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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:

Sunday Order of Service Programs, 2001

 File — Box 130, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 2001
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

Sunday Order of Service Programs, 2002

 File — Box 130, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 2002
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

Sunday Order of Service Programs, 2004

 File — Box 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 2004
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

The Mother Emanuel Nine Tragedy, 2015 - 2016

 File — Box 137, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains weekly and event programs, correspondence, and booklets from various Baptist churches, and other denominational churches in South Carolina and other states. Also includes documents regarding the tragedy (referred to as "The Mother Emanuel 9") which took place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on 17 June 2015.

Dates: 2015 - 2016
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.4: African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Churches / 4.4.4.2: Emanuel A.M.E. Church Documents

The Music Ministry Handbook, 1985

 File — Box 128, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, event programs, and financial records from the church Benjamin J. Whipper pastored (the church's third pastor, 1940-1997). Lucille Whipper was the Minister of Music, and also instituted a Church Tutorial Program in 1991.

Dates: 1985
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.1: Saint Matthew's Baptist Church

Typescript: "History of the Education Committee", 1986

 File — Box 130, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

Various Documents, undated

 File — Box 129, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, event programs, and financial records from the church Benjamin J. Whipper pastored (the church's third pastor, 1940-1997). Lucille Whipper was the Minister of Music, and also instituted a Church Tutorial Program in 1991.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.1: Saint Matthew's Baptist Church

VHS Tapes, 1987 - 1996

 File — Carton 135
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains the sub-series: Various Documents, and Audio-Visual Materials.

Dates: 1987 - 1996
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.2: Audio-Visual Materials

Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1147
Abstract Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., (1912-1998), a minister, religious leader, educator, and civic activist. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Reverend Whipper pastored two churches, Charity Baptist (1949), and Saint Matthew Baptist (1940). Whipper was the Moderator of the Charleston County Baptist Association; the treasurer with the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; and the Assistant Secretary on the Executive Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA,...
Dates: approximately 1865-2008, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., papers

Lucille Simmons Whipper papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates: 1900-2016, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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