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Entre Nous Bridge Club papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1025
Abstract The Entre Nous Bridge Club was founded May 27, 1924 in Charleston, South Carolina by sixteen women to play a card game known as Five Hundred. The group, with membership limited to sixteen, met monthly in members' homes. The club rotated officers yearly and hosted annual celebrations and special parties for their 40th, 50th, 60th, and 70th anniversaries. The club continues to this day (2006).The Entre Nous Bridge Club Papers (1924-1994) consist of minute books; official and financial records;...
Dates: 1924-1994

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

Julia Alston Gourdine papers

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Identifier: AMN 1130
Abstract Julia Waites Alston Gourdine (1923-2009), an African-American elementary school educator who worked in the Charleston County School District for thirty-five years. Alston Gourdine was also an integral Senior Trustee Board member of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. She married Robert H. Gourdine, Jr. in 1944, and they had one son, Robert H. Gourdine, III.The collection contains documents and photographs relating to Gourdine's...
Dates: 1880-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-1996

Graves family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates: 1884-2004

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

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

Guenveur family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1184
Abstract

The Guenveur family papers, 1914-1961, document the education of Lauretta Guenveur (née Goodall) at the Avery Normal Institute, Baxter D. Goodall at Howard University, Louise Guenveur Streat and Helen Guenveur Smith at Xavier University of Louisiana, and Helen Guenveur Smith at Meharry Medical College. Materials include yearbooks, commencement programs, class notes and scrapbooks, school newspapers and other publications, and souveniers.

Dates: 1914-1961

Dr. Frank G. Hayne papers

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Identifier: AMN 1135
Abstract Frank George Hayne (1909-1984) was an African American dentist in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended Avery Institute, Immaculate Conception High School, Fisk University and Meharry Medical College.The majority of this collection is comprised of black and white photographs from disassembled scrapbooks of Hayne and his wife Anita (Cole) Hayne's family members. Most of the photographs are unidentified. The collection also contains correspondence and documents from Fisk...
Dates: 1911-1987; Majority of material found within 1930-1982

Holloway family scrapbook

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Identifier: AMN 1065
Abstract James Harrison Holloway, compiler of the family scrapbook, collected materials in the early twentieth century to preserve a record of his family’s legacy as free prominent African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, from their arrival in the late eighteenth century. In the wake of Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow, Holloway, whose vocations ranged between preacher, postmaster, and harness maker, sought to assert his family's legacy against the economic, social, and political...
Dates: 1776-1977, undated

Mrs. Louise F. Holmes scrapbook

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Identifier: AMN 1182
Abstract

The Mrs. Louise F. Holmes scrapbook collection contains one scrapbook that documents Mrs. Holmes's faith, love for poetry, and a broad range of other interests which reflect the life of African Americans in the Lowcountry and South Carolina. This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia which follow the lives of the Holmes family in Charleston, S.C. and Florence, S.C.

Dates: 1873-1940

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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 8
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 5
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
correspondence 5
scrapbooks 5
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 4
Oral histories 4
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 3
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 3
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 3
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 3
Avery Tiger 3
Bridge clubs 3
Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
memorabilia 3
programs (documents) 3
transcripts 3
African American business enterprises 2
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 2
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American fraternal organizations 2
African American newspapers 2
African American physicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American school administrators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American soldiers 2
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
African American teachers -- Training of -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American women 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs 2
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 2
African Americans -- Photographs 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 2
Boards of directors 2
High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 2
Pullman porters -- United States -- History 2
Real property -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 2
Teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
administrative records 2
annual reports 2
awards 2
brochures 2
financial records 2
masters theses 2
personnel records 2
school yearbooks 2
Abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Adolescence 1
Affirmative Action programs 1
Africa -- Social life and customs 1
African American History Month 1
African American air pilots 1
African American art -- South Carolina -- 20th century 1
African American artists -- South Carolina 1
African American bankers 1
African American beauty operators 1
African American cemeteries -- South Carolina 1
African American churches 1
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
African American clergy 1
African American dentists 1
African American educators 1
African American educators -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American elementary schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American families -- South Carolina 1
African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American high school students -- Societies and clubs 1
African American legislators 1
African American librarians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American men 1
African American musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American nursing schools 1
African American photographers 1
African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American police -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American political activists 1
African American politicians -- New York (State) -- New York 1
African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 1
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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 12
Avery Research Center 7
DeCosta family 5
American Missionary Association 4
College of Charleston 4
Amistad Research Center 3
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 3
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 3
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 3
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 3
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 3
African Methodist Episcopal Church 2
Allen University 2
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Board of Directors 2
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 2
Buist Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Charleston County School District 2
Coming Street YWCA (Charleston, S.C.) 2
DeCosta, Frank A. 2
DeCosta-Willis, Miriam 2
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Hoursey, Alphonso H., 1900-1977 2
McCottry-Smith, Cynthia 2
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Potts family 2
Pullman Company 2
Sanders-Clyde Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Seabrook family 2
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Talladega College 2
Voorhees College 2
Young Women's Christian Associations. Charleston, S.C 2
African Methodist Episcopal Church. Seventh Episcopal District 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 1
Alston, Addie Middleton 1
Anderson, Steward Eugene, Jr., 1911-1997 1
Anderson, Vivienne Edwards, 1913-2005 1
Atkins, Maude Henrietta Smith, 1898-1998 1
Ball, Edward, 1958- 1
Baptist Hill High School 1
Baptist Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows of Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Bell family 1
Bell, Hiram Lewis 1
Bell, James A. (James Augustus) 1
Bell, Louise Purvis 1
Benedict College 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments 1
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local No. 1 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Arthur Felder, Jr. 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, James E., D.D.S., 1925-2003 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, Miriam M., 1901-2002 1
Browne, Elmore M., 1914-2006 1
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.). Fields-Sims-Wright Vocational Center 1
Caffey family 1
Caffey, Daisy A., 1892-1977 1
Calvary Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Campbell, James E., 1925-2021 1
Chambers, Annette Graves, 1983- 1
Charleston County Legislative Delegation 1
Charleston Neighborhood Housing Services of South Carolina (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Cheyney State College 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
Cole family 1
College of Charleston. Governor's School 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Community Owned Federal Credit Union (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Cornwell family 1
Craft family 1
Craft, Ellen 1
Craft, William 1
Crum family 1
Crum, William Demos, 1859-1912 1
Crump family 1
Dart Hall (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Davis, Julia-Ellen 1
Davis, Norma Hoffman, 1940- 1
Davis, Vicki Lorraine 1
DeCosta Higgins, Eugenia N., 1898-1993 1
DeCosta Higgins, Robert S., 1932-1964 1
DeCosta, Anna H., 1868-1928 1
DeCosta, Beautine Hubert, 1913-2008 1