328:
they may be arranged by an outside organization at the
College of Charleston or elsewhere. Events organized by the Avery Research Center staff typically focus on topics relevant to Avery Research Centerâs mission of promoting education and dialogue about African-American history, culture, and contemporary issues in the Lowcountry and/or in the wider African diaspora. Event spaces in the Avery Research Center building include the McKinley Washington Auditorium, as well as various other exhibition galleries and classrooms. Avery Research Center staff members regularly update the Programs calendar with upcoming events. The Avery Research Center staff conducts education programs on and offsite that highlight individuals, social movements, and historical events relevant to the South Carolina Lowcountry African-American history and culture through primary and secondary sources from the Avery Research Centerâs archives.
118:
126:
311:
standard texts, rare books, and pamphlets to dissertations and journals; over four thousand photographs; and hundreds of reels of microfilm, VHS tapes, clipping files, and audio and video recordings in digital formats. There are also dozens of artifact collections encompassing a range of materials relevant to slavery, material culture from West Africa, and even a sweetgrass basket collection.
37:
215:, taught in one-room schoolhouses all over South Carolina, especially in the rural areas of the Lowcountry region surrounding Charleston. Subsequent Avery principals, such as Morrison A. Holmes, continued the schoolâs tradition of teacher training and classical education, though the instructors were white missionaries rather than local African Americans like the Cardozo brothers.
156:, formed the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. They worked with the College of Charleston to establish the Avery Research Center in 1985 to preserve the legacy of the Avery Normal Institute and educate the broader community about the history and culture of African Americans in Charleston, the South Carolina Lowcountry, and South Carolina at large.
293:(September 21, 1989), the grand opening of the building took place on October 6, 1990. Today the Avery Institute is a separate nonprofit organization that provides support to the Avery Research Centerâs museum, education, and public history outreach programs and operations, as well as assisting the Avery Research Center in acquiring archival collections.
281:
concept of a research center as a cooperative project of the Avery
Institute of Afro-American History and Culture and the College of Charleston. The College of Charleston was subsequently deeded the 123 and 125 Bull Street properties to establish the College of Charlestonâs Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.
269:
Afro-American
History and Culture. Their purpose was to obtain the former Avery Normal School buildings and establish an archives and museum dedicated to preserving African-American history and culture in the South Carolina Lowcountry. The Avery Instituteâs first president was the Honorable Lucille S. Whipper, a former member of the
301:
The Avery
Research Center is a small museum with several galleries that showcase permanent and changing exhibitions. Each year, the Avery Research Center staff develops exhibitions from its archival materials, art, and rare manuscript collections. The Avery Research Center also features temporary art
280:
To obtain institutional support and fulfill its long-term goals, the organization chose to become affiliated with the
College of Charleston. The two groups jointly sought and obtained a federal planning grant in 1981 to organize programs and explore future options. Out of the planning grant came the
310:
The Avery
Research Centerâs Archival Collections hold over six thousand primary and secondary sources, including approximately two hundred manuscript collections, varying in size from a few items to over fifty linear feet. The collections also contain over five thousand printed items, ranging from
268:
After 1954, Dr. John Palmer purchased the Avery buildings and operated Palmer
Business College on the site for more than two decades, when the school moved to another downtown location. In 1978, a group of Avery graduates (known as âAveryitesâ) and friends of Avery organized The Avery Institute of
327:
Events and programs at the Avery
Research Center range from public lectures, workshops, film screenings, performances, annual conferences, symposia, and exhibition openings, to private group events, meetings, and presentations. Avery Research Center staff may organize and sponsor these events, or
207:
Cardozo campaigned to construct a permanent building for the school, and he persuaded the AMAâs traveling secretary, E. P. Smith, to seek $ 10,000 from the late
Reverend Charles Averyâs estate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With additional aid from the Freedmenâs Bureau, the new school building was
159:
The Avery
Research Center provides access to digital and physical archival collections, offers guided tours, hosts workshops, presents lectures and performances, and features physical and digital museum exhibitions. The Avery Research Center Archives currently hold over six thousand primary- and
314:
Processed manuscript collections and other catalogued items can be searched via the College of Charlestonâs Addlestone Libraryâs online catalogue. The Avery Research Centerâs website also features an online finding aid. Selected digitally archived materials are also available online through the
229:
Benjamin Cox served as principal from 1915 until 1936 and his wife, Jeanette Keeble Cox, revitalized the school by adding new facilities, new courses to the curriculum, and instituting a variety of cultural improvements such as theatrical plays and musical performances. Cox was the first Black
230:
principal at Avery since Cardozo. Subsequent Avery Principals Frank DeCosta (1936â1940) and L. Howard Bennett (1941â1943) moved the school in a more progressive direction. Principal John F. Potts presided over Averyâs transition to a public school in 1947.
