Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Ruby Pendergrass Cornwell papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1039
Abstract
Ruby P. Cornwell, a native of Foreston, SC, earned a B.A. from Talladega in 1925 and taught English for many years. In Charleston she was active in Plymouth Congregational Church and served on the boards of several organizations, including the Charleston Branch of the NAACP. Through her work with the NAACP she developed close ties to U.S. District Judge Julius Waites Waring and his wife, Elizabeth. Judge Waring presided over several noted civil rights cases-ruling for integration and equal...
Dates:
1944-2003; 1944-1974; Majority of material found within 1950-1969
Correspondence, Invitations, and Event Programs, 2002
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Each series contains multiple subseries in which detailed descriptions are provided in each introduction.
Series 1. Biographical Documents (1944-2015, and undated)holds resumes, vitas and biographical sketches; oral interview transcripts and essays about Whipper; tributes and honors which includes honorary degrees, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and the BellSouth-South Carolina African American History Calendar honoree (also refer to Series 10: Awards. Various...
Dates:
2002
Charleston S.C. Chapter of The Links, Incorporated papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1016
Abstract
The Charleston South Carolina Chapter is part of the Links, Incorporated, a historically African-American national women's service organization committed to educational, cultural, and civic activities. The organization was founded in Philadelphia, PA in 1946; the Charleston chapter was organized in 1951. The collection consists of organizational and administrative records detailing civic and club activities of the Charleston Chapter of the Links focusing on their four program facets:...
Dates:
1951-2010; Majority of material found within 1962-2005
Newspaper Articles, 1995-1998, and undated
File — Box 182, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Each series contains multiple subseries in which detailed descriptions are provided in each introduction.
Series 1. Biographical Documents (1944-2015, and undated)holds resumes, vitas and biographical sketches; oral interview transcripts and essays about Whipper; tributes and honors which includes honorary degrees, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and the BellSouth-South Carolina African American History Calendar honoree (also refer to Series 10: Awards. Various...
Dates:
1995-1998, and undated
Newspaper Articles and Funeral Program, 2003
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Each series contains multiple subseries in which detailed descriptions are provided in each introduction.
Series 1. Biographical Documents (1944-2015, and undated)holds resumes, vitas and biographical sketches; oral interview transcripts and essays about Whipper; tributes and honors which includes honorary degrees, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and the BellSouth-South Carolina African American History Calendar honoree (also refer to Series 10: Awards. Various...
Dates:
2003
Speech Transcripts by Whipper, 1998
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Each series contains multiple subseries in which detailed descriptions are provided in each introduction.
Series 1. Biographical Documents (1944-2015, and undated)holds resumes, vitas and biographical sketches; oral interview transcripts and essays about Whipper; tributes and honors which includes honorary degrees, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and the BellSouth-South Carolina African American History Calendar honoree (also refer to Series 10: Awards. Various...
Dates:
1998
Judge J. Waties and Elizabeth Waring papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1033
Abstract
Julius Waties Waring (1880-1968), a Charleston native and attorney became a Federal Judge in 1942. At the time of his divorce and remarriage in 1945 to Elizabeth A. Hoffman (1895-1966), he began to hand down more liberal decisions, such as equalizing the pay of black and white teachers and outlawing South Carolina's white-only Democratic Primary. He soon ruled that separate but equal was per se inequality. Because he and his wife socialized with African Americans and held...
Dates:
approximately 1947-1964
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- Collection 3
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- clippings (information artifacts) 2
- African American arts -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
- Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- South Carolina -- History 1
- Discrimination in education -- South Carolina 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies 1
- Hurricane Hugo, 1989 1
- Programs (Publications) 1
- Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
- Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- History 1
- Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- History 1
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
- Special events 1
- Speeches 1
- Voting -- United States 1
- Women in disaster relief -- South Carolina 1
- awards 1
- correspondence 1
- invitations 1
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