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Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1023
Abstract
Mamie Elizabeth Garvin Fields (1888-1987) was an African-American educator, civic and religious activist born in Charleston, South Carolina. Fields was an influential leader in the South Carolina African-American women's club movement. A culmination of Fields' life is detailed in her memoir, Lemon Swamp and Other Places, co-written with her granddaughter, Karen Fields.The majority of the collection details Fields' involvement with the National...
Dates:
1894-1987; Majority of material found within 1945-1985
Albertha Murray papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1020
Abstract
Albertha Johnston Murray (1889-1969) was an African American educator born in Charleston, South Carolina to William Henry and Mary Ellen Virgin Johnston. Murray retired from the teaching profession in 1959, and remained active in numerous educational, social, and humanitarian organizations. Murray-LaSaine Elementary School was named in her honor along with Mary Alice LaSaine. She married Richard Gailliard Murray and had one daughter, Hazel Albertha Murray Stewart.
The collection consist of...
Dates:
1909-1970
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- African American school principals -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
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- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
- Bettis Academy (Aiken County, S.C.) 1
- Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Central Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1
- Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
- Cut Gap Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Dart Grammar and Primary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Fields, Alfred B. 1
- Fields, Karen E. (Karen Elise), 1945- 1
- Fields, Mamie E. Garvin, 1888-1987 1
- LaSaine, Mary Alice, 1886-1957 1
- Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
- Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls (Cayce, S.C.) 1
- McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Murray-LaSaine Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Stewart, Hazel Murray 1
- Wilkinson, Marion Birnie, 1873-1956 1 + ∧ less
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