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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture

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Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

National Endowment for the Humanities Planning Grant: Correspondence and Proposals, 1980 - 1981

 File — Box 146, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Written for the establishment of the Center; and for the installation of various exhibits and programs.

Dates: 1980 - 1981
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.3: Grant Proposals

National Trust of Historic Preservation Grant: Grant Description and Correspondence, 1981

 File — Box 146, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Written for the establishment of the Center; and for the installation of various exhibits and programs.

Dates: 1981
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.3: Grant Proposals

Newsletters and Brochures on African American Organizations and Museums, 1981-2001, and undated

 File — Box 146, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains documents collected in prepartation for the establishment of the Avery Research Center; a archive, small museum, and cultural center for public programming.

Dates: 1981-2001, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.6: Various Research Documents

Payroll expenditures, 1980, 1982

 File — Box 144, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Computer generated data from the College of Charleston.

Dates: 1980, 1982
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees

Photographs, 1890-1990s

 File — Box 145, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains various color images of Institute Board activites.

Dates: 1890-1990s
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees

Planning and Organizational Retreat: Discussion notes, 29 June 1985

 File — Box 144, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Holds Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, meeting minutes, annual reports and fundraising/membership committee correspondence.

Dates: 29 June 1985
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees

President's Report for Annual Meetings, 1984 - 2007

 File — Box 144, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Scattered years; includes event programs, transcripts of reports, and black and white photographs. Includes transcipt of Davis Moltke-Hansen's speech, "The Need for Avery," (1984).

Dates: 1984 - 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees

Program: Introducing African American Genealogy, 1992

 File — Box 146, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Held at the Charleston County Public Library. Contains agenda, newsletter, brochures, and informational materials.

Dates: 1992
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.6: Various Research Documents

Programs: Rededication of Avery Institute Building and Grand Opening of the Avery Research Center, October 1990

 File — Box 147, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains administrative documents with correspondence, reports, and event programs, and the "Avery Messenger" newsletters. Also includes documents pertaining to the Avery Advisory Board.

Dates: October 1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston

Report: "Plan for Joint Project with the College of Charleston and the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture", 1984

 File — Box 144, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Includes, "History of the Founding of the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture."

Dates: 1984
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees
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