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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1104
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture was founded in 1978 by a group of Avery Normal Institute alumni and other interested persons in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Its mission was to rescue the Avery Normal Institute buildings and to develop an archive and museum for preserving African American history and culture of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Working with the College of Charleston, the properties at 123 and 125 Bull Street were acquired and, in 1985, the Avery...
Dates:
1930-2019; Majority of material found within 1978-2008
Avery Normal Institute records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1012
Abstract
The Avery Normal Institute was established by the American Missionary Association (AMA) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1865. The Institute originally served as a school for former slaves and free persons of color, providing normal (or, teacher) training to students pursuing careers in education. The school eventually became known just as Avery Institute, operating as a high school with financial support from the AMA until 1947, when it became part of Charleston's segregated public school...
Dates:
1862-1978
Avery Research Center Averyite oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1193
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Averyite oral histories collection brings together individual oral histories conducted by Avery Research Center employees with Averyites (students, graduates, teachers, and descendants) to discuss their time at the Avery Normal Institute and their professional and personal lives after they attended the school. A handful of oral histories with Averyites that were donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also...
Dates:
1976-2009
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1103
Abstract
The collection contains the institutional records of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, established in 1985. The records are arranged chronologically by administration and then into sub-series consisting of administration and operations, archival holdings, and outreach and programs. Included are administrative and organizational records, records of archival holdings, and records reflecting the many programs and other outreach...
Dates:
1980-2019
Avery Research Center Lowcountry oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1195
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Lowcountry oral histories collection brings together individual oral history interviews mostly conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the South Carolina Lowcountry or lived and worked in the Lowcountry while adults. A handful of oral histories that were donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also included in this collection. A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral...
Dates:
1976-2019
Avery Research Center Midlands oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1201
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Midlands oral histories collection brings together individual oral history interviews conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the South Carolina Midlands or lived and worked in the Midlands while adults. A handful of oral histories that were donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also included in this collection. A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral histories...
Dates:
1981-2019
Avery Research Center Sea Islands oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1205
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Sea Islands oral histories collection contains 50 individual oral history interviews conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands or lived and worked in the sea islands while adults. Some of the oral histories donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also included in this collection. A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral histories...
Dates:
1971-2012; Majority of material found within 1995-2012
Avery School memorabilia collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1159
Abstract
The Avery School Memorabilia collection contains documents that pertain to the activities at the Avery Normal Institute. These items include programs from musical and dramatic performances given by the students, commencements, invitations, dance cards and other memorabilia from extra-curricula activities. It also includes some copies of the Avery yearbook and student newspaper. Portions of this collection are available digitally on the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library...
Dates:
approximately 1865-2005
; Majority of material found within 1869 - 1954
Joshua Aydelotte tax return
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-043
Collection Overview
This collection consists of a return of taxable property in the Parish of Saint Philip's and the District of Charleston for lot number 33 on Chalmer's Alley with a brick building owned by Joshua Aydelotte. The tax return was signed by John Roche, Joshua Aydelotte's representative, on February 13, 1813.
Dates:
1812-1813
Found in:
Special Collections