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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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Donald Fraser papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Isabelle Smalls Griffin papers

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Identifier: AMN 1171
Abstract

This collection contains transcripts of speeches, programs and other memorabilia from Avery Normal Institute and Baptist Hill High School.

Dates: 1947-1984
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Muriel Logan Potts papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1191
Abstract Muriel Logan Potts, an educator, school librarian, and the wife of John Foster Potts, Sr. the last principal of Avery Institute.The collections contain brief and scattered documents relating to Muriel Potts, the Logan and Potts Families. Holds several documents pertaining Logan Potts' education at Virginia State College, and her affilation with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA). Of interest are letters to and from her husband, John F. Potts, Sr. to American Missionary Association...
Dates: 1928-1994, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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