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Graves family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates: 1884-2004

Jenkins Orphanage papers

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Identifier: AMN 1063
Abstract A Charleston (S.C.) orphanage for African American children, founded in 1891 by Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins. The Orphan Aid Society (chartered 1892) was the governing board of the orphanage. Organized by members of the church where Reverend Jenkins was pastor, the Society furnished much of the financial support for the orphanage's efforts to provide education, training, skills, and care to orphans, half orphans, and destitute children. After Jenkins' death his widow, Mrs. Eloise C....
Dates: 1891-1991; Majority of material found in 1945-1980

Jerome J. Johnson photograph collection

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Identifier: AMN 1167
Abstract Jerome J. Johnson (1929-2020) was a freelance photographer who was commissioned to photograph the National Conference of Black Mayors and the South Carolina Conference of Black Mayors annually from 1993 to 1996. This collection features photograph negatives and prints from these annual conventions as well as other receptions such as the National Black Police Association Convention, the Avery Historic Charleston Foundation Reception, the Ridgeville-Lincolnville Labor Day Weekend Festival, and...
Dates: 1995-1996

Laing School records

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Identifier: AMN 1059
Abstract Laing School was founded January 29, 1866 by Cornelia Hancock (1839-1926), under the auspices of the Friends Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen of Philadelphia. The school began with 50 African American students in the damaged remains of the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. At different times, Laing served as an industrial school, a high school, middle school, and elementary school. In the early 1970s, the Charleston school system...
Dates: 1883-1990

South Carolina Rosenwald Schools collection

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Identifier: AMN 1152
Abstract The Rosenwald Schools Initiative was founded by Tuskegee Institute founder, Booker T. Washington and Sears and Roebuck Co. president, Julius Rosenwald in 1912. Washington saw the need to build schools for African Americans, particularly in rural areas across the South and Rosenwald was looking for a charitable opportunity to support and expressed interest in the plight of the Black community. Although Washington passed away in late 1915, the Rosenwald Fund went on to support the creation of...
Dates: 1912-2005, undated

St. Mark's Episcopal Church records

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Identifier: AMN 1121
Abstract St. Mark's Episcopal Church was organized as an independent parish in 1865 by a group of prominent black Episcopalians who were without a place to worship- since most of the white Episcopalian churches were evacuated in Charleston as a result of the city's occupation by Union Forces. The church's first service was held on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865. The congregation continued to grow and in 1870 a lot at the corner of Warren and Thomas Streets in historic Radcliffeborough was purchased...
Dates: 1862-2006

Edwina Harleston Whitlock papers

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Identifier: AMN 1120
Abstract Edwina Augusta Harleston Whitlock was born Gussie Louise Harleston on September 28, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert Othello Harleston and his wife, Marie Isabelle Forrest. She was raised by her uncle, Edwin Augustus Teddy Harleston and his wife Elise Forrest after it was discovered that Whitlock's parents had tuberculosis. Whitlock attended the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, and Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she...
Dates: 1918-2006

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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 3
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African American musicians -- 20th century -- Photographs 2
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African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 2
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African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 2
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
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Abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
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Names
Avery Normal Institute 6
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 3
Avery Research Center 2
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
DeCosta family 2
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Alliance for Concerned Citizens 1
American Missionary Association 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 1
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America 1
Ball, Edward, 1958- 1
Boags Modern Arts Photography Studio 1
Boags, Walter N., 1917-1997 1
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1
Caffey family 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Century Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Chambers, Annette Graves, 1983- 1
Charleston (S.C.). City Council 1
Charleston County Council 1
Charleston County School District 1
Coards Studio 1
Coards, Joseph 1
Coards, Rachel 1
College of Charleston 1
Cornwell family 1
Craft family 1
Craft, Ellen 1
Craft, William 1
Crum family 1
Crum, William Demos, 1859-1912 1
Crump family 1
Davis, Julia-Ellen 1
Davis, Vicki Lorraine 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 1
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
Entre Nous Bridge Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen 1
Gadson, Tobias, Sr., 1925-1987 1
Glover, Julia Williams, 1908-2000 1
Graves family 1
Graves, Eugene 1
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 1
Graves, James R. B., 1883-1969 1
Graves, Pauline 1
Graves, Robert Blackburne 1
Graves, Rose L., 1890-1978 1
H. A. DeCosta Company 1
Hancock, Cornelia, 1840-1927 1
Harleston family 1
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 1
Harleston, Elise F. (Elise Forrest) 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Howard University 1
Huff family 1
Hunt, Eugene C. 1
Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jenkins, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1937 1
Johnson, Jerome J. 1
Kinlaw family 1
Kinloch family 1
Laing School (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
Orphan Aid Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Porter, Anthony Toomer, 1828-1902 1
Pullman Company 1
Riley, Joseph P., 1943- 1
Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932 1
Sanford family 1
Seabrook family 1
South Carolina Conference of Black Mayors 1
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
South Carolina. Public Service Commission 1
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Talladega College 1
United States (Title of work: Fugitive slave law (1850).) 1
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 1
Whitlock, Edwina H. (Edwina Harleston), 1916-2002 1
Wilson, Etta Winds, 1907-1995 1
Wilson, John T., 1910-1994 1
Young Women's Christian Associations. Charleston, S.C 1
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