189:. The school eventually became the Avery Normal Institute, the first accredited secondary school for African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina. It soon expanded to offer an important teacher education program.
211:
Prior to 1919, a citywide ordinance in Charleston prohibited African Americans from teaching in all but one of the cityâs Black public schools. For this reason, many Avery graduates, such as
238:
149:. This historic secondary school trained Black students for professional careers and leadership roles, and served as a hub for Charlestonâs African-American community from 1865 to 1954.
289:
In 1985, The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture was established as part of the academic program of the College of Charleston. Despite delays caused by
208:
dedicated on May 7, 1868, and named the Avery Normal Institute. Cardozo quickly expanded the schoolâs mission beyond primary and secondary education to include teacher training.
779:
302:
exhibitions by artists from South Carolina and throughout the African diaspora. Guided Tours that are free and open to the public are available from Monday through Friday.
219:
568:
Drago, Edmund L. and Eugene C. Hunt. "A History of Avery Normal Institute From 1865 to 1954" (Revised and Enlarged). Charleston, S.C.: Avery Research Center, 1991.
244:
The Avery Normal Institute prepared its students for professional careers and leadership roles. Avery students and teachers were often active in the stateâs
774:
789:
565:
Drago, Edmund L. "Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations: Charlestonâs Avery Normal Institute." Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1990.
621:
319:. Numerous digitized archival materials from Avery are also featured in online exhibitions with the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative.
248:
in the 1950s and 60s, even after the school closed. For example, Avery graduates who became prominent civil rights activists included
571:
Powers, Bernard, "Black Charlestonians: A Social History, 1822â1885." Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press, 1994.
732:
646:
672:
270:
727:
192:
Initially, the school was temporarily located in several buildings appropriated by the federal government in Charleston during
560:
414:
362:
753:
682:
614:
181:, a founding member of the American Missionary Association. It was soon renamed the Saxton School after Union General
111:
The history and culture of African Americans in Charleston, the South Carolina Lowcountry, and South Carolina at large
174:
160:
secondary-source materials that document the history, traditions, legacies, and influences of African Americans.
17:
784:
607:
196:. Northern white missionaries and members of Charlestonâs antebellum free Black community staffed the school.
722:
687:
553:
Charleston's Avery Center: From Education and Civil Rights to Preserving the African American Experience.
234:
355:
Charleston's Avery Center: From Education and Civil Rights to Preserving the African American Experience
200:
was the schoolâs first principal. After a controversy emerged from his time as an educator in New York,
737:
316:
146:
249:
284:
237:, the county school board closed Avery Normal Institute and merged its students and faculty with
173:
A school for African American students was founded in Charleston in 1865 by the New York-based
95:
Materials that document the history, traditions, legacies, and influences of African Americans
630:
594:
507:
245:
186:
138:
117:
692:
662:
177:(AMA). The school was initially named the Tappan School in honor of New York abolitionist
8:
712:
193:
677:
556:
494:
410:
358:
274:
257:
197:
697:
223:
201:
182:
153:
285:
The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, 1985âpresent
125:
290:
768:
455:
253:
212:
178:
548:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
599:
439:
263:
260:, John H. Wrighten, Jr., Arthur J. Clement, Jr., and J. Arthur Brown.
702:
533:
588:
393:
204:
took over as the second principal and served from 1866 to 1868.
