Avery Normal Institute
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Frank Augustus DeCosta papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1106
Abstract
Frank Augustus DeCosta (1910-1972) was an African-American educator, administrator and scholar born in Charleston, South Carolina. In a career that spanned four decades, DeCosta served as a teacher and principal of two high schools, supervisor and chairman of an education department, director of instruction and of student teaching, foreign service statistical officer, and organizing dean of two graduate schools.The collection includes correspondence, research notes, essays,...
Dates:
1847-2000; Majority of material found within 1940-1972
Graves family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract
The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates:
1884-2004
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- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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- Africa -- Social life and customs 1
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- African American fraternal organizations 1
- African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
- African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- Buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 -- Photographs 1
- Porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History 1
- Pullman porters -- Photographs 1
- Pullman porters -- United States -- History 1
- School buildings -- South Carolina -- Photographs 1
- Sea Islands -- Photographs 1
- Teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1 + ∧ less
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