Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture
Organization
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Statement of Purpose and Certificate of Incorporation , 7 July 1980, and undated
File — Box 144, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Holds photocopy of document.
Dates:
7 July 1980, and undated
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement
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5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
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5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees
"The Bulletin" Newsletters, 1981 - 2003
File — Box 145, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains The Bulletin Newsletter published by the Avery Institute Board.
Dates:
1981 - 2003
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
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5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
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5.6.1.2: Correspondence and Newsletters
Typescript: Projects and Activities, 1981
File — Box 144, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Holds Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, meeting minutes, annual reports and fundraising/membership committee correspondence.
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
/
5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees
Typescript: "Two-Hundred and Fifty Years of Afro-American Business in Charleston, South Carolina", bulk: undated
File — Box 146, Folder: 11
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:
Majority of material found in 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
Typescripts of Avery Institute's and Avery Research Center's History, 1994-2000, and undated
File — Box 147, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper and magazine articles.
Dates:
1994-2000, 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
/
5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated
"Woman of the Year" Scrapbook, 1981
File — Scrapbook 160
Scope and Contents
The Charleston Chapter of the Links' tribute to Whipper includes documents pertaining to the implementation of the Avery Research Center, the Governor's appointment to the South Carolina Advisory Committee, and Planning Committee for the First Governor's Conference on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, along with additional and recognition for her civic and Links activities.
Dates:
1981