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Avery Normal Institute records

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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

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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 School memorabilia collection

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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

Juanita W. Brown papers

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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

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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

Charleston County Black School Directory collection

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Identifier: AMN 1181
Abstract

Originally titled, "The Directory of Charleston County Black Schools," this project was organized by staff and volunteers at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, circa 1991. The goal was to identify and research Charleston School District public elementary and high schools which taught Black students. The project also included the identification of kindergartens, private residential and parochial schools.

Dates: 1930-1991, and undated; Majority of material found in 1989-1991, and undated

Edmund Lee Drago collection

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Identifier: AMN 1051
Abstract Scholar, author, and history professor, Edmund Lee Drago began his teaching career at the College of Charleston in 1975. He is the author of "Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute" (1990), among other books. His research focus is 19th century U.S. History, African American and Charleston history, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first consists of materials related to his...
Dates: 1784-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1865-1991

Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers

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Identifier: AMN 1023
Abstract Mamie Elizabeth Garvin Fields (1888-1987) was an African-American educator, civic and religious activist born in Charleston, South Carolina. Fields was an influential leader in the South Carolina African-American women's club movement. A culmination of Fields' life is detailed in her memoir, Lemon Swamp and Other Places, co-written with her granddaughter, Karen Fields.The majority of the collection details Fields' involvement with the National...
Dates: 1894-1987; Majority of material found within 1945-1985

Donald Fraser papers

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Identifier: 00-000
Abstract

In the 1940s, Donald Fraser attended the Avery Normal Institute, as had his brother, James, as well as his father, aunt and uncles. Before that, Fraser attended Immaculate Conception School. This collection contains items related to the Avery Normal Institute and Immaculate Conception School, including report cards and tuition receipts.

Dates: 1940-1950

Richard T. Greene, Sr. papers

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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

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Avery Normal Institute 8
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 4
American Missionary Association 3
Avery Research Center 3
Amistad Research Center 2
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 2
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 2
College of Charleston 2
Murray, Albertha J., 1889-1969 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 2
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 2
American Development Corporation (North Charleston, S.C.) 1
Baptist Hill High School 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
Bettis Academy (Trenton, S.C.) 1
Brown family 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, Juanita W., 1937-2006 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, W. Melvin, Jr., 1934-1994 1
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Central Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County School District 1
Charleston County School District No. 20 (S.C.) 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
Coastal Community Foundation 1
College of Charleston. Governor's School 1
Cut Gap Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Dart Grammar and Primary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
DeCosta, Frank A. 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
Fields, Alfred B. 1
Fields, Karen E. (Karen Elise), 1945- 1
Fields, Mamie Garvin, 1888-1987 1
Florida State University 1
Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Greene, Richard T., 1913-2006 1
Guilford College 1
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Hoursey, Alphonso W., 1900-1977 1
Howard University 1
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jenkins Orphanage Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 1
LaSaine, Mary Alice, 1886-1957 1
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
Logan family 1
Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls (Cayce, S.C.) 1
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Morton, Ruth, 1900-1989 1
Murray-LaSaine Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1
Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
Potts family 1
Potts, Muriel Logan, 1920-2008 1
Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Smalls Griffin, Isabelle 1
Stewart, Hazel Murray 1
Washington, Samuel T., 1901-1982 1
Wilkinson, Marion Birnie, 1873-1956 1