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J.R. Bonds papers

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Identifier: AMN 1082
Abstract J. R. Bonds (1904-1992) was an African-American educator from South Carolina. In 1946, Bonds was selected as the Supervisor of Schools for Cooper River School District Four. In 1950, the Six Mile High School was officially renamed Bonds-Wilson High in honor of J. R. Bonds and John T. Wilson. J. R.'s wife, Lacy Campbell Bonds (1910-1973), was a registered nurse and secretary at Bonds-Wilson High School.The collection contains programs, photographs, correspondence, newspapers and...
Dates: 1925-1986
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Book Lovers' Club records

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Identifier: AMN 1044
Abstract The Book Lover's Club of Charleston was founded in 1927 by African-American Women as a literary club with a purpose of establishing a high literary culture among its members as well as social improvement for Charleston African Americans. It helped battle racism and sexism through community-wide projects as well as neighborhood and youth activities throughout the city of Charleston.Contains organizational documents, including constitution, correspondence, minutes, and account...
Dates: 1927-1969
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Carlyle Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1163
Abstract Carlyle Brown (May 6, 1945-) born in Charleston, South Carolina, and raised in New York City, is an award-winning playwright/performer, curator and artistic director of Carlyle Brown and Company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also the Founding Director of the Laughing Mirror Theatre, an experimental ensemble company devoted to the research and development of Black American theatrical forms in New York. For many years Brown was a specialist in outdoor adventure-based education though...
Dates: 1800s-2010, and undated; Majority of material found in 1960s-2001
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Ethyl R. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1006
Abstract Ethyl R. Brown (1902-1997) was an African-American beautician, cosmetology instructor, and beauty shop owner in Charleston, South Carolina.The collection includes certificates, awards, photographs, and other documents related to Ethyl Brown's professional and social activities as well as her family. Certificates include a 1945 teaching certificate by South Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners. There are also several photographs by Walter Boags, an African-American...
Dates: approximately 1930-1991
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Brown Fellowship Society records

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Identifier: AMN 1005
Abstract The Brown Fellowship Society was a benevolent society of free African-American and racially mixed men, affiliated with St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.The collection consists of organizational materials of the Brown Fellowship Society, including a corrected copy of Charles H. Holloway's Rules and Regulations of the Brown Fellowship Society as founded in 1794, but not published until 1844. Minute books detail the...
Dates: 1794-1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

J. Arthur and MaeDe Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, J. Arthur Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine,...
Dates: 1890-2013; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

James E. Brown, D.D.S. papers

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Identifier: AMN 1188
Abstract The James E. Brown, D.D.S. papers, 1925-2004, document Dr. Brown's professional and civic affiliations and his daughter's graduation from Howard University. Among the material relation to his professional affiliation with the Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association are an award, programs from the group's annual meetings, and a history of the organization written in celebration of the association's centennial anniversary. Materials relating to his civic affiliations include...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-2004; 1925-2004
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Juanita W. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1178
Abstract Juanita Washington Brown (1937-2006), a Charleston, South Carolina native was an educator, business owner and philanthropist. After her husband, William Melvin Brown, Jr. passed in 1994, Juanita became the Chief Executive Officer of their company, American Development Corporation (ADCOR), a defense contractor in North Charleston.Brown's papers highlight her life as an educator, religious, civic, and social organizational leader, and philanthropist. A majority of the collection...
Dates: 1900-2011, and undated; Majority of material found in 1955-2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Millicent E. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1003
Abstract Millicent Ellison Brown (b. 1948) is an educator and civil rights activist. Born in Charleston to MaeDe and J. Arthur Brown, local and state president of NAACP (1955-1965), Brown, in 1963, replaced her older sister Minerva as the primary plaintiff in a NAACP-sponsored lawsuit (Millicent Brown vs. Charleston County School District #20).The collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Millicent Brown's experience...
Dates: 1907-2024
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Miriam M. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1098
Abstract Miriam M. Brown (1901-2002) worked as an educator for fifty-two years at multiple schools in Charleston and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She received numerous recognitions for her work in the community, including a proclamation from the town of Mount Pleasant declaring October 12th of each year as Miriam Brown Memorial Day. Miriam married Arthur Felder Brown in 1928 and had two children, Arthur Felder Brown, Jr. and Jeanne Albertha Brown Morris.The collection includes personal...
Dates: 1922-2002
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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correspondence 20
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 15
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 11
transcripts 11
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American churches 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
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clippings (information artifacts) 9
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African American fraternal organizations 7
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African American musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 7
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Avery Normal Institute 48
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 16
Avery Research Center 15
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 15
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 7
DeCosta family 7
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 6
College of Charleston 6
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 6
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 6
Voorhees College 6
African Methodist Episcopal Church 5
Allen University 5
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 5
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 5
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 5
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 5
Waring, Elizabeth 5
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 5
American Missionary Association 4
Benedict College 4
Brown, Millicent E. 4
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Charleston County School District 4
Clyburn, James 4
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Howard University 4
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 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
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, Guy 3
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 3
DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 3
DeCosta-Willis, Miriam 3
DeReef family 3
Douglas, Rosslee Tenetha Green, 1928-2011 3
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 3
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 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
Hunt, Eugene C. 3
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
International Longshoremen's Association 3
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 3
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 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
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 3
Saunders, William, 1935- 3
Simmons, Philip, 1912-2009 3
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 3
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 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
Black Panther Party 2
Blacks United for Action 2
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 2
Brown, W. Melvin, Jr., 1934-1994 2
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962 2
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