Box 1

Programs; graduation invitations; photocopy of class of 1924 photograph with names; original (damaged) Avery Tiger (1940); The Clarion (1981), a publication of class of 1932; information regarding graduates including Willie Smith (1960-1969), class of 1924, famous jazz musicians.

Church programs, including 115th anniversary (1981) of Centenary United Methodist Church; program for play (1977) honoring 70th Anniversary of Coming Street YWCA; article regarding architecture of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church; article and program regarding dedication (1980) of Burke High School’s Field-Simms-Wright Vocational Center.

Sample greeting cards and letter (1922) from Mrs. (Edwina) Whitlock of the Avery Institute for Afro-American History and Culture mentioning Eugene Hunt, nieces of William Lawrence and others.

Booklet, Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1977; biographical timeline on Ransier; copy of SC House Resolution to declare April 16, 1980 Alonzo Jacob Ransier Day; photocopy of a chapter in The Negro in Congress by Samuel Denny Smith mentioning Ransier; handwritten biographical information on Ransier; newspaper articles and photocopies of photographs of Ransier.

Two printed funeral programs and note of appreciation from Wright’s family to the Avery Research Center for its condolences.