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Byrnes Downs Garden Club scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0148
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting the history, projects, and activities of the Byrnes Downs Garden Club (Charleston, S.C.) from 1948 to 1953.
Dates:
1948-1953
Found in:
Special Collections
Charleston County Woman's Club scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0102
Collection Overview
The collection consists of three scrapbooks of correspondence, clippings, resolutions and reports of the Education Committee of the Charleston County Woman's Club, 1966 to 1969. During this time the club was pushing for action to establish a university in Charleston with the College of Charleston as the base.
Dates:
1966-1969
Found in:
Special Collections
Ess Tees Bridge Club records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1154
Abstract
The Ess Tees Bridge Club was a recreational card playing social group which was founded by working class African-American women in the 1930’s. It is thought that the Ess Tees was an abbreviation of either ‘School Teachers’ or ‘Society of Teachers’. As the years continued, the Ess Tees managed to bring in new members, meeting on the second Saturday of each month. This collection offers a broad array of materials relating to the Ess Tees Bridge Club, including but not limited to photographs,...
Dates:
1951-2009 ; Majority of material found within 2000-2009
Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary Chapter 237 records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1167
Abstract
Records of the Samuel D. Turteltaub Ladies Auxiliary Number 237 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America of Charleston, South Carolina.
Dates:
1964-2003
Found in:
Special Collections
League of Allied Arts records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1158
Abstract
The League of Allied Arts (LAA) is an organization of Black women who celebrate and help to locally advance a plethora of elements of high culture. The organization was initially founded in Los Angeles, CA, in 1939, however, Edwina Whitlock created a new branch of the organization upon her relocation back to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1986. This collection highlights the documents from its foundation and earliest years, from 1986 to 1988. There are three series. Administrative includes...
Dates:
1983-1988; Majority of material found within 1986-1988
Charleston S.C. Chapter of The Links, Incorporated papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1016
Abstract
The Charleston South Carolina Chapter is part of the Links, Incorporated, a historically African-American national women's service organization committed to educational, cultural, and civic activities. The organization was founded in Philadelphia, PA in 1946; the Charleston chapter was organized in 1951. The collection consists of organizational and administrative records detailing civic and club activities of the Charleston Chapter of the Links focusing on their four program facets:...
Dates:
1951-2010; Majority of material found within 1962-2005
National Society for the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-075
Collection Overview
The collection consists of correspondence, a society report, and a list of officers from the South Carolina chapter of the National Society for the Colonial Dames of America. The correspondence and the report are from 1914. The list of officers is for 1919-1920.
Dates:
1914, 1920
Found in:
Special Collections
Order of the Eastern Star, Prince Hall Chapter No. 41 records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1076
Abstract
The membership of the Order of the Eastern Star (O.E.S.) Prince Hall affiliated chapters are comprised of female relatives of men who are in the Prince Hall Masonry. In 1875, the first subordinate chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star Prince Hall affliated chapter was created by Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (A.F & A.M.), Brother Thornton A. Jackson in Washington, D.C. The Charleston chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star began circa 1912 and are known as Prince Hall Chapter No....
Dates:
1921-2000
Ethelyn Murray Parker papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1029
Abstract
Ethelyn Murray was born in 1895 to Georgie Westcott and Robert J. Murray, in Charleston, S.C. Murray attended the Simonton School and the Avery Normal Institute, graduating in 1914. Murray worked at Voorhees for nine years and in 1936, she moved back to Charleston. She married Sebastian L. Parker in 1939. In the 1940s, Parker took a writing correspondence course and upon completion, she began a column for The Lighthouse and Informer, an African American...
Dates:
1899-1992; Majority of material found within 1920-1980
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1031
Abstract
The Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club was formed in 1916 under the direction of Jeannette Cox, wife of Avery Normal Institute principal Benjamin Cox. The club consisted of nineteen women members meeting to discuss literary works by such authors as W.E.B. DuBois, Carter G. Woodson and others. The club women also helped fulfill their mission to "lift as we climb" by taking an active role in Charleston's African American community by donating funds to such organizations as the YWCA,...
Dates:
1916-2011