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Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records

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Identifier: AMN 1117
Abstract The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was started on February 12, 1909, partly in response to the prevalence of lynching of African-Americans in America and the 1908 race riot that occurred in Springfield, Illinois. The Charleston Branch of the NAACP was founded in February 1917 by Edwin Harleston. The branch was established to advocate for the rights of African-Americans in South Carolina and Charleston. The Charleston NAACP serves as a space for...
Dates: 1920-1995, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1994

Septima P. Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates: approximately 1910-1990

Grimke family papers

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Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates: 1678-1977, circa 1990s

John Tecklenburg (Charleston Mayor), 2015

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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: 2015

Senator Burnet R. Maybank papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0085
Abstract Legislative files, correspondence, printed material, voting records, and personal papers of Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954), United States Senator from 1941 to 1954. Materials primarily relate to Maybank's professional life as a United States Senator and include his legislative working files and constituent correspondence. The collection also includes a small amount of personal papers concerning Maybank and his family including personal correspondence, financial material, photographs,...
Dates: 1914-1973; Majority of material found within 1941-1954

Rivers family papers

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Identifier: Mss 0199
Abstract Correspondence, programs, publications, newspaper clippings, journals, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, audiovisual material, genealogical material, and personal files belonging to and concerning the Rivers family. Materials primarily relate to L. Mendel Rivers' service in Congress from 1941 to 1970, the writings of his wife Margaret Middleton Rivers, and their three children Margaret Rivers Eastman, Marion Rivers Ravenel Cato, and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. Topics of particular interest include...
Dates: 1800-2011; Majority of material found within 1920-2007

L. Mendel Rivers papers

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Identifier: Mss 0094
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, legislative files, political files, and committee files of L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 1941 to 1970. Materials primarily relate to Rivers' service in Congress from 1955 to 1962 with topics including the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs invasion, Civil Rights, public school desegregation, and the United States Armed Services and defense programs. Also...
Dates: 1940-1962; Majority of material found within 1957-1962

L. Mendel Rivers papers

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Identifier: Mss 0198
Abstract Correspondence, programs, publications, newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs, photo albums, scrapbooks, awards, certificates, financial material, and personal files of L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 1941 to 1970. Materials primarily relate to Rivers' service in Congress with topics including the Cold War, Vietnam War, the Charleston Naval Shipyard, the United States Armed Forces, military pay...
Dates: 1876-1990; Majority of material found within 1941-1970

Bernice Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1018
Abstract Bernice Violanthe Robinson (1914-1994) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to James C. and Martha Elizabeth Robinson. She was a cosmetologist, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Secretary and Chairperson of Membership, Highlander's first Citizenship School teacher for adult education on John's Island, South Carolina. She held political education and voter registration workshops in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and other southern states for the...
Dates: 1920-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1989

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clippings (information artifacts) 5
Cold War 4
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century 4
Speeches 4
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personal correspondence 4
United States -- Armed Forces 3
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 3
World politics -- 1945-1989 3
booklets 3
congressional committee records 3
legislative records 3
scrapbooks 3
African Americans -- Civil rights 2
African Americans -- Education 2
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
Charleston (S.C.) 2
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 2
Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 2
Legislators -- United States 2
Navy-yards and naval stations 2
Nuclear submarines 2
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 2
articles 2
bills (legislative records) 2
congressional committee reports 2
magazines (periodicals) 2
memorandums 2
photograph albums 2
photographs 2
publications (documents) 2
souvenir programs 2
African American politicians 1
African American women -- Social conditions 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women teachers 1
African American youth 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States 1
African Americans -- Politics and government 1
African Americans -- South Carolina 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Biography 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Politics and government 1
Charleston County (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil rights 1
Civil rights -- Societies, etc. 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Civil rights movements -- Southern States 1
Civil rights workers -- United States 1
Cuba -- History -- Invasion, 1961 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 1
DVDs 1
Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
Day care centers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 1
Discrimination in education -- South Carolina 1
Discrimination in employment -- United States 1
Draft -- United States 1
Education -- 19th century 1
Education -- South Carolina -- Edisto Island 1
Education -- South Carolina -- Wadmalaw Island 1
Fisheries -- United States 1
Functional literacy -- United States 1
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 1
Labor -- United States 1
Literacy -- South Carolina -- History 1
Mayors -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 19th century 1
Merchant mariners -- United States 1
National security -- United States 1
Political action committees -- South Carolina 1
Price regulation -- United States 1
Savannah River Site (S.C.) 1
School integration -- United States 1
South Carolina -- History 1
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
Southern States -- Race relations 1
Temperance -- 19th century 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Pay, allowances, etc. 1
United States -- Economic policy -- 20th century 1
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Correspondence 1
United States -- Politics and government 1
Voter registration -- Southern States 1
Women abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
albums (books) 1
audiocassettes 1
awards 1
bills of sale 1
black-and-white photographs 1
bookplates 1
broadsides (notices) 1
compact discs 1
deeds 1
genealogical tables 1
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