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Septima P. Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract
Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1990
Septima Poinsette Clark scrapbook
Item
Identifier: AMN 1000.A
Abstract
The collection consists of a commemorative disbound scrapbook complied for Septima Poinsette Clark by an unknown person highlighting aspects of her life and career as a teacher and civil rights activist. It contains original memorabilia including photographs of her, her family and people affiliated with her life and career (including a photograph of Clark with Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King and several with Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King, Jr.). It also includes correspondence and...
Dates:
1924-1980
Coards Studio photographs and records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1086
Abstract
The Coards Studio was a photography studio owned and operated by Joseph and Rachel Coards in Charleston, South Carolina. Coards photographed African American families and individuals in the studio and various events and groups outside of the studio, such as graduations, weddings, and other ceremonies. The studio, located at 78 Line Street, closed in the late 20th century.The collection contains business records, photographs, and personal material, including customer contacts,...
Dates:
approximately 1930s-1990s
Ruby Pendergrass Cornwell papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1039
Abstract
Ruby P. Cornwell, a native of Foreston, SC, earned a B.A. from Talladega in 1925 and taught English for many years. In Charleston she was active in Plymouth Congregational Church and served on the boards of several organizations, including the Charleston Branch of the NAACP. Through her work with the NAACP she developed close ties to U.S. District Judge Julius Waites Waring and his wife, Elizabeth. Judge Waring presided over several noted civil rights cases-ruling for integration and equal...
Dates:
1944-2003; 1944-1974; Majority of material found within 1950-1969
Craft and Crum families papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1102
Abstract
William Craft (1824-1900) and Ellen Smith Craft (1826-1891) were slaves who met on a plantation in Macon, Georgia. Unwilling to raise children in slavery, in December 1848 they devised a plan to escape to Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Ellen dressed as an invalid male, her arm in a sling to avoid writing (neither William nor Ellen could read or write) and face in bandages to obscure her feminine voice and lack of facial hair. William accompanied her as a servant. They arrived in Philadelphia on...
Dates:
1780-2007
Frederica Daly papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1111
Abstract
Frederica ( Freddy) Daly (born 1925) was a licensed psychologist and educator with over 30 years of teaching, training, counseling, clinical, and administrative experience. Daly specialized in adolescents, veterans, substance abusers, and families in treatment facilities, hospitals, and universities.The collection contains correspondence, writings, and other items documenting the personal and professional interests of Frederica Daly. Personal materials include...
Dates:
1923-2004
John L. Dart family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1069
Abstract
John Lewis Dart (1854-1915) was born a free person of color in Charleston, South Carolina. He graduated from Avery Normal Institute in 1872 and attended Atlanta University in Georgia, and Newton Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, where he was ordained a Baptist minister. He returned to Charleston in 1886 and became pastor of Morris Street Baptist Church. Sixteen years later, Dart ministered the Shiloh Baptist Church. In 1894, he opened the Charleston Normal and Industrial Institute, a...
Dates:
1844-1947
Frank Augustus DeCosta papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1106
Abstract
Frank Augustus DeCosta (1910-1972) was an African-American educator, administrator and scholar born in Charleston, South Carolina. In a career that spanned four decades, DeCosta served as a teacher and principal of two high schools, supervisor and chairman of an education department, director of instruction and of student teaching, foreign service statistical officer, and organizing dean of two graduate schools.The collection includes correspondence, research notes, essays,...
Dates:
1847-2000; Majority of material found within 1940-1972
Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1084
Abstract
Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. (1923-2008) was a renowned African American architect and contractor based in Charleston, South Carolina. While he served as president of the H. A. DeCosta Company, the company worked on the construction and renovations of numerous churches, apartment complexes, schools, and residences, including some of the most architecturally significant houses in Charleston. The DeCosta Company also did much of the renovation and preservation work for Historic Charleston...
Dates:
1851-2009
Miriam D. DeCosta-Willis papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1185
Abstract
Miriam D. DeCosta-Willis (1934-2021) was an African American educator, academic, and activist born in Florence, Alabama. Her papers contain biographical materials, unpublished genealogical research of her ancestors, ephemera from family reunions and printed materials documenting other DeCosta family members, and photographs of DeCosta ancestors including Benjamin Rhodes DeCosta (1867-1911), Anna Theresa Harrenburg DeCosta (1868-1928), Elizabeth DeCosta (1869-1884), Hammond Harrenburg...
Dates:
1850-2014