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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 Research Center for African American History and Culture records

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Identifier: AMN 1103
Abstract The institutional records of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, established in 1985. The records are arranged chronologically by administration and then into sub-series consisting of administration and operations, archival holdings, and outreach and programs. Included are administrative and organizational records, records of archival holdings, and records reflecting the many programs and other outreach efforts enacted by Avery...
Dates: 1980-2019

Juanita W. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1178
Abstract Juanita Washington Brown (1937-2006), a Charleston, South Carolina native was an educator, business owner and philanthropist. After her husband, William Melvin Brown, Jr. passed in 1994, Juanita became the Chief Executive Officer of their company, American Development Corporation (ADCOR), a defense contractor in North Charleston.Brown's papers highlight her life as an educator, religious, civic, and social organizational leader, and philanthropist. A majority of the collection...
Dates: 1900-2011, and undated; Majority of material found in 1955-2005

Charleston Five collection

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Identifier: AMN 1124
Abstract The Charleston Five, Elijah Ford Jr., Ricky Simmons, Peter Washington, Jason Edgerton and Kenneth Jefferson were brought up on felony riot charges following a confrontation on the Charleston docks with law enforcement. The Charleston Five Collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, literary productions, printed materials and video material all pertaining to the published work of Suzan Erem and Paul Durrenberger. The collection is arranged into four series:...
Dates: 1921-2008; Majority of material found within 1998-2005

Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney papers

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Identifier: AMN 1179
Abstract

The papers of Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, educator, historian, former Director and Executive Director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, and Chair of the College of Charleston History Department.

Dates: 1956-2017

Emanuel A.M.E. Church records

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Identifier: AMN 1035
Abstract Emanuel A.M.E. Church is located in the area of St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina that once was part of the incorporated African American town of Maryville. The town lost its charter in 1936 and the area is now part of the City of Charleston. The church continues on its original site, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Highway 61.The records consist of three volumes containing minutes of the leadership of the church, detailing all elements of business...
Dates: approximately 1950-1982

Entre Nous Bridge Club papers

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Identifier: AMN 1025
Abstract The Entre Nous Bridge Club was founded May 27, 1924 in Charleston, South Carolina by sixteen women to play a card game known as Five Hundred. The group, with membership limited to sixteen, met monthly in members' homes. The club rotated officers yearly and hosted annual celebrations and special parties for their 40th, 50th, 60th, and 70th anniversaries. The club continues to this day (2006).The Entre Nous Bridge Club Papers (1924-1994) consist of minute books; official and financial records;...
Dates: 1924-1994

Farr family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates: 1828-1990

Jenkins Orphanage papers

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Identifier: AMN 1063
Abstract A Charleston (S.C.) orphanage for African American children, founded in 1891 by Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins. The Orphan Aid Society (chartered 1892) was the governing board of the orphanage. Organized by members of the church where Reverend Jenkins was pastor, the Society furnished much of the financial support for the orphanage's efforts to provide education, training, skills, and care to orphans, half orphans, and destitute children. After Jenkins' death his widow, Mrs. Eloise C....
Dates: 1891-1991; Majority of material found in 1945-1980

Edward A. Lawrence family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1024
Abstract Edward Lawrence was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1858. He graduated from Avery Normal Institute in 1875. He taught at the Avery Normal Institute for almost 20 years and served as interim principal, as well as serving as president of the Avery Alumni Association. He also obtained a degree from South Carolina State College, where he taught psychology and sociology. Lawrence worked as a real-estate agent in Charleston before moving to Brooklyn, New York, in 1920, where he ran a real...
Dates: 1875-1983

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financial records 5
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African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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Church records and registers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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African American Episcopalians 1
African American architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American art -- South Carolina -- 20th century 1
African American artists 1
African American artists -- South Carolina 1
African American arts -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
African American band directors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American beauty operators 1
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African American churches 1
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African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American families -- South Carolina 1
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Beaufort County (S.C.) 1
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Beaufort County (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
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Beaufort District (S.C.) 1
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Card games 1
Charleston (S.C.) 1
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Names
Avery Normal Institute 5
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 2
Harleston family 2
Jenkins Orphanage Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 2
Orphan Aid Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Whitlock, Edwina H. (Edwina Harleston), 1916-2002 2
African American Education and Research Organization 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
American Development Corporation (North Charleston, S.C.) 1
American Missionary Association 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 1
Avery Research Center 1
Ball, Edward, 1958- 1
Baptist Education Center Foundation (North Charleston, S.C.) 1
Baptist Educational & Missionary Convention of South Carolina 1
Benedict College 1
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown, Juanita W., 1937-2006 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, W. Melvin, Jr., 1934-1994 1
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 1
Caffey family 1
Chandler, Karen A. 1
Charity Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County Baptist Association (S.C.) 1
Charleston County School District 1
Charleston Naval Shipyard 1
Childs, Margaretta Pringle, 1912-2000 1
Claflin University 1
Coastal Community Foundation 1
College of Charleston 1
Cornwell family 1
Curry, Constance, 1933- 1
DeCosta family 1
DeCosta, Frank A. 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943- 1
Edison, Robert 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Entre Nous Bridge Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Erem, Suzan 1
Farr (Family : Beaufort County, S.C.) 1
Farr family 1
Farr, Henrietta E. 1
Farr, Joseph M. 1
Farr, Mary Behn 1
Farr, Minerva 1
Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza 1
H. A. DeCosta Company 1
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 1
Harleston, Elise F. (Elise Forrest) 1
Holloway family 1
Hoursey, Alphonso H., 1900-1977 1
Howard University 1
Huff family 1
Hunt, Eugene C. 1
International Longshoremen's Association. Local 1422 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jenkins, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1937 1
King, Minerva 1
Lawrence family 1
Lawrence, Edward, 1858- 1
League of Allied Arts 1
League of Allied Arts of Charleston, South Carolina 1
Logan, James Reginald, 1874-1958 1
Morris College (Sumter, S.C.) 1
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Morton, Ruth, 1900-1989 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 1
National Baptist Convention of the United States of America 1
Payton, George A., 1929-1975 1
Porter, Anthony Toomer, 1828-1902 1
Potts family 1
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 1
Richardson family 1
Richardson, Inez 1
Richardson, Roscoe 1
Sanford family 1
Seabrook family 1
Shrewsbury, Eliza 1
Smith, Robert Lee, 1958-2019 1
Somebody Had To Do It (Project) 1
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
St. Matthew Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Talladega College 1
United Order of Tents 1
United States. Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
United States. Navy 1
Washington, Samuel Walter, 1901-1978 1
Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998 1
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 1
Williams Lessane, Patricia 1
Williams, John T. 1
Young Women's Christian Associations. Charleston, S.C 1