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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 Normal Institute records

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Identifier: AMN 1012
Abstract The Avery Normal Institute was established by the American Missionary Association (AMA) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1865. The Institute originally served as a school for former slaves and free persons of color, providing normal (or, teacher) training to students pursuing careers in education. The school eventually became known just as Avery Institute, operating as a high school with financial support from the AMA until 1947, when it became part of Charleston's segregated public school...
Dates: 1862-1978

Avery photograph collection

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Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

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

Bell family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1001
Abstract The African American Bell family of Charleston, South Carolina were descended from Sally (Sarah) Johnson, the matriarch of a free family of color who purchased 2 Green Street, circa 1844. In 1912, the property was willed to Hiram L. Bell (died 1952), a son of Jesse Miles DeReef and Holten L. Bell.These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history...
Dates: approximately 1890-1972

J. Arthur and MaeDe Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, J. Arthur Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine,...
Dates: 1890-2013; Majority of material found within 1950-1988

Miriam M. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1098
Abstract Miriam M. Brown (1901-2002) worked as an educator for fifty-two years at multiple schools in Charleston and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She received numerous recognitions for her work in the community, including a proclamation from the town of Mount Pleasant declaring October 12th of each year as Miriam Brown Memorial Day. Miriam married Arthur Felder Brown in 1928 and had two children, Arthur Felder Brown, Jr. and Jeanne Albertha Brown Morris.The collection includes personal...
Dates: 1922-2002

Elmore M. Browne papers

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Identifier: AMN 1177
Abstract The Elmore M. Browne papers, 1929-2006, document Elmore's biographical information, correspondence, professional and personal affiliations, homegoing celebrations and funeral services for friends, family members, and colleagues, as well as miscellaneous periodicals, event programs, newspaper clippings and artifacts collected by Elmore. Contained in his affiliations are records of his twenty year career in the United States Army, time as a student at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University)...
Dates: 1929-2006

Craft and Crum families papers

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Identifier: AMN 1102
Abstract William Craft (1824-1900) and Ellen Smith Craft (1826-1891) were slaves who met on a plantation in Macon, Georgia. Unwilling to raise children in slavery, in December 1848 they devised a plan to escape to Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Ellen dressed as an invalid male, her arm in a sling to avoid writing (neither William nor Ellen could read or write) and face in bandages to obscure her feminine voice and lack of facial hair. William accompanied her as a servant. They arrived in Philadelphia on...
Dates: 1780-2007

Frank Augustus DeCosta papers

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Identifier: AMN 1106
Abstract Frank Augustus DeCosta (1910-1972) was an African-American educator, administrator and scholar born in Charleston, South Carolina. In a career that spanned four decades, DeCosta served as a teacher and principal of two high schools, supervisor and chairman of an education department, director of instruction and of student teaching, foreign service statistical officer, and organizing dean of two graduate schools.The collection includes correspondence, research notes, essays,...
Dates: 1847-2000; Majority of material found within 1940-1972

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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
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African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
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African American fraternal organizations 2
African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American newspapers 2
African American physicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
African American teenagers -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant 2
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Avery Tiger 2
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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Real property -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 2
Teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
annual reports 2
masters theses 2
memorabilia 2
scrapbooks 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
African American art -- South Carolina -- 20th century 1
African American artists -- South Carolina 1
African American beauty operators 1
African American business enterprises 1
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African American cemeteries -- South Carolina 1
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African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
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African American elementary schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American families -- South Carolina 1
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 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 men 1
African American musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 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
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African American slaveholders 1
African American soldiers 1
African American teachers -- Florida -- Miami 1
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African American universities and colleges 1
African American women 1
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African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
African American women teachers -- Florida -- Miami 1
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American youth 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 1
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African Americans -- Music 1
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African Americans -- Photographs 1
African Americans -- Poetry 1
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 9
Avery Research Center 7
DeCosta family 4
American Missionary Association 3
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 3
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College of Charleston 3
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 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
Amistad Research Center 2
Brown Fellowship Society (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
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 2
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Hoursey, Alphonso H., 1900-1977 2
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 2
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 2
Seabrook family 2
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Talladega College 2
Voorhees College 2
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Allen University 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 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
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Board of Directors 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
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, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, Miriam M., 1901-2002 1
Browne, Elmore M., 1914-2006 1
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 1
Buist Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.). Fields-Sims-Wright Vocational Center 1
Caffey family 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
Davis, Julia-Ellen 1
Davis, Vicki Lorraine 1
DeCosta, Beautine Hubert, 1913-2008 1
DeCosta, Frank Augustus, Jr., 1935-1999 1
DeCosta-Willis, Miriam 1
DeReef family 1
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Deweese family 1
Dillahunts family 1
Dobbins, Gracie B., 1905-2001 1
Douglas, Rosslee Tenetha Green, 1928-2011 1
Douglas, Walter Earl, 1923-1979 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
East Bay Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Edwards, Jacob Francis, Jr., 1909-1941 1
Edwards, Jacob Francis, Sr., 1877-1963 1
Edwards, James B., 1927-2014 1
Edwards, John Arthur, 1911-1987 1
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