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German Friendly Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0019
Abstract

The German Friendly Society was a social and benevolent organization founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 1766. This collection contains typewritten transcriptions of their meeting minutes (1766-1858) compiled during a Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) project from 1935-1940.

Dates: 1766-1940
Found in: Special Collections

Graves family papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Isabelle Smalls Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1171
Abstract

This collection contains transcripts of speeches, programs and other memorabilia from Avery Normal Institute and Baptist Hill High School.

Dates: 1947-1984
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Grimke family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates: 1678-1977, circa 1990s
Found in: Special Collections

Isaac Child Harleston letters, 1780 (typescript copies)

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Identifier: Mss 0034-027
Collection Overview Typescript (1935-1936) copies of five letters written to Isaac Child Harleston from Francis Marion at Bacon Bridge, South Carolina, and James H. Thomson "copied along with other Harleston family correspondence" [not included] by Julia W. Reynolds during a W.P.A. project (1935-1936). Four letters from Francis Marion dated March 1780 are addressed to Major Isaac Harleston, 2nd Regiment, Charleston, South Carolina. The first letter discusses which individuals might be placed in Harleston's...
Dates: between 1935-1936
Found in: Special Collections

Harper's Weekly clippings about South Carolina

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0096
Collection Overview

The collection consists of various clippings from Harper's Weekly. Each of the articles is about events in South Carolina, and range from 1860 to 1890. The topics discussed include the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Charleston Earthquake of 1886, and the State Dispensary.

Dates: 1860-1890
Found in: Special Collections

Lancelot Minor Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0022
Abstract

The Lancelot Minor Harris papers contains personal papers, correspondence, and written materials. Correspondents include James Easterby, DuBose Heyward, Ludwig Lewisohn, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Albert Simons, Thomas Tobias, and others. Written materials include notes concerning Harris' classes and personal writing, prepared by Paul Weidner. Also included in the collection are the personal papers and correspondence of Carlotta Harris.

Dates: 1872-1940; Majority of material found within 1890-1930
Found in: Special Collections

Thomas F. Hartnett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0093
Collection Overview

The collection consists of correspondence regarding legislation that was proposed by Hartnett as well as legislation that he voted on during his tenure in the United States House of Representatives. It also includes copies of proposed legislation that was voted on by Hartnett in Congress.

Dates: 1983-1987
Found in: Special Collections

Isaac W. Hayne papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0098
Collection Overview

The collection consists of financial records from 1832-1875. It also contains some of Hayne's Civil War correspondence and several of his military orders.

Dates: 1832-1875
Found in: Special Collections

Paul Hamilton Hayne papers

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Identifier: Mss 0023
Abstract

Papers include letters, poems, and clippings from and about poet Paul Hamilton Hayne of Charleston, South Carolina. Also included is correspondence between his wife Mary Middleton Hayne and his aunt Susan B. Hayne, poems and letters from Paul Hamilton Hayne's son William H. Hayne, and typescript poems of Arthur Hugh Clough and Sidney Lanier.

Dates: 1859-1899, 1942
Found in: Special Collections

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correspondence 28
South Carolina -- History 24
clippings (information artifacts) 22
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 20
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 18
photographs 15
minutes (administrative records) 10
Charleston (S.C.) -- History 9
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 8
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina 8
genealogies (histories) 8
lists (document genres) 8
scrapbooks 8
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 7
South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 7
letters (correspondence) 7
Slave records 6
diaries 6
financial records 6
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
South Carolina -- Genealogy 5
South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
South Carolina -- Social life and customs 5
manuscripts for publication 5
photocopies 5
typescripts 5
African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 4
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 4
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 4
Charleston (S.C.) 4
Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 4
Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- History 4
South Carolina -- History -- 19th century -- Miscellanea 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 4
journals (accounts) 4
ledgers (account books) 4
legal documents 4
notes (documents) 4
plantation owners 4
printed ephemera 4
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 3
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
African Americans -- History 3
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886 3
Civil rights demonstrations 3
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Community organizers 3
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 3
Jews -- South Carolina -- History 3
Political action committees -- South Carolina 3
South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 3
South Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Miscellanea 3
South Carolina -- Politics and government 3
administrative records 3
broadsides (notices) 3
family papers 3
inventories 3
lectures 3
maps (documents) 3
poems 3
receipts (financial records) 3
speeches (documents) 3
transcripts 3
African American activists 2
African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 2
African American women civil rights workers 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- Education 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- Genealogy 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- To 1863 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- History 2
American newspapers -- Miscellanea 2
Bricklayers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Cigar Factory Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1945-1946 2
Decedents' estates -- South Carolina 2
Education -- 19th century 2
Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 2
Educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Families -- Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 2
High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Immigrants -- United States -- History 2
Indians of North America -- South Carolina -- History 2
Jewish college students -- South Carolina -- History 2
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- History 2
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 2
Kosher food -- South Carolina -- History 2
Lawyers 2
News and courier (Charleston, S.C. : Daily) 2
Names
Avery Normal Institute 10
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
College of Charleston 8
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 5
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 4
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 4
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Avery Research Center 3
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 3
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 3
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 3
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 3
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 3
Blamyer family 2
Blamyre family 2
Blaymer, Frances Pogson, 1783-1869 2
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Carawan, Guy 2
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 2
College of Charleston. Library 2
Confederate Home and College (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 2
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
Hampton Institute 2
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 2
Holmes, F. S. (Francis Simmons), 1815-1882 2
Huger family 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 2
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 2
Medical University of South Carolina 2
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825 2
Pogson family 2
Pogson, Milward, 1766-1836 2
Porch family 2
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 2
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
United States Commission on Civil Rights. South Carolina Advisory Committee 2
United States. Congress. House 2
Waring, Elizabeth 2
Wilson, John T., 1910-1994 2
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
Aiken, William Martin, 1855-1908 1
Alexander, Camille D. 1
Allen University 1
Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889 1
Allston, Benjamin George, 1797-1852 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alston family 1
American Rose Society 1
American Textile Manufacturers Institute 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 1
Andell, Charles John, 1837-1876 1
Andell, William, 1845-1932 1
Auld, Isaac, 1770-1826 1
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Board of Directors 1
Bachman, John, 1790-1874 1
Bacot family 1
Bacot, Barnwell Rhett, 1891-1912 1
Bacot, D. Huger, 1888-1974 1
Bacot, Daniel Huger, 1847-1920 1
Bacot, Josephine Rhett, 1859-1932 1
Bacot, Walter Rhett, 1899-1978 1
Bank of the United States (1791-1811) 1
Bank of the United States (1816-1836) 1
Baptist Hill High School 1
Barksdale, Thomas 1
Barn, Isaac, -approximately 1784 1
Bear, Elizabeth M. 1
Bell family 1
Bell, Hiram Lewis 1
Bell, James A. (James Augustus) 1
Bell, Louise Purvis 1
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Bible Society of Charleston 1
Birnbaum, Jean 1
Birnbaum, Paul 1
Black Lives Matter Charleston (2014-2018) (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Blacks United for Action 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Blanding, A. (Abraham), 1776-1839 1
Boddie, William Willis, 1879-1940 1
Bonds, J. R. (James Roosevelt), 1904-1992 1
Bonds, Lacy, 1910-1973 1
Bossange, Edward 1
Bouffard, Jean Claude 1
Bourdieu, Chollet & Bourdieu (London, England) 1
Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978 1
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local No. 1 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Briggs, Harry, -1986 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown, Arthur Felder, Jr. 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Brown, Miriam M., 1901-2002 1
Buchanan, Wood & Co. (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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