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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.
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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.
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145:, 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.
282:(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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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