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Avery photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church records

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1015
Abstract Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, an African-American church, formed after the Civil War with the withdrawal of African-American members from Trinity United Methodist Church. In 1866, the congregation purchased its current building at 60 Wentworth Street, Charleston, South Carolina.The records in this collection cover the beginning of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (1866-1978). The collection is divided into two series: Member Records and Financial Records. Member...
Dates: 1857-1994; Majority of material found within 1866-1969

DeReef Court and Park collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1128
Abstract DeReef Court is a former African-American residential housing community in the City of Charleston, South Carolina established in 1854. Named after Joseph and Richard Edward DeReef, free men of color who were successful entrepreneurial brothers. Presently, the residential park known as DeReef Park represents the last green space in the Cannonborough/Elliotborough neighborhood.The collection holds ancestral histories, photocopied deeds and census reports regarding the DeReef...
Dates: 1854-2012; Majority of material found within 1990-2012

Reverend John T. Enwright papers

 Collection
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

Julia Alston Gourdine papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1130
Abstract Julia Waites Alston Gourdine (1923-2009), an African-American elementary school educator who worked in the Charleston County School District for thirty-five years. Alston Gourdine was also an integral Senior Trustee Board member of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. She married Robert H. Gourdine, Jr. in 1944, and they had one son, Robert H. Gourdine, III.The collection contains documents and photographs relating to Gourdine's...
Dates: 1880-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-1996

Mt. Zion AME Church records

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1026
Abstract Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1882 in Charleston, South Carolina after the church divided from Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, due to its inability to accommodate all its members. The new congregation, led by Norman B. Sterrett, purchased the Zion Presbyterian Church building on Glebe Street. The collection consist of two separate series, each in chronological order. The first series of member and financial records contains information regarding members of the...
Dates: 1884-1949

William Smyth audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1202
Abstract The William Smyth audio collection, 1985-1994, contains ten oral histories, conducted by William Smyth, and eight music recordings. The oral history participants discuss life in the Charleston area during the 1950s with specific focus given to the Civil Rights Movement and segregation. The music recordings include Gullah Geechee artists from the Lowcountry such as Ron and Natalie Diase (Beaufort), the Brotherhood Gospel Singers (Mt. Pleasant), unidentified "Sea Island Singers," and a...
Dates: 1985-1994

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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 4
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Church records and registers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
African American Congregationalists 1
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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
African American elementary schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American fraternal organizations 1
African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American religious leaders 1
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs 1
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Music 1
African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Segregation 1
Buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Cannonborough-Elliottborough (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Civil rights demonstrations 1
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Community development 1
Community organization 1
Credit unions 1
DeReef Court (Charleston, S.C.) 1
DeReef Park (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
Geechees -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 1
Gospel music 1
Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 1
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 -- Photographs 1
Methodists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Oral histories 1
Radcliffeborough (Charleston, S.C.) 1
School buildings -- South Carolina -- Photographs 1
Sea Islands -- Photographs 1
Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Social justice 1
Spirituals (Songs) 1
audiocassettes 1
sermons 1
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Avery Normal Institute 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Allen University 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alston, Addie Middleton 1
Avery Research Center 1
Beecher Congregational Church (New Orleans, La.) 1
Blake, James G., Rev., 1942-1999 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
Community Organization Federal Credit Union. 1
Concerned Clergy Committee (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 1
Daise, Natalie 1
Daise, Ron 1
DeReef family 1
DeReef, Joseph, 1802-1876 1
DeReef, Richard Edward, 1798-1876 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Enwright, John T., 1904-1975 1
General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States 1
Gourdine, Julia Alston 1
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 1
Greene, Sylvia 1
Hill, Lily 1
Hunt, Eugene C. 1
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Metz, Francis P., Rev., 1909-1999 1
Miller, Mary S. 1
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
Olivet Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Order of the Eastern Star. Grand Chapter of South Carolina 1
Plymouth Congregational Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Political Action Committee of Charleston County (Charleston County, S.C.). 1
Pugh family 1
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 1
Russell, Maggie 1
Smyth, William D. 1
Taylor, Leonard 1
Trinity United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
United Church Board for Homeland Ministries 1
United Church of Christ 1
United Missionary Chapel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Wine, Albertha 1