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1. Butler W. Nance Correspondence, 1919

Butler W. Nance Correspondence, 1919
Date:
1919
Description:
Two photocopied pieces of correspondence from Butler W. Nance, President of the Columbia Branch of the NAACP. One is addressed to Mary White Ovington on February 5, 1919 regarding the "fight for Negro teachers in the City schools of Charleston" and the other is addressed to John R. Shillady, Secretary of the NAACP, on January 24, 1919 regarding Charleston Branch legislation.

2. Avery Class of 1919

Avery Class of 1919
Date:
1919
Description:
Photograph of twenty-six students from the Avery Institute posed beneath a tree.

4. Avery Teachers Miss Quick, Miss Dart, and Miss Peck

Avery Teachers Miss Quick, Miss Dart, and Miss Peck
Date:
1919
Description:
Photograph of three female Avery teachers posed outside of the institute with arms around each other. Caption: "'Ere the Work of one Day is Over;' Miss Quick, Miss Dart, Miss Peck."

5. Four Members of Avery's First "Colored" Faculty

Four Members of Avery's First
Date:
1919
Description:
Photograph of three female and one male teacher of Avery's first "colored" faculty seated on a staircase. Caption: "'When Shall They Meet Again'; Our First Colored Faculty."

6. Senior Girls of 1919

Senior Girls of 1919
Date:
1919
Description:
Photograph of thirteen female students from the Avery Normal Institute posed outside with a large group of female students in the background. Includes the phrase "Lest we Forget."

8. Portrait of Thomas Miller

Portrait of Thomas Miller
Date:
1919
Description:
Framed oil portrait of Thomas Miller, African American lawyer, politician, and educator who was a South Carolina legislator, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and first President of South Carolina State College (formerly the Colored Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina).