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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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
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
