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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
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
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
Isabelle Smalls Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: 00-00000
Abstract
This collection contains transcripts of speeches, programs and other memorabilia from Avery Normal Institute (1940s) and Baptist Hill High School (1960-1985).
Dates:
approximately 1945-1985
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- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
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- correspondence 1
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- Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 1
- Charleston County School District 1
- College of Charleston 1
- DeCosta, Frank A. 1
- Drago, Edmund L. 1
- Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
- Hoursey, Alphonso H., 1900-1977 1
- Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Morton, Ruth, 1900-1989 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
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