141:
library system. The center is located on the site of the former
581:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
520:
481:
468:
222:(NAACP). The first Charleston NAACP president was noted artist
668:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
593:
Lowcountry Digital Library: Avery Research Center Collections
322:
135:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
129:
Class photo on the grounds of the Avery Normal Institute, 1924
30:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
440:"The Holloway Scrapbook: The Legacy of a Charleston Family"
429:, Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press.
36:
595:
http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/content/avery-research-center
508:
http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/content/avery-research-center
220:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
152:
In 1978, the alumni of the Avery Normal Institute, led by
582:
377:
218:
In 1917, Avery helped establish the cityâs branch of the
145:
in the Harleston village district at 125 Bull Street in
264:
Avery Institute for Afro-American History and Culture
168:
495:http://avery.cofc.edu/archives/collection_list.php
780:Postâcivil rights era in African-American history
427:Black Charlestonians: A Social History, 1822â1885
766:
506:Lowcountry Digital Library: Avery Collections.
615:
546:Freedom's Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark.
493:Avery Research Center Archival Collections.
407:Freedom's Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark
775:Research organizations in the United States
323:Public Programming and Educational Outreach
296:
622:
608:
456:http://avery.cofc.edu/general-exhibitions/
409:, The University of North Carolina Press.
629:
790:1978 establishments in the United States
233:With the U.S. Supreme Courtâs decision,
124:
116:
673:CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point
519:Lowcountry Digital History Initiative.
388:
386:
372:
370:
305:
271:South Carolina House of Representatives
14:
767:
349:
347:
345:
343:
341:
603:
754:List of College of Charleston people
683:Mace Brown Museum of Natural History
454:Avery Research Center: Exhibitions.
383:
367:
226:(who graduated from Avery in 1900).
66:African American History and Culture
445:111(1/2)(January/April 2010): 5-33.
338:
241:in 1954, citing financial reasons.
185:, an assistant commissioner of the
121:The Avery Normal Institute, ca 1870
24:
443:South Carolina Historical Magazine
25:
801:
575:
480:College of Charleston Libraries.
438:Harlan Green and Jessica Lancia,
169:Avery Normal Institute, 1865â1954
532:Avery Research Center: Programs
35:
534:http://avery.cofc.edu/programs/
526:
513:
500:
487:
175:American Missionary Association
50:Charleston, South Carolina, USA
41:The Avery Research Center, 2019
474:
467:Avery Research Center: Visit.
461:
448:
432:
419:
399:
13:
1:
589:http://www.averyinstitute.us/
394:http://www.averyinstitute.us/
331:
521:http://ldhi.library.cofc.edu
482:http://www.cofc.edu/library/
469:http://avery.cofc.edu/visit/
7:
688:Marshlands Plantation House
235:Brown v. Board of Education
10:
806:
405:Charron, Katharine(2009).
317:Lowcountry Digital Library
163:
147:Charleston, South Carolina
746:
711:
655:
639:
536:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
523:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
510:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
497:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
484:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
471:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
458:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
396:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
380:, Accessed on 3 May 2014.
250:Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders
107:
99:
91:
86:
78:
70:
62:
54:
46:
34:
29:
425:Powers, Bernard.(1994).
353:Drago, Edmund L.(2006).
297:Museum and Historic Site
376:Avery Research Center.
108:Criteria for collection
103:Over six thousand items
583:http://avery.cofc.edu/
378:http://avery.cofc.edu/
143:Avery Normal Institute
130:
122:
785:College of Charleston
632:College of Charleston
357:, The History Press.
256:, J. Andrew Simmons,
246:civil rights movement
139:College of Charleston
137:is a division of the
128:
120:
82:College of Charleston
693:Richard Brenan House
663:Albert Sottile House
544:Charron, Katherine.
306:Archival Collections
555:The History Press.
733:Women's basketball
647:School of Business
131:
123:
762:
761:
678:John Kresse Arena
561:978-1-59629-068-6
551:Drago, Edmund L.
415:978-0-8078-7222-2
392:Avery Institute.
