Museum exhibits
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
African American Museums Association, 1982-1983, and undated
File — Box 146, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Contains documents pertaining to exhibition designs, with brochures and newsletter.
Dates:
1982-1983, and undated
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement
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5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
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5.6.1.6: Various Research Documents
Avery Board Sponsored Events: "Avery: The Spirit That Would Not Die: A History of Avery Normal Institute from 1865 to 1954", 1981
File — Box 146, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Includes research typescripts, short version history booklet by Drs. Edmund Drago and Eugene Hunt, and program invitations.
Dates:
1981
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
/
Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement
/
5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
/
5.6.1.4: Workshops and Event Programs
Avery Board Sponsored Events: "Esau Jenkins: A Retrospective View of the Man and His Times", 1984
File — Box 146, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Holds the sub-series: Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees; Correspondence and Newsletters; Grant Proposals; Workshops and Event Programs; Avery Institute Alumni; and Various Research Documents. Also view the Charleston Chapter of the Links, "Woman of the Year," Oversize Box #160, for additional materials not included in this subseries.
Dates:
1984
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
/
Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement
/
5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
/
5.6.1.4: Workshops and Event Programs
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1104
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture was founded in 1978 by a group of Avery Normal Institute alumni and other interested persons in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Its mission was to rescue the Avery Normal Institute buildings and to develop an archive and museum for preserving African American history and culture of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Working with the College of Charleston, the properties at 123 and 125 Bull Street were acquired and, in 1985, the Avery...
Dates:
1930-2019; Majority of material found within 1978-2008