates:
2006
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations
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4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries
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4.2.2: Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention (WBEMC) of South Carolina
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4.2.2.4: Correspondence, Meeting minutes and Various Event programs