Avery Research Center
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Millicent E. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1003
Abstract
Millicent Ellison Brown (b. 1948) is an educator and civil rights activist. Born in Charleston to MaeDe and J. Arthur Brown, local and state president of NAACP (1955-1965), Brown, in 1963, replaced her older sister Minerva as the primary plaintiff in a NAACP-sponsored lawsuit (Millicent Brown vs. Charleston County School District #20).The collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Millicent Brown's experience...
Dates:
1949-2003
Charleston Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1048
Abstract
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of ASALH is to encourage the study, research, and promotion of African Americans history. The Charleston Area Branch was founded in April 1995, under the leadership of Dr. Marvin Dulaney and Dr. Bernard Powers. The Charleston Area Branch of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) contains incoming and...
Dates:
1896-2018, undated; Majority of material found in 1996-2005
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
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AMN 1146, 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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5.6.1.1: 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
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AMN 1146, 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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5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston
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
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
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AMN 1146, 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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5.6.1.6: 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
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AMN 1146, 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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5.6.1.6: 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
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AMN 1146, 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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5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated