Avery Normal Institute
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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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- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
- Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Funeral homes -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies 1
- Genealogy 1
- Racially mixed people -- United States 1
- Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis 1
- Youth -- Counseling of 1
- appointment books 1
- broadsides (notices) 1
- business cards 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- greeting cards 1
- identity cards 1
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- obituaries 1
- passports 1
- photographs 1
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