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Septima P. Clark papers

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Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates: approximately 1910-1990

Julia Alston Gourdine papers

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Identifier: AMN 1130
Abstract Julia Waites Alston Gourdine (1923-2009), an African-American elementary school educator who worked in the Charleston County School District for thirty-five years. Alston Gourdine was also an integral Senior Trustee Board member of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. She married Robert H. Gourdine, Jr. in 1944, and they had one son, Robert H. Gourdine, III.The collection contains documents and photographs relating to Gourdine's...
Dates: 1880-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-1996

McCottry Smith family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1180
Abstract The McCottry Smith Family papers was created by Cynthia McCottry Smith and donated to the Avery Research Center between 1983-2015. The first series chronicles a detialed exploration of the McCottry family lineage and historical notes. This is the most extensive series and researchers will be able to use these items to gain insight into Mrs. Smith's life and personal interests. Additionally, this series houses items pertaining to several of her close relatives, including her...
Dates: 1881-2014

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Allen University 2
Avery Normal Institute 2
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 2
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Alston, Addie Middleton 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Blacks United for Action 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Buist Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Carawan, Candie 1
Carawan, Guy 1
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
Charleston County School District 1
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Gourdine, Julia Alston 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 1
Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956 1
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 1
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
McCottry-Smith, Cynthia 1
Midway Company, Inc. 1
Order of the Eastern Star. Grand Chapter of South Carolina 1
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 1
Penn Community Services 1
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Pullman Company 1
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 1
Sanders-Clyde Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 1
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
United States Commission on Civil Rights. South Carolina Advisory Committee 1
Voorhees College 1
Waring, Elizabeth 1
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 1
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 1
Young Women's Christian Associations. Charleston, S.C 1
Young, Andrew, 1932- 1
Zion-Olivet United Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1