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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1104
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture was founded in 1978 by a group of Avery Normal Institute alumni and other interested persons in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Its mission was to rescue the Avery Normal Institute buildings and to develop an archive and museum for preserving African American history and culture of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Working with the College of Charleston, the properties at 123 and 125 Bull Street were acquired and, in 1985, the Avery...
Dates:
1930-2019; Majority of material found within 1978-2008
Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney papers
Collection
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
Old Slave Mart Museum collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1092
Abstract
The Old Slave Mart Museum in Charleston, South Carolina was founded in 1937 by Miriam B. Wilson as a museum of black slave crafts and related African artifacts. The museum was operated as a private, non-profit organization until her death in 1959. After Wilson's death, the Miriam B. Wilson Foundation was created to operate and manage the Old Slave Mart Museum.The Old Slave Mart Museum Collection is largely comprised of photocopied material, consisting of meeting minutes from the...
Dates:
1929-1987