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Avery Normal Institute

 Organization

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

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

Isabelle Smalls Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN-1171
Abstract

This collection contains transcripts of speeches, programs and other memorabilia from Avery Normal Institute and Baptist Hill High School.

Dates: 1947-1984

Guenveur family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1184
Abstract

The Guenveur family papers, 1914-1961, document the education of Lauretta Guenveur (née Goodall) at the Avery Normal Institute, Baxter D. Goodall at Howard University, Louise Guenveur Streat and Helen Guenveur Smith at Xavier University of Louisiana, and Helen Guenveur Smith at Meharry Medical College. Materials include yearbooks, commencement programs, class notes and scrapbooks, school newspapers and other publications, and souveniers.

Dates: 1914-1961

Dr. Frank G. Hayne papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1135
Abstract Frank George Hayne (1909-1984) was an African American dentist in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended Avery Institute, Immaculate Conception High School, Fisk University and Meharry Medical College.The majority of this collection is comprised of black and white photographs from disassembled scrapbooks of Hayne and his wife Anita (Cole) Hayne's family members. Most of the photographs are unidentified. The collection also contains correspondence and documents from Fisk...
Dates: 1911-1987; Majority of material found within 1930-1982

Holloway family scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1065
Abstract James Harrison Holloway, compiler of the family scrapbook, collected materials in the early twentieth century to preserve a record of his family’s legacy as free prominent African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, from their arrival in the late eighteenth century. In the wake of Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow, Holloway, whose vocations ranged between preacher, postmaster, and harness maker, sought to assert his family's legacy against the economic, social, and political...
Dates: 1776-1977, undated

Mrs. Louise F. Holmes scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1182
Abstract

The Mrs. Louise F. Holmes scrapbook collection contains one scrapbook that documents Mrs. Holmes's faith, love for poetry, and a broad range of other interests which reflect the life of African Americans in the Lowcountry and South Carolina. This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia which follow the lives of the Holmes family in Charleston, S.C. and Florence, S.C.

Dates: 1873-1940

Alphonso W. Hoursey papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1156
Abstract Alphonso W. Hoursey was born in 1900 and raised in Charleston. He attended the Avery Normal Institute, Fisk University (1926), and the University of Michigan. After graduating from Fisk, Hoursey taught at the Avery Normal Institute, organized the HI-Y Club, which prioritized a ‘Protestant Ethic’ and sportsmanship. With Avery’s closure in 1954, Hoursey went to teach at Burke High School until his retirement in 1966. This collection of memorabilia of Hoursey highlights his career as an...
Dates: 1907-1972 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

Eugene C. Hunt papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1047
Abstract Eugene C. Hunt graduated from the Avery Normal School and went on to Talladega College, where he received a Degree in English in 1940. He earned a Master's Degree in Theater from Northwestern University in 1954 and continued with postgraduate study in Speech and Education. Mr. Hunt taught English and Speech at Burke High School in Charleston from 1941 to 1972. In 1972, he became an Assistant Professor of English and Speech at the College of Charleston, moving up to Associate Professor in...
Dates: 1834-1999; Majority of material found within 1973-1995

Anna D. Kelly papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1083
Abstract Anna D. Kelly (1913-2007) is known for her efforts to connect Lowcountry African Americans with the Highlander Folk School, most notably recruiting Septima Clark. A graduate of the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, Kelly was a charter member of the Avery Institute of African American History and Culture. She then played a crucial role in establishment of the Avery Research Center.The collection includes personal papers and photographs related to Anna D. Kelly...
Dates: 1930s-1999

Edward A. Lawrence family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1024
Abstract Edward Lawrence was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1858. He graduated from Avery Normal Institute in 1875. He taught at the Avery Normal Institute for almost 20 years and served as interim principal, as well as serving as president of the Avery Alumni Association. He also obtained a degree from South Carolina State College, where he taught psychology and sociology. Lawrence worked as a real-estate agent in Charleston before moving to Brooklyn, New York, in 1920, where he ran a real...
Dates: 1875-1983

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Subject
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
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scrapbooks 4
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 3
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 3
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 3
Avery Tiger 3
memorabilia 3
programs (documents) 3
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American churches -- 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 schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs 2
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 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
Bridge clubs 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
Pullman porters -- United States -- History 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
school yearbooks 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 cemeteries -- South Carolina 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 dentists 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 nursing schools 1
African American photographers 1
African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American police -- 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 slaveholders 1
African American soldiers 1
African American teachers -- Florida -- Miami 1
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 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 youth 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Education (Higher) 1
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