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Collection Number: 05539

Collection Title: Penn Center of the Sea Islands Records, 1859-2021

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


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Size 105.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 94,000 items)
Abstract Penn Center of the Sea Islands, formerly Penn Community Services, is located on St. Helena Island, S.C., and is the site of the former Penn School, founded in 1862 as one of the country's first schools for freed slaves. The Penn Board of Trustees closed the school in 1948 but three years later reconstituted Penn as a center for community development and conference site for organizations working to advance African American causes or in support of equality, education, welfare, and other social issues. In the late twentieth century, Penn's mission evolved to include a focus on promoting and preserving the history and culture of the Sea Islands, S.C. Records document the administrative operations and cultural heritage activities of Penn Community Services and Penn Center of the Sea Islands. Topics include organizational policies and development; fund-raising and other finances; rural community development; ownership and retention of land by African Americans; health, education, and social services programming; Peace Corps training; the United States Commission on Civil Rights and state advisory committees that reported on discrimination practices; the Orangeburg Massacre; land use and environmental, cultural, and historic preservation; collaboration among South Carolina low country cultural heritage organizations and education agencies; the development of the "Education for Freedom" exhibit on Penn School and Penn Center history; Gullah and Sea Island history and culture; and special events, such as Heritage Days, Black History Month, Emancipation Proclamation celebrations, Labor Day programs, Community Sings, the Mystery Play, Miss Black Pearl pageants, and Civil War reenactments. Photographic materials depict special events; campus buildings; Sea Island rural and coastal scenery; employees and visitors; midwives; residents of St. Helena Island and other islanders; folk art exhibits and artists; visits by A. Phillip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr., and others; travel by a Penn Center group to Sierra Leone; and Hurricane Gracie (1959). Audiovisual materials include oral histories, other interviews, and recordings of campus events on topics that include Gullah history and culture, ownership and retention of land by African Americans, and cultural heritage and historical tourism. The Penn Center of the Sea Islands website includes a video about the Penn Center, an historical overview, and information about the museum, conference center, and programming.
Creator Penn Center of the Sea Islands.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Use of audio or moving image materials may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Folders 228-239 and Box 157 are CLOSED to researchers until 2047.
Access to streaming audio or moving image materials may be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an ONYEN or who are physically present on campus. For further information about access to streaming audiovisual materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
This collection contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. Computer files are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.
Restrictions to Use
Explicit written permission from the Penn Center of the Sea Islands is required to copy, print, publish, or distribute photographs, other images, and audio recordings contained in the Penn Center of the Sea Islands Records. To obtain permission, send your written request with specific image or recording numbers to the Penn Center of the Sea Islands, P.O. Box 126, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, St. Helena Island, S.C. 29920-0126 or info[at]penncenter[dot]com.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Penn Center of the Sea Islands Records #5539, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Deposited by Penn Community Services in November 2012 (Acc. 101699). Additional materials transferred from Penn School Papers (#3615) in August 2015 from deposits by Trustees of Penn Community Services, Incorporated, Frogmore, S.C., 1962-1965, with additions, 1981-2005, 2011 (Acc. 101490), 2022 (Acc. 20220712.1) from the Penn Center of the Sea Islands. Addition received from William Cobb, Jr., in January 2019 (Acc. 103527).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2015

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2015

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser and Anne Wells, 2018; Patrick Cullom and Anne Wells, 2019; Nancy Kaiser, November 2020; Dawne Howard Lucas, Rebecca Stubbs, Andrew Crook, and Laura Smith, November 2022; Dawne Howard Lucas, January 2023

Some records, photographs, film, and sound recordings in this collection were transferred from the Penn School Papers (#3615). See individual series for more information.

Preservation of and access to sound recordings that were originally in the Penn School Papers (#3615) were made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.

Original file names created by the Penn Center have been preserved whenever possible. Archival staff at UNC-Chapel Hill assigned file names to photographic materials during processing to create date and/or subject access.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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The Penn School Board of Trustees established Penn Community Services, Inc. (later renamed Penn Center of the Sea Islands), in 1951, three years after Penn School closed as an independent school (its last class graduated in 1953). The Board envisioned a new role for Penn as a center dedicated to community development and a conference site for organizations working to advance African American causes and in support of equality, education, welfare, and other social issues. Courtney Siceloff was hired in 1950 as executive director to begin charting that course.

During the 1950s, much of the work at Penn Community Services, Inc., focused low income residents of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Penn participated in projects to bring public water to many of the islands, helped people learn the rights and responsibilities of land ownership, and established a number of social services, including Head Start for disadvantaged preschool children and the Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services. Penn also continued to be a training site for midwifery as it had been during the Penn School years. Beginning in 1955, conference meeting space on campus was made available for interracial groups. For more than a decade the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other religious, educational, business, cultural, and labor groups regularly used Penn's facilities for their meetings because it was one of the few places in the American South willing to host interracial groups at that time. In the late 1960s Penn also provided space for Peace Corps training and leadership training for prospective governmental leaders in the southeastern states.

Courtney Siceloff retired in 1969, and the Board of Trustees hired John W. Gadson as the first African American executive director at Penn. Support for social and economic development programs continued under Gadson's leadership. During his tenure, Penn established Black Land Services, Inc., to preserve ownership and retention of land by African Americans; the Child Development Project, which set up daycare centers; and the Business Development Project, which helped blacks to establish businesses and navigate loan processes. Gadson also expanded Penn's community role to include cultural preservation. In 1971, Penn created the York W. Bailey Museum and the Culture Program to document and educate about Sea Island history and culture. In 1974, the U.S. Department of the Interior designated the Penn campus as a National Historic Landmark District.

Agnes Sherman was a key staff member of the Culture Program during the 1960s and 1970s. She led efforts on the Laura M. Towne Library, the York W. Bailey Museum, the Miss Black Pearl Pageant, and Penn's first oral history project. Sherman also was instrumental in re-establishing or creating some of the most important Penn traditions that continue to the present day under the History and Culture Department: the Labor Day Program on the Green; the Nativity Scene, which is part of the popular Penn School Mystery Play; monthly Community Sings; and Heritage Days.

