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Ethyl R. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1006
Abstract
Ethyl R. Brown (1902-1997) was an African-American beautician, cosmetology instructor, and beauty shop owner in Charleston, South Carolina.The collection includes certificates, awards, photographs, and other documents related to Ethyl Brown's professional and social activities as well as her family. Certificates include a 1945 teaching certificate by South Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners. There are also several photographs by Walter Boags, an African-American...
Dates:
approximately 1930-1991
Brown Fellowship Society records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1005
Abstract
The Brown Fellowship Society was a benevolent society of free African-American and racially mixed men, affiliated with St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.The collection consists of organizational materials of the Brown Fellowship Society, including a corrected copy of Charles H. Holloway's Rules and Regulations of the Brown Fellowship Society as founded in 1794, but not published until 1844. Minute books detail the...
Dates:
1794-1990
J. Arthur and MaeDe Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract
J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, J. Arthur Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine,...
Dates:
1890-2013; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
James E. Brown, D.D.S. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1188
Abstract
The James E. Brown, D.D.S. papers, 1925-2004, document Dr. Brown's professional and civic affiliations and his daughter's graduation from Howard University. Among the material relation to his professional affiliation with the Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association are an award, programs from the group's annual meetings, and a history of the organization written in celebration of the association's centennial anniversary. Materials relating to his civic affiliations include...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981-2004; 1925-2004
Juanita W. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1178
Abstract
Juanita Washington Brown (1937-2006), a Charleston, South Carolina native was an educator, business owner and philanthropist. After her husband, William Melvin Brown, Jr. passed in 1994, Juanita became the Chief Executive Officer of their company, American Development Corporation (ADCOR), a defense contractor in North Charleston.Brown's papers highlight her life as an educator, religious, civic, and social organizational leader, and philanthropist. A majority of the collection...
Dates:
1900-2011, and undated; Majority of material found in 1955-2005
Millicent E. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1003
Abstract
Millicent Ellison Brown (b. 1948) is an educator and civil rights activist. Born in Charleston to MaeDe and J. Arthur Brown, local and state president of NAACP (1955-1965), Brown, in 1963, replaced her older sister Minerva as the primary plaintiff in a NAACP-sponsored lawsuit (Millicent Brown vs. Charleston County School District #20).The collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Millicent Brown's experience...
Dates:
1907-2024
Miriam M. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1098
Abstract
Miriam M. Brown (1901-2002) worked as an educator for fifty-two years at multiple schools in Charleston and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She received numerous recognitions for her work in the community, including a proclamation from the town of Mount Pleasant declaring October 12th of each year as Miriam Brown Memorial Day. Miriam married Arthur Felder Brown in 1928 and had two children, Arthur Felder Brown, Jr. and Jeanne Albertha Brown Morris.The collection includes personal...
Dates:
1922-2002
W. Melvin Brown, Jr., papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1119
Abstract
William Melvin Brown, Jr., was born on February 19, 1934 in Charleston, South Carolina, to William and Eva Taylor Brown. He graduated from Immaculate Conception High School and received a BS in Science from South Carolina State College. Brown later acquired a Master of Science from Atlanta University, a MBA from Webster College, and an Advanced Studies degree from Boston University. Brown married Juanita Washington, also a Charleston native and high school science teacher, on June 4, 1960....
Dates:
1951-2005
Elmore M. Browne papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1177
Abstract
The Elmore M. Browne papers, 1929-2006, document Elmore's biographical information, correspondence, professional and personal affiliations, homegoing celebrations and funeral services for friends, family members, and colleagues, as well as miscellaneous periodicals, event programs, newspaper clippings and artifacts collected by Elmore. Contained in his affiliations are records of his twenty year career in the United States Army, time as a student at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University)...
Dates:
1929-2006
Bryan, Carson, Moses, and Werber family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1152
Abstract
The Bryan, Carson, Moses, and Werber families of Sumter County, South Carolina, represent the relationships between Jewish and Christian families in 19th century South Carolina. Henry Claremont Moses, of a prominent Jewish family, married Andrena Werber, of a Christian family, in 1878; their daughter Catherine married William Alfred Bryan. This collection contains papers, correspondence, photographs/daguerreotypes, genealogical records, and artifacts from the Bryan branch of the family. A...
Dates:
approximately 1840s-2011; Majority of material found within 1911-1984
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