Avery Research Center
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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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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
Executive Board Meeting minutes, 1989
File — Box 145, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Holds Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, meeting minutes, annual reports and fundraising/membership committee correspondence.
Dates:
1989
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
President's Report for Annual Meetings, 1984 - 2007
File — Box 144, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Scattered years; includes event programs, transcripts of reports, and black and white photographs. Includes transcipt of Davis Moltke-Hansen's speech, "The Need for Avery," (1984).
Dates:
1984 - 2007
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
Trident Community Foundation, Incorporated: Agreement, 1983, 1994, 2012
File — Box 144, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Holds Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, meeting minutes, annual reports and fundraising/membership committee correspondence.
Dates:
1983, 1994, 2012
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
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