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Anna D. Kelly papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1083
Abstract
Anna D. Kelly (1913-2007) is known for her efforts to connect Lowcountry African Americans with the Highlander Folk School, most notably recruiting Septima Clark. A graduate of the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, Kelly was a charter member of the Avery Institute of African American History and Culture. She then played a crucial role in establishment of the Avery Research Center.The collection includes personal papers and photographs related to Anna D. Kelly...
Dates:
1930s-1999
William Aiken Kelly diaries, 1862, 1864 (photocopies)
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-032
Collection Overview
Two journals containing holograph entries kept by Confederate Civil War officer, William Aiken Kelly. Also contains a photograph of Kelly in uniform (1862). Volume 1 (1864 Jan. 1-Dec. 31) contains brief daily entries concerning the weather, promotions, camp locations, transfers of men, and other activities. In the back of the volume are brief accounts for amounts received and paid. Volume 2 (1864 July 27-Aug 31) provides more detailed accounts of Kelly's activities.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Keyserling family papers - Part I
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1049a
Collection Overview
Part I (Mss 1049a) is the first accession of the Keyserling family papers. It includes Keyserling genealogical information, ephemera and family news clippings; material related to Leon Keyserling's political career (essays, clippings, speeches.) Correspondence includes letters between William Keyserling (WK) and Jennie H. Keyserling (JK) 1903-1935; WK and Leon Keyserling, 1908-1949; WK and Beth Keyserling Rosenfarb, 1911-1951; WK and Rosalyn Keyserling Schreiber, 1911-1944; WK and Herbert...
Dates:
1890-1980; Majority of material found within 1910-1951
Found in:
Special Collections
Mitchell King papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-033
Collection Overview
Papers include letters, an invoice, a notice, and lists pertaining to Mitchell King. Letters are from Henry C. King at Matanza [Plantation, Prince George Parish, S.C.] (1847 April 26) concerning family and social matters, John Pennington at Philadelphia (1850 Feb. 8) concerning Pennsylvania now paying what it owes to him (also about family matters, preserving the republic, and their mutual interest in early European occupation of Carolina and working of the gold mines before English...
Dates:
1842-1860
Found in:
Special Collections
Kornblut family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1044
Collection Overview
The collection consists mainly of photocopies as the originals remain with the donor. Collection contains genealogical information on the Iseman, Schafer, Blum, Kornblut and Baker families; also copy of Leon Kornblut's U.S. Naturalization Certificate (1921). Photocopies of photographs of the Leon Kornblut family (1906-1956), Kornblut relatives in Poland (1890s-1920) and the Abraham Schafer family (1880s-1950s). Correspondence includes photocopy of letter (Oct. 1906) from Rebecca Schafer to...
Dates:
1880s-2001
Found in:
Special Collections
Vincent P. Lannie collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0077
Abstract
Materials collected by Vincent P. Lannie relate to writer Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle, Allston and Vanderhost family members and their enslaved people, Confederate imprints, a broadside advertisement for a rice planting device, Civil War ships USS Monitor and Keokuk, a Revolutionary era parole, and a letter of John Rutledge. Also includes letters to George N. Shuster, former president of Hunter College and editor of...
Dates:
1733-1974
Found in:
Special Collections
Henry Laurens account book
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0027
Collection Overview
Pages are missing or damaged. Business and personal accounts (1766 Sept.-1767 Dec., 1768 Feb.-1773 May, 1773 Aug.-Sept.) kept for Henry Laurens. Accounts are with individuals and companies for goods (primarily general merchandise) and services (including commissions). Several include the sale of individual slaves. A number of entries are for New Hope, Mepkin, Broton [Broughton] Island, Wambaw, and Wright's Savannah plantations. Other accounts include expenses for improvements made to brick...
Dates:
1766-1773
Found in:
Special Collections
Law Enforcement Documents, 1986-1995
File — Box 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: Subseries 1.5
Scope and Contents
Holds correspondence and incident reports.
Dates:
1986-1995
Law Enforcement position descriptions, 1994
File — Box 42: Series Series 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Holds correspondence, memorandums, reports, bills and resolutions, journals, manuals, legislative updates and various documents pertaining to the following included subseries: State of South Carolina General Assembly; Adminstrative Documents and Committee Appointments; Standing Committees of the South Carolina House of Representatives; General Assembly Joint Committees; Bills Authored/and/or Initiated by Whipper; Bills Co-Sponsored by Whipper; General Bills and Resolutions; Special...
Dates:
1994
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.9: State of South Carolina Departments
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2.4.9.6: Department of Natural Resources
Lecque family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1115
Abstract
The Lecque family of Liberty Hill, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of farmers and brickmasons. The family was one of the founding families of the Liberty Hill community (in North Charleston), which was established by Freedmen circa 1864-1867 along the railroad tracks to Mixon Avenue and along Montague Avenue. In 1871, William Lecque along with three other African American men (Ismael Grant, Aaron Middleton, and Plenty Lecque) established the oldest church in...
Dates:
1941-1990, 1997