Avery Normal Institute
Organization
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Vivienne Edwards Anderson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1144
Abstract
Vivienne Edwards Anderson (1914-2006), a former student of Avery Institute (Class of 1933), and was one of the initial members of the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (AIAAH&C), which was established for the creation of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. The collection contains brief documents relating to Edwards Anderson's life, genealogical information of her immediate family members: parents, Susanne...
Dates:
1920-2002, undated; Majority of material found within 1980-1995
Avery Institute Class Roster, 1909, 1930, 1947, 1954
File — Box 146, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Rosters for the years, 1909-1954; Classes of 1930 and 1947.
Dates:
1909, 1930, 1947, 1954
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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5.6.1.5: Avery Institute Alumni
Avery Institute diploma, 31 May 1944, 1964
File — Box 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1.6
Scope and Contents
Includes "Classmate's Signatures and Comments" booklet. Also holds a "Student grade report" from Florida State University (1964).
Dates:
31 May 1944, 1964
Avery Normal Institute records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1012
Abstract
The Avery Normal Institute was established by the American Missionary Association (AMA) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1865. The Institute originally served as a school for former slaves and free persons of color, providing normal (or, teacher) training to students pursuing careers in education. The school eventually became known just as Avery Institute, operating as a high school with financial support from the AMA until 1947, when it became part of Charleston's segregated public school...
Dates:
1862-1978
Avery School Memorabilia collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1159
Abstract
The Avery School Memorabilia collection contains documents that pertain to the activities at the Avery Normal Institute. These items include programs from musical and dramatic performances given by the students, commencements, invitations, dance cards and other memorabilia from extra-curricula activities. It also includes some copies of the Avery yearbook and student newspaper. Portions of this collection are available digitally on the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library...
Dates:
approximately 1865-2005
; Majority of material found within 1869 - 1954
Bell family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1001
Abstract
The African American Bell family of Charleston, South Carolina were descended from Sally (Sarah) Johnson, the matriarch of a free family of color who purchased 2 Green Street, circa 1844. In 1912, the property was willed to Hiram L. Bell (died 1952), a son of Jesse Miles DeReef and Holten L. Bell.These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history...
Dates:
approximately 1890-1972
J. Arthur Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract
J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine, who was...
Dates:
1937-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
Miriam M. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1098
Abstract
Miriam M. Brown (1901-2002) worked as an educator for fifty-two years at multiple schools in Charleston and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She received numerous recognitions for her work in the community, including a proclamation from the town of Mount Pleasant declaring October 12th of each year as Miriam Brown Memorial Day. Miriam married Arthur Felder Brown in 1928 and had two children, Arthur Felder Brown, Jr. and Jeanne Albertha Brown Morris.The collection includes personal...
Dates:
1922-2002
Craft and Crum families papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1102
Abstract
William Craft (1824-1900) and Ellen Smith Craft (1826-1891) were slaves who met on a plantation in Macon, Georgia. Unwilling to raise children in slavery, in December 1848 they devised a plan to escape to Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Ellen dressed as an invalid male, her arm in a sling to avoid writing (neither William nor Ellen could read or write) and face in bandages to obscure her feminine voice and lack of facial hair. William accompanied her as a servant. They arrived in Philadelphia on...
Dates:
1780-2007
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- Archival Object 2
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- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 5
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
- correspondence 5
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 4
- African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 3
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 3
- programs (documents) 3
- African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 2
- African American fraternal organizations 2
- African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American newspapers 2
- African American physicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 2
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 2
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs 2
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 2
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 2
- Avery Tiger 2
- Charleston County (S.C.) 2
- High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
- Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 2
- Real property -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 2
- Teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- annual reports 2
- booklets 2
- masters theses 2
- typescripts 2
- Abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Adolescence 1
- Affirmative Action programs 1
- Africa -- Social life and customs 1
- African American History Month 1
- African American air pilots 1
- African American art -- South Carolina -- 20th century 1
- African American artists -- South Carolina 1
- African American beauty operators 1
- African American business enterprises 1
- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American churches 1
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
- African American clergy 1
- African American educators -- United States -- 20th century 1
- African American elementary schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American families -- South Carolina 1
- African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
- African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American high school students -- Societies and clubs 1
- African American legislators 1
- African American men 1
- African American musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American photographers 1
- African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American political activists 1
- African American politicians -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American slaveholders 1
- African American teachers -- Florida -- Miami 1
- African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 1
- African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American universities and colleges 1
- African American women 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Intellectual life 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
- African American women teachers -- Florida -- Miami 1
- African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 1
- African American youth 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Genealogy 1
- African Americans -- History 1
- African Americans -- Music 1
- African Americans -- Periodicals 1
- African Americans -- Photographs 1
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History 1
- African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1 + ∧ less
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