Gadson resigned as director of Penn Center in 1976. Staff member Joseph McDomick, who led Black Land Services, Inc., served as interim executive director until the Board of Trustees hired John Buffington in August 1976. Buffington's tenure was brief; he resigned in a financial crisis in February 1978. An audit later that year identified three problems: leadership, finances, and programs. Joseph McDomick filled in again until 1980 when the Board of Trustees hired Emory Campbell.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Emory Campbell focused Penn's mission on helping Sea Islanders to preserve land ownership and the land itself. Resort development in the region threatened islanders' legal hold on their land and the sustainability of traditional coastal and agriculture ways of life. Penn's community organizing work centered on citizen education, land-use planning and policy reform, and sustainable community development. Penn also sought to preserve and promote Gullah history and culture to gain a place in low country heritage tourism. Some of the major initiatives of Campbell's tenure included the first Heritage Days celebration; a capital campaign for renovations to allow for expanded use of the Penn Center as a conference center; the Penn School for Preservation, "a community leadership training program covering the basic principles of community economic development, land use and environmental planning and effective leadership"; the Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE), which provided tutoring, academic and cultural enrichment, support for parents, and engagement with community concerns; the Penn-University of South Carolina partnership that addressed history and culture preservation, continuing education, and the needs of early childhood/at-risk families; and numerous grants that supported campus building renovations and exhibit development.

Campbell retired in 2002 with programs and projects well established in the tradition of Penn. Executive directors since Campbell's retirement include: Bernie Wright, Walter Mack, Mike Campi, and Rodell Lawrence. Wright has served as executive director twice, first from 2002 to 2007, and again beginning in 2018.

Executive Directors of Penn Community Services and Penn Center of the Sea Islands

For additional information see the Penn Center website ( www.penncenter.com) and Penn Center: A History Preserved (Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2014) by Orville Vernon Burton with Wilbur Cross.

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Records documenting the administrative operations and cultural heritage activities of Penn Community Services and Penn Center of the Sea Islands. Materials are arranged into series that document the work of the executive directors (Series 1) and the staff of the History and Culture unit (Series 2). Audiovisual materials are arranged according to format: photographic materials (Series 3), sound recordings (Series 4), and film and video (Series 5).

Series 1: The records of Courtney Siceloff, John Gadson, John Buffington, and Emory Campbell, executive directors of Penn Community Services and Penn Center of the Sea Islands. Topics include organizational policies and development; fund-raising and finances; rural community development; ownership and retention of land by African Americans; employment for conscientious objectors; food stamps; Head Start programming for disadvantaged preschool children; National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO); Peace Corps training; integrated education; leadership identification and training; the United States Commission on Civil Rights and its state advisory committees that reported on discrimination practices; the Orangeburg Massacre; land use and environmental and cultural preservation; historic preservation of Penn campus buildings; Gullah studies; collaboration among South Carolina low country cultural heritage organizations and educational agencies; the Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE); and History and Culture programming, including special events, such as Heritage Days, Black History Month, and Emancipation Proclamation celebrations.

Series 2: The records of History and Culture directors and staff and the York W. Bailey Museum. Topics include strategic planning; collaborative efforts with other cultural heritage organizations and agencies; and program planning for long-standing events, including the Labor Day program, Community Sings, the Mystery Play, Heritage Days, Black History Month, Emancipation Proclamation and Watch Night planning. Other topics include Peace Corps training at Penn, campus building conditions, the development of the "Education for Freedom" exhibit on Penn School and Penn Center history; and Gullah and Sea Island history and culture. York W. Bailey Museum materials are both documentation of administrative operations and items collected and preserved by Penn Center staff to create an archive of chiefly printed materials about notable African Americans and important people in the history of the Penn School and Penn Center.

Series 3: Photographic materials depict events, activities, campus buildings, Sea Island rural and coastal scenery, employees and visitors, residents of St. Helena Island, and other islanders. Topics include folk art exhibits and artists, including Sam Doyle; recurring programs at Penn Center, such as the Heritage Days festival events and parades, Labor Day, Mystery Play performances, Community Sings, Emancipation Day, Miss Black Pearl Pageant, and the Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE); special events at Penn Center, such as Civil War reenactors for the 54th Massachusetts, A. Phillip Randolph's visit, Martin Luther King Jr.'s retreat with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, South Carolina Human Relations Student Council, NAACP youth conference, National Sharecroppers, Peace Corps training, and travel by a Penn Center group to Sierra Leone; Hurricane Gracie (1959); oral histories; midwives; and York W. Bailey Museum employees, visitors, and artifacts.

Series 4 and 5: Audiovisual recordings and film contain oral histories and other interviews, music and storytelling performances, community meetings, church meetings, community sings, Heritage Days events, Civil War reenactments, Emancipation Day and Labor Day programs, symposiums on Sea Island cultural life and concerns, performances of the Mystery Play, a visit by President Joseph Saidu Momoh of Sierra Leone, and other campus events on topics that include Gullah history and culture, ownership and retention of land by African Americans, and cultural heritage and historical tourism.

Series 6: The Penn Center of the Sea Islands website includes a video about the Penn Center, an historical overview, and information about the museum, conference center, and programming.

Series 7A: The Addition of July 2022 (Acc. 20220712.1) includes additional records from Emory Campbell's tenure as executive director, with later materials from Bernie Wright and other executive directors also included.

NOTE: Researchers are advised to search for related materials across all series.

NOTE: Courtney Siceloff materials were originally filed with the Penn School Papers (#3615). They were transferred from that collection in August 2015 in order to be reunited with other Penn Community Services and Penn Center of the Sea Islands records. The subseries retain their order from the Penn School Papers with some new material added.

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1. Executive Directors, 1949-2002.
1.1. Courtney Siceloff, 1949-1980.
1.1.1. Administrative Records, 1950-1980, 2001.
1.1.2. United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1957-1968.
1.2. John Gadson and John Buffington, 1967-1980.
1.3. Emory Campbell, 1974-2002.
2. History and Culture, 1970-2012.
2.1. Jane Sapp, 1971-1972.
2.2. Agnes Sherman, 1970-1979.
2.3. Vanessa Thaxton, 1987-1993.
2.4. Joseph McGill, 1995-1998.
2.5. Curator: Darryl Murphy, 1996-1998.
2.6. Veronica Gerald, 1999-2000.
2.7. Public Program Coordinator: Tracye Stormer, 1996-1999.
2.8. Acting Director Annette Teasdale, 2003-2005.
2.9. Director: Rosalyn Browne, 2005-2008, 2011-2012.
2.10. General Files, 1955-2006.
2.11. Artists and Performers, 1988-1997.
2.12. Books, 1966-1993.
2.13. Heritage Days, 1981-2006.
2.14. Song Lyrics, undated.
2.15. York W. Bailey Museum, 1924-2012.
3. Photographic Materials, 1950s-2000s.
3.1. Photographic Materials (by Date), 1965-2000s.
3.2. Photographic Materials (by Subject), 1950s-1990s.
4. Audio Materials, 1942-2000 (bulk 1970-1997).
4.1. Audiotapes, 1954-1979 (bulk 1970-1979).
4.2. Audiocassettes, 1942-2000 (bulk 1970-1997).
5. Film and Video, 1964-2000.
6. Penn Center of the Sea Islands Website.
7A. Penn Center of the Sea Islands Records (Addition of July 2022), 1859-2021.
7A.1. Board of Trustees Files, 1992-2007
7A.2. Other Committee Files, 1980s-2000s
7A.3. Administrative Subject Files, 1980s-2000s
7A.4. Administrative Correspondence, 1990s-2000s
7A.5. Partnerships, 1980s-2000s
7A.6. Capital Campaign/Fundraising, 1980s-1999
7A.7. Early Childhood At-Risk Family Initiative, 1997-2000
7A.8. York W. Bailey Museum, 1988-2009
7A.9. Historic Preservation, 1990s-2000s, undated
7A.10. Events, 1962, 1999-2020
7A.11. Publications, 1999-2020, undated
7A.12. Photographs, 1970s-2021, undated
7A.13. Scrapbook and Newspaper Clippings, 1859-2021
7A.14. Artwork, 1973, 1986, 1994, undated
7A.15 Audiovisual Materials and Computer Files, 1962 and undated
7A.15 Audiocassettes, 1972-2007

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25000 items.

