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Dr. Lela Haynes Session papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1189
Abstract

The Dr. Lela Haynes Session papers, 1940-2013, document Dr. Session's education at the Avery Normal Institute and Allen University, her involvement with Moncks Corner AME Church (formerly St. James AME Church) and the larger AME Church organization, as well as awards and tributes she received over lifetime. Materials include diplomas, photographs, certificates, awards, resolutions, and a medal.

Dates: 1940-2013

Lois A. Simms papers

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Identifier: AMN 1118
Abstract Lois A. Simms was born in Charleston, S.C. She was the 1937 class valedictorian at the Avery Normal Institute. Simms continued her education at Barber Scotia Junior College and later received a B.A. in English and Social Studies at Johnson C. Smith University in 1941. She completed her Master of Arts in Education at Howard University in 1954 and did postgraduate work at Syracuse University and The Citadel. Simms has taught at various schools in the Charleston, SC area including the Avery...
Dates: 1920-2003, undated

Maxine Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1186
Scope

All of the materials within this collection were donated by Dr. Maxine Smith between 2010 and 2025. The items document Dr. Smith's life and career along with endevors of her parents, Henry and Emily Smith.

Dates: 1990-2010

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

South Carolina Civil and Human Rights Anthology

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Identifier: AMN 1197
Abstract The South Carolina Civil and Human Rights Anthology is an oral history project containing 18 interviews conducted by the Avery Research Center in 2004 and 2007. Participants discuss their family history and their involvement in organizing and activism work in South Carolina. Topics discussed include labor organizing and labor strikes, demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement such as sit-ins and marches, voter registration and voter turnout efforts, the Orangeburg Massacre, and the...
Dates: 2004-2007

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

Woman's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina papers

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Identifier: AMN 1037
Abstract The Woman's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina (WBEMC) collection consist mostly of published annual session minutes (many photocopied), event programs, organizational and committee papers documenting the women and youth auxiliaries of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina (BEMC) from 1888 to 2007. Included are materials from other local, state and national organizations within the Baptist community, such as meeting minutes, event...
Dates: 1867-2007, undated

YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc., records

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Identifier: AMN 1078
Abstract The Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Charleston, which originated in 1907, has served communities in Charleston and the lowcountry area of South Carolina for over a century. Currently, the YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc., strives to provide programs and services for all people and holds a mission to eliminate racism and to empower women.The collection documents the founding and history of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Charleston, South Carolina...
Dates: 1906-2007

Zion-Olivet Presbyterian Church records

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Identifier: AMN 1030
Abstract Zion-Olivet formed in 1959 when two African American congregations in Charleston. S.C., Zion and Olivet, merged. The records in the collection are divided into three main sections, Zion Presbyterian Church, Olivet Presbyterian church and Zion-Olivet Presbyterian church records with numerous series which finacial documents, Kindergarten/Child Child Center, Church members and students, Women's Associations, United Presbyterian Men of Zion-Olivet, and the Presbyterian Church USA/Synod of the...
Dates: 1854-1991, undated

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African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 6
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 6
correspondence 6
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American women 4
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 4
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American women--Religious life 4
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 4
transcripts 4
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 3
African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History 3
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Bridge clubs 3
Oral histories 3
African American arts -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 2
African American beauty operators 2
African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 2
African American fraternal organizations 2
African American nurses -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
African American universities and colleges 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs 2
African American women civil rights workers 2
African American women in church work 2
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 2
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 2
Arts -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Associations, institutions, etc. -- African American membership 2
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 2
Child care 2
Civil rights demonstrations 2
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Community organizers 2
certificates 2
family papers 2
programs (documents) 2
scrapbooks 2
Adolescence 1
Affirmative action programs 1
African American History Month 1
African American artists 1
African American band directors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American churches 1
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
African American clergy 1
African American elementary schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American families -- South Carolina 1
African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American freemasonry 1
African American girls 1
African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Periodicals 1
African American jazz musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American judges 1
African American men 1
African American musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American newspapers 1
African American nurses 1
African American nursing schools 1
African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American physicians 1
African American political activists 1
African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American politicians 1
African American politicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
African American psychologists -- New Mexico 1
African American psychologists -- New York (State) 1
African American school principals -- South Carolina -- James Island 1
African American teachers -- Florida -- Miami 1
African American teenage girls 1
African American track and field athletes 1
African American women -- Diaries 1
African American women -- History 1
African American women -- Social conditions 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Beaufort 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Intellectual life 1
African American women authors 1
African American women clergy 1
African American women educators -- South Carolina 1
African American women in the professions 1
African American women physicians 1
African American women politicians 1
African American women teachers 1
African American women teachers -- Florida -- Miami 1
African American women track and field athletes 1
African American women--Religious life--Interviews. 1
African American youth 1
African American youth -- Religious life 1
Names
Avery Normal Institute 12
Avery Research Center 4
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 4
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 4
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 4
African Methodist Episcopal Church 3
Allen University 3
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 3
Potts family 3
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 3
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Benedict College 2
Charleston County School District 2
DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 2
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
Fielding, Herbert U., 1923-2015 2
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
Martin, Maxine Smith 2
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Order of the Eastern Star. Grand Chapter of South Carolina 2
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 2
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 2
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 2
Voorhees College 2
Washington, McKinley, Jr., Rev., 1936-2022 2
YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc. 2
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A 2
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church. Seventh Episcopal District 1
Alston, Addie Middleton 1
American Development Corporation (North Charleston, S.C.) 1
American Missionary Association 1
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 1
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 1
Banks, Anna DeCosta, 1869-1930 1
Baptist Hill High School 1
Baptist Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows of Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments 1
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Bettis Academy (Trenton, S.C.) 1
Blacks United for Action 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Bouffard, Jean Claude 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Ethyl R., 1902-1997 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, Juanita W., 1937-2006 1
Brown, Lucy Hughes, 1863-1911 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, W. Melvin, Jr., 1934-1994 1
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 1
Buist Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 1
Byrd, Alma W. 1
Caffey family 1
Carawan, Candie 1
Carawan, Guy 1
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
Central Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County Council 1
Charleston County Legislative Delegation 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1
Coards Studio 1
Coastal Community Foundation 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Cornwell family 1
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 1
Crawford, Robert, 1953- 1
Cut Gap Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Daly, Frederica Y. 1
Dart Grammar and Primary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
DeCosta family 1
DeSaussure, Martha 1
DeSaussure, Mary 1
Delfin, Wilfred 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Dixon, Isabel 1
Dobbins, Gracie B., 1905-2001 1
Doster, Lillie M., 1922-2015 1
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Edwards, Lucille Roper, 1924-2016 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Entre Nous Bridge Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Farr (Family : Beaufort County, S.C.) 1
Farr family 1
Farr, Henrietta E. 1
Farr, Joseph M. 1