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Avery photograph collection

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Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

J.R. Bonds papers

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Identifier: AMN 1082
Abstract J. R. Bonds (1904-1992) was an African-American educator from South Carolina. In 1946, Bonds was selected as the Supervisor of Schools for Cooper River School District Four. In 1950, the Six Mile High School was officially renamed Bonds-Wilson High in honor of J. R. Bonds and John T. Wilson. J. R.'s wife, Lacy Campbell Bonds (1910-1973), was a registered nurse and secretary at Bonds-Wilson High School.The collection contains programs, photographs, correspondence, newspapers and...
Dates: 1925-1986

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

Charleston County Black School Directory Collection

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Identifier: AMN 1181
Abstract

Originally titled, "The Directory of Charleston County Black Schools," this project was organized by staff and volunteers at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, circa 1991. The goal was to identify and research Charleston School District public elementary and high schools which taught Black students. The project also included the identification of kindergartens, private residential and parochial schools.

Dates: 1930-1991, and undated; Majority of material found in 1989-1991, and undated

Frank Augustus DeCosta papers

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Identifier: AMN 1106
Abstract Frank Augustus DeCosta (1910-1972) was an African-American educator, administrator and scholar born in Charleston, South Carolina. In a career that spanned four decades, DeCosta served as a teacher and principal of two high schools, supervisor and chairman of an education department, director of instruction and of student teaching, foreign service statistical officer, and organizing dean of two graduate schools.The collection includes correspondence, research notes, essays,...
Dates: 1847-2000; Majority of material found within 1940-1972

Graves family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates: 1884-2004

Esau Jenkins papers, 1963-2003

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Identifier: AMN 1004
Abstract Esau Jenkins (1910-1972) was born and raised on Johns Island, South Carolina. With very little formal education, he became a businessman and civil rights leader.The collection contains biographical papers, correspondence, writings, and information about his affliations, including the Progressive Club, Citizen's Committee of Charleston, Community Organization Credit Union, Political Action Committee of Charleston County, Political Awareness League of Charleston County, and the...
Dates: 1963-2003

Jenkins Orphanage papers

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Identifier: AMN 1063
Abstract A Charleston (S.C.) orphanage for African American children, founded in 1891 by Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins. The Orphan Aid Society (chartered 1892) was the governing board of the orphanage. Organized by members of the church where Reverend Jenkins was pastor, the Society furnished much of the financial support for the orphanage's efforts to provide education, training, skills, and care to orphans, half orphans, and destitute children. After Jenkins' death his widow, Mrs. Eloise C....
Dates: 1891-1991; Majority of material found in 1945-1980

Anna D. Kelly papers

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Identifier: AMN 1083
Abstract Anna D. Kelly (1913-2007) is known for her efforts to connect Lowcountry African Americans with the Highlander Folk School, most notably recruiting Septima Clark. A graduate of the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, Kelly was a charter member of the Avery Institute of African American History and Culture. She then played a crucial role in establishment of the Avery Research Center.The collection includes personal papers and photographs related to Anna D. Kelly...
Dates: 1930s-1999

Jane and William Pease papers

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Identifier: AMN 1019
Abstract Jane H. Pease (born 1929) and William H. Pease (born 1924), professors emeritus from the the University of Maine, Orono, and former associate professors at the College of Charleston, wrote numerous books and articles on abolition, slavery, the history of Charleston, and many other topics.The collection consists of research material created and collected by the Peases for numerous projects. The materials document the enslaved and free blacks in Charleston, South Carolina, national...
Dates: 1804-1992

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Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 3
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 2
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Africa -- Social life and customs 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina 1
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Intellectual life 1
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African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
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African Americans -- History -- To 1863 1
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Statistics, Vital 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social conditions 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Port Royal -- History 1
African Americans -- Suffrage -- South Carolina 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
Freed persons -- United States 1
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 -- Photographs 1
Legal assistance to the poor -- South Carolina 1
Literacy tests (Election law) -- South Carolina 1
Orphanages -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Orphans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Police-community relations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Political action committees -- South Carolina 1
Porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History 1
Private schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Pullman porters -- Photographs 1
Pullman porters -- United States -- History 1
Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- History 1
School buildings -- South Carolina -- Photographs 1
School supervisors -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
Sea Islands -- Photographs 1
Shipping -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Slave records 1
Slave records -- South Carolina 1
Slave trade -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Slavery -- Southern States -- History 1
Slavery -- United States -- History 1
Social service -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
South Carolina -- History 1
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 1
South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Suriname 1
Teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 1
administrative records 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
correspondence 1
financial records 1
letters (correspondence) 1
lists (document genres) 1
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photocopies 1
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Avery Normal Institute 5
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 2
Avery Research Center 2
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Wilson, John T., 1910-1994 2
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Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889 1
Bonds, J. R. (James Roosevelt), 1904-1992 1
Bonds, Lacy, 1910-1973 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Century Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Chambers, Annette Graves, 1983- 1
Charleston Area Community Relations Committee (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Coming Street YWCA (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Community Organization Credit Union 1
DeCosta family 1
DeCosta, Beautine Hubert, 1913-2008 1
DeCosta, Frank A. 1
DeCosta, Frank Augustus, Jr., 1935-1999 1
DeCosta-Willis, Miriam 1
Deweese family 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Elgin Association 1
Elgin Society 1
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881 1
Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864 1
Graves family 1
Graves, Eugene 1
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 1
Graves, James R. B., 1883-1969 1
Graves, Pauline 1
Graves, Robert Blackburne 1
Graves, Rose L., 1890-1978 1
Hampton Institute 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Industry (Ship) 1
Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jenkins family 1
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 1
Jenkins, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1937 1
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 1
Kelly family 1
Kelly, Anna D., 1913-2007 1
King, William, 1812-1895 1
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871 1
Orphan Aid Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Pease, Jane H. 1
Pease, William H., 1924- 1
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Political Action Committee of Charleston County (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Progressive Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Pullman Company 1
Rose, Alexander, -1801 1
Torrans, John, approximately 1702-1780 1
Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia 1
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 1
Wilson, Etta Winds, 1907-1995 1
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