Avery Normal Institute
Organization
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Vivienne Edwards Anderson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1144
Abstract
Vivienne Edwards Anderson (1914-2006), a former student of Avery Institute (Class of 1933), and was one of the initial members of the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (AIAAH&C), which was established for the creation of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. The collection contains brief documents relating to Edwards Anderson's life, genealogical information of her immediate family members: parents, Susanne...
Dates:
1920-2002, undated; Majority of material found within 1980-1995
Avery Institute Class Roster, 1909, 1930, 1947, 1954
File — Box 146, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Rosters for the years, 1909-1954; Classes of 1930 and 1947.
Dates:
1909, 1930, 1947, 1954
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement
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5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
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5.6.1.5: Avery Institute Alumni
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 Institute of Afro-American History and Culture Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1057
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture Oral History Project brings together oral history projects coordinated by the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (AIAAHC) as well as individual oral histories conducted by members of the Institute. The majority of the oral histories were done as a part of the Avery Normal Institute Oral History Project which sought to document the experiences and perceptions of former students, teachers, principals, and community...
Dates:
1980-1996
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1104
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture was founded in 1978 by a group of Avery Normal Institute alumni and other interested persons in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Its mission was to rescue the Avery Normal Institute buildings and to develop an archive and museum for preserving African American history and culture of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Working with the College of Charleston, the properties at 123 and 125 Bull Street were acquired and, in 1985, the Avery...
Dates:
1930-2019; Majority of material found within 1978-2008
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 Research Center Averyite oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1193
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Averyite oral histories collection brings together individual oral histories conducted by Avery Research Center employees with Averyites (students, graduates, teachers, and descendants) to discuss their time at the Avery Normal Institute and their professional and personal lives after they attended the school. A handful of oral histories with Averyites that were donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also...
Dates:
1976-2009
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
Bell family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1001
Abstract
The African American Bell family of Charleston, South Carolina were descended from Sally (Sarah) Johnson, the matriarch of a free family of color who purchased 2 Green Street, circa 1844. In 1912, the property was willed to Hiram L. Bell (died 1952), a son of Jesse Miles DeReef and Holten L. Bell.These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history...
Dates:
approximately 1890-1972
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- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 5
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
- correspondence 5
- scrapbooks 5
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 4
- Oral histories 4
- African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
- African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
- African American school principals -- 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 -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 3
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 3
- Avery Tiger 3
- Bridge clubs 3
- Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
- memorabilia 3
- programs (documents) 3
- transcripts 3
- African American business enterprises 2
- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 2
- African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American fraternal organizations 2
- African American newspapers 2
- African American physicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American soldiers 2
- African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
- African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American women 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 -- Mount Pleasant 2
- African Americans -- Photographs 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 2
- Boards of directors 2
- High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 2
- Pullman porters -- United States -- History 2
- Real property -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 2
- Teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- administrative records 2
- annual reports 2
- awards 2
- booklets 2
- brochures 2
- financial records 2
- masters theses 2
- personnel records 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 bankers 1
- African American beauty operators 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 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 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 librarians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 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