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Gene Waddell stereograph collection of rice and cotton cultivation

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-186
Abstract Collection consists of twelve stereographs of rice and cotton cultivation in South Carolina (including Georgetown, South Carolina); Savannah, Georgia; Louisiana; and Mississippi, compiled by Gene Waddell. A majority of the stereographs were produced by the Keystone View Company but the collection also includes stereographs produced by Underwood & Underwood, the Kilburn Brothers, and American Views. Stereograph images depict African Americans plowing, hoeing and flooding rice fields,...
Dates: 1879, 1904-1905

Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., papers

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Identifier: AMN 1147
Abstract Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., (1912-1998), a minister, religious leader, educator, and civic activist. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Reverend Whipper pastored two churches, Charity Baptist (1949), and Saint Matthew Baptist (1940). Whipper was the Moderator of the Charleston County Baptist Association; the treasurer with the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; and the Assistant Secretary on the Executive Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA,...
Dates: approximately 1865-2008, undated

Lucille Simmons Whipper papers

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Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates: 1900-2016, undated

Beulah White papers

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Identifier: AMN 1099
Abstract Beulah White is an African American woman from Georgetown, South Carolina. She worked as the executive director of Baskervill Ministries, a local organization that brought arts and education to its community in Pawleys Islands, South Carolina.The collection includes material created by Beulah White as the executive director of Baskervill Ministries. The series include correspondence to and from Beulah White; subject files such as Gumbo Stew Festival, Martin Luther King, Jr....
Dates: 1989-1995

Edwina Harleston Whitlock papers

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Identifier: AMN 1120
Abstract Edwina Augusta Harleston Whitlock was born Gussie Louise Harleston on September 28, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert Othello Harleston and his wife, Marie Isabelle Forrest. She was raised by her uncle, Edwin Augustus Teddy Harleston and his wife Elise Forrest after it was discovered that Whitlock's parents had tuberculosis. Whitlock attended the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, and Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she...
Dates: 1918-2006

William Saxon Wilson papers

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Identifier: AMN 1038
Abstract

The William Saxon Wilson papers mostly consists of business cards, invitations, event programs, broadsides, and various ephemera created in his business, The Sax Print Shop, which document social, church, educational, and other aspects of African-American life in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1913-1983; Majority of material found in 1920-1982

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Repository
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture 51
Special Collections 15
 
Subject
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 13
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
clippings (information artifacts) 9
correspondence 8
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 7
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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 6
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 5
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 5
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 5
African American churches 4
African American musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 4
High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 4
Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 4
administrative records 4
financial records 4
minutes (administrative records) 4
photographs 4
sermons 4
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 3
African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American women teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African Americans -- History 3
African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History 3
Charleston (S.C.) -- History 3
Charleston County (S.C.) 3
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 3
diaries 3
photocopies 3
programs (documents) 3
scrapbooks 3
speeches (documents) 3
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 2
African American Episcopalians 2
African American History Month 2
African American band directors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American clergy -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American elementary schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American fraternal organizations 2
African American men -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century 2
African American musicians -- 20th century -- Photographs 2
African American newspapers 2
African American physicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American universities and colleges 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History 2
African American youth 2
African Americans -- Civil rights 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Race relations 2
African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Social life and customs 2
African Americans -- Social conditions 2
African Americans -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charities 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- To 1863 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Portraits 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Relations with Jews 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Statistics, Vital 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- History 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social life and customs 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Segregation 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Suffrage -- South Carolina 2
Architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Band directors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Boards of directors 2
Burial records -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Charleston (S.C.) 2
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 2
Charleston (S.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 2
Church buildings 2
Church buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 2
Church records and registers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Clothing and dress -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 2
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Language
English 65
Creoles and pidgins, English-based 1
French 1
German 1
Latin 1
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Names
Avery Normal Institute 13
Avery Research Center 5
DeCosta family 4
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 3
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Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 3
Harleston family 3
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 3
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Howard University 3
Baskervill Ministries (Pawleys Island, S.C.) 2
Benedict College 2
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Craft family 2
Craft, Ellen 2
Craft, William 2
Crum, William Demos, 1859-1912 2
Crump family 2
Davis, Julia-Ellen 2
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 2
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 2
Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 2
Kinlaw family 2
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Orphan Aid Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Owl's Whist Club 2
Powers, Bernard E., Jr. 2
Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998 2
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 2
Whitlock, Edwina H. (Edwina Harleston), 1916-2002 2
Wilson, John T., 1910-1994 2
A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Allen University 1
Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889 1
Allison, C. FitzSimons (Christopher FitzSimons), 1927- 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Alston family 1
Alston, Addie Middleton 1
American Tobacco Company 1
American Views 1
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America 1
Anderson, Leroy Frederick, Dr., 1916-1989 1
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History 1
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History. Charleston Area Branch 1
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History. Conference 1
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History 1
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. Charleston Area Branch 1
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. Conference 1
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc 1
Association of Citizens' Councils of South Carolina 1
Atlanta University 1
Atlantic Beach Chamber of Commerce (Atlantic Beach, S.C.) 1
Atlantic Beach Company (Atlantic Beach, S.C.) 1
Atlantic Beach Historical Society (Atlantic Beach, S.C.) 1
Bah, M. Alpha, 1947- 1
Baker, Frazier B., -1898 1
Ball, Edward, 1958- 1
Banks, Anna DeCosta, 1869-1930 1
Baptist Education Center Foundation (North Charleston, S.C.) 1
Baptist Educational & Missionary Convention of South Carolina 1
Baptist Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows of Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Beecher Congregational Church (New Orleans, La.) 1
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 1
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
BikeFest (Atlantic Beach, S.C.) 1
Bishop England High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Boags Modern Arts Photography Studio 1
Boags, Grippon A. 1
Boags, Walter N., 1917-1997 1
Bonds, J. R. (James Roosevelt), 1904-1992 1
Bonds, Lacy, 1910-1973 1
Bronseaux, Anna Pierre Dart, 1896-1978 1
Bronseaux, Beverly 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1
Brown Fellowship Society Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Alphonso 1
Brown, Arthur Felder, Jr. 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, Miriam M., 1901-2002 1
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Butler, A. T. 1
Butler, Nathaniel 1
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 1
Caffey family 1
Carolina Youth Development Center 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Carter, Rosalynn 1
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