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Esau Jenkins papers

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Identifier: AMN 1004
Abstract Esau Jenkins (1910-1972) was born and raised on Johns Island, South Carolina. With very little formal education, he became a businessman and civil rights leader.The collection contains biographical papers, correspondence, writings, and information about his affliations, including the Progressive Club, Citizen's Committee of Charleston, Community Organization Credit Union, Political Action Committee of Charleston County, Political Awareness League of Charleston County, and the...
Dates: 1963-2003
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Eva Jessye papers

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Identifier: AMN-1208
Abstract

Eva Jessye was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on January 20, 1895. She attended Western University and Langston University, receiving her BA in 1919. In 1935, Jessye became the choral director for the premiere production of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. In the 1980s, Jessye was appointed the Kansas Ambassdaor for the Arts by Governor John Carlin who created the post for her.

Dates: 1942-1987, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Jerome J. Johnson photograph collection

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Identifier: AMN 1167
Abstract Jerome J. Johnson (1929-2020) was a freelance photographer who was commissioned to photograph the National Conference of Black Mayors and the South Carolina Conference of Black Mayors annually from 1993 to 1996. This collection features photograph negatives and prints from these annual conventions as well as other receptions such as the National Black Police Association Convention, the Avery Historic Charleston Foundation Reception, the Ridgeville-Lincolnville Labor Day Weekend Festival, and...
Dates: 1995-1996
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Anna D. Kelly papers

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Identifier: AMN 1083
Abstract Anna D. Kelly (1913-2007) is known for her efforts to connect Lowcountry African Americans with the Highlander Folk School, most notably recruiting Septima Clark. A graduate of the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, Kelly was a charter member of the Avery Institute of African American History and Culture. She then played a crucial role in establishment of the Avery Research Center.The collection includes personal papers and photographs related to Anna D. Kelly...
Dates: 1930s-1999
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Laing School records

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Identifier: AMN 1059
Abstract Laing School was founded January 29, 1866 by Cornelia Hancock (1839-1926), under the auspices of the Friends Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen of Philadelphia. The school began with 50 African American students in the damaged remains of the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. At different times, Laing served as an industrial school, a high school, middle school, and elementary school. In the early 1970s, the Charleston school system...
Dates: 1883-1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Herman B. LaSaine collection

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Identifier: AMN 1089
Abstract The Herman B. LaSaine collection consists of numerous letters to Herman B. LaSaine. Mr. LaSaine is the son of Mrs. Mary Alice LaSaine one of the most prominent African-American educators in the Charleston area and the Low Country. The correspondence sent to Mr. LaSaine obtained in the collection, ranges from the time period of 1936 to 1941. The content of the collection of typical personal correspondence between Mr. LaSaine and impersonal communication from various institutions concerning...
Dates: 1936-1969
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

William Lawrence papers

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Identifier: AMN 1008
Abstract William Lawrence (1895-1981) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Merton and Sylvia Lawrence. He studied piano, organ, and voice at the Avery Institute (early 1900s), at the New England Conservatory of Music (1913-1916) and in Paris, France (1926-1931). He accompanied such well-known singers as Marian Anderson and Roland Hayes. He also taught piano and voice, composed music, and gave instrumental and vocal recitals in Europe and America. He died in 1981, and his remains rest at Trinity...
Dates: 1919-1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

League of Allied Arts records

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Identifier: AMN 1158
Abstract The League of Allied Arts (LAA) is an organization of Black women who celebrate and help to locally advance a plethora of elements of high culture. The organization was initially founded in Los Angeles, CA, in 1939, however, Edwina Whitlock created a new branch of the organization upon her relocation back to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1986. This collection highlights the documents from its foundation and earliest years, from 1986 to 1988. There are three series. Administrative includes...
Dates: 1983-1988; Majority of material found within 1986-1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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correspondence 21
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 16
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 13
transcripts 13
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 12
Oral histories 12
clippings (information artifacts) 12
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
African American churches 9
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 8
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 8
administrative records 8
financial records 8
programs (documents) 8
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 7
African American fraternal organizations 7
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 7
African American musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 7
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 7
minutes (administrative records) 7
scrapbooks 7
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 6
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 6
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 6
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 6
Church records and registers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
African American universities and colleges 5
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina 5
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 5
African Americans -- Music 5
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 5
Bridge clubs 5
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 5
Civil rights demonstrations 5
Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 5
High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
James Island (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 5
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
awards 5
newsletters 5
photocopies 5
African American Episcopalians 4
African American activists 4
African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 4
African American families -- South Carolina 4
African American newspapers 4
African American nurses -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
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African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American women--Religious life 4
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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 4
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African Americans -- Museums 4
African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Social life and customs 4
African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History 4
African Americans -- South Carolina 4
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Charleston (S.C.) -- History 4
Charleston County (S.C.) 4
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annual reports 4
certificates 4
memorabilia 4
African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 3
African American educators -- United States -- 20th century 3
African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 3
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African American neighborhoods -- South Carolina 3
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African American school principals -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
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Avery Normal Institute 47
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 17
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 16
Avery Research Center 16
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 8
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 7
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 6
College of Charleston 6
DeCosta family 6
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 6
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 6
Voorhees College 6
African Methodist Episcopal Church 5
Allen University 5
Brown, Millicent E. 5
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 5
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 5
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 5
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 5
Waring, Elizabeth 5
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 5
American Missionary Association 4
Benedict College 4
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Carawan, Guy 4
Charleston County School District 4
Clyburn, James 4
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 4
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 4
Howard University 4
Hunt, Eugene C. 4
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 4
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 4
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 4
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 4
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Potts family 4
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 4
Saunders, William, 1935- 4
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 4
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 3
Amistad Research Center 3
Baskervill Ministries (Pawleys Island, S.C.) 3
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Brown family 3
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 3
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 3
Calvary Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Carawan, Candie 3
DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 3
DeCosta-Willis, Miriam 3
DeReef family 3
Douglas, Rosslee Tenetha Green, 1928-2011 3
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 3
Edison, Robert 3
Fielding, Herbert U., 1923-2015 3
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 3
Harleston family 3
Harleston, Edwin Gailliard, 1854-1931 3
Holloway family 3
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
International Longshoremen's Association 3
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
McClennan, Alonzo C., 1855-1912 3
McCottry-Smith, Cynthia 3
McFall, Thomas Carr, 1908-1969 3
Medical University of South Carolina 3
Mickey family 3
Morris College (Sumter, S.C.) 3
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 3
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Simmons, Philip, 1912-2009 3
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 3
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 3
Waring, Thomas R. 3
Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998 3
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 3
Young Women's Christian Associations. Charleston, S.C 3
Young, Andrew, 1932- 3
Zion-Olivet United Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 2
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 2
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 2
Anderson, Leroy Frederick, Dr., 1916-1989 2
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 2
Atlanta University 2
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Board of Directors 2
Banks, Anna DeCosta, 1869-1930 2
Baptist Educational & Missionary Convention of South Carolina 2
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 2
Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 2
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
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