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Rosslee Tenetha Green Douglas papers

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Identifier: AMN 1132
Abstract Rosslee Tenetha Green Douglas, (1928-2011) was an African-American nurse, health administrator, and two-time presidential appointee during the Ronald Reagan Presidential Administration. Green Douglas attended Avery Institute, Class of 1947; Lincoln School for Nurses (1952) and was the first African-American graduate from the College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (M.U.S.C) in 1972. She served as an administrator for the Franklin Fetter Family Health Center, and...
Dates: 1934-2005; Majority of material found within 1981-2002
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Walter Earl Douglas papers

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Identifier: AMN 1127
Abstract Walter Earl Douglas (1923-1979), an African-American newspaper journalist and writer. A stanch conservative Republican, Douglas wrote columns under the byline of "The Earl of Charleston" and "W. Earl Douglas." His columns were featured in South Carolina newspapers including the "Charleston Chronicle," "The Charleston Evening Post" and "Black News" (Columbia), in addition to syndicated nationally papers including the "Union Leader" (Manchester, New Hampshire). Douglas' writings incorporate...
Dates: 1963-1979; Majority of material found within 1977-1979
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Edmund Lee Drago collection

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Identifier: AMN 1051
Abstract Scholar, author, and history professor, Edmund Lee Drago began his teaching career at the College of Charleston in 1975. He is the author of "Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute" (1990), among other books. His research focus is 19th century U.S. History, African American and Charleston history, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first consists of materials related to his...
Dates: 1784-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1865-1991
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Dr. Dewey M. Duckett, Sr. papers

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Identifier: AMN 1040
Collection Overview The collection contains three series. The first series consists of correspondence mainly regarding civil rights. The second series contains writings, speeches, and lectures related to Duckett's position as a doctor, civil rights activist, and member of the Council on Human Relatoins. The third series addresses duckett's affiliations such as the Palmetto Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association, the S.C. Commission on Civil Rights, and the Practical Nursing Program. It also includes...
Dates: 1949-1989; Majority of material found within 1952-1964
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney papers

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Identifier: AMN 1179
Abstract

The papers of Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, educator, historian, former Director and Executive Director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, and Chair of the College of Charleston History Department.

Dates: 1956-2017
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

John Royster Dupree collection

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Identifier: AMN 2014.001
Dates: Majority of material found within 1972-1975
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

East Side Oral History Project

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Identifier: AMN 1199
Abstract The East Side Oral History Project collection contains three oral history interviews conducted by Elizabeth Alston as part of the research process for the Charleston Museum Leaflet Number 30, Between the Tracks: The Heritage of Charleston’s East Side Community. Included in the collection are transcripts of the oral histories conducted with Lorraine Fordham, Frances Mack, and Phillip Simmons. In their interviews, interviewees discuss growing up on the East...
Dates: approximately 1980-1987
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Ebenezer AME Church records

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Identifier: 00_00
Abstract

Ebenezer AME Church was established in 1903, having previously been associated with the Presbyterian Board of City Missions. The congregation constructed its current church at 44 Nassau Street in Charleston, South Carolina in 1949. this collection contains information on church officers, class members and leaders, as well as minutes of board meetings.

Dates: 1994-1996
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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

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correspondence 21
Oral histories 18
transcripts 18
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 16
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 13
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 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 teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
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 universities and colleges 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
Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 6
African American activists 5
African American women 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
African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Social life and customs 5
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 5
Bridge clubs 5
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 5
Civil rights 5
Civil rights demonstrations 5
Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 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 civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 4
African American families -- South Carolina 4
African American neighborhoods -- South Carolina 4
African American newspapers 4
African American nurses -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African American women -- Religious life 4
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 4
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African Americans -- Civil rights 4
African Americans -- Education 4
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 4
African Americans -- History 4
African Americans -- Museums 4
African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History 4
African Americans -- South Carolina 4
Charleston (S.C.) -- History 4
Charleston County (S.C.) 4
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
Civil rights movements -- United States 4
Funeral homes -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
Gullahs 4
Gullahs -- History 4
Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 4
Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 4
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 4
Southern States -- Race relations 4
annual reports 4
certificates 4
memorabilia 4
African American artists 3
African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American cemeteries -- South Carolina 3
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
African American high school students -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American labor union members -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American midwives -- South Carolina 3
African American newspapers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American nursing schools 3
Names
Avery Normal Institute 49
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 17
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 17
Avery Research Center 16
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 8
College of Charleston 7
DeCosta family 7
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 7
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 7
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 6
Voorhees College 6
African Methodist Episcopal Church 5
Allen University 5
Brown, Millicent E. 5
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 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
Bonds-Wilson 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
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 4
Edison, Robert 4
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 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
Simmons, Philip, 1912-2009 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
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
Fielding, Herbert U., 1923-2015 3
Frazier, Herb, 1950- 3
Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza 3
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 3
Harleston family 3
Harleston, Edwin Gailliard, 1854-1931 3
Holloway family 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
South Carolina State University 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 Dockery, Patricia 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
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