Geraldine Stevenson DeCosta -- Funeral Program, 2010
Collection Overview
The DeCosta family papers are arranged in two series according to chronological family history.
1. DeCosta Family Papers, 1870-2010, documents the educational pursuits and the personal and professional lives of numerous members of the DeCosta family through photographs, diplomas, correspondence, newspaper clippings, funeral service programs and obituaries, published writings, and ephemera. Family members represented in the collection include: Martha Adams DeCosta, Benjamin Rhodes DeCosta, Anna Harrinburg DeCosta, Elizabeth DeCosta Sartor, Augustus G. Sartor, Wilbur M. Sartor, Barbara DeCosta Walden, Georgianna H. Price, Anna DeCosta Hunter, Daisy DeCosta Caffey, Robert S. DeCosta Higgins, Eugenia DeCosta Higgins, St. Julian L. DeCosta, Raymond T. DeCosta, Harold Chase DeCosta, Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Monique Ariel Sugarmon, the Hubert family (grandparents of Miriam DeCosta-Willis), Geraldine Stevenson DeCosta, and Benjamin R. DeCosta.
2. Oversize DeCosta Family Papers, 1904-1905, and Undated contains the oversize material within the collection and includes a portrait photograph of Martha Adams DeCosta and Daisy Madeline and Elizabeth Marion DeCosta's diplomas from the Avery Normal Institute.
Dates
- Creation: 2010
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
Geraldine Valeria DeCosta (née Stevenson) was born on March 30, 1919, to Nicholas and Marion Stevenson, the fifth of five children. She attended and graduated from South Carolina State College with a B.A. in 1939. In 1940, she married Dr. Laler C. DeCosta (1917-1980), son of Benjamin and Gertie DeCosta. The couple had two sons together, Laler II and Gerald. She worked as an educator teaching both English and general studies classes.
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