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Virginia Benmaman collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1176
Abstract Dr. Virginia Benmaman is a former College of Charleston professor within the Hispanic Studies department. She had a passion for linguistics, particularly the derived history of specific dialects. She gifted this collection to the Avery Research Center of African American History and Culture in 2002, with the hopes that researches would use the resources within when studying the history, culture, and language of the Gullah Geechee corridor along the atlantic coastal regions. The...
Dates: 1864-2001

Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records

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Identifier: AMN 1117
Abstract The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was started on February 12, 1909, partly in response to the prevalence of lynching of African-Americans in America and the 1908 race riot that occurred in Springfield, Illinois. The Charleston Branch of the NAACP was founded in February 1917 by Edwin Harleston. The branch was established to advocate for the rights of African-Americans in South Carolina and Charleston. The Charleston NAACP serves as a space for...
Dates: 1920-1995, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1994

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

Charleston County Department of Social Services records

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Identifier: 0-00000
Abstract Charleston County Department of Social Services records are a compilation of non-confidential administrative reports and various public welfare studies. The majority of the material pertains to Charleston County, but some has statewide significance. Approximately 40% of the collection pertains to the African American experience in the region. The records contains letters, memoranda, reports, statistics and other documents regarding the system of social services and includes histories of the...
Dates: approximately 1919-1989

Comments on lectures given by Orestes A. Brownson

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Identifier: Mss 0034-007
Collection Overview

The collection consists of five newspaper clippings of letters to the editor of the Charleston Standard. The letters were written in 1856 and were in response to a series of lectures by Orestes Augustus Brownson. They attack the "Catholicity" of Brownson's theology. Each is signed "Protestantism."

Dates: 1856

Diary of J.B. Grimball

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Identifier: Mss 0021
Collection Overview Typescript copies (1937-1938) of 17 diaries (1832-1884) kept by John Berkeley Grimball of Pinebury and Old Fort Plantations, transcribed from the original by Frederica B. Keller during a 1935-1938 W.P.A. project.Entries include references to family matters, including the division of Grimball's mother's [Eliza Flinn] estate, social events, religion, a hot air balloon ascension (1834), a duel (1856), and Grimball's trips to Sulphur Srings, Virginia and elsewhere.The...
Dates: 1832-1938

Drayton papers

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Identifier: Mss 0152
Abstract

Diaries, ledgers, correspondence, inventories, plats, sketches, architectural drawings of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I-III, James Glen, Charlotta Drayton, Mary Middleton Drayton and others, relating mainly to affairs at Drayton Hall and other family plantations. Collection also includes artwork, reflections on eighteenth century literature, deeds, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1701-2004

Frank R. Fisher notes

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Identifier: Mss 0072
Collection Overview Front cover inscribed "F.R. Fisher. Notes." Frank R. Fisher's "notes" contain observations, drawings, and photographs relating to scientific and technological studies, particularly astronomical observations made while Fisher was a resident in Charleston, S.C. during the 1880s.; Fisher records important discoveries and observations made by various scientists earlier in the century. Fisher's astronomical observations begin in Charleston in 1882 with the sighting of a comet. He also records his...
Dates: 1882-1902

Willard N. Hirsch papers

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Identifier: Mss 1074
Abstract

This collection contains Willard Hirsch's papers, clippings, and publications related to his career as a sculptor, including his correspondence, photographs, sketches of his artwork, a scrapbook related to his work, and exhibition catalogs. It also includes information on his work as an art instructor, his involvement with the arts and Jewish communities in Charleston, South Carolina, and on members of his family, including his wife, Mordenai Raisin Hirsch, and uncle, Herman Rosenbluth.

Dates: 1911-2010

Alexander von Humboldt clippings

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Identifier: Mss 0034-100
Collection Overview

The collection consists of two newspaper clippings concerning correspondence from Alexander V. Humboldt. One of the clippings contains the full text of a letter from Humboldt to George Ticknor. It is dated July 10, 1858. The second clipping discusses Humboldt's correspondence. It is dated June 20, 1860.

Dates: 1858, 1860

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Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886 1
Charleston mercury (Charleston, S.C. : 1825) 1
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Jewish marriage customs and rites 1
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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 2
Avery Normal Institute 2
Benedict College 2
Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998 2
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 2
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Avery Research Center 1
Bailey family 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
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments 1
Berle, Helen Laufer Dwork, 1923- 1
Blas family 1
Brownson, Orestes Augustus, 1803-1876 1
Buist Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Cambridge family 1
Cave family 1
Charity Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County (S.C.). Police Department 1
Charleston County Baptist Association (S.C.) 1
Charleston County Legislative Delegation 1
Charleston County School District 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Drayton family 1
Drayton, Carolus 1
Drayton, Charles Henry, 1847-1915 1
Drayton, Charles, 1785-1844 1
Drayton, Charles, 1814-1852 1
Drayton, Charlotta D., 1884-1969 1
Drayton, James Shoolbred, 1820-1867 1
Drayton, John, 1831-1912 1
Drayton, John, active 1777 1
Drayton, Mary Middleton Shoolbred, 1794-1855 1
Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton, 1828-1867 1
Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779 1
Fisher, Frank R. 1
FitzSimons, Mabel Trott, 1883-1979 1
Fitzsimmons family 1
Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Flinn, Eliza B., -1844 1
Geological Survey (U.S.) 1
Glen, James, 1701-1777 1
Good family 1
Gregorie family 1
Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1892 1
Hendricks family 1
Hendricks, Henry W., 1826-1898 1
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 1
Hirsch, Willard Newman, 1905-1982 1
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 1
Jenkins Orphanage Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jenkins, Cambridge, Jr. 1
Journal of American Folklore 1
Keller, Frederica B. 1
Laufer (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Laufer family 1
Laufer's Kosher Restaurant (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Laufer, Tillie Hufeizen 1
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
Manigault, Charlotte Drayton, 1781-1855 1
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
McCottry-Smith, Cynthia 1
Midway Company, Inc. 1
Miller, Mary S. 1
Morris College (Sumter, S.C.) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Freedom Fund Program 1
National Baptist Convention of the United States of America 1
Orphan Aid Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Porcher, Isaac DuBose, 1832-1866 1
Pullman Company 1
Rosenbluth, Herman 1
Sanders-Clyde Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
South Carolina. Marine Resources Division 1
South Carolina. Wildlife and Marine Resources Department 1
Southern Folklore Quarterly 1
St. Matthew Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Ticknor, George, 1791-1871 1
Trott family 1
Turner, Lorenzo Dow 1
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1
United States Coast Survey 1
United States. Department of the Interior 1
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1
United States. Works Progress Administration 1
Venning family 1
Weintraub family 1
Weintraub, Guta Blas, 1924-2008 1
Wilkins, Eliza Berkley, approximately 1798-1863 1
Wine, Blanche Weintraub 1
Wood family 1
Young Women's Christian Associations. Charleston, S.C 1
Zion-Olivet United Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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