Handwritten correspondence from Septima P. Clark and Esau Jenkins to Richard E. Fields, Municipal Court Judge, regarding the Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program.
Handwritten correspondence from William J. Hamilton, Jr. to William Saunders regarding Saunders's induction into the South Carolina Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame.
Correspondence from Lawrence O. Thompson to William Saunders regarding Saunders's induction into the South Carolina Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame.
Handwritten correspondence from Ella L. Jones to the members of the Committee of Management for the Coming Street Y.W.C.A. regarding organizational matters.
The Friendly Moralist Society was a benevolent society for free brown (mulatto or mixed race) men established in Charleston, S.C. in 1838. The group provided burial aid and purchased plots for those in need and provided charitable assistance to widows and orphans of deceased members. This Proceedings section consists of minutes taken at organizational meetings from 1841 to 1856. These minutes offer insight into the conflict between free black and brown individuals at this time. Monthly minutes of May 1844 and Oct. 1848, for instance, detail the exclusion of prospective members for being black rather than brown and the Annual Day speech of 1848 addresses the issues of being colored versus black or white. This conflict and frequent issues with finances resulted in several schisms and mass resignations in the society and is mentioned in a brief history of the society in the Annual Day address of 1853. 398p.
Letter written by Sarah Elizabeth Wade to her Trustee Philip M. Russell authorizing him to officiate sale of her property Woodville Plantation in Bryan County Georgia. Property sold to William Craft. At bottom, note from Clerks office superior noting where the deed is recorded in the court. Clerk superior A. G. Smith.
Photocopy of handwritten correspondence from Bernice Robinson to Elaine Nichols, Guest Curator for South Carolina State Museum, to Bernice Robinson regarding details about Robinson's lecture as part of the Education Department's lunchtime seminars on African-American culture. Enclosed handwritten discussion of lecture topic entitled, "Political Education/Working With Blacks in Rural South Carolina/Political Education."
Letter from Viola Ford Turner, president of the Metropolitan Council for Negro Women in Charleston, to Margaret Carter, chief of division of public liaison with the Department of State. The letter discusses the event the group held in Charleston for the United Nations' anniversary on October 23, and thanks Carter for sending Mr. Strong to the event.
Western Union telegram pledging support from student groups and employees in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The groups write that they intend to stage demonstrations to increase awareness about the events in Orangeburg.
Handwritten correspondence from Alvin Anderson to Septima P. Clark regarding the development of "a style and format for the systematic compilation of data for an appropriate biography of Septima Poinsette Clark."
Handwritten correspondence from Adela F. Ruffin to a co-worker at the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Y.W.C.A. regarding a conference held in Charlotte.
Handwritten minutes to an Executive Board Meeting of the Charleston Branch of the NAACP reporting issues including correspondence, a financial report, a standing committee report, the education committee, and the freedom fund committee on April 10, 1986 at Morris Brown A.M.E. Church.
Handwritten minutes to a Board of Directors Meeting of the Charleston Branch of the NAACP reporting issues including membership, the publicity committee, treasury, and committee on education, held on March 10, 1983 at Morris Brown A.M.E. Church.
Letter from the co-chairpersons of the Charleston section of the National Council of Negro Women to Mamie Fields. It invites Fields to attend a program honoring Mary McLeod Bethune.