Avery Normal Institute
Organization
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
J. Arthur and MaeDe 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, J. Arthur 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,...
Dates:
1890-2013; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
James E. Brown, D.D.S. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1188
Abstract
The James E. Brown, D.D.S. papers, 1925-2004, document Dr. Brown's professional and civic affiliations and his daughter's graduation from Howard University. Among the material relation to his professional affiliation with the Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association are an award, programs from the group's annual meetings, and a history of the organization written in celebration of the association's centennial anniversary. Materials relating to his civic affiliations include...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981-2004; 1925-2004
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
Elmore M. Browne papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1177
Abstract
The Elmore M. Browne papers, 1929-2006, document Elmore's biographical information, correspondence, professional and personal affiliations, homegoing celebrations and funeral services for friends, family members, and colleagues, as well as miscellaneous periodicals, event programs, newspaper clippings and artifacts collected by Elmore. Contained in his affiliations are records of his twenty year career in the United States Army, time as a student at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University)...
Dates:
1929-2006
Craft and Crum families papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1102
Abstract
William Craft (1824-1900) and Ellen Smith Craft (1826-1891) were slaves who met on a plantation in Macon, Georgia. Unwilling to raise children in slavery, in December 1848 they devised a plan to escape to Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Ellen dressed as an invalid male, her arm in a sling to avoid writing (neither William nor Ellen could read or write) and face in bandages to obscure her feminine voice and lack of facial hair. William accompanied her as a servant. They arrived in Philadelphia on...
Dates:
1780-2007
Dart Library Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1200
Abstract
The Dart Library Oral History Project contains five oral histories documenting individuals' experiences of using the library at Dart Hall and attending dances in the second floor of the Hall. Participants also discuss family history, their memories of Jim Crow segregration in Charleston, and their professional careers. The oral history project was undertaken by the Avery Research Center as part of the 85th anniversary commemoration of the John L. Dart Library. The oral histories were...
Dates:
2012
DeCosta family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1101
Abstract
The DeCosta Family papers, 1870-2010, document the lives of four generations of the DeCosta family, beginning with Benjamin Rhodes and Martha Elizabeth Adams DeCosta. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of various family members and family units within the family lineage. Other materials document family members's educational pursuits and professional and personal lives through diplomas, commencement programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, obituaries, funeral programs,...
Dates:
1850-2010
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
Gracie B. Dobbins papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1075
Abstract
Gracie B. Dobbins (1905-2001) was an African American school teacher. She was born Gracie Lee Burns in 1905 and graduated Avery Institute in 1924 with a teaching certificate. She later married a Mr. Dobbins and taught at Minnie Hughes Elementary School on Yonges Island and possibly elsewhere. She served as Chairman of Annual Appeal of Dimes for the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in the 1960s. Dobbins died in Charleston in 2001.The collection contains materials related...
Dates:
1924-1986; Majority of material found within 1965-1986
Rosslee Tenetha Green Douglas papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1132
Abstract
Rosslee Tenetha Green Douglas, (1928-2011) was an African-American nurse, health administrator, and two-time presidential appointee during the Ronald Reagan Presidential Administration. Green Douglas attended Avery Institute, Class of 1947; Lincoln School for Nurses (1952) and was the first African-American graduate from the College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (M.U.S.C) in 1972. She served as an administrator for the Franklin Fetter Family Health Center, and...
Dates:
1934-2005; Majority of material found within 1981-2002
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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