Records of the executive directors of Penn Community Services and Penn Center of the Sea Islands, documenting administrative operations and cultural heritage activities. Topics include the Board of Trustees; organizational policies and development; fund-raising and finances; rural community development; ownership and retention of land by African Americans; employment for conscientious objectors; food stamps; Head Start programming for disadvantaged preschool children; National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO); Peace Corps training; integrated education; leadership identification and training; the United States Commission on Civil Rights and its state advisory committees that reported on discrimination practices found within their states; the Orangeburg Massacre; land use and environmental and cultural preservation; historic preservation of campus buildings; Gullah studies; collaboration among South Carolina low country cultural heritage organizations and education agencies; the Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE); and History and Culture programming, including special events, such as Heritage Days, Black History Month, and Emancipation Proclamation celebrations at Camp Saxton (John Joiner Plantation, Port Royal, S.C.).

The records in this series are arranged into subseries by executive director: 1.1 Courtney Siceloff; 1.2 John Gadson and John Buffington; 1.3 Emory Campbell.

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17400 items.

The records of Executive Director Courtney Siceloff are divided into two subseries: 1.1.1 Administrative Records, which document the administrative operations of Penn Community Services; and 1.1.2 United States Commission on Civil Rights, which includes Siceloff's records of the organization and its state advisory committees. Siceloff served as a regional consultant for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, overseeing the state advisory committees of southern states, and as secretary of the South Carolina Advisory Committee.

NOTE: Courtney Siceloff materials were originally filed with the Penn School Papers (#3615). They were transferred from that collection in August 2015 in order to be reunited with other Penn Community Services and Penn Center of the Sea Islands records. The subseries retain their order from the Penn School Papers with some new material added.

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15400 items.

Arrangement: chronological, then alphabetical by subject.

Material documenting administrative operations at Penn Community Services. Topics include Board of Trustees; Penn School campus properties; finances; rural community development; employment for conscientious objectors; fund-raising and other financial matters; food stamps; Head Start programming for disadvantaged preschool children; National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO); Peace Corps training for volunteers preparing to serve in Botswana; integrated education; leadership identification and training; sensitivity training; and continuing contact with supporters, especially New York alumni of the Penn School and the American Friends Service Committee. Also of note is a guest book with a record of individuals and organizations who visited Penn's campus. Beginning in 1955, Penn hosted meetings of biracial groups from South Carolina and elsewhere in the South because it was one of the few integrated facilities available until after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

NOTE: Related material from 1948 and 1949 is filed with the Penn School Papers (#3615). See Penn School folders 214-226 for administrative materials that document the Board of Trustees' decision to close the Penn School and reconstitute itself as Penn Community Services. See Penn School folders 319-320, 327-330, 401-404 for financial materials that overlap between the Penn School and Penn Community Services. See Penn School folders 451-452 for annual reports. See Penn School folders 441-442 for miscellaneous printed items. See Penn School folder 425 for newspaper clippings. Many of these folders have been digitized and are available online.

Folder 1

January-September 1950

Folder 2

October-December 1950

Folder 3

January-October 1951

Folder 4

November-December 1951

Folder 5

1952

Folder 6

1953

Folder 7

1954

Folder 8

1955-1956

Folder 9

1957-1958

Folder 10

1959

Folder 11

1960

Folder 12

1960

Folder 13

1961

Folder 14

1962-1966

Oversize Volume SV-5539/1

"A Scrapbook of Yester Years at Penn and Community Life on the Island," 1910s-1920s, 1959

Images depict activities and celebrations at the Penn School in the early twentieth century and the campus and surrounding environs, including marshes, tides, and devastation inflicted by Hurricane Gracie in 1959. There are also portraits and newspaper clippings. Materials were selected and described in captions by Penn Center staff during the 1960s or 1970s. Most of these images are duplicates of photographs in the Penn School Papers (#3615).

Folder 15

Addresses

Folder 16

Addresses: New York alumni, 1965-1966

Folder 17

American Friends Service Committee, 1952-1968

Folder 18

Anti-Communist Operations, 1961-1964

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5539/1

Anti-Communist Operations: "Autopsy on Operation Abolition"

Poster advertisement for film on San Francisco riots.

