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Julia Alston Gourdine papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1130
Abstract Julia Waites Alston Gourdine (1923-2009), an African-American elementary school educator who worked in the Charleston County School District for thirty-five years. Alston Gourdine was also an integral Senior Trustee Board member of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. She married Robert H. Gourdine, Jr. in 1944, and they had one son, Robert H. Gourdine, III.The collection contains documents and photographs relating to Gourdine's...
Dates: 1880-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-1996

David Grabin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-008
Abstract

Images, memoir, and newspaper clippings of David Grabin, a Holocaust survivor imprisoned at several camps during World War II. Images include negatives, slides, photocopies, and digital images of family photographs Grabin carried throughout the war. Grabin's memoir details his experience as he was separated from his family and moved from camp to camp, ending at Theresienstadt.

Dates: 1930-1999

Clarence Graeser letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-026
Collection Overview

The letter from Clarence Graeser to "D.O.M." mentions a hurricane that occurred in 1940 and briefly mentions the College of Charleston. Graeser was a graduate of the College of Charleston, and a professor of modern languages at the college during the 1930s.

Dates: undated

Grand Purim Masquerade Ball Invitation

 Item
Identifier: Mss 1034-107
Abstract The collection consists of an invitation to a grand Purim masquerade ball at the Academy of Music on March 24, 1902. The ball was sponsored by the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Orangeburg, South Carolina, and printed on the invitation is a photograph of winners from the previous year's costume contest, among them Julia Peterkin, who, in 1929, won a Pulitzer Prize for literature. The invitation also contains a list of the ball's patronesses, arrangement committee, associate reception...
Dates: 1902

Henry Grant papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1011
Abstract Henry Lacy Grant (1925-1990) was born in North Augusta, Georgia to Henry L. Grant and Lillie Lacy Grant. An ordained Episcopal priest, Father Grant served the East Side community of Charleston, South Carolina for over twenty years as director of St. John's Mission Center and priest of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Father Grant is buried at Live Oak Memorial Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, compilations, and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1964-1990

Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1149
Abstract Collection contains documents based on the traveling exhibition (orginially entitled, Transcendent Traditions: Baskets of Two Continents (2008-2010) which traced "the parallel histories of coiled baskets in Africa and American staring from the domestication of rice in Africa two centuries ago, through the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Carolina rice plantation, to the present. "The exhibition placed Lowcountry basketry in a larger context,...
Dates: 1936-2018, and undated ; Majority of material found within 1998 - 2015

Graves family papers

 Collection
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

Colonel Reuben Greenberg collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1079
Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence, articles, program and other miscellaneous materials from the career of Charleston's African American Jewish Police Chief Reuben Greenberg, 1990-1997. Arranged by material, this collection includes numerous articles and publications that detail Greenberg's professional philosophy, crime fighting methods, and surrounding controversies as well as autobiographical details. Also included are awards and programs for events honoring Greenberg and letters,...
Dates: 1990-1997

Richard T. Greene, Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1190
Abstract

The Richard T. Greene, Sr. papers, 1929-2006, document Richard's biographical information, his time as a student at the Avery Normal Institute, and his affiliation with the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Materials include his resume, a biographical sketch, school event invitations and programs, class notes, school newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and photographs.

Dates: 1929-2006

Samuel Greene papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-013
Abstract

Photographs, a memoir, and other papers of Samuel Greene, a native of Sławatycze, Poland. Materials include photographs of Greene and his wife, Regina Kawer Greene, before, during, and after World War II.

Dates: 1927-2007

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correspondence 258
clippings (information artifacts) 194
photographs 141
black-and-white photographs 111
scrapbooks 82
photocopies 68
color photographs 60
Charleston (S.C.) 54
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 51
financial records 51
certificates 49
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 45
letters (correspondence) 42
minutes (administrative records) 41
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 39
family papers 39
genealogies (histories) 37
photograph albums 37
printed ephemera 36
black-and-white negatives 35
programs (documents) 35
pamphlets 34
diaries 33
videocassettes 30
DVDs 29
digital images 28
publications (documents) 26
artifacts (object genre) 25
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 24
South Carolina -- History 24
typescripts 24
black-and-white slides 23
compact discs 23
newsletters 23
audiocassettes 22
memoirs 22
postcards 22
Charleston (S.C.) -- History 21
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 20
articles 20
manuscripts (documents) 19
manuscripts for publication 19
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 18
administrative records 18
ledgers (account books) 18
transcripts 18
Photographs 17
genealogical tables 17
notes (documents) 17
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 16
Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 16
legal documents 16
Oral histories 15
drawings (visual works) 15
obituaries 15
receipts (financial records) 15
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Correspondence 14
poems 14
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 13
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 13
Ephemera 13
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 13
awards 13
business records 13
maps (documents) 13
research notes 13
speeches (documents) 13
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 12
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 12
color slides 12
negatives (photographs) 12
sketches 12
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
Jewish families -- South Carolina 11
essays 11
lists (document genres) 11
poetry 11
school yearbooks 11
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 10
cabinet photographs 10
diplomas 10
drafts (documents) 10
magazines (periodicals) 10
organization files 10
personal correspondence 10
slides (photographs) 10
African American churches 9
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
Holocaust survivors 9
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 9
books 9
daguerreotypes (photographs) 9
journals (accounts) 9
Names
Avery Normal Institute 48
College of Charleston 47
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 17
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 17
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 17
Avery Research Center 16
College of Charleston. Library 16
United States. Army 13
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Moses family 9
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 8
Cohen family 8
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 8
Levy family 8
Alston family 7
DeCosta family 7
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 7
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 7
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 7
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 6
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Charleston Naval Shipyard 6
Dachau (Concentration camp) 6
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 6
Moïse family 6
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 6
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Voorhees College 6
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 6
Weinberg family 6
African Methodist Episcopal Church 5
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 5
Allen University 5
Alliance for Full Acceptance 5
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 5
Bachman, John, 1790-1874 5
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Blamyer family 5
Blamyre family 5
Breibart, Solomon 5
Brown family 5
Brown, Millicent E. 5
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 5
Deas family 5
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 5
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 5
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Harby family 5
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 5
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 5
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Medical University of South Carolina 5
Moïse, Penina 5
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 5
Raisin, Rachel M. 5
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 5
Rubens family 5
Solomon family 5
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 5
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
United States. Navy 5
Waring, Elizabeth 5
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 5
American Missionary Association 4
Benedict College 4
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Carawan, Guy 4
Charleston County School District 4
Clyburn, James 4
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 4
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 4
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 4
Edison, Robert 4
Finley family 4
Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 4
Holmes, F. S. (Francis Simmons), 1815-1882 4
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Howard University 4
Hunt, Eugene C. 4
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 4
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 4
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 4
Lazar family 4
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 4
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 4
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 4
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Pogson family 4
Potts family 4
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 4
Rosenberg, Anita Moïse Rosefield 4
Rosengarten, Dale, 1948- 4