National Board of the Y.W.C.A. memorandum correspondence from Brooks Creedy, National Industrial Staff, and Helen Sheley, National Business and Professional Staff, regarding an enclosed letter "from Elsa Graves to Industrial and Professional groups which tells of the latest developments in the World Federation of Democratic Youth." Enclosed Southern Area Business and Professional Summer Conference program, Summary and Discussion of Interpreting the Y.W.C.A. Purpose to Y-Teens.
Correspondence from William C. Pelster, on behalf of Donovan Leisure Newton and Irvine, to Honorable Solomon Blatt, Jr. of the United States District Court regarding a legal motion involving the Y.W.C.A. of Greater Charleston. Enclosed Civil Action No. 70-180, No. 70-1062 and related court documents.
Correspondence from Bernice V. Robinson to Leslie Dunbar, Executive Vice President of the Marshal Field Foundation, regarding funding for the Yonges Day Care Center.
Correspondence from Norman E. Dewire, Executive Director for the Joint Strategy and Action Committee, to Bernice Robinson regarding Yonges Island Day Care.
Correspondence from Bernice V. Robinson to Norman E. DeWire, Joint Strategy and Action Committee, regarding funding for the Yonges Island Community Day Care Center.
Correspondence from Bernice Robinson to Norman E. Dewire, Executive Director for the Joint Strategy and Action Committee, regarding funding for Yonges Island Day Care.
Correspondence from Dwight C. James, President of the Charleston Branch of the NAACP, to Sharon Clark of Lewis and Clarkson, regarding the Robert Gould Shaw Boys Club, Inc. Enclosed Boys Club information.
Correspondence from James E. Clyburn to Norman DeWire, Executive Director for the Joint Strategy and Action Committee, regarding funding for the Yonges Day Care Center.
Correspondence from Karney Platt, Business Manager of the Yonges Island Community Day Care Center, to Margaret Lamont regarding funding for the Yonges Day Care Center.
Five dollar bill issued by the Farmers & Exchange Bank of Charleston and dated September 28, 1853. Bill depicts an African American tending to a wagon pulled by oxen. Engraved by Toppan, Carpenter, Kasilear & Company, Philadelphia and New York.
Correspondence from Mary Jane Willett, Correlator for the National Board of the Y.W.C.A., to Melicent Marie Olphin welcoming the recipient to the Y.W.C.A. community.
Barbara Dugan discusses her upbringing as part of an Irish-American family in New York City. Her grandparents emigrated from County Mayo and County Kerry around 1900. Her grandmother, Catherine, took care of janitorial duties in her apartment building while her grandfather, Patrick, became employed in steel works and helped to build several New York City area bridges. As a child, she had difficulty getting her grandmother to speak in detail about Ireland, which she suspects is because of the hardships the family endured before their move to the United States. Barbara grew up going to all-girls Catholic schools and was raised Catholic. She speaks glowingly of her travels in Ireland and discusses the various ways in which she passes a sense of Irish-American identity onto her children and grandchildren. Barbara recently relocated to Charleston to be close to her married son and grandchildren, who live in Mt. Pleasant.
Jeremiah Courtney discusses his experience as an Irish immigrant in New York City, and then in Charleston. He came to the States full time in 1991, after having lived in London for five years and finding life there difficult for an Irishman. He speaks warmly of growing up in Kilarney, County Kerry, but left largely because he felt that Ireland couldn’t offer him the variety and adventure that he wanted in his life. He felt welcomed and supported upon first arriving in the States, particularly by others in the Irish or Irish-American community. He made his way down to Charleston after feeling he needed a break from New York. Though he was raised in the Catholic church and attended Catholic school, he finds himself turning away from Catholicism, and has not passed that on to his children.
NAACP memorandum from Robert Ford, Charleston NAACP, to William Penn, Director of Branches, regarding election violations for the Charleston Branch of the NAACP.
USS Dewey Fleet memorandum from J. P. Harrison, Commanding Officer, USS Dewey (DLG-14) to Commandant, Sixth Naval District, regarding the Gingerbread House, a Day Care and Nursery, who wouldn't accept O'Neil Hightower's child due to their race.
Correspondence from Ada C. Baytop, Chairman and Secretary for the Coming Street Y.W.C.A., to "Mrs. Saunders" regarding Beatrice Simmons, Marguerite Simmons, and Rosina Middleton visiting New York City.