Folder 19

Beaufort County (S.C.) statistics, 1960

Folder 20

Beaufort County (S.C.) study, 1960

Folder 21

Board of Trustees, 1952, 1957, 1959-1960, 1969

Folder 22

Board of Trustees: Abrahamson, Julia, 1959

Folder 23

Board of Trustees: Aull, Dr. George H., 1959-1961

Folder 24

Board of Trustees: Barrington, Clyde, 1960-1961

Folder 25

Board of Trustees: Bell, B. Tartt, 1959-1963

Folder 26

Board of Trustees: Cadbury, William E., 1962-1964

Folder 27

Board of Trustees: Campbell, Rev. Will D., 1960-1964

Folder 28

Board of Trustees: Cope, Margaret (Mrs. Francis R. Cope Jr.), 1962

Folder 29

Board of Trustees: Correspondence, minutes, directory, 1966-1970

Folder 30

Board of Trustees: Curtis, Isabella, 1952-1961

Folder 31

Board of Trustees: Dargan, E. E., 1966-1968

Folder 32

Board of Trustees: Gadson, John, 1968

Folder 33

Board of Trustees: Gardner, Willis, 1965

Folder 34

Board of Trustees: House, Grace B., 1960-1965

Folder 35

Board of Trustees: Jenks, Edward N., 1959-1962

Folder 36

Board of Trustees: Mailing list for Thermo-Fax labels, 1967

Folder 37

Board of Trustees: McCaughny, Phoebe, 1967-1968

Folder 38

Board of Trustees: McChesney, Donald S., 1960-1964

Folder 39

Board of Trustees: Memorandum, 1959, 1963-1964, 1966

Folder 40

Board of Trustees: Moore, J. Floyd, 1961-1964

Folder 41

Board of Trustees: Newhall, Carolina (Mrs. George J. Newhall), 1967-1968

Folder 42

Board of Trustees: Program Advisory Committee, 1959-1968

Folder 43

Board of Trustees: Program Advisory Committee, 1959-1968

Folder 44

Board of Trustees: Program Advisory Committee: Directory, 1959

Folder 45

Board of Trustees: Reid, Dr. Ira De A., 1950-1962

Folder 46

Board of Trustees: Reports and other material, 1963-1964

Folder 47

Board of Trustees: Sanders, Margaret Macdonald (Mrs. Edward G. Sanders), undated

Folder 48

Board of Trustees: Sharpe, Rev. Mack E., undated

Folder 49

Board of Trustees: Tobias, Rowena W. (Mrs. Thomas J. Tobias), 1965-1969

Folder 50-51

Folder 50

Folder 51

Board of Trustees: Wood, Rev. Cornelius A. Jr., 1961-1967

Folder 52-55

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Folder 55

Board of Trustees: Wright, Marion A., 1951-1963

Extensive correspondence about Penn Center programs, finances, fund-raising through foundations, and future directions; also includes addresses by Marion A. Wright, a report titled "Public Accommodations: A National Issue as Met by One Southern City."

Folder 56

Browne, Leroy, 1960, 1962, 1968

Letter and proclamation regarding Browne's public service as a Beaufort County director from St. Helena; letter in recognition of Browne's election as a Democratic party delegate to the South Carolina state convention.

Folder 57

Buildings and paintings, 1958

Description of campus buildings and artwork written by Grace House.

Folder 58

Child Development Program, 1969-1976

Folder 59

Citizen's Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition, 1967-1969

Folder 60

Community Development Leaders, 1969

Folder 61

Community Development Project: Evaluation, 1969

Folder 62

Community Development Project: Quarterly Reports, 1963-1964

Folder 63

Employment for conscientious objectors, 1957-1971

Folder 64

Farmers Home Administration loan, 1966-1967, 1971

Folder 65

"Federal Programs to Promote Employment and Development in Rural Communities," 1963

Folder 66

File guides, 1980

Folder 67

Financial: Charitable Solicitation Registration, 1960-1963

Folder 68

Financial: New York State Board of Social Welfare: Annual reports, 1957-1966

Folder 69

Financial: New York State Board of Social Welfare: Annual reports, 1967-1976

Folder 70

Financial: Olivia E. P. Stokes Church Fund, 1926-1941, 1962

Folder 71

Financial: Savings account: Invoices and receipts, 1964-1969

Folder 72

Financial: Scholarship funds information, 1960-1968

Folder 73

Financial: Summary Statements of Receipts and Disbursements, 1949-1951

Folder 74

Financial: Canceled checks, 1952

Folder 75

Financial: Correspondence, statements, receipts, 1952

Folder 76

Financial: Correspondence, statements, 1952

Folder 77

Financial: Canceled checks, 1953

Folder 78

Financial: Correspondence, 1953

Folder 79

Financial: Correspondence, statements, 1953

Folder 80

Financial: Summary statements, receipts, 1953

Folder 81

Financial: Canceled checks, 1954

Folder 82

Financial: Correspondence, 1954

Folder 83

Financial: Correspondence, meeting minutes, 1954

Folder 84

Financial: Statements, receipts, 1954

Folder 85

Financial: Canceled checks, 1955

Folder 86

Financial: Correspondence, 1955

Folder 87

Financial: Annual statements, 1955

Folder 88

Financial: Statements, 1955

Folder 89

Financial: Summary statements, 1955

Folder 90

Financial: Duplicate receipts volume, 1955-1958

Folder 91

Financial: Canceled checks, 1956

Folder 92

Financial: Correspondence, 1956

Folder 93

Financial: Statements, 1956

Folder 94

Financial: Summary statements, inventory, 1956

Folder 95

Financial: Canceled checks, 1957

Folder 96-97

Folder 96

Folder 97

Financial: Correspondence, 1957

Folder 98

Financial: Statements, 1957

Folder 99

Financial: Summary statements, 1957

Folder 100

Financial: Cash statements, 1957-1959

Folder 101

Financial: Canceled checks, 1958

Folder 102

Financial: Correspondence, 1958

Folder 103

Financial: Statements, 1958

Folder 104

Financial: Statements, summary statements, 1958

Folder 105

Financial: Canceled checks, 1960

Folder 106

Financial: Check stubs, 1960

Folder 107

Financial: Correspondence, 1960

Folder 108-109

Folder 108

Folder 109

Financial: Statements, 1960

Folder 110

Financial: Summary statements, 1960

Folder 111

Financial: Ledger, 1960-1961

Folder 112

Financial: Check stubs, 1960-1967

Folder 113

Financial: Canceled checks, 1961

Folder 114

Financial: Cash statements, 1961

Folder 115

Financial: Correspondence, 1961

Folder 116

Financial: Statements, 1961

Folder 117

Financial: Summary statements, 1961

Folder 118

Financial: Deposit slips, budget, 1961-1962

Folder 119

Financial: Ledger, 1961-1962

Folder 120

Financial: Canceled checks, April 1962

Folder 121-129

Folder 121

Folder 122

Folder 123

Folder 124

Folder 125

Folder 126

Folder 127

Folder 128

Folder 129

Financial: Receipts, 1962

Folder 130

Financial: Budgets, reports, 1963

Folder 131

Financial: Canceled checks, 1963

Folder 132

Financial: Cash statements, 1963

Folder 133

Financial: Contributors, 1963

Folder 134

Financial: Correspondence, receipts, 1963



Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/7

Financial: Correspondence, receipts, 1963

Workman's Compensation Act poster.

