Stewart, Hazel Murray
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dart Library Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1200
Abstract
The Dart Library Oral History Project contains five oral histories documenting individuals' experiences of using the library at Dart Hall and attending dances in the second floor of the Hall. Participants also discuss family history, their memories of Jim Crow segregration in Charleston, and their professional careers. The oral history project was undertaken by the Avery Research Center as part of the 85th anniversary commemoration of the John L. Dart Library. The oral histories were...
Dates:
2012
Albertha Murray papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1020
Abstract
Albertha Johnston Murray (1889-1969) was an African American educator born in Charleston, South Carolina to William Henry and Mary Ellen Virgin Johnston. Murray retired from the teaching profession in 1959, and remained active in numerous educational, social, and humanitarian organizations. Murray-LaSaine Elementary School was named in her honor along with Mary Alice LaSaine. She married Richard Gailliard Murray and had one daughter, Hazel Albertha Murray Stewart.
The collection consist of...
Dates:
1909-1970
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- African American librarians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
- African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Clothing and dress -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
- Dance halls 1
- Discrimination in public accommodations 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
- Libraries -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Libraries and Black people 1
- Oral histories 1
- Retirees 1
- Segregation 1
- transcripts 1