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Edmund Lee Drago collection

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Identifier: AMN 1051
Abstract Scholar, author, and history professor, Edmund Lee Drago began his teaching career at the College of Charleston in 1975. He is the author of "Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute" (1990), among other books. His research focus is 19th century U.S. History, African American and Charleston history, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first consists of materials related to his...
Dates: 1784-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1865-1991

Alwyn Goldstein papers

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Identifier: Mss 1096
Abstract

Biographical materials, correspondence, research files, printed materials, photographs, family scrapbooks, and family photograph albums of Alwyn Goldstein of Georgetown, South Carolina. Also included are materials relating to Alwyn’s Department Store and various administrative records of Temple Beth Elohim.

Dates: 1886-2014

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

James Elliott receipt

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Identifier: Mss 0034-133
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a receipt issued to James Elliot for 200 dollars for a year-long subscription to the Fairfield Herald newspaper. The recipt is signed by E.H. Britton.

Dates: 1849

Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA) records

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Identifier: Mss 0206
Abstract These records contain operating files, newsletters, and event files documenting the activities of the Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA), a Charleston, S.C. nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and opposing discrimination. Topics include LGBTQ civil and legal rights including same-sex marriage, homophobia, and coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community. Materials also relate to LGLA’s partnerships with other...
Dates: 1991-2005

The McCottry Smith Family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1180
Abstract The McCottry Smith Family papers was created by Cynthia McCottry Smith and donated to the Avery Research Center between 1983-2015. The first series chronicles a detialed exploration of the McCottry family lineage and historical notes. This is the most extensive series and researchers will be able to use these items to gain insight into Mrs. Smith's life and personal interests. Additionally, this series houses items pertaining to several of her close relatives, including her...
Dates: 1881-2014

Mary Miller collection

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Identifier: AMN 1169
Scope and Contents

This collection was created and donated by Mary S. Miller and features records which she collected during her tenure on the Avery Institute for African American History and Culture administrative board. Although she held leadership roles on the AIAAHC board, much of this collection pertains to Miller's personal historical interests regarding Charleston and the Lowcountry.

Dates: 1879-2015; Majority of material found within 2000 - 2011

William Vincent Moore papers

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Identifier: Mss 0153
Abstract Writings, printed materials, working files, correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials of William Vincent Moore, Professor of Political Science at the College of Charleston from 1972 to 2009. Materials document Moore's scholarly research of American political extremism, South Carolina politics, and Southern politics. Printed materials amassed by Moore make up a significant portion of the collection and consist of newspapers, newsletters, magazines, booklets, pamphlets, direct...
Dates: 1895-2009; Majority of material found within 1940-2009

Ethelyn Murray Parker papers

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Identifier: AMN 1029
Abstract Ethelyn Murray was born in 1895 to Georgie Westcott and Robert J. Murray, in Charleston, S.C. Murray attended the Simonton School and the Avery Normal Institute, graduating in 1914. Murray worked at Voorhees for nine years and in 1936, she moved back to Charleston. She married Sebastian L. Parker in 1939. In the 1940s, Parker took a writing correspondence course and upon completion, she began a column for The Lighthouse and Informer, an African American...
Dates: 1899-1992; Majority of material found within 1920-1980

Robert Lee Smith collection

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Identifier: AMN 1068
Abstract The Robert Lee Smith collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports and various documents generated and gathered by Margaretta Pringle Childs (Mrs. St. Julien Ravenel Childs). Newspaper clippings (1977-1984), mostly from the Charleston Chronicle, discuss the case and its possible link to the unsolved 1975 murder of George A. Payton, an African American attorney who was representing Smith. Childs' correspondence (1977-1979, and undated) is on...
Dates: 1976-1984, and undated

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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
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Avery Normal Institute 4
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 3
College of Charleston. Library 3
Avery Research Center 2
College of Charleston 2
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 2
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 2
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Alliance for Full Acceptance 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alwyn's Department Store (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
American Missionary Association 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Anderson, Steward Eugene, Jr., 1911-1997 1
Anderson, Vivienne Edwards, 1913-2005 1
Angress, Werner T. 1
Ashley Hall (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Atlanta University 1
Baker, Frazier B., -1898 1
Ball, Edward, 1958- 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Beth Elohim (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
Boroughs, Zig 1
Britton, Edward H. 1
Bronseaux, Anna Pierre Dart, 1896-1978 1
Bronseaux, Beverly 1
Brownson, Orestes Augustus, 1803-1876 1
Buist Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Butler, Nathaniel 1
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Charleston County School District 1
Charleston Jewish Community Relations Committee 1
Charleston Jewish Welfare Fund 1
Charleston Normal and Industrial School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Childs, Margaretta Pringle, 1912-2000 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
Coards Studio 1
Crum, William Demos, 1859-1912 1
Dart family 1
Dart, John Lewis, 1854-1915 1
Dart, Julia Pierre 1
Dart, William 1
Dart, William Andrews 1
Douglas, Rosslee Tenetha Green, 1928-2011 1
Douglas, Walter Earl, 1923-1979 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Edwards, Jacob Francis, Jr., 1909-1941 1
Edwards, Jacob Francis, Sr., 1877-1963 1
Edwards, James B., 1927-2014 1
Edwards, John Arthur, 1911-1987 1
Edwards, Johnette Mencile Green, 1926-1977 1
Edwards, Richard Leon, 1903-2000 1
Edwards, Susanna Norena Simmons, 1880-1956 1
Elliot, James 1
Fairfield Herald 1
Fenwick, Susan 1
Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Goldstein family 1
Goldstein, Alwyn, 1915-2010 1
Grass Roots League, Inc. 1
Greenspon, Roz G. 1
Harleston family 1
Harleston, Elise F. (Elise Forrest) 1
Helms, Jesse 1
Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-2019 1
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 1
Jakobs, Edith 1
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 1
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Journal of American Folklore 1
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 1
Loeb, William, 1905-1981 1
Lowcountry AIDS Services 1
Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance 1
McClennan, Alonzo C., 1855-1912 1
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 1
McCottry-Smith, Cynthia 1
Midway Company, Inc. 1
Miller, Mary S. 1
Miller, Thomas E., 1849-1938 1
Moore, Mark S. 1
Moore, William V. 1
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
North Central Neighborhood Council (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
Parker, Ethelyn Murray 1
Payton, George A., 1929-1975 1
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Pullman Company 1
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
Sanders-Clyde Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 1
Smith, Robert Lee, 1958-2019 1
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 1
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
Southern Folklore Quarterly 1
Talladega College 1