Anna Harrenburg DeCosta -- Avery Normal Institute, 1878-1885
Scope and Contents
Materials include the Children's Day at Avery Normal Institute program (July 2, 1878) and Examination and 20th Anniversary Exercises at Avery Normal Institute program (July 21, 24, 25, and 26, 1885).
Dates
- Creation: 1878-1885
Creator
- From the Collection: DeCosta family (Family)
- From the Collection: Price, Georgianna H., 1934-2006 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hunter, Anna E., 1915-2012 (Person)
- From the Collection: Caffey, Daisy A., 1892-1977 (Person)
- From the Collection: DeCosta Higgins, Robert S., 1932-1964 (Person)
- From the Collection: DeCosta Higgins, Eugenia N., 1898-1993 (Person)
- From the Collection: DeCosta, St. Julian L., 1900-1964 (Person)
- From the Collection: DeCosta, Raymond T., 1904-1941 (Person)
- From the Collection: DeCosta, Harold C., 1907-1968 (Person)
- From the Collection: DeCosta-Willis, Miriam (Person)
- From the Collection: Sugarmon, Monique A. (Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English and Spanish
Access Restrictions
No Restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Anna Theresa Harrenburg (1869-1928), daughter of Hammond Harrenburg (1826-1886) and Nancy Nowell. She graduated from the Avery Normal Institute in 1885 and married Benjamin Rhodes DeCosta (1867-1911) on August 4, 1887. The couple had 11 children, many of which became educators, carpenters, and contractors.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 0.83 linear feet (2 full Hollinger boxes and 3 oversize folders; 64 photographs, 53 negatives; 1 CD-R disc, and 1 floppy disk)
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu