Margaretta P. Childs African American church records project
Collection Overview
The materials in this collection form the working files of Margretta P. Childs's attempted project to collect and house the records of Charleston's black churches at the South Carolina Historical Society. The collection contains mostly photocopied correspondence from Childs to various ministers regarding church records and brief histories of some of the churches. Also included are photocopies of many Work Projects Administration (WPA) church surveys (1936) for the Charleston area, which include address, building description, listings of any known records and erection dates for each church, as well as programs of yearly meetings and church services. Of note is a photocopied letter (1908) from Arthur L. MacBeth and a musical program (1940) from the Centenary (Church) Players.
Dates
- Creation: 1849-1985
Creator
Language of Materials
Material is in English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Biographical Note
Margaretta Pringle Childs (1912-2000) worked as archivist at the College of Charleston, was head archivist for the City of Charleston, and a field archivist for the South Carolina Historical Society. In addition to her archival work, Childs was a member of the Charleston Interracial Committee and a Civil Rights activist.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 archival box)
Abstract
Margaretta Pringle Childs (1912-2000) worked as an archivist at the College of Charleston, was head archivist for the City of Charleston, and a field archivist for the South Carolina Historical Society. In addition to her archival work, Childs was a member of the Charleston Interracial Committee and a Civil Rights activist. The materials in this collection form the working files of Margretta P. Childs's attempted project to collect and house the records of Charleston's Black churches at the South Carolina Historical Society. The collection contains mostly photocopied correspondence from Childs to various ministers regarding church records and brief histories of some of the churches. Also included are photocopies of many Work Projects Administration (WPA) church surveys (1936) for the Charleston area, which include address, building description, listings of any known records and erection dates for each church, as well as programs of yearly meetings and church services. Of note is a photocopied letter (1908) from Arthur L. MacBeth and a musical program (1940) from the Centenary (Church) Players.
Collection Arrangement
1. Administrative Files
2. Church Files
3. Miscellaneous
Processing Information
Processed by Lance Brodrero, March 2006
Encoded by Melissa Bronheim, July 2010
Funding from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supported the processing of this collection.
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the collection processing and encoding of this finding aid.
Subject
- Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Organization)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- Zion-Olivet United Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- South Carolina Historical Society (Organization)
- Stoney, Samuel Gaillard, 1891- (Person)
- MacBeth, Arthur L. (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Margaretta P. Childs African American Church Records Project, 1849 - 1985
- Author
- Processed by: Lance Brodrero; machine-readable finding aid created by: Melissa Bronheim
- Date
- © 2010
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the collection processing and encoding of this finding aid.
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu