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Avery photograph collection

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

Brown Fellowship Society records

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Identifier: AMN 1005
Abstract The Brown Fellowship Society was a benevolent society of free African-American and racially mixed men, affiliated with St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.The collection consists of organizational materials of the Brown Fellowship Society, including a corrected copy of Charles H. Holloway's Rules and Regulations of the Brown Fellowship Society as founded in 1794, but not published until 1844. Minute books detail the...
Dates: 1794-1990

Millicent E. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1003
Abstract Millicent Ellison Brown (b. 1948) is an educator and civil rights activist. Born in Charleston to MaeDe and J. Arthur Brown, local and state president of NAACP (1955-1965), Brown, in 1963, replaced her older sister Minerva as the primary plaintiff in a NAACP-sponsored lawsuit (Millicent Brown vs. Charleston County School District #20).The collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Millicent Brown's experience...
Dates: 1907-2024

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church records

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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

Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. papers

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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

DeReef Court and Park collection

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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

W. Marvin Dulaney research files on four African American cemeteries

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Identifier: Mss 0109
Collection Overview Records of the research required to determine whether or not a new library planned for the College of Charleston would cover any portion of the burial grounds of four African-American cemeteries: the Brown Fellowship Society (founded 1790 and renamed the Century Fellowship Society in 1903), the Free Dark Men of Color, Plymouth Congregational Church, and the MacPhelah Cemetery. The site had formerly been utilized by Bishop England High School, which was built in 1921 and which expanded in...
Dates: 1999-2001

Friendly Moralist Society records

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Identifier: AMN 1009
Abstract The Friendly Moralist Society was a benevolent society, established in Charleston South Carolina, 1838 for free men of color (mulatto or mixed race). The group served the community by providing burial aid, purchasing plots and assisting during funerals, for those in need. The organization also worked to provide charitable assistance to needy widows and orphans of deceased members. Each member was entitled to certain rights of membership, namely financial assistance in times of illness or...
Dates: 1841-1856, and undated

Julia Alston Gourdine papers

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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

Henry Grant papers

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Identifier: AMN 1011
Abstract Henry Lacy Grant (1925-1990) was born in North Augusta, Georgia to Henry L. Grant and Lillie Lacy Grant. An ordained Episcopal priest, Father Grant served the East Side community of Charleston, South Carolina for over twenty years as director of St. John's Mission Center and priest of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Father Grant is buried at Live Oak Memorial Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, compilations, and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1964-1990

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Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture 19
Special Collections 5
 
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 13
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 5
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 4
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 3
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 3
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African American Episcopalians 2
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- To 1863 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 2
Architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Church records and registers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
Slave records -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Slavery -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 2
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 2
Taxation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
administrative records 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
correspondence 2
photocopies 2
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
African American architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American barbers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American business enterprises 1
African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American children -- Institutional care -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American children -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American churches 1
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American clergy -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American college teachers 1
African American elementary schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American fraternal organizations 1
African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
African American men -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century 1
African American nurses -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American nursing schools 1
African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American physicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American radio stations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American slaveholders 1
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American universities and colleges 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Intellectual life 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 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 -- Canada 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 1
African Americans -- Race relations 1
African Americans -- Social conditions -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charities 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Statistics, Vital 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social life and customs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Port Royal -- History 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Boy Scouts 1
Buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Businessmen -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
Cannonborough-Elliottborough (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Cemeteries -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Cemeteries -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Charities -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
Charleston Neck (S.C.) 1
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
Community health services -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Community health services -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
Contractors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
DeReef Court (Charleston, S.C.) 1
DeReef Park (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 1
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 1
Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 1
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Names
Avery Normal Institute 7
Avery Research Center 3
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
DeCosta family 2
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
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
Alston, Addie Middleton 1
Anderson, Leroy Frederick, Dr., 1916-1989 1
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 1
Banks, Anna DeCosta, 1869-1930 1
Baskervill Ministries (Pawleys Island, S.C.) 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Bishop England High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown Fellowship Society Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Alphonso 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Caffey family 1
Carolina Youth Development Center 1
Catholic Church. Diocese of Charleston (S.C.) 1
Century Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Century Fellowship Society Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County Economic Opportunities Commission 1
Charleston County School District No. 20 (S.C.) 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Citizens and Southern National Bank 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
Clyburn, James 1
Cohen, David Joseph 1
College of Charleston 1
College of Charleston. Governor's School 1
Coming Street YWCA (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Conroy, John F. 1
Constantine, Augustus Edison, 1898-1976 1
Craft family 1
Craft, Ellen 1
Craft, William 1
Crump family 1
DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Jr., 1923-2008 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 1
DeReef family 1
DeReef, Joseph, 1802-1876 1
DeReef, Richard Edward, 1798-1876 1
Deweese family 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 1
Elgin Association 1
Elgin Society 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Faith Memorial Mission (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
Felder's Barbershop (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Florida State University 1
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881 1
Free Dark Men of Color Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864 1
Gourdine, Julia Alston 1
Grant, Henry Lacy, 1925-1990 1
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 1
Guilford College 1
H. A. DeCosta Company 1
HADCO Realty Company 1
Haines Normal and Industrial Institute 1
Harrison, Armistead, 1893-1985 1
Harrison, Helen Evangeline Banks, 1898-1985 1
Higgins family 1
Holloway family 1
Holloway, James H. (James Harrison), 1849-1913 1
Howard University 1
Immaculate Conception High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Industry (Ship) 1
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 1
Jenkins, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1937 1
Kelly family 1
Kelly, Anna D., 1913-2007 1
King, William, 1812-1895 1
Kinlaw family 1
MacPhelah Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Charleston Chapter. 1
Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library 1
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871 1
McClennan, Alonzo, 1855-1912 1
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
McFall, Thomas Carr, 1908-1969 1
Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Midway Company, Inc. 1
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