Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1908 April 18 - 1998
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Avery Normal Institute records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1012
Abstract
The Avery Normal Institute was established by the American Missionary Association (AMA) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1865. The Institute originally served as a school for former slaves and free persons of color, providing normal (or, teacher) training to students pursuing careers in education. The school eventually became known just as Avery Institute, operating as a high school with financial support from the AMA until 1947, when it became part of Charleston's segregated public school...
Dates:
1862-1978
Leila Potts Campbell papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1174
Abstract
The personal and professional papers of former associate director of Avery Research Center, Leila Potts Campbell.
Dates:
approximately 1830s-2009
John F. Potts Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1036
Abstract
John Foster Potts, Sr. (1908-1998), African American educator and author, was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Leila Snead and John Moultrie Potts. Potts worked as a teacher and principal in numerous schools including Avery Institute, where he served until it closed in 1954. Potts married Muriel Logan and had five children.The collection includes material relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography, as well as...
Dates:
1885-2005
Muriel Logan Potts papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1191
Abstract
Muriel Logan Potts, an educator, school librarian, and the wife of John Foster Potts, Sr. the last principal of Avery Institute.The collections contain brief and scattered documents relating to Muriel Potts, the Logan and Potts Families. Holds several documents pertaining Logan Potts' education at Virginia State College, and her affilation with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA). Of interest are letters to and from her husband, John F. Potts, Sr. to American Missionary Association...
Dates:
1928-1994, and undated
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- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- correspondence 2
- African American fraternal organizations 1
- African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American women 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 1
- African Americans -- North Carolina -- Flat Rock 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- African American membership 1
- DVDs 1
- Discrimination in education -- South Carolina 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Education, Secondary -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Family histories 1
- Flat Rock (Henderson County, N.C.) 1
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Sweetgrass baskets 1
- annual reports 1
- artifacts (object genre) 1
- black-and-white photographs 1
- business cards 1
- color photographs 1
- family papers 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- newsletters 1
- personnel records 1
- photocopies 1
- programs (documents) 1
- textile materials 1
- transcripts 1