Folder 135-143

Folder 135

Folder 136

Folder 137

Folder 138

Folder 139

Folder 140

Folder 141

Folder 142

Folder 143

Financial: Receipts, 1963

Folder 144

Financial: Statements, 1963

Folder 145

Financial: Summary statements, 1963

Folder 146-149

Folder 146

Folder 147

Folder 148

Folder 149

Financial: Canceled checks, 1964

Folder 150-153

Folder 150

Folder 151

Folder 152

Folder 153

Financial: Receipts, 1964

Folder 154

Financial: Revenue slips, deposit slips, 1964

Folder 155-158

Folder 155

Folder 156

Folder 157

Folder 158

Financial: Canceled checks, 1965

Folder 159-168

Folder 159

Folder 160

Folder 161

Folder 162

Folder 163

Folder 164

Folder 165

Folder 166

Folder 167

Folder 168

Financial: Receipts, 1965

Folder 169

Financial: Revenue slips, deposit slips, 1965

Folder 170-172

Folder 170

Folder 171

Folder 172

Financial: Canceled checks, 1966

Folder 173

Financial: Loan information, 1966

Folder 174-188

Folder 174

Folder 175

Folder 176

Folder 177

Folder 178

Folder 179

Folder 180

Folder 181

Folder 182

Folder 183

Folder 184

Folder 185

Folder 186

Folder 187

Folder 188

Financial: Receipts, 1966

Folder 189

Financial: Canceled checks, 1967

Folder 190-197

Folder 190

Folder 191

Folder 192

Folder 193

Folder 194

Folder 195

Folder 196

Folder 197

Financial: Receipts, 1967

Folder 198-199

Folder 198

Folder 199

Financial: Receipts, 1968

Folder 200

Financial: Receipts and expense reports, 1968

Folder 201-215

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Folder 202

Folder 203

Folder 204

Folder 205

Folder 206

Folder 207

Folder 208

Folder 209

Folder 210

Folder 211

Folder 212

Folder 213

Folder 214

Folder 215

Financial: Receipts, 1968

Folder 216

Financial: Canceled checks, 1969

Folder 217-222

Folder 217

Folder 218

Folder 219

Folder 220

Folder 221

Folder 222

Financial: Receipts, 1969

Folder 223

Financial: Receipts, 1969

Folder 224

Financial: Canceled checks, 1970

Folder 225-226

Folder 225

Folder 226

Financial: Receipts, 1970

Folder 227

Financial: Canceled checks, 1971

Folder 228

Financial: Tax Information, 1948-1951

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 229

Financial: Tax Information, 1952-1953

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 230

Financial: Tax Information, 1953-1975

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 231

Financial: Tax Information, 1953-1975

Closed until 2047.Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 232

Financial: Tax Information, 1954

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 233

Financial: Tax Information, 1955-1957

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 234

Financial: Tax Information, 1960-1977

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 235

Financial: Tax Information, 1960-1977

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 236

Financial: Tax Information, 1958, 1960

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 237

Financial: Tax Information, 1960-1963

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 238

Financial: Tax Information, 1961

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 239

Financial: Tax Information, 1961

Closed until 2047. Please contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu for information about gaining access to redacted copies of these documents.

Folder 240

Food stamp pilot program, Beaufort and Jasper Counties, S.C., 1969

Folder 241

Foundations: Correspondence, 1959-1974

Folder 242

Gould Farm, 1960-1962

Folder 243

G.R.I.P., 1967

Brief meeting minutes for a group that seemed to be organizing for boycotts and protests.

Folder 244

Guest book, 1955-1964

Names of attendees at conferences, workshops, meetings, and other activities held at Penn Community Center. Groups include Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Midwife Institute, South Carolina Council on Human Relations, Baha'i, NAACP, Palmetto Education Association, Voter Education, Southern Rural Conference.

See Penn School Papers (#3615), folder 65b, for guest book dated to 1964.

Folder 245-269

Folder 245

Folder 246

Folder 247

Folder 248

Folder 249

Folder 250

Folder 251

Folder 252

Folder 253

Folder 254

Folder 255

Folder 256

Folder 257

Folder 258

Folder 259

Folder 260

Folder 261

Folder 262

Folder 263

Folder 264

Folder 265

Folder 266

Folder 267

Folder 268

Folder 269

Head Start Program, 1965

In 1965, Penn Community Services was one of the first organizations to help administer the Head Start Program, a national program devoted to the needs of disadvantaged preschool children.

Folder 270

Heart Fund Campaign, S.C. Heart Association, 1964

Folder 271

Highlander Research and Education Center, Highlander Folk School, 1955-1970

Folder 272

House, Grace, 1961, 1965

Folder 273

Karamu House, 1951, 1964

Folder 274

King, Lillie R.: Teacher training course materials, 1953

Folder 275

Laura M. Towne Library: Book inventory

Related materials from other years can be found in Series 2.2. Agnes Sherman (folders 839-844), Series 2.6. Veronica Gerald (folders 1374-1376), Series 2.10. General files (folder 1593).

Folder 276

Laura M. Towne Library: Circulation Reports, 1965-1967

Folder 277

Laws on wages, 1962-1967

Folder 278-279

Folder 278

Folder 279

National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO), 1957-1970

Folder 280

Negro spirituals requests, 1956-1965

Folder 281

Nominating Committee: Letters, memoranda, minutes, 1960-1978

Folder 282-283

Folder 282

Folder 283

Peace Corps training: Botswana: Administrative information, 1968

Folder 284

Peace Corps training: Botswana: Applicants, 1968

Folder 285-286

Folder 285

Folder 286

Peace Corps training: Botswana: Community development, 1968

Folder 287

Peace Corps training: Botswana: Directory, language lessons, 1968

Folder 288

Peace Corps training: Botswana: Evaluations, 1968

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5539/1

Peace Corps training: Botswana: Map, 1966

Annotated with "X" marks.

Folder 289

Peace Corps training: Northern Rhodesia information, 1961

Folder 290

Pendle Hill, A Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation, 1961-1964

Digital Folder DF-5539/5

Penn Center: Archival description of documents from Courtney Siceloff Administration, 2001

Acquisitions Information: Acc. 103527.

Folder 291

Penn Centennial, 1962

Folder 292

Pensions, 1952-1968

Folder 293

Program Review Committee: Minutes, program information, 1963-1974

Folder 294

Pilot Project: Fieldworker Quarterly Report, 1961

Community development project to identify potential community leaders, assess community characteristics and needs.

Folder 295

Program Review Committee: Memoranda, notes, proposals, 1963-1975

Folder 296

Properties: Air conditioning, 1960-1961

Folder 297

Properties: Darrah Hall, 1967-1969

Folder 298

Properties: Forest Farmer, March 1962

Folder 299-300

Folder 299

Folder 300

Properties: Forestry correspondence, policies, 1944-1968

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/8

Properties: Forestry correspondence, policies, 1944-1968

Hand-drawn map of Penn forest land adjacent to campus.

Folder 301

Properties: Forestry printed materials, property appraisal, 1951-1963

Folder 302

Properties: Forestry printed materials, 1952-1963

Folder 303

Properties: Pest control, 1952-1968

Folder 304

Property Committee: Minutes, letters, 1953-1976

Folder 305

"Public Parks and Recreational Facilities: A Study in Transition," 1963

Folder 306

Putney Graduate School of Teacher Education, 1952-1964

Folder 307

Sensitivity training, 1968

Folder 308

South Carolina area trade schools, 1959-1963

Folder 309

"South Carolinian Cities Meet the Challenge," 1 August 1963

Folder 310

Southern Regional Council, 1958-1972

Folder 311

Southern Regional Education Board, 1960, 1964

Folder 312

Southern Student Project: Pamphlets, correspondence, 1963-1966

Pilot program for integrated education organized by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). The program sponsored southern students who lived with northern host families and attended integrated schools.

