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Box 1

 Container

Contains 27 Results:

Photographs, circa 1900-1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Collection Overview

Black and white images featured in Lemon Swamp

Dates: circa 1900-1910
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 2: Literary Productions: <emph render="italic">Lemon Swamp and Other Places</emph>

Photographs, 1983-1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Collection Overview

Color and black and white images from Lemon Swamp book signing events

Dates: 1983-1985
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 2: Literary Productions: <emph render="italic">Lemon Swamp and Other Places</emph>

Letters, 1943-1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Collection Overview

Handwritten letters regarding family news from Fields's son Robert, daughter-in-law, Ruth, and granddaughter Karen; condolence telegram from the Eureka Club regarding the passing of Fields's mother

Dates: 1943-1949
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 3: Correspondence

Letters, 1960-1969

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Collection Overview

Regarding news from Fields's nieces, nephews, and granddaughter, Barbara

Dates: 1960-1969
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 3: Correspondence

Letters and Greeting Cards, 1971-1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Collection Overview

Regarding family news from Fields's relatives including granddaughter Karen, and Charleston business leader, Arthur Clement, Jr.

Dates: 1971-1979
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 3: Correspondence

Letters, 1980-1987

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Collection Overview

Handwritten letters from relatives and friends with greetings and family news

Dates: 1980-1987
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 3: Correspondence

Letters and Greeting Cards, Undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Collection Overview

Handwritten correspondence from relatives and friends, including partial letter and magazine picture from the daughter of Reverend E.B. Burroughs of the South Carolina United Methodist Conference

Dates: Undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 3: Correspondence

Letters, 1971, 1982-1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Collection Overview

Correspondence to Fields regarding community involvement, special tributes and speaking engagements. Includes letters from Avery Research Center and the University of South Carolina

Dates: 1971, 1982-1986
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 3: Correspondence

Real Estate title, 1894

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Collection Overview

Property transfer from Mary Mathews Nelson Fox to Robert Fields, for 34 Henrietta Street, Charleston, South Carolina

Dates: 1894
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 4: Family Papers

Photographs, circa 1890, 1920-1950

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Collection Overview

Black and white prints of Fields's brother, Herbert; husband, Robert; sons Robert and Alfred; and granddaughters, Barbara and Karen

Dates: circa 1890, 1920-1950
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers / Series 4: Family Papers
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