Avery Research Center

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

Job Descriptions, Staff Biographical Sketches, and Organizational Charts, 2000-2011, and undated

File — Box 147, Folder: 8

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: 2000-2011, 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

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

Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Patricia Williams Lessane papers

Collection

Identifier: AMN 1175

Abstract

The papers of Patricia Williams Lessane, Executive Director of Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture from 2010-2019.

Dates: 1976-2019

Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center: Archival Reading Room forms, undated

File — Box 146, Folder: 16

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: 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

Newsletters and Brochures on African American Organizations and Museums, 1981-2001, and undated

File — Box 146, Folder: 14

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: 1981-2001, 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

Position announcement for Executive Director, 1985

File — Box 147, Folder: 4

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: 1985

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

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