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

 Collection
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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Charleston County Substance Abuse Commission, 1990-1993

 File — Box 66: Series Series 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains sub-series: County Departments and Offices; Charleston County Government: Correspondence; Charleston County Election Commission; Charleston County Legislative Delegation; and Charleston County School District.

Dates: 1990-1993
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 2: Political Career / 2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper / 2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations / 2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices / 2.4.14.1.6: Charleston County: Associations, Boards, and Committees

Comments on lectures given by Orestes A. Brownson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-007
Collection Overview

The collection consists of five newspaper clippings of letters to the editor of the Charleston Standard. The letters were written in 1856 and were in response to a series of lectures by Orestes Augustus Brownson. They attack the "Catholicity" of Brownson's theology. Each is signed "Protestantism."

Dates: 1856
Found in: Special Collections

Diary of J.B. Grimball

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0021
Collection Overview Typescript copies (1937-1938) of 17 diaries (1832-1884) kept by John Berkeley Grimball of Pinebury and Old Fort Plantations, transcribed from the original by Frederica B. Keller during a 1935-1938 W.P.A. project.Entries include references to family matters, including the division of Grimball's mother's [Eliza Flinn] estate, social events, religion, a hot air balloon ascension (1834), a duel (1856), and Grimball's trips to Sulphur Srings, Virginia and elsewhere.The...
Dates: 1832-1938
Found in: Special Collections

Frank R. Fisher notes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0072
Collection Overview Front cover inscribed "F.R. Fisher. Notes." Frank R. Fisher's "notes" contain observations, drawings, and photographs relating to scientific and technological studies, particularly astronomical observations made while Fisher was a resident in Charleston, S.C. during the 1880s.; Fisher records important discoveries and observations made by various scientists earlier in the century. Fisher's astronomical observations begin in Charleston in 1882 with the sighting of a comet. He also records his...
Dates: 1882-1902
Found in: Special Collections

Trott family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0136
Abstract

Includes materials compiled by Charleston native Mabel Trott FitzSimons, including genealogical data and family history relating to Bailey, Cambridge, Cave, FitzSimons, Good, Gregorie, Hendricks, Trott, Venning, and Wood families. Also includes a copy of sailor Henry W. Hendricks' Civil War diary, and records regarding Myrtle Grove Plantation.

Dates: 1836-1981; Majority of material found within 1940-1973
Found in: Special Collections

Veterans Affairs, 1987

 File — Box 60: Series Series 2, Folder: 17
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Holds correspondence, reports, newsletters and newspaper articles. Listed alphabetically.

Dates: 1987
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 2: Political Career / 2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper / 2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations / 2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices / 2.4.14.1.1: Charleston County Departments and Offices

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