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Avery Normal Institute

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Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

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

Lucille Roper Edwards papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1143
Abstract Lucille Roper Edwards (1924-) worked as an African-American elementary schoolteacher teaching second graders in the Miami, Florida area for forty-seven years. Originally from Cordesville, South Carolina, Roper Edwards attended the Berkeley Training School (Moncks Corner, 1938), and the Avery Normal Institute (1940-1942).The majority of the collection holds Roper Edwards' lesson plans written when she was a second grade teacher at Poinciana Park Elementary School, Dade County,...
Dates: 1942-1994, undated; Majority of material found within 1961-1985

Entre Nous Bridge Club papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1025
Abstract The Entre Nous Bridge Club was founded May 27, 1924 in Charleston, South Carolina by sixteen women to play a card game known as Five Hundred. The group, with membership limited to sixteen, met monthly in members' homes. The club rotated officers yearly and hosted annual celebrations and special parties for their 40th, 50th, 60th, and 70th anniversaries. The club continues to this day (2006).The Entre Nous Bridge Club Papers (1924-1994) consist of minute books; official and financial records;...
Dates: 1924-1994

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

Julia Alston Gourdine papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1130
Abstract Julia Waites Alston Gourdine (1923-2009), an African-American elementary school educator who worked in the Charleston County School District for thirty-five years. Alston Gourdine was also an integral Senior Trustee Board member of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. She married Robert H. Gourdine, Jr. in 1944, and they had one son, Robert H. Gourdine, III.The collection contains documents and photographs relating to Gourdine's...
Dates: 1880-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-1996

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

Richard T. Greene, Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1190
Abstract

The Richard T. Greene, Sr. papers, 1929-2006, document Richard's biographical information, his time as a student at the Avery Normal Institute, and his affiliation with the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Materials include his resume, a biographical sketch, school event invitations and programs, class notes, school newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and photographs.

Dates: 1929-2006

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

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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