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James Logan scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1010
Abstract
James Raymond Logan (1874-1958) was the first native Charlestonian to receive a civil service appointment for work at the Charleston Navy Yard, and was the first African American appointee. Logan also directed Logan's Military Band and the choirs of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church and Zion Presbyterian Church.This collection includes newspaper clippings, programs, photographs and correspondence that originally comprised two scrapbooks (now disbound) created by James Raymond...
Dates:
1896-1961
'Looking Quite Like Soldiers!' curriculum collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1095
Abstract
Looking Quite Like Soliders!, winner of the 1996 Steppingstone Prize, was developed by educators at James P. Timilty Middle School in Boston, Massachusetts. The curriculum provides an interdisciplinary, thematic curriculum that explores the historical context for African American participation in the Civil War and the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, a famed Union regiment. Lesson plans incorporate excerpts from letters of James Henry Gooding, maps of Camp Meigs...
Dates:
1995-1997
Reverend Stephen Bradford Mackey papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1116
Abstract
Reverend Stephen Bradford McIver Mackey (1901-1984), an African American Episcopal minister, served the congregation at Calvary Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, as Priest in 1935 and Rector from 1940-1972. He also held the position of priest-in-charge of Epiphany Church, Summerville, SC, from 1934-1940 and St. Andrew's Church, Charleston County from 1940-1972. His wife, Naomi Mackey was the Diocesan President of the Negro Branch of Woman's Auxiliary and organized the church's...
Dates:
1900-1993; Majority of material found within 1925-1980
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1058
Abstract
From 1896 until 1959, the Hospital and Training School for Nurses, Incorporated (Chartered 1897) provided education and training for African-American nurses to assist physicians and serve the medical needs of the local community. Located at 135 Cannon Street until 1959, this first building and hospital moved to 25 Courtenay Drive, and would become McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital. Named in honor of Anna DeCosta Banks, its founder and first head nurse this hospital operated until 1977.
The...
Dates:
1898-1997, undated
The McCottry Smith Family papers
Collection
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
McNeil and Richardson family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1162
Abstract
The McNeil and Richardson families crossed paths and were united with the marriage of Jane McNeil and Toby Richardson in the latter portion of the nineteenth century. This collection documents both the McNeil and Richardson families. The bulk of the documents in this collection are legal notes regarding land ownership and acquisitions as well as legal will claims. There also are multiple booklets of family reunions of both the McNeil and Richardson families, which list their known...
Dates:
1904-2005, and undated; Majority of material found within 1930-1990
Mickey Funeral Home papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1021
Abstract
The Mickey Funeral Home was established in Charleston, South Carolina in 1894 by Edward Mickey (1850-1899). At his death, Edwin G. Harleston (1854-1931), brother of Edward Mickey's wife, Hannah Harleston Mickey (1848-1928), took over the firm until the two Mickey sons, Richard Harleston Mickey (1889-1934) and Edward Crum Mickey (1883-1965), became of age. In 1901, Edward Crum Mickey learned the trade and worked with Edwin G. Harleston at the funeral home. The company split in 1913; the...
Dates:
1906-1934
Mary Miller collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1169
Scope and Contents
This collection was created and donated by Mary S. Miller and features records which she collected during her tenure on the Avery Institute for African American History and Culture administrative board. Although she held leadership roles on the AIAAHC board, much of this collection pertains to Miller's personal historical interests regarding Charleston and the Lowcountry.
Dates:
1879-2015; Majority of material found within 2000 - 2011
Ruth Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1107
Abstract
Ruth M. Miller (born 1943) was an active member of the predominantly African American Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Charleston, South Carolina. She also served on Plymouth's Board of Trustees. Plymouth Congregational Church was established in 1867 and became Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in 1957.The collection consists of personal papers of Ruth Miller and materials relating to the operation of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of...
Dates:
1981-2003
Millicent E. Brown collection of the Somebody Had To Do It Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1148
Abstract
The Somebody Had to Do It (SHTDI) Project brought to Claflin University in 2008, under the auspices of the Jonathan Jasper Wright Institute for the Study of Southern African-American History, Culture and Policy. This initiative was designed as a multi-disciplinary research project to identify the “first children” who “sacrificed their youth” in implementing the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954. After the creation of a database identifying the names,...
Dates:
2003-2013, and undated; Majority of material found within 2006 - 2013