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correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 1005 Collections and/or Records:

Endorsement letters, 1992

 File — Box 7: Series Series 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 2.1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains materials pertaining to Whipper's 1986, 1988, and 1992 legislative election campaigns for Charleston District 109. Whipper was first elected to serve District 109 in a Special Election held in 1986 after the resignation of Robert Woods. She was elected to a full term in November 1986. Includes the subseries: 1986 and 1988 Campaign Materials; 1992 Campaign Materials; and 1994 Campaign Materials.

Dates: 1992
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 2: Political Career / 2.1: Campaigns and Elections / 2.1.2: 1992 Campaign Materials

Joe Engel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-011
Abstract

Photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Joe Engel, a Polish Jew imprisoned at Auschwitz from 1942 until 1945. Photographs depict Engel and other family members in pre-war Poland, as well as in Zeilsheim, a post-war German displaced persons camp. Other photographs show Engel and family members in Charleston, South Carolina, and Natanya, Israel.

Dates: 1938-2006
Found in: Special Collections

Entre Nous Bridge Club papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1025
Abstract The Entre Nous Bridge Club was founded May 27, 1924 in Charleston, South Carolina by sixteen women to play a card game known as Five Hundred. The group, with membership limited to sixteen, met monthly in members' homes. The club rotated officers yearly and hosted annual celebrations and special parties for their 40th, 50th, 60th, and 70th anniversaries. The club continues to this day (2006).The Entre Nous Bridge Club Papers (1924-1994) consist of minute books; official and financial records;...
Dates: 1924-1994
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Executive Board: Correspondence, 1979 - 1981

 File — Box 145, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains The Bulletin Newsletter published by the Avery Institute Board.

Dates: 1979 - 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 / 5.6.1.2: Correspondence and Newsletters

Executive Director Search, 2009 - 2010

 File — Box 147, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents

Contains correpondence and resumes.

Dates: 2009 - 2010
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 / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston

Fairfield Plantation papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-140
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to Fairfield Plantation and includes maps, photographs, correspondence, a handwritten list of the property's slaves, and other miscellaneous and primary materials.

Dates: 1839-1963
Found in: Special Collections

Fall Convocation: Correspondence and Event program, 1989

 File — Box 118, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes "Resolution Honoring Honorable Whipper" as a member of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus.

Dates: 1989
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.4.: Baptist Educational and Missionary Sponsored Educational Institutions / 4.2.4.2: Benedict College

Family Service of Charleston County, 1973 - 2001

 File — Box 161, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains a variety of event programs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and grant proposals. Organized alphabetically.

Dates: 1973 - 2001
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.11: Charleston and South Carolina Organizational Affiliations / 5.11.1: Charleston and Columbia South Carolina Organizations

Farr family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates: 1828-1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Doris Marks Ferst papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1156
Abstract

Photograph albums, loose photographs, clippings, correspondence, and assorted ephemera of Doris Marks Ferst (1898-1980) of the Marks family of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: approximately 1900-2000; Majority of material found within approximately 1900s-1959
Found in: Special Collections
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