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College of Charleston

 Organization

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1791 - 1811
  • Existence: 1824 -

Places

Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

Addresses: "The Changing Equal Employment Opportunity Climate for Women and Minorities", 1977

 File — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typed drafts of speech delivered by Whipper as Office of Human Relations Director at the College of Charleston.

Dates: 1977
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 1: Biographical Documents / 1.4: Writings and Speeches

"Alma Mater for the College of Charleston"

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-038
Collection Overview

A pencil original score showing melody lines with three verses and a chorus. Alma Mater for the College of Charleston written by Edward McCrady, Jr. (Class of 1927). A musical score with three verses and a chorus handwritten in pencil. Possibly written in response to a contest posted in "The College of Charleston Magazine" (Dec. 1934) sponsored by the Cliosophic Literary Society at the College of Charleston.

Dates: 1930s
Found in: Special Collections

Assistant to the President: Correspondence, 1973

 File — Box 80, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains materials pertaining to Whipper's tenure as Assistant to the President (1972-1976), and Director of the Office of Human Relations (1978-1981).

Dates: 1973
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 3: Academic Career / 3.4: College of Charleston

Assistant to the President: Correspondence, 1974

 File — Box 80, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains materials pertaining to Whipper's tenure as Assistant to the President (1972-1976), and Director of the Office of Human Relations (1978-1981).

Dates: 1974
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 3: Academic Career / 3.4: College of Charleston

Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture records

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1104
Abstract The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture was founded in 1978 by a group of Avery Normal Institute alumni and other interested persons in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Its mission was to rescue the Avery Normal Institute buildings and to develop an archive and museum for preserving African American history and culture of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Working with the College of Charleston, the properties at 123 and 125 Bull Street were acquired and, in 1985, the Avery...
Dates: 1930-2019; Majority of material found within 1978-2008
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Basic Skills Assessment Bill: Correspondence and newspaper articles , 1977 - 1978

 File — Box 80, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains materials pertaining to Whipper's tenure as Assistant to the President (1972-1976), and Director of the Office of Human Relations (1978-1981).

Dates: 1977 - 1978
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 3: Academic Career / 3.4: College of Charleston

Williams Baum papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-050
Collection Overview

Includes Williams Baum's sophomore year College of Charleston report card (1935); bill for $1.00 for WB's College of Charleston academic fees (1935); College of Charleston graduation program (1937), Williams Baum among graduating class; front cover of program notes "Centennial Anniversary for the College of Charleston as a Municipal College 1837-1937." Includes four page genealogical chart "Descendants of the Jacob Baum Family."

Dates: 1935-1937
Found in: Special Collections

Bell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1001
Abstract The African American Bell family of Charleston, South Carolina were descended from Sally (Sarah) Johnson, the matriarch of a free family of color who purchased 2 Green Street, circa 1844. In 1912, the property was willed to Hiram L. Bell (died 1952), a son of Jesse Miles DeReef and Holten L. Bell.These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history...
Dates: approximately 1890-1972
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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: 1907-2024
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

George Detwiler Burges collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0095
Abstract

George Detwiler Burges graduated from the College of Charleston in 1938. He served as a B-17 pilot during World War II and was killed in action in 1944. This collection consists of Burges' personal papers, letters, military records, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and military decorations including the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dates: 1929-1944
Found in: Special Collections
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