Box 4

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Avery Normal Institute Papers, 1862-1954, 1978, and 1992 consist of photocopied materials regarding Avery Normal Institute generated by the American Missionary Association office and housed by the Amistad Research Center. The materials are separated into seven series: Annual Reports, 1862-1945; Administrative Correspondence, 1931-1954; Financial Records, 1943-1946; Employee Files, 1926-1945; Writings and Publications, 1882-1952; Miscellaneous Files, 1878-1978; and collection...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Avery Normal Institute Papers, 1862-1954, 1978, and 1992 consist of photocopied materials regarding Avery Normal Institute generated by the American Missionary Association office and housed by the Amistad Research Center. The materials are separated into seven series: Annual Reports, 1862-1945; Administrative Correspondence, 1931-1954; Financial Records, 1943-1946; Employee Files, 1926-1945; Writings and Publications, 1882-1952; Miscellaneous Files, 1878-1978; and collection...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Avery Normal Institute Papers, 1862-1954, 1978, and 1992 consist of photocopied materials regarding Avery Normal Institute generated by the American Missionary Association office and housed by the Amistad Research Center. The materials are separated into seven series: Annual Reports, 1862-1945; Administrative Correspondence, 1931-1954; Financial Records, 1943-1946; Employee Files, 1926-1945; Writings and Publications, 1882-1952; Miscellaneous Files, 1878-1978; and collection...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Avery Normal Institute Papers, 1862-1954, 1978, and 1992 consist of photocopied materials regarding Avery Normal Institute generated by the American Missionary Association office and housed by the Amistad Research Center. The materials are separated into seven series: Annual Reports, 1862-1945; Administrative Correspondence, 1931-1954; Financial Records, 1943-1946; Employee Files, 1926-1945; Writings and Publications, 1882-1952; Miscellaneous Files, 1878-1978; and collection...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Avery Normal Institute Papers, 1862-1954, 1978, and 1992 consist of photocopied materials regarding Avery Normal Institute generated by the American Missionary Association office and housed by the Amistad Research Center. The materials are separated into seven series: Annual Reports, 1862-1945; Administrative Correspondence, 1931-1954; Financial Records, 1943-1946; Employee Files, 1926-1945; Writings and Publications, 1882-1952; Miscellaneous Files, 1878-1978; and collection...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Avery Normal Institute Papers, 1862-1954, 1978, and 1992 consist of photocopied materials regarding Avery Normal Institute generated by the American Missionary Association office and housed by the Amistad Research Center. The materials are separated into seven series: Annual Reports, 1862-1945; Administrative Correspondence, 1931-1954; Financial Records, 1943-1946; Employee Files, 1926-1945; Writings and Publications, 1882-1952; Miscellaneous Files, 1878-1978; and collection...

Collection Overview From the Collection: The Avery Normal Institute Papers, 1862-1954, 1978, and 1992 consist of photocopied materials regarding Avery Normal Institute generated by the American Missionary Association office and housed by the Amistad Research Center. The materials are separated into seven series: Annual Reports, 1862-1945; Administrative Correspondence, 1931-1954; Financial Records, 1943-1946; Employee Files, 1926-1945; Writings and Publications, 1882-1952; Miscellaneous Files, 1878-1978; and collection...

Scope and Contents note

Incomplete photocopies of four issues (October 1931, November 1942, October 1951, and November 1951) of the Avery Tiger, Avery's monthly student-run newspaper. Includes miscellaneous news regarding Avery (such as participation in war efforts), editorials, sports commentary, humor column, a short story by Alphonso Hoursey, and advertisements.

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports and memoranda regarding the history and progress of the school by Avery employees (such as Principle M. A. Holmes), and AMA officials (Ruth Morton and Fred Brownlee). The folder also includes an essay entitled Negro Higher Education in South Carolina by Lewis McMillan and an excerpt of the City of Charleston Yearbook regarding damages sustained to the building from a hurricane in 1885.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

This series consists of writings and publications related to Avery, including issues of the school newspaper, the Avery Tiger; reports on Avery's history and other materials; and a master's thesis by Avery staff member Alphonso H. Hoursey on Avery graduates