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Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1023
Abstract
Mamie Elizabeth Garvin Fields (1888-1987) was an African-American educator, civic and religious activist born in Charleston, South Carolina. Fields was an influential leader in the South Carolina African-American women's club movement. A culmination of Fields' life is detailed in her memoir, Lemon Swamp and Other Places, co-written with her granddaughter, Karen Fields.The majority of the collection details Fields' involvement with the National...
Dates:
1894-1987; Majority of material found within 1945-1985
Albertha Murray papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1020
Abstract
Albertha Johnston Murray (1889-1969) was an African American educator born in Charleston, South Carolina to William Henry and Mary Ellen Virgin Johnston. Murray retired from the teaching profession in 1959, and remained active in numerous educational, social, and humanitarian organizations. Murray-LaSaine Elementary School was named in her honor along with Mary Alice LaSaine. She married Richard Gailliard Murray and had one daughter, Hazel Albertha Murray Stewart.
The collection consist of...
Dates:
1909-1970
Lois A. Simms papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1118
Abstract
Lois A. Simms was born in Charleston, S.C. She was the 1937 class valedictorian at the Avery Normal Institute. Simms continued her education at Barber Scotia Junior College and later received a B.A. in English and Social Studies at Johnson C. Smith University in 1941. She completed her Master of Arts in Education at Howard University in 1954 and did postgraduate work at Syracuse University and The Citadel. Simms has taught at various schools in the Charleston, SC area including the Avery...
Dates:
1920-2003, undated
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- Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 2
- Murray, Albertha J., 1889-1969 2
- South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 2
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
- Bettis Academy (Aiken County, S.C.) 1
- Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Central Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1
- Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
- Cut Gap Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Dart Grammar and Primary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Fields, Alfred B. 1
- Fields, Karen E. (Karen Elise), 1945- 1
- Fields, Mamie E. Garvin, 1888-1987 1
- High School of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- LaSaine, Mary Alice, 1886-1957 1
- Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
- Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls (Cayce, S.C.) 1
- McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Murray-LaSaine Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Simms, Lois Averetta 1
- Stewart, Hazel Murray 1
- Wilkinson, Marion Birnie, 1873-1956 1
- Zion-Olivet United Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1 ∧ less
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