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Alphonso W. Hoursey papers

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Identifier: AMN 1156
Abstract Alphonso W. Hoursey was born in 1900 and raised in Charleston. He attended the Avery Normal Institute, Fisk University (1926), and the University of Michigan. After graduating from Fisk, Hoursey taught at the Avery Normal Institute, organized the HI-Y Club, which prioritized a ‘Protestant Ethic’ and sportsmanship. With Avery’s closure in 1954, Hoursey went to teach at Burke High School until his retirement in 1966. This collection of memorabilia of Hoursey highlights his career as an...
Dates: 1907-1972 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

Eugene C. Hunt papers

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Identifier: AMN 1047
Abstract Eugene C. Hunt graduated from the Avery Normal School and went on to Talladega College, where he received a Degree in English in 1940. He earned a Master's Degree in Theater from Northwestern University in 1954 and continued with postgraduate study in Speech and Education. Mr. Hunt taught English and Speech at Burke High School in Charleston from 1941 to 1972. In 1972, he became an Assistant Professor of English and Speech at the College of Charleston, moving up to Associate Professor in...
Dates: 1834-1999; Majority of material found within 1973-1995

Anna D. Kelly papers

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Identifier: AMN 1083
Abstract Anna D. Kelly (1913-2007) is known for her efforts to connect Lowcountry African Americans with the Highlander Folk School, most notably recruiting Septima Clark. A graduate of the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, Kelly was a charter member of the Avery Institute of African American History and Culture. She then played a crucial role in establishment of the Avery Research Center.The collection includes personal papers and photographs related to Anna D. Kelly...
Dates: 1930s-1999

Edward A. Lawrence family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1024
Abstract Edward Lawrence was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1858. He graduated from Avery Normal Institute in 1875. He taught at the Avery Normal Institute for almost 20 years and served as interim principal, as well as serving as president of the Avery Alumni Association. He also obtained a degree from South Carolina State College, where he taught psychology and sociology. Lawrence worked as a real-estate agent in Charleston before moving to Brooklyn, New York, in 1920, where he ran a real...
Dates: 1875-1983

McCottry Smith family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1180
Abstract The McCottry Smith Family papers was created by Cynthia McCottry Smith and donated to the Avery Research Center between 1983-2015. The first series chronicles a detialed exploration of the McCottry family lineage and historical notes. This is the most extensive series and researchers will be able to use these items to gain insight into Mrs. Smith's life and personal interests. Additionally, this series houses items pertaining to several of her close relatives, including her...
Dates: 1881-2014

D. Jack Moses papers

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Identifier: AMN 1002
Abstract Dyctis Jack Moses (1916-1996) was an African American musician from Americus, Georgia. He graduated from Morehouse College and pursued graduate studies in music at various institutions including Columbia University and Julliard. He served as music director at the Avery Institute, was the Supervisor of Music for Charleston County public schools and served in the Pacific area during World War II. In the early 1950s he became a pioneer in television by hosting the Talent...
Dates: 1940-1996

Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club records

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Identifier: AMN 1031
Abstract The Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club was formed in 1916 under the direction of Jeannette Cox, wife of Avery Normal Institute principal Benjamin Cox. The club consisted of nineteen women members meeting to discuss literary works by such authors as W.E.B. DuBois, Carter G. Woodson and others. The club women also helped fulfill their mission to "lift as we climb" by taking an active role in Charleston's African American community by donating funds to such organizations as the YWCA,...
Dates: 1907-2017

John F. Potts Sr. papers

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Identifier: AMN 1036
Abstract John Foster Potts, Sr. (1908-1998), African American educator and author, was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Leila Snead and John Moultrie Potts. Potts worked as a teacher and principal in numerous schools including Avery Institute, where he served until it closed in 1954. Potts married Muriel Logan and had five children.The collection includes material relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography, as well as...
Dates: 1885-2005

Muriel Logan Potts papers

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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

Inez Richardson papers

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Identifier: AMN 1161
Abstract Inez A. Richardson, born in 1911, was the first licensed Black female barber in South Carolina. This collection concentrates primarily on Inez Richardson, however it also includes documents pertaining to the rest of the Richardson family. The collection documents Richardson’s involvement in the Rose of Sharon Tent, Southern District No. 4, from 1952 to 1984. The Rose of Sharon Tent was one of the Tents of the United Order of Tents, which is the only Christian Black women’s secret society....
Dates: 1951-1990

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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 8
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correspondence 5
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 4
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African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
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African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 3
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Avery Tiger 3
Bridge clubs 3
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Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
memorabilia 3
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African American business enterprises 2
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
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annual reports 2
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brochures 2
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masters theses 2
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school yearbooks 2
Abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
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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
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African American bankers 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