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Dr. Leroy Frederick Anderson papers

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Identifier: AMN 1145
Abstract Leroy Frederick Anderson (1916-1989), was an educator, behavioral scientist and medical administrator. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Anderson was a graduate of Avery Institute, (Class of 1935), Fisk University and the University of Kentucky where he acquired a Doctor of Education degree. During his illustrious career, Anderson was supervising principal at W. Gresham Meggett School (James Island, South Carolina); executive director of Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center,...
Dates: 1942-1990, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1975

Vivienne Edwards Anderson papers

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Identifier: AMN 1144
Abstract Vivienne Edwards Anderson (1914-2006), a former student of Avery Institute (Class of 1933), and was one of the initial members of the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (AIAAH&C), which was established for the creation of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. The collection contains brief documents relating to Edwards Anderson's life, genealogical information of her immediate family members: parents, Susanne...
Dates: 1920-2002, undated; Majority of material found within 1980-1995

Avery photograph collection

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Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture records

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Identifier: AMN 1103
Abstract The collection contains the institutional records of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, established in 1985. The records are arranged chronologically by administration and then into sub-series consisting of administration and operations, archival holdings, and outreach and programs. Included are administrative and organizational records, records of archival holdings, and records reflecting the many programs and other outreach...
Dates: 1980-2019

Avery School memorabilia collection

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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

Millicent E. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1003
Abstract Millicent Ellison Brown (b. 1948) is an educator and civil rights activist. Born in Charleston to MaeDe and J. Arthur Brown, local and state president of NAACP (1955-1965), Brown, in 1963, replaced her older sister Minerva as the primary plaintiff in a NAACP-sponsored lawsuit (Millicent Brown vs. Charleston County School District #20).The collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Millicent Brown's experience...
Dates: 1907-2024

Charleston Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) collection

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Identifier: AMN 1048
Abstract The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of ASALH is to encourage the study, research, and promotion of African Americans history. The Charleston Area Branch was founded in April 1995, under the leadership of Dr. Marvin Dulaney and Dr. Bernard Powers. The Charleston Area Branch of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) contains incoming and...
Dates: 1896-2018, undated; Majority of material found in 1996-2005

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

Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney papers

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Identifier: AMN 1179
Abstract

The papers of Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, educator, historian, former Director and Executive Director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, and Chair of the College of Charleston History Department.

Dates: 1956-2017

Robert D. Edison papers

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Identifier: AMN 1183
Abstract

The papers of Robert D. Edison, educator and former director of Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Dates: 1987-2001

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correspondence 4
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
awards 3
clippings (information artifacts) 3
newsletters 3
African American History Month 2
African American historians 2
African American universities and colleges 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Museums 2
African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History 2
African Americans -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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Associations, institutions, etc. -- African American membership 2
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
Oral histories 2
agendas (administrative records) 2
annual reports 2
brochures 2
business cards 2
essays 2
financial records 2
minutes (administrative records) 2
papers (documents) 2
transcripts 2
Adolescence 1
Affirmative action programs 1
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American churches 1
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American college teachers 1
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
African American families -- South Carolina 1
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African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American judges 1
African American men 1
African American newspapers 1
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African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American politicians 1
African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 1
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African American women politicians 1
African American youth 1
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African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
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Avery Tiger 1
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Buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
Charleston County (S.C.) 1
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 -- Photographs 1
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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 7
Avery Normal Institute 7
College of Charleston 4
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 3
Charleston County School District 2
College of Charleston. Governor's School 2
Edison, Robert 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 2
Williams Dockery, Patricia 2
Addiction Research Center (U.S.) 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
American Missionary Association 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Anderson, Leroy Frederick, Dr., 1916-1989 1
Anderson, Melicent Olphin, 1927-2004 1
Anderson, Steward Eugene, Jr., 1911-1997 1
Anderson, Vivienne Edwards, 1913-2005 1
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History 1
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History. Charleston Area Branch 1
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History. Conference 1
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History 1
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. Charleston Area Branch 1
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. Conference 1
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc 1
Bah, M. Alpha, 1947- 1
Baptist Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows of Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Benedict College 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments 1
Brown family 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Byrd, Alma W. 1
Chandler, Karen A. 1
Charleston (S.C.). Commissioners of Public Works 1
Charleston County Legislative Delegation 1
Charleston County School District No. 20 (S.C.) 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
College of Charleston. Upward Bound Program 1
Coming Street YWCA (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Davis, Dena 1
Davis, Julia-Ellen 1
DeAngelis, Gerald G. 1
Deweese family 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Edwards, Jacob Francis, Jr., 1909-1941 1
Edwards, Jacob Francis, Sr., 1877-1963 1
Edwards, John Arthur, 1911-1987 1
Edwards, Johnette Mencile Green, 1926-1977 1
Edwards, Richard Leon, 1903-2000 1
Edwards, Susanna Norena Simmons, 1880-1956 1
Fielding, Herbert U., 1923-2015 1
Finney, Ernest A., Jr. (Ernest Adolphus), 1931-2017 1
Florida State University 1
Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center 1
Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza 1
Glover, Maggie W., 1948- 1
Guilford College 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Howard University 1
Hunt, Eugene C. 1
Kelly family 1
Kelly, Anna D., 1913-2007 1
Lee, Brenda, 1948- 1
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
Mack, David J., III, 1953-2023 1
Medical University of South Carolina 1
Mitchell, Lonnie E. 1
National Council of Negro Women 1
National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) 1
National Teacher Corps (U.S.) 1
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1
North Central Neighborhood Council (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
Potts family 1
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 1
Potts-Campbell, Leila 1
Powers, Bernard E., Jr. 1
Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Sea Island Comprehensive Health Care Corporation 1
South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus 1
Spelman College 1
Talladega College 1
United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1
United States. Office of Education 1
Washington, McKinley, Jr., Rev., 1936-2022 1
Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998 1
Whipper, Jackson Seth, 1949- 1
Williams, Regina 1
Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950 1