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Avery Research Center

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Avery Exhibit: "The Color of Money", 2001

 File — Box 147, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

Contains programs and newspaper article regarding the "depictions of slavery in Confederate and Southern states currency" in oil painting by artist John W. Jones.

Dates: 2001
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston

Conference: Institute for African American Community History, November 2005

 File — Box 147, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

Includes schedule and presentation outline.

Dates: November 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston

Constitution and By-Laws, 1981-2007, and undated

 File — Box 144, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes various revisions and memorandums pertaining to the Constitution/By-Laws Committee. Also contains "A Proposal for the Avery Museum and Research Center," and "Memorandum of Understanding Between the Avery Research Center and the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture."

Dates: 1981-2007, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees

Flyers regarding Community Cultural programs, 1981 - 1995

 File — Box 147, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Contains document pertaining to events in Charleston, and Columbia, South Carolina.

Dates: 1981 - 1995
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston

Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards, 2000

 File — Box 147, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Avery was the recipient of this annual award recognizing the advocacy of Folk Culture in South Carolina.

Dates: 2000
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston

Program: Introducing African American Genealogy, 1992

 File — Box 146, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Held at the Charleston County Public Library. Contains agenda, newsletter, brochures, and informational materials.

Dates: 1992
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.6: Various Research Documents

Typescript: "Two-Hundred and Fifty Years of Afro-American Business in Charleston, South Carolina", bulk: undated

 File — Box 146, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains documents collected in prepartation for the establishment of the Avery Research Center; a archive, small museum, and cultural center for public programming.

Dates: Majority of material found in undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors / 5.6.1.6: Various Research Documents

Typescripts of Avery Institute's and Avery Research Center's History, 1994-2000, and undated

 File — Box 147, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper and magazine articles.

Dates: 1994-2000, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston
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