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Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1103
Abstract
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 efforts enacted by Avery...
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 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
Jack Bass and Walter De Vries papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1061
Abstract
In 1974, Jack Bass and Walter De Vries interviewed prominent South Carolina public figures. These interviews, among others, were used for their book, The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence since 1945.
The papers consist of eight interview transcripts conducted by Jack Bass and Walter De in 1974 Vries with prominent South Carolina public figures. The overarching theme of the interviews is race relations and the effect...
Dates:
1974
Dr. Elizabeth M. Bear collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1134
Abstract
Elizabeth M. Bear is a Professor Emeritus and former director of the Nurse-Midwifery program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) School of Nursing. Bear's collection is a reflection of her avid interest in the nurse-midwifery profession, notably focusing on the education of African-Americans midwives (lay and nurse-midwives).The majority of the collection contains photocopied journal, magazine and newspaper articles, reports, correspondence, and photographs; along...
Dates:
1922-2006; Majority of material found within 1941-1998
Bell family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1001
Abstract
The African American Bell family of Charleston, South Carolina were descended from Sally (Sarah) Johnson, the matriarch of a free family of color who purchased 2 Green Street, circa 1844. In 1912, the property was willed to Hiram L. Bell (died 1952), a son of Jesse Miles DeReef and Holten L. Bell.These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history...
Dates:
approximately 1890-1972
Virginia Benmaman collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1176
Abstract
Dr. Virginia Benmaman is a former College of Charleston professor within the Hispanic Studies department. She had a passion for linguistics, particularly the derived history of specific dialects. She gifted this collection to the Avery Research Center of African American History and Culture in 2002, with the hopes that researches would use the resources within when studying the history, culture, and language of the Gullah Geechee corridor along the atlantic coastal regions. The...
Dates:
1864-2001
Isaiah Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1056
Abstract
Isaiah Bennett (1926-2002) served as a union representative for tobacco workers at the American Tobacco Company's Cigar Factory and as a leader and negotiator of the Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike of 1969. Bennett also founded and was president of the Charleston chapter of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, an umbrella organization for black trade unions.This collection contains five small series that pertain to the life and career of Isaiah Bennett. 1.)...
Dates:
1932-2002
Walter N. Boags papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1053
Abstract
From 1949 to the late 1970s, Walter N. Boags (1917-1997) owned and operated Boags Modern Arts Photography Studio, one of the few African-American photography studios in Charleston, South Carolina. During the 1980s, Boags continued to operate as a freelance photographer.The collection consists mostly of black-and-white and color negatives, with some prints and proofs, taken by Walter Boags from 1945 through the 1980s. Boags' work focused on African-Americans, African-American...
Dates:
1945-1980s