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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

Patricia Williams Lessane papers

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Identifier: AMN 1175
Abstract

The papers of Patricia Williams Lessane, Executive Director of Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture from 2010-2019.

Dates: 1976-2019

Leila Potts Campbell papers

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Identifier: AMN 1174
Abstract

The personal and professional papers of former associate director of Avery Research Center, Leila Potts Campbell.

Dates: approximately 1830s-2009

South Carolina Black Legislators Oral History Project

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Identifier: AMN 1198
Abstract The South Carolina Black Legislators Oral History Project contains seven oral histories conducted by the Avery Research Center. Participants discuss their family history, their interest in politics, accomplishments during their political careers, and thoughts about the state of South Carolina politics and their political legacies. Interviewees include Rep. Alma Bryd, Sen. Herbert Fielding, Chief Justice Ernest Finney, Sen. Maggie Glover, Rep. Brenda Lee, Rep. David Mack III, Sen. McKinley...
Dates: 1999-2000

Lucille Simmons Whipper papers

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Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates: 1900-2016, undated

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correspondence 4
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
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African American History Month 2
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
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agendas (administrative records) 2
annual reports 2
brochures 2
business cards 2
essays 2
financial records 2
minutes (administrative records) 2
papers (documents) 2
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Adolescence 1
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African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American churches 1
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Avery Tiger 1
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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 7
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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