363:978-1-59629-068-6
275:Charleston County
258:John Henry McCray
239:Burke High School
198:Thomas W. Cardozo
187:Freedmenâs Bureau
115:
114:
16:(Redirected from
797:
728:Men's basketball
715:
633:
624:
617:
610:
601:
600:
587:Avery Institute
537:
530:
524:
517:
511:
504:
498:
491:
485:
478:
472:
465:
459:
452:
446:
436:
430:
423:
417:
403:
397:
390:
381:
374:
365:
351:
39:
27:
26:
21:
805:
804:
800:
799:
798:
796:
795:
794:
765:
764:
763:
758:
742:
713:
707:
698:Sottile Theater
651:
635:
631:
628:
578:
541:
540:
531:
527:
518:
514:
505:
501:
492:
488:
479:
475:
466:
462:
453:
449:
437:
433:
424:
420:
404:
400:
391:
384:
375:
368:
352:
339:
334:
325:
308:
299:
287:
266:
224:Edwin Harleston
202:Francis Cardozo
183:Rufus B. Saxton
171:
166:
154:Lucille Whipper
92:Items collected
58:Research Centre
42:
23:
22:
18:Avery Institute
15:
12:
11:
5:
803:
793:
792:
787:
782:
777:
760:
759:
757:
756:
750:
748:
744:
743:
741:
740:
735:
730:
725:
719:
717:
709:
708:
706:
705:
700:
695:
690:
685:
680:
675:
670:
665:
659:
657:
653:
652:
650:
649:
643:
641:
637:
636:
627:
626:
619:
612:
604:
598:
597:
591:
585:
577:
576:External links
574:
573:
572:
569:
566:
563:
549:
539:
538:
525:
512:
499:
486:
473:
460:
447:
431:
418:
398:
382:
366:
336:
335:
333:
330:
324:
321:
307:
304:
298:
295:
291:Hurricane Hugo
286:
283:
265:
262:
194:Reconstruction
170:
167:
165:
162:
113:
112:
109:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
93:
89:
88:
84:
83:
80:
76:
75:
72:
68:
67:
64:
60:
59:
56:
52:
51:
48:
44:
43:
40:
32:
31:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
802:
791:
788:
786:
783:
781:
778:
776:
773:
772:
770:
755:
752:
751:
749:
745:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
726:
724:
721:
720:
718:
716:
710:
704:
701:
699:
696:
694:
691:
689:
686:
684:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
669:
666:
664:
661:
660:
658:
654:
648:
645:
644:
642:
638:
634:
625:
620:
618:
613:
611:
606:
605:
602:
596:
592:
590:
586:
584:
580:
579:
570:
567:
564:
562:
558:
554:
550:
547:
543:
542:
535:
529:
522:
516:
509:
503:
496:
490:
483:
477:
470:
464:
457:
451:
444:
441:
435:
428:
422:
416:
412:
408:
402:
395:
389:
387:
379:
373:
371:
364:
360:
356:
350:
348:
346:
344:
342:
337:
329:
320:
318:
312:
303:
294:
292:
282:
278:
276:
272:
261:
259:
255:
254:Septima Clark
251:
247:
242:
240:
236:
231:
227:
225:
221:
216:
214:
213:Septima Clark
209:
205:
203:
199:
195:
190:
188:
184:
180:
176:
161:
157:
155:
150:
148:
144:
140:
136:
127:
119:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
90:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
49:
45:
38:
33:
28:
19:
667:
552:
545:
528:
515:
502:
489:
476:
463:
450:
442:
434:
426:
421:
406:
401:
354:
326:
313:
309:
300:
288:
279:
267:
243:
232:
228:
217:
210:
206:
191:
179:Lewis Tappan
172:
158:
151:
142:
134:
132:
71:Established
769:Categories
656:Facilities
332:References
87:Collection
714:Athletics
79:Branch of
723:Baseball
703:TD Arena
47:Location
747:Related
738:Sailing
640:Schools
164:History
559:
413:
361:
273:from
63:Scope
557:ISBN
411:ISBN
359:ISBN
133:The
100:Size
74:1985
55:Type
771::
385:^
369:^
340:^
277:.
252:,
623:e
616:t
609:v
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.