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Avery Research Center

 Organization

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Advisory Board Meeting agenda and Meeting minutes, 1987 - 2010

 File — Box 147, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains administrative documents with correspondence, reports, and event programs, and the "Avery Messenger" newsletters. Also includes documents pertaining to the Avery Advisory Board.

Dates: 1987 - 2010
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

African American Museums Association, 1982-1983, and undated

 File — Box 146, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Contains documents pertaining to exhibition designs, with brochures and newsletter.

Dates: 1982-1983, 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 / 5.6.1.6: Various Research Documents

Dr. Leroy Frederick Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1145
Abstract Leroy Frederick Anderson (1916-1989), was an educator, behavioral scientist and medical administrator. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Anderson was a graduate of Avery Institute, (Class of 1935), Fisk University and the University of Kentucky where he acquired a Doctor of Education degree. During his illustrious career, Anderson was supervising principal at W. Gresham Meggett School (James Island, South Carolina); executive director of Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center,...
Dates: 1942-1990, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1975
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Vivienne Edwards Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1144
Abstract Vivienne Edwards Anderson (1914-2006), a former student of Avery Institute (Class of 1933), and was one of the initial members of the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (AIAAH&C), which was established for the creation of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. The collection contains brief documents relating to Edwards Anderson's life, genealogical information of her immediate family members: parents, Susanne...
Dates: 1920-2002, undated; Majority of material found within 1980-1995
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Annual Plans, 2004 - 2005

 File — Box 147, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains administrative documents with correspondence, reports, and event programs, and the "Avery Messenger" newsletters. Also includes documents pertaining to the Avery Advisory Board.

Dates: 2004 - 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

Archives: Holding listings and Annotated bibliographies, undated

 File — Box 147, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains administrative documents with correspondence, reports, and event programs, and the "Avery Messenger" newsletters. Also includes documents pertaining to the Avery Advisory Board.

Dates: 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

Avery Board Sponsored Events: "Avery: The Spirit That Would Not Die: A History of Avery Normal Institute from 1865 to 1954", 1981

 File — Box 146, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes research typescripts, short version history booklet by Drs. Edmund Drago and Eugene Hunt, and program invitations.

Dates: 1981
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 / 5.6.1.4: Workshops and Event Programs

Avery Board Sponsored Events: "Esau Jenkins: A Retrospective View of the Man and His Times", 1984

 File — Box 146, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Holds the sub-series: Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees; Correspondence and Newsletters; Grant Proposals; Workshops and Event Programs; Avery Institute Alumni; and Various Research Documents. Also view the Charleston Chapter of the Links, "Woman of the Year," Oversize Box #160, for additional materials not included in this subseries.

Dates: 1984
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 / 5.6.1.4: Workshops and Event Programs

Avery Building Tour Scripts, undated

 File — Box 147, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains administrative documents with correspondence, reports, and event programs, and the "Avery Messenger" newsletters. Also includes documents pertaining to the Avery Advisory Board.

Dates: 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

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
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