Avery Normal Institute
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Edmund Lee Drago collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1051
Abstract
Scholar, author, and history professor, Edmund Lee Drago began his teaching career at the College of Charleston in 1975. He is the author of "Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute" (1990), among other books. His research focus is 19th century U.S. History, African American and Charleston history, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first consists of materials related to his...
Dates:
1784-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1865-1991
Donald Fraser papers
Collection
Identifier: 00-000
Abstract
In the 1940s, Donald Fraser attended the Avery Normal Institute, as had his brother, James, as well as his father, aunt and uncles. Before that, Fraser attended Immaculate Conception School. This collection contains items related to the Avery Normal Institute and Immaculate Conception School, including report cards and tuition receipts.
Dates:
1940-1950
Isabelle Smalls Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: 00-00000
Abstract
This collection contains transcripts of speeches, programs and other memorabilia from Avery Normal Institute (1940s) and Baptist Hill High School (1960-1985).
Dates:
approximately 1945-1985
John F. Potts Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1036
Abstract
John Foster Potts, Sr. (1908-1998), African American educator and author, was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Leila Snead and John Moultrie Potts. Potts worked as a teacher and principal in numerous schools including Avery Institute, where he served until it closed in 1954. Potts married Muriel Logan and had five children.The collection includes material relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography, as well as...
Dates:
1885-2005
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- Subject: Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston X
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- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
- African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- annual reports 2
- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- African American fraternal organizations 1
- African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
- Avery Tiger 1
- Charleston County (S.C.) 1
- Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States 1
- Discrimination in education -- South Carolina 1
- Education -- 19th century 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Education, Secondary -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
- Oral histories 1
- Photographs 1
- Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Segregation -- United States -- History 1
- articles 1
- booklets 1
- clippings files 1
- correspondence 1
- doctoral dissertations 1
- essays 1
- financial records 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- interviews 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- manuscripts for publication 1
- masters theses 1
- newspapers 1
- personnel records 1
- photocopies 1
- programs (documents) 1
- reports 1
- school yearbooks 1
- typescripts 1
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