Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 11 - 16 of 16

Virginia Geraty papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1123
Abstract Virginia Mixson Geraty (1915-2004) was born in Summerville, South Carolina to Edward Miles Mixson and his wife Ethel Sarah Ray Mixson. Geraty attended Immaculate Catholic School at Hendersonville, North Carolina, where her family lived during part of her childhood. After the passing of her younger brother and father, Geraty and her family moved to Yonges Island, South Carolina. It was there on the island that Geraty became interested in Gullah, when she heard it being spoken by a family...
Dates: 1915-2007; Majority of material found within 1978-2004

Isabelle Smalls Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00-00000
Abstract

This collection contains transcripts of speeches, programs and other memorabilia from Avery Normal Institute (1940s) and Baptist Hill High School (1960-1985).

Dates: approximately 1945-1985

Albertha Murray papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1020
Abstract Albertha Johnston Murray (1889-1969) was an African American educator born in Charleston, South Carolina to William Henry and Mary Ellen Virgin Johnston. Murray retired from the teaching profession in 1959, and remained active in numerous educational, social, and humanitarian organizations. Murray-LaSaine Elementary School was named in her honor along with Mary Alice LaSaine. She married Richard Gailliard Murray and had one daughter, Hazel Albertha Murray Stewart. The collection consist of...
Dates: 1909-1970

John F. Potts Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1036
Abstract John Foster Potts, Sr. (1908-1998), African American educator and author, was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Leila Snead and John Moultrie Potts. Potts worked as a teacher and principal in numerous schools including Avery Institute, where he served until it closed in 1954. Potts married Muriel Logan and had five children.The collection includes material relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography, as well as...
Dates: 1885-2005

Lois A. Simms papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1118
Abstract Lois A. Simms was born in Charleston, S.C. She was the 1937 class valedictorian at the Avery Normal Institute. Simms continued her education at Barber Scotia Junior College and later received a B.A. in English and Social Studies at Johnson C. Smith University in 1941. She completed her Master of Arts in Education at Howard University in 1954 and did postgraduate work at Syracuse University and The Citadel. Simms has taught at various schools in the Charleston, SC area including the Avery...
Dates: 1920-2003, undated

Wilmot J. Fraser Elementary School collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1129
Abstract The former Wilmot J. Fraser Elementary School was located at 63 Columbus Street, on the downtown peninsula of Charleston, South Carolina. The predominately African-American public school was opened in 1957. As a part of the Charleston School District 20's redesign plan, Fraser Elementary closed at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 school year. Initially know as the Columbus Street School, the institution was renamed for Wilmot Jefferson Fraser (1905-1979), an African-American educator and...
Dates: 1987-1994; Majority of material found within 1990-1993

Filtered By

  • Repository: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture X
  • Subject: Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
∨ more
African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Civil rights movements -- United States 2
Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
annual reports 2
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American civil rights workers 1
African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
African American college teachers 1
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
African American educators -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American fraternal organizations 1
African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Periodicals 1
African American political activists -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American school principals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
African American school principals -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
African American social reformers -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American teachers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
African American teachers -- Tanzania -- 20th century 1
African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American universities and colleges 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
African Americans -- History -- Study and teaching 1
African Americans -- Poetry 1
African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Social life and customs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- South Carolina 1
Apartheid -- South Africa 1
Avery Tiger 1
Black people -- History -- Study and teaching 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Drama 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History 1
Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Children and adults -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil rights workers -- United States 1
Creole dialects, English -- South Carolina 1
Discrimination in education -- South Carolina 1
Education -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
Education -- Study and teaching 1
Education -- 19th century 1
Education, Secondary -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Gullah cooking 1
Gullah women 1
Gullahs -- History 1
Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Folklore 1
Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 1
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
James Island (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- South Carolina 1
Mentoring -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
Oral histories 1
Photographs 1
Political activists -- United States -- 20th century 1
Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Retirees 1
School improvement programs -- South Carolina 1
School integration -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
School principals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
Scrapbooks -- 1930-1960 1
Sea Islands Creole dialect -- Dictionaries -- English 1
Sea Islands Creole dialect -- South Carolina 1
Sea Islands Creole dialect -- Study and teaching 1
Sea Islands Creole dialect -- Texts 1
Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Segregation -- United States -- History 1
Social action -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Social reformers -- United States -- 20th century 1
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
South Africa -- Race relations -- 20th century 1
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 20th century 1
Teachers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
Teachers -- Tanzania -- 20th century 1
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
articles 1
clippings files 1
correspondence 1
doctoral dissertations 1
essays 1
financial records 1
fliers (printed matter) 1
interviews 1
+ ∧ less
 
Names
Avery Normal Institute 7
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 4
American Missionary Association 3
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 3
Avery Research Center 3
∨ more
Amistad Research Center 2
Brown family 2
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 2
Brown, Millicent E. 2
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 2
College of Charleston 2
Murray, Albertha J., 1889-1969 2
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 2
Potts, John F. 2
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 2
Voorhees College 2
100 Black Men of America, Inc. 1
100 Black Men of Charleston 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
Bettis Academy (Aiken County, S.C.) 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 1
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Campbell, James E., 1925-2021 1
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Central Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County School District 1
Charleston County School District No. 20 (S.C.) 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
College of Charleston. Governor's School 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Cut Gap Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Dart Grammar and Primary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
DeCosta, Frank A. 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
Evans, Virginia Geraty, 1939-2021 1
Fields, Alfred B. 1
Fields, Karen E. (Karen Elise), 1945- 1
Fields, Mamie E. Garvin, 1888-1987 1
Florida State University 1
Fraser, Wilmot Jefferson, 1905-1979 1
Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Geraty, Edward Mixson 1
Geraty, Virginia Mixson 1
Guilford College 1
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 1
Hicks, Judith Geraty, 1940-2011 1
High School of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Hoursey, Alphonso H., 1900-1977 1
Howard University 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
LaSaine, Mary Alice, 1886-1957 1
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 1
Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls (Cayce, S.C.) 1
Massenburg, Joyce 1
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
McGehearty family 1
Morton, Ruth, 1900-1989 1
Murray-LaSaine Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
National League of American Pen Women 1
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1
Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
Organization of Afro-American Unity 1
Potts family 1
Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Shabazz, Betty 1
Simms, Lois Averetta 1
South Carolina Educational Television Network 1
South Carolina State University 1
Stewart, Hazel Murray 1
Waring, Elizabeth 1
Washington, Samuel Walter, 1901-1978 1
Wilkinson, Marion Birnie, 1873-1956 1
Wilmot J. Fraser Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1
Zion-Olivet United Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
+ ∧ less