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Ebony City Soccer Club collection

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Identifier: AMN 1157
Abstract The Ebony City Soccer Club collection highlights the victories and defeats of the Lil' Pele's team in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1981-1996. Osei Chandler, founder and president, among several community members were inspired by soccer great, Euston Arantes Do Nascimento, known as "Pele," to physically and mentally inspire inner-city youth. The collection holds newspaper articles, playing rosters, game plays, budgets, event programs, summer camp documents, thank you letters written by...
Dates: 1981-1996
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Robert D. Edison papers

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Identifier: AMN 1183
Abstract

The papers of Robert D. Edison, educator and former director of Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Dates: 1987-2001
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Lucille Roper Edwards papers

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Identifier: AMN 1143
Abstract Lucille Roper Edwards (1924-) worked as an African-American elementary schoolteacher teaching second graders in the Miami, Florida area for forty-seven years. Originally from Cordesville, South Carolina, Roper Edwards attended the Berkeley Training School (Moncks Corner, 1938), and the Avery Normal Institute (1940-1942).The majority of the collection holds Roper Edwards' lesson plans written when she was a second grade teacher at Poinciana Park Elementary School, Dade County,...
Dates: 1942-1994, undated; Majority of material found within 1961-1985
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Emanuel A.M.E. Church records

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Identifier: AMN 1035
Abstract Emanuel A.M.E. Church is located in the area of St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina that once was part of the incorporated African American town of Maryville. The town lost its charter in 1936 and the area is now part of the City of Charleston. The church continues on its original site, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Highway 61.The records consist of three volumes containing minutes of the leadership of the church, detailing all elements of business...
Dates: approximately 1950-1982
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Entre Nous Bridge Club papers

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Identifier: AMN 1025
Abstract The Entre Nous Bridge Club was founded May 27, 1924 in Charleston, South Carolina by sixteen women to play a card game known as Five Hundred. The group, with membership limited to sixteen, met monthly in members' homes. The club rotated officers yearly and hosted annual celebrations and special parties for their 40th, 50th, 60th, and 70th anniversaries. The club continues to this day (2006).The Entre Nous Bridge Club Papers (1924-1994) consist of minute books; official and financial records;...
Dates: 1924-1994
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Reverend John T. Enwright papers

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Identifier: AMN 1087
Abstract Reverend John Thomas Enwright (1904-1975), an African American minister, served the congregation at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Charleston, South Carolina from 1949 to 1974. A public figure as well as a religious leader, Enwright was also heavily involved in Charleston-area community organizations.The collection documents Reverend Enwright's personal life, ministerial work, and civic involvement from the 1930s to 1975. Personal papers document Enwright's...
Dates: 1884-1975
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Ess Tees Bridge Club records

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Identifier: AMN 1154
Abstract The Ess Tees Bridge Club was a recreational card playing social group which was founded by working class African-American women in the 1930’s. It is thought that the Ess Tees was an abbreviation of either ‘School Teachers’ or ‘Society of Teachers’. As the years continued, the Ess Tees managed to bring in new members, meeting on the second Saturday of each month. This collection offers a broad array of materials relating to the Ess Tees Bridge Club, including but not limited to photographs,...
Dates: 1951-2009 ; Majority of material found within 2000-2009
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Steve Estes papers

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Identifier: AMN 1055
Abstract

The collection consists of primary and secondary sources used by Steve Estes to write his master’s thesis drawing comparison from the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike of 1968 and Charleston Hospital workers’ strike of 1969. Estes interviewed people who were closely associated with these movements and also consists of an analysis of newspaper clippings that capture these movements.

Dates: 1967-1996
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Farr family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates: 1828-1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Herbert U. Fielding papers

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Identifier: AMN 1108
Abstract Herbert U. Fielding (born 1923), an African American, was a South Carolina Congressman and Senator. Fielding has also led the family business, the Fielding Home for Funerals in Charleston, South Carolina. The collection documents Herbert U. Fielding's early life as well as his professional activities and political career from 1960 to 1992, with some material extending to 2014. Materials include professional and constituent correspondence, speeches, campaign materials, bills and resolutions,...
Dates: 1941-2014; Majority of material found within 1960-1992
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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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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