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J. Arthur Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract
J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. Mr. Brown moved back to Charleston where he became a...
Dates:
1937-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
Edmund Lee Drago collection
Collection
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
William Saxon Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1038
Abstract
The William Saxon Wilson papers mostly consists of business cards, invitations, event programs, broadsides, and various ephemera created in his business, The Sax Print Shop, which document social, church, educational and other aspects of African-American life in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dates:
1913-1983; Majority of material found in 1920-1982
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- Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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- Drago, Edmund L. 1
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
- Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
- Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Immaculate Conception High School (Charleston, SC) 1
- Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
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