Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1960

The collection consists of memoranda, correspondence, guides, manuals, meeting minutes, and handwritten notes which all provide insight into the life and work of Thomas T. Carr, III. These records are arranged in four series. The first series, biographical, documents Carr’s life and accomplishments, with awards and memorabilia from various stages of his life. The second series, military, includes documents from his service during the Korean War. Items of interest include mentions of Major General Abraham J. Turner, who was Black man born and raised in Mount Pleasant, SC. The third series, professional, follows Carr’s career as a civilian employee at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, where he was an optometrist and a chemist. This series contains documents that discuss two major themes 1) the removal of asbestos from the shipyard and 2) a large volume of racial and gender discrimination cases filed by Carr in his decades of employment at the Naval Shipyard. The fourth series, affiliations, shows the many ways that Carr was involved in the Charleston community beyond his professional career. These documents demonstrate Carr’s involvement in the Calvary Episcopal Church and in the James Island Study Committee, which helped to advise how land should be used in James Island’s economic development.