Folder 313

Technical Education Centers; Red Cross; Quaker House, 1961-1964

Folder 314

Washington Research Project; Rural community development, 1969-1978

Folder 315

Workshops, 1962-1963

Folder 316

Wright, Lottye, 1961

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2000 items.

The United States Commission on Civil Rights was created under the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This agency was supported by advisory committees in every state that reported on discriminatory practices found within their states and provided advice and assistance to victims of discrimination seeking to participate in hearings. The South Carolina Advisory Committee was established in 1959. Courtney Siceloff served as secretary for the South Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and as regional consultant, overseeing the state advisory committees of southern states.

Material includes correspondence, reports, pamphlets, notes, minutes, and clippings related to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and its state advisory committees, especially the South Carolina Advisory Committee. Correspondents include members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, including A. H. Rosenfeld Jr., Cornelius P. Cotten, Peter M. Sussman, and chair of the South Carolina Advisory Committee, E. R. McIver. Included is information on specific cases brought to the South Carolina Advisory Committee, with statements from people involved in cases including public officials and alleged victims of police mistreatment and employment discrimination. Information gathered by the state advisory committees pertains to poverty, education, school integration, housing discrimination, urban renewal, employment practices, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and discrimination in hospitals and healthcare facilities.

Also included is material related to the event known as the Orangeburg Massacre on 8 February 1968 in Orangeburg, S.C.. There, a student-led demonstration against segregation ended with three students shot dead and others injured by police officers. Material related to the Mississippi Advisory Committee includes a copy of a letter from U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy concerning the Department of Justice's litigation against Mississippi and several of its public officials.

Folder 317

Administrative correspondence with United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1961-1967

Includes pamphlets.

Folder 318-319

Folder 318

Folder 319

Discrimination in schools: Florida, Alabama, Virginia, Mississippi, 1962-1966

Folder 320

Field Services Division, Federal Programs Division, 1966-1968

Folder 321

Pamphlet, rules, regulations, 1957-1967

Folder 322

Regional Conference on Race and Education, 1966-1967

Folder 323

Survey, Tennessee and South Carolina, 1965-1966

Folder 324

Southern State Advisory Committee: Memorandum, conference information, 1968

Folder 325

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, 1957-1959

Folder 326

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, 1960

Folder 327

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, 1960-1961

Folder 328

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, February-August 1961

Folder 329

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, September-December 1961

Folder 330

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Abraham Williams, 1961-1962

Case of police brutality against black man who was visiting family for Christmas.

Folder 331-332

Folder 331

Folder 332

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, January-October 1962

Folder 333-334

Folder 333

Folder 334

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, 1963

Folder 335

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Complaints against Judge J. Wilbur Hicks, Greenville, S.C., 1963

Folder 336

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Discrimination in Hospitals and Health Facilities, 1962-1963

Folder 337

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Orangeburg, S.C., 1963

Folder 338-339

Folder 338

Folder 339

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, 1964

Folder 340

South Carolina State Advisory Committee, 1965

Folder 341

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Clippings and other related materials, 1959-1967

Folder 342

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Columbia, S.C., survey; National Association for the Preservation of White People; Interviews, 1963-1964

Folder 343

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Discrimination cases, 1962-1967

Includes Columbia, S.C, school system.

Folder 344

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Equal Employment Opportunity, job discrimination, 1965-1967

Folder 345-346

Folder 345

Folder 346

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, 1967-1970

Folder 347

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Meeting schedules, memoranda, minutes, reports, 1961-1967

Folder 348-349

Folder 348

Folder 349

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Member appointments and resignations, minutes, 1962-1969

Folder 350

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Orangeburg, S.C.: Orangeburg Massacre, 1968

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5539/1

South Carolina State Advisory Committee: Orangeburg, S.C.: Orangeburg Massacre, 17 February 1968

Coverage of protest and police violence in The Afro-American.

Folder 351

Alabama State Advisory Committee, 1963-1967

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5539/1

Alabama State Advisory Committee: "Public Safety Committee Report," 13 February 1964

Poster with results of questionnaire sent to city officials and chiefs of police of several southern cities and "General remarks concerning the study of the use of Negro policemen by the City Council Committee on Public Safety, Health, and Education."

Folder 352

Florida State Advisory Committee, 1962-1966

Folder 353

Florida State Advisory Committee: St. Augustine, 1963-1966

Folder 354

Georgia State Advisory Committee, 1962-1966

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5539/1

Georgia State Advisory Committee: Map of Georgia (Counties and Towns), 1960

Some cities circled or underlined.

Folder 355

Mississippi State Advisory Committee, 1962-1966

Includes a copy of a letter, 15 December 1962, from U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to John A. Hannah, chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, concerning the Department of Justice's litigation against Mississippi and several of its public officials. Kennedy requested that the Mississippi Advisory Committee cease its public hearings while the litigation was under way.

Folder 356

North Carolina State Advisory Committee, 1963-1965

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2000 items.

Arrangement: chronological then alphabetical by subject.

Materials documenting administrative operations and cultural heritage activities of Penn Community Services. Of note are the Community Development Project reports, Black Land Services reports, and Board of Trustees communications. Other topics include the lawsuit over underpayment of wages for work performed by conscientious objectors at Penn, organizational policies, and an evaluation of Penn by external reviewers.

NOTE: These two executive directors served comparatively short tenures as executive directors. Their file groupings were not individually distinguishable and have been preserved in the order they were received with few modifications to file names to promote clarity and searchability.

Folder 357

1970-1971

Correspondence with the Field Foundation, memoranda on black land ownership and economic development.

Folder 358

1973

Executive director's report, financial reports, Rural Leaders' Strategy Conference, black land program statement.

Folder 359

1974-1976

Executive director's report, Black Land Conference, Field Foundation proposal on the Black Land Program.

Folder 360

Annual report, 1974

Folder 361

Annual report, 1976-1977

Folder 362

Black Land Services, 1971-1977

Black Land Manual: Got Land Problems?, annual report, correspondence, background materials.

Folder 363

Black Land Services: Field Foundation proposal, 1974

Folder 364

Board of Trustees, 1970

Folder 365

Board of Trustees, 1970s

Director's reports, field visit report, project report on the Beaufort-Jasper Community Development Program, strategic planning for the 1970s.

Folder 366

Board of Trustees: Annual report, 1979

Folder 367

Board of Trustees: Blake, Herman, 1973

Folder 368

Board of Trustees: Directories, 1970s

Folder 369

Board of Trustees: McGuire, Robert, 1970

Folder 370

Board of Trustees: Meetings, 1973-1974

Folder 371

Board of Trustees: Meetings, 1978

Program evaluation and planning recommendations, minutes.

