Gracie B. Dobbins papers
Collection Overview
The collection contains materials related to Grace B. Dobbins' education, teaching career, and affiliations. Includes lesson plans, 1965-1967 and undated, and other school related materials from Dobbins' time at Minnie Hughes Elementary School on Yonges Island and possibly elsewhere; materials from the City Federation of Colored Women's Club; an Avery Institute diploma and associated graduation program, 1924; an Avery 50th reunion invitation and memorial matchbook, 1974; and other materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1986
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1965-1986
Creator
- Dobbins, Gracie B., 1905-2001 (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Biographical Note
Gracie Lee Burns (1905-2001) was an African American school teacher. She was born in 1905 and graduated Avery Institute in 1924 with a teaching certificate. She later married a Mr. Dobbins and taught at Minnie Hughes Elementary School on Yonges Island and possibly elsewhere. She served as Chairman of Annual Appeal of Dimes for the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in the 1960s. Dobbins died in Charleston in 2001.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 archival box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Gracie B. Dobbins (1905-2001) was an African American school teacher. She was born Gracie Lee Burns in 1905 and graduated Avery Institute in 1924 with a teaching certificate. She later married a Mr. Dobbins and taught at Minnie Hughes Elementary School on Yonges Island and possibly elsewhere. She served as Chairman of Annual Appeal of Dimes for the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in the 1960s. Dobbins died in Charleston in 2001.
The collection contains materials related to Grace B. Dobbins' education, teaching career, and affiliations. Includes lesson plans, 1965-1967 and undated, other school related materials; materials from the City Federation of Colored Women's Club; an Avery Institute diploma and associated graduation program, 1924; an Avery 50th reunion invitation and memorial matchbook, 1974; and other materials.
Collection Arrangement
1. Education, Teaching, and Other Materials, 1924 and circa 1965-1986
Processing Information
Processed by Andrea Carlisle, March 2009, and Amanda Ross, October 2009
Edited by Amanda Ross, October 2009
Encoded by Amanda Ross, October 2009
Funding from the
Subject
- Dobbins, Gracie B., 1905-2001 (Person)
- Avery Normal Institute -- Alumni and alumnae (Organization)
- City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Gracie B. Dobbins Papers, 1924 and circa 1965-1986 AMN 1075
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Andrea Carlisle; machine-readable finding aid created by: Amanda Ross
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the collection processing and encoding of this finding aid.
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