Biographical Notes on Mae Purcell and material from Holloway Scrapbook, 1892-1963

Includes childhood and adult photographs of Mae H. Purcell, of an unidentified male wearing a Burke High School basketball jersey, and of an unknown musical event. Biographical materials on Mae, including a brief bio, her funeral program, a newspaper tribute article, and an Avery Normal Institute Merit Card. Additionally, there is correspondence from Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders, Mae's cousin, to Mrs. Jean Blackwell Hutson, the curator at the Schomburg Public Library in New York City, about donating the Holloway scrapbook to this institution. Contains excerpts from the Holloway scrapbook, on topics such as the social status of "free blacks" in Charleston, the occupations of these individuals, the history of the Brown Fellowship Society, and the history of how Blacks arrived in Charleston. Among the material from the Holloway scrapbook are handwritten transcriptions of some of the letters and photocopies.

Arranged by subject with Mae Holloway Purcell material first and then material from the scrapbook.