Folder 372-373

Folder 372

Folder 373

Clippings, 1970s

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/4

Clippings, 1970s

Folder 374

Clippings: Hunger, 1970

Folder 375

Community Development Program, 1973-1974

Folder 376

Community Development Program: Beaufort-Jasper, 1970

Folder 377

Conscientious objectors court suit, 1967-1975

Correspondence and legal documents concerning the case.

Folder 378

Correspondence, 1977

Topics include orientation of newcomers to Penn, reproductions of Penn photographs, and artist-in-residence.

Folder 379

Cultural Program: Objectives, One Giant Step

Folder 380

Emancipation Day, 1974

"The Black Church's Outreach," by Rev. M. Newton, Brick Baptist Church, St. Helena Island, S.C.

Folder 381

Evaluation of Penn Community Services, 1969-1975

Report of external review committee.

Folder 382

Executive Director's reports, 1972-1973

Folder 383

Financial statements, 1970-1972

Folder 384

Financial statements, 1972-1973

Folder 385-386

Folder 385

Folder 386

Financial statements, 1974

Folder 387

Financial statements, 1975-1976

Folder 388

Financial statements, 1977-1979

Folder 389

Financial statements, 1979-1980

Folder 390

Gadson, John W.: Biography

Folder 391-396

Folder 391

Folder 392

Folder 393

Folder 394

Folder 395

Folder 396

Hudson, Ozell, 1975

Black Land Program goals and related materials, legal concerns, conference center, youth development and educational philosophy of Penn Center, child care system, proposal for the 1970s.

Folder 397

Memorandum, 1976-1977

Topics include job corps center, personnel committee, and government contracts committee.

Folder 398

National Historic Landmark, 1977

Site review report.

Folder 399

Needs assessments, 1976

For maintenance, legal, nursery, conference center, cafeteria, Black Land Services, bookkeeping, and Cultural Program departments.

Folder 400

Nightclub and restaurants (Assistance organization), 1973

Marketing materials for the consulting firm Associated Management, Inc.

Folder 401

Penn School: Printed materials

Copy of Welcome to Penn's Cultural Center: Site of the First School for Freed Blacks in the South .

Folder 402

Penn School: 115th anniversary, 1977

Copy of In Retrospect of Penn School, 1862-1977.

Folder 403

Rhodes plan, 1977

Proposal for a study of the history of Penn.

Folder 404

Standard Operating Policies, 1975

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5500 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Materials documenting administrative operations and cultural heritage activities of Penn Center. Topics include Penn Center's Family Land Use Education program; land use and environmental and cultural preservation; historic preservation of buildings on campus; organizational strategic planning and personnel policies; the Penn School for Preservation for training community leaders; the nurturing of a Gullah studies relationship with Sierra Leone; collaboration among South Carolina low country cultural heritage organizations and education agencies; Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE); and History and Culture programming, including special events, such as Heritage Days, Black History Month, and Emancipation Proclamation celebrations at Camp Saxton (John Joiner Plantation, Port Royal, S.C.). Materials include correspondence, reports, grant applications, clippings, printed materials, photographs, and writings by others.

Folder 405

4H, 1989

Invitation to camp.

Folder 406

African American Museum Association, 1987-1990

Includes notes for a presentation on history of York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 407

Agricultural Development Workers Training Center, 1982

Folder 408

Approval: Use of photographs, 1986-1997

Permissions.

Folder 409

Audit, 1982

Folder 410

Basket Making Project

Folder 411

Beaufort County: Arts in the Basic Curriculum Advisory Commission, 1990

Folder 412-414

Folder 412

Folder 413

Folder 414

Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South Oral History Project: St. Helena, S.C., and environs, 1994

Interview agreements for individuals who participated in the project.

Folder 415

Bert and Mary Meyer Foundation, 1990

"Land of the Gullah People" conference materials, including information on Boggs Rural Life Center.

Folder 416

Black church and health promotion, 1988

Fund-raising letter for the conference center.

Folder 417

Black History Month, 1989-1990, 1994

Folder 418

Black history programs, 1988-1990

Folder 419

Blockson, Charles, 1988, 1990

Folder 420-423

Folder 420

Folder 421

Folder 422

Folder 423

Board of Trustees, 1996-2000

Minutes and reports.

Folder 424-425

Folder 424

Folder 425

Board of Trustees: Executive Committee, 2000

Folder 426

Board of Trustees: Retreat, 2001

Presentation on responsible fiscal management.

Folder 427

Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, 1991

Folder 428

Building restoration plans, 2000

List of buildings, repairs required, and anticipated cost and impact for each project.

Folder 429

Business consultant, 1995-1996

Recommendations for professionalizing History and Culture's services for visitors and researchers.

Folder 430

Byers, CeCe, 1979-1983

Folder 431-433

Folder 431

Folder 432

Folder 433

Camp Saxton, 1994-1997

Relating to the Emancipation Proclamation program at John Joiner Plantation, Port Royal, S.C.

Folder 434

Campbell, Emory: Biographical materials and writings

Also includes writings and letters of congratulations for appointment as director of Penn Center in 1980.

Folder 435

Car rental (form)

Folder 436

Chicora Foundation, 1986-1990

Folder 437

Chinyelu, Mamadou, 1987-1988

Folder 438-440

Folder 438

Folder 439

Folder 440

Clippings, 1980s-1990s

Folder 441

Collaborative Organization of Services for Youth, 1997, 2000

Notes on ABC voucher system and meeting notes.

Folder 442

Columbia College, 1988

Folder 443

Community Sing

Announcements.

Folder 444

Conference centers, 1996

Folder 445

Consultant and contract labor invoice form

Folder 446

Contact list

Folder 447

Cookbook information, 1987, 1989

Folder 448

Cookbooks, inquiries for, 1989

Folder 449

Correspondence, 1981-1985

Concerning visitors, artists, dance and musical performances, exhibits, publications, researchers, and other cultural institutions; includes correspondence of both Emory Campbell and Vanessa Thaxton, Director of History and Culture.

Folder 450

Correspondence, 1986-1988

Folder 451-453

Folder 451

Folder 452

Folder 453

Correspondence, 1989

Folder 454

Correspondence, 1990

Folder 455

Correspondence, 1991

Folder 456

Correspondence, 1992

Folder 457-458

Folder 457

Folder 458

Correspondence, 1993

Folder 459

Correspondence, 1994-1995

Folder 460

Correspondence, 1996-1999

Folder 461

Correspondence, 2000-2002

Folder 462

Correspondence: Letters from Visitors (to Emory Campbell), 1995

Folder 463

Creel, Margaret Washington, 1987

Folder 464

Cross Cultural Training Program, 1997

Folder 465-466

Folder 465

Folder 466

Cultural information, 1980-1987

Chiefly correspondence with artists, researchers, other cultural institutions.

