Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 2 of 2

J. Arthur and MaeDe Brown papers

 Collection
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

Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1084
Abstract Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. (1923-2008) was a renowned African American architect and contractor based in Charleston, South Carolina. While he served as president of the H. A. DeCosta Company, the company worked on the construction and renovations of numerous churches, apartment complexes, schools, and residences, including some of the most architecturally significant houses in Charleston. The DeCosta Company also did much of the renovation and preservation work for Historic Charleston...
Dates: 1854-2009
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Filtered By

  • Subject: African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston X
  • Subject: Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
African American architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 1
∨ more
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
Architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Bridge clubs 1
Businessmen -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
Civil rights movements -- United States 1
Contractors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Historic preservation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Segregation -- United States -- History 1
Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
architectural drawings (visual works) 1
blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
+ ∧ less
 
Names
Avery Normal Institute 1
Brown family 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
∨ more
Caffey family 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Craft family 1
Craft, Ellen 1
Craft, William 1
Crump family 1
DeCosta family 1
DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Jr., 1923-2008 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 1
H. A. DeCosta Company 1
HADCO Realty Company 1
Higgins family 1
Kinlaw family 1
Midway Company, Inc. 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Sauter family 1
South Carolina State University 1
Spencer family 1
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Voorhees College 1
+ ∧ less
 
For more information about our repositories and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the help page here.