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Myrtle Gonza Glascoe papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1164
Abstract
Dr. Myrtle G. Glascoe was a social worker, educator, civil rights activist, and the founding director of Avery Research Center. She was born in 1936 in Washington, D.C., then received her B.A. from Howard University, her M.A. from University of Pennsylvania, and her PhD from Harvard University.This collection contains professional materials relating to Dr. Glascoe’s time with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and educational development research from 1958...
Dates:
1958-1982
Julia Williams Glover papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1109
Abstract
Julia Williams Glover (1908-2000) an African American certifed nurse in South Carolina. She was the first African American registered nurse hired by Roper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. Glover was also a School Nurse, serving twenty years with the Charleston County School District. The collection documents Glover's professional and religious involvement from 1939 to 2000, with the bulk of materials spanning from 1952 to 1998. Materials include documents originating from Glover's...
Dates:
1927-1998; Majority of material found within 1950-1998
Julia Alston Gourdine papers
Collection
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
Henry Grant papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1011
Abstract
Henry Lacy Grant (1925-1990) was born in North Augusta, Georgia to Henry L. Grant and Lillie Lacy Grant. An ordained Episcopal priest, Father Grant served the East Side community of Charleston, South Carolina for over twenty years as director of St. John's Mission Center and priest of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Father Grant is buried at Live Oak Memorial Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina.
The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, compilations, and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1964-1990
Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1149
Abstract
Collection contains documents based on the traveling exhibition (orginially entitled, Transcendent Traditions: Baskets of Two Continents (2008-2010) which traced "the parallel histories of coiled baskets in Africa and American staring from the domestication of rice in Africa two centuries ago, through the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Carolina rice plantation, to the present. "The exhibition placed Lowcountry basketry in a larger context,...
Dates:
1936-2018, and undated ; Majority of material found within 1998 - 2015
Graves family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract
The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates:
1884-2004
Colonel Reuben Greenberg collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1079
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, articles, program and other miscellaneous materials from the career of Charleston's African American Jewish Police Chief Reuben Greenberg, 1990-1997. Arranged by material, this collection includes numerous articles and publications that detail Greenberg's professional philosophy, crime fighting methods, and surrounding controversies as well as autobiographical details. Also included are awards and programs for events honoring Greenberg and letters,...
Dates:
1990-1997
Richard T. Greene, Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1190
Abstract
The Richard T. Greene, Sr. papers, 1929-2006, document Richard's biographical information, his time as a student at the Avery Normal Institute, and his affiliation with the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Materials include his resume, a biographical sketch, school event invitations and programs, class notes, school newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and photographs.
Dates:
1929-2006
Isabelle Smalls Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1171
Abstract
This collection contains transcripts of speeches, programs and other memorabilia from Avery Normal Institute and Baptist Hill High School.
Dates:
1947-1984
Guenveur family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1184
Abstract
The Guenveur family papers, 1914-1961, document the education of Lauretta Guenveur (née Goodall) at the Avery Normal Institute, Baxter D. Goodall at Howard University, Louise Guenveur Streat and Helen Guenveur Smith at Xavier University of Louisiana, and Helen Guenveur Smith at Meharry Medical College. Materials include yearbooks, commencement programs, class notes and scrapbooks, school newspapers and other publications, and souveniers.
Dates:
1914-1961