Avery Normal Institute
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Edwina Harleston Whitlock papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1120
Abstract
Edwina Augusta Harleston Whitlock was born Gussie Louise Harleston on September 28, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert Othello Harleston and his wife, Marie Isabelle Forrest. She was raised by her uncle, Edwin Augustus Teddy Harleston and his wife Elise Forrest after it was discovered that Whitlock's parents had tuberculosis. Whitlock attended the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, and Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she...
Dates:
1918-2006
William Saxon Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1038
Abstract
The William Saxon Wilson papers mostly consists of business cards, invitations, event programs, broadsides, and various ephemera created in his business, The Sax Print Shop, which document social, church, educational, and other aspects of African-American life in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dates:
1913-1983; Majority of material found in 1920-1982
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- correspondence 2
- African American art -- South Carolina -- 20th century 1
- African American artists -- South Carolina 1
- African American families -- South Carolina 1
- African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American newspapers 1
- African American photographers 1
- African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
- Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Education, Secondary -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Funeral homes -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies 1
- Genealogy 1
- Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Racially mixed people -- United States 1
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis 1
- Youth -- Counseling of 1
- annual reports 1
- appointment books 1
- broadsides (notices) 1
- business cards 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- diaries 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- greeting cards 1
- identity cards 1
- invitations 1
- obituaries 1
- passports 1
- personnel records 1
- photocopies 1
- photographs 1
- printed ephemera 1 + ∧ less
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