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Box 1

 Container

Contains 27 Results:

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of American: Ritual Booklet, circa 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Collection Overview

Contains leather bound booklet.

Dates: circa 1910
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.1: William Henry Smith

United Brother of Carpenters and Joiners of America: Constitution and Laws booklet with Dues Ledgers., 1914-1931

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Collection Overview

Contains four (4) booklets of Local Union 809 (Charleston, SC), for the years: 1919-1922, 1923-1926, 1927-1930, and 1931-1934. The "Constitution and Laws" booklet is in "Fragile Condition."

Dates: 1914-1931
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.1: William Henry Smith

State of South Carolina Board of Registration of Charleston County: Certificates for Municipal Elections, 1928, 1931

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Collection Overview

Contains two certificates for Ward 11, Precinct 1.

Dates: 1928, 1931
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.1: William Henry Smith

Correspondence, 1912, 1940

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Collection Overview

Holds two (2) typed letters sent to William Smith from friend and former business merchant.

Dates: 1912, 1940
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.1: William Henry Smith

Avery Normal Institute: English assignment, circa 1889

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Collection Overview

Original document of sentence diagraming. Document is in "Fragile Condition."

Dates: circa 1889
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.2: Anna McLeish Smith

Manuscript regarding Mother's Day, 1915

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Collection Overview

Original handwritten document by McLeish Smith. Manuscript is in "Fragile Condition."

Dates: 1915
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.2: Anna McLeish Smith

Manuscript entitled "Negro Literature", 1918

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Collection Overview

Document is in "Fragile Condition."

Dates: 1918
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.2: Anna McLeish Smith

Avery Normal Institute pamphlet: "An Open Letter to Charleston Friends of Negro Education", circa 1918

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Collection Overview

Written by "(Mrs.) A.P. Smith," as President of The Parent Teachers' Association of Avery Institute-Booklet is in "Fragile Condition." Please use photocopies of document. Also includes handwritten manuscript by Smith regarding soliciting funds for Avery.

Dates: circa 1918
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.2: Anna McLeish Smith

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church: Manuscript regarding "Reverend" James H. Holloway, circa 1890

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Collection Overview

Handwritten memorial of Holloway, as "Elected Superintendent" of the church. Document is is "Fragile Condition"-Please use photocopies of document.

Dates: circa 1890
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.2: Anna McLeish Smith

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church: Ladies Aid Society documents, 1922, 1934, and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Collection Overview

Includes program for "The 56th Anniversary" of the church (1922), featuring "Miss Maude Smith" performing an organ solo; a souvenir booklet (1924); and handwritten manuscript regarding the history of the Ladies Aid Society -Document is in "Fragile Condition." Please use photocopies of document.

Dates: 1922, 1934, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Smith Atkins family papers / Series 1: William Henry Smith Family / 1.2: Anna McLeish Smith
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