African American women
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Conference materials: "A Call to Action: Prevention Cervical Cancer Among African-American Women" (Folder 1 of 2), 2007
File — Box 108, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, event programs, newsletters, reports, brochures and flyers pertaining to the Commission for Health and Human Affairs.
Dates:
2007
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations
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4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries
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4.2.2: Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention (WBEMC) of South Carolina
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4.2.2.8: Auxiliaries and Committees
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4.2.2.8.2: Health Ministry and Initiatives
Ess Tees Bridge Club records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1154
Abstract
The Ess Tees Bridge Club was a recreational card playing social group which was founded by working class African-American women in the 1930’s. It is thought that the Ess Tees was an abbreviation of either ‘School Teachers’ or ‘Society of Teachers’. As the years continued, the Ess Tees managed to bring in new members, meeting on the second Saturday of each month. This collection offers a broad array of materials relating to the Ess Tees Bridge Club, including but not limited to photographs,...
Dates:
1951-2009 ; Majority of material found within 2000-2009
"Fifty-First Boule: Souvenir Journal", 21-27 July 1984
File — Box 151, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains correspondence, handbooks, financial reports, grant proposals/applications, speech transcripts, event programs, and publications from Whipper's sorority.
Dates:
21-27 July 1984
Hold the Lifeline/Mothers Eliminating Secondhand Smoke (M.E.S.S.): Corrrespondence, 2005 - 2006
File — Box 107, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, event programs, newsletters, reports, brochures and flyers pertaining to the Commission for Health and Human Affairs.
Dates:
2005 - 2006
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
/
4.2.2: Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention (WBEMC) of South Carolina
/
4.2.2.8: Auxiliaries and Committees
/
4.2.2.8.2: Health Ministry and Initiatives
MOJA Arts Festival: "Standing on the Shoulders of Our Elders", 2008
File — Box 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Subseries 1.3
Scope and Contents
Whipper was one of twenty women honorees. Contains correspondence and invitation to event, with newspaper article.
Dates:
2008
Muriel Logan Potts papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1191
Abstract
Muriel Logan Potts, an educator, school librarian, and the wife of John Foster Potts, Sr. the last principal of Avery Institute.The collections contain brief and scattered documents relating to Muriel Potts, the Logan and Potts Families. Holds several documents pertaining Logan Potts' education at Virginia State College, and her affilation with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA). Of interest are letters to and from her husband, John F. Potts, Sr. to American Missionary Association...
Dates:
1928-1994, and undated
Inez Richardson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1161
Abstract
Inez A. Richardson, born in 1911, was the first licensed Black female barber in South Carolina. This collection concentrates primarily on Inez Richardson, however it also includes documents pertaining to the rest of the Richardson family. The collection documents Richardson’s involvement in the Rose of Sharon Tent, Southern District No. 4, from 1952 to 1984. The Rose of Sharon Tent was one of the Tents of the United Order of Tents, which is the only Christian Black women’s secret society....
Dates:
1951-1990
Speeches: Women's Employment, 1986, and undated
File — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents
Includes typed index cards and handwritten drafts: "Helping Women to Realize Their Job Potential," and address given to Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Gamma Psi Chapter.
Dates:
1986, and undated
Woman's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1037
Abstract
The Woman's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina (WBEMC) collection consist mostly of published annual session minutes (many photocopied), event programs, organizational and committee papers documenting the women and youth auxiliaries of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina (BEMC) from 1888 to 2007. Included are materials from other local, state and national organizations within the Baptist community, such as meeting minutes, event...
Dates:
1867-2007, undated