Folder 467

Cultural Protection Overlay Project, 1996

Folder 468

Cultural Visions Project, 1993-1994

Reports of activities funded by South Carolina Arts Commission grant.

Folder 469

Data collection for service programs, 1999

Memorandum to Board of Trustees.

Folder 470

Davis, Gerald, 1988

Audit report of the heritage celebration submitted to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folk Arts Program, and related correspondence.

Folder 471

deLara, Moneese, 2000

Folder 472

"Demographic Profile of the African American Population of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands," 1994

A study commissioned by and conducted under the auspices of the Penn Center.

Folder 473

Dexter, Arthur H., 1988

Correspondence and booklet of free verse poetry, Sea Island Soul.

Folder 474

Early Childhood Program, 1999

Memorandum to Board of Trustees.

Folder 475-476

Folder 475

Folder 476

"Education for Freedom": National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant application

Folder 477

"Education for Freedom": National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) correspondence

Folder 478

"Education for Freedom": Planning grant committee, 1993-1996

Folder 479

Elder Hostel, 1989, 2002

Includes a proposal for a Gullah Institute.

Folder 480

Elder Hostel: Slide presentation

Folder 481

Employee information, 1987-1991

Includes welcome letters, cafeteria work schedules, policy memoranda

Folder 482

Employment applications

Folder 483

Family Land Use Education Program, 1988

Program narrative on demonstration farm accomplishments and strategic planning for education and training of limited resource landowners.

Folder 484

Fax cover sheets

Folder 485

Feasibility Study, 1981

"Use Feasibility Study and Final Report for Penn Historic District, St. Helena Island, S.C.," produced with assistance of Economic Development Administration grant of the Division of Community and Intergovernmental Affairs, State of South Carolina. Includes a site analysis, conditions report for each building, rehabilitation plans.

Folder 486

Financial materials, 1995-1996

Folder 487-490

Folder 487

Folder 488

Folder 489

Folder 490

Financial statements, 1981-1988

Folder 491

Folk Arts Program, 1988-1990

Includes audit report of the heritage celebration submitted to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folk Arts Program, and related correspondence and other materials.

Folder 492

Folk life, 2000

Chiefly materials relating to Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis Symposium.

Folder 493

Ford Foundation grant, 1997

Narrative report for "Education for Freedom" grant.

Folder 494

Foxfire education philosophy

Published and unpublished explanatory materials.

Folder 495

Foxfire teacher outreach

Folder 496

"The Freedmen's Bureau in South Carolina, 1865-1872," 1967

Photocopy.

Folder 497

"Frogmore" post office renamed, 1988

Correspondence, clippings, and fact sheet relating to efforts to rename the local post office as United States Post Office, St. Helena Island, S.C.

Folder 498

Gambia, visitor from, 1986

Itinerary and related materials for Sheikh Tejan Nyang, head of the marketing department in the Ministry of Tourism, Banjul, Republic of Gambia.

Folder 499

General Commission on Religion and Race of the United Methodist Church, 1986-1987

Folder 500

Golf Classic, 1995

Folder 501

Golf Classic, 1996

Folder 502

Governor's Award for Historic Preservation nomination, 1999

Folder 503

Grant agencies, 1987

Folder 504

Grants: Arts Council for Northern Beaufort County, 1994

Grant seeking support for 14th annual Heritage Days celebration.

Folder 505

Grants: Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society, Philadelphia, Pa., 1991

Folder 506

Grants: Proposals and drafts, 1988, 1999, 2001

Folder 507

Green, Jonathan, 1989-1990, 1992, 1998

Correspondence about exhibits and other topics.

See also Vanessa Thaxton: Exhibits: Green, Jonathan.

Folder 508

"The Green" beautification, 1988

Folder 509

Greene, Vanessa, 1986-1987

Folksong preservation project and fund-raising.

Folder 510

Group tour reservations

Forms.

Folder 511

Gullah Culture Festival, 1988-1990

Folder 512

Hands Across America, 1987

Folder 513

Heritage Center at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1989

Correspondence relating to a visit and presentation by Emory Campbell.

Folder 514

Highway 21, 1996

Folder 515

Hilton Head Island, 1983-1985

Retention and development of minority land ownership, rural water and sewer systems, Squire Pope Water Project, Voting Rights Act and Hilton Head Incorporation. Emory Campbell served as chair of the Water District.

Folder 516

Historic preservation proposal and foundations, 1986-1990

Folder 517

History and Culture: Work plan, 1996-1998

Strategic work planning materials.

Folder 518

Holloway, Joseph, 1987-1990

Folder 519

Hough, Larry, 1985, 1987

Includes essay, "Sea Islands Plantations Being Reborn," by Emory Campbell.

Folder 520

Humanities Symposium, 1990

Presentations and other materials related to "My Soul Look Back and Wonder: Strengths of the Black Family" symposium.

Folder 521

Institute for Community Education and Training, 1988

Folder 522

Institutional Development Project, 1996

Schedule and process grid for strategic planning, fund-raising, business, fiscal accountability, staff development, computer systems, and telephone system.

Folder 523

Insurance

Folder 524

Interdenominational Theological Center, 1990

Visitors to the Penn Center.

Folder 525

Interns, 1990

Folder 526

Itineraries

For various visitors to Penn Center.

Folder 527

Jackson, Patricia, 1987

Materials relating to a book reception for When Roots Die.

Folder 528

Jacocks, Lucia, 1987

Folder 529

Joyner, Tom, 2000

Folder 530

Keener, Jack, 1986

Letter regarding demonstration farm and Limited Resource Farmers at Penn Center.

Folder 531

Kellogg Foundation, 1999-2000

Grant to revise An Island Treasure.

Folder 532

Korean Broadcasting System, 1997

Invoice and other materials relating to services provided by Penn Center to the Korean Broadcasting System to assist development of a documentary on Gullah culture.

Folder 533

Kyoto Seika University: Cross Cultural Field Study

Folder 534

Land, 1990, 1997

Printed materials on the Land Assistance Fund, rural poverty, future land use plan and maps.

Folder 535

Latimer, Alan, 1990

Letter regarding trip to Sierra Leone.

Folder 536

Leave request forms

Folder 537

Location Release, 1993

Maxi Priest video.

Folder 538

Long, Worth, 1988-1991

Relating to role as festival coordinator for tenth anniversary of Heritage Days.

Folder 539

Low Country Council of Governments: Tourism program

Folder 540

Low Country Heritage Tour, 1988-1989

Folder 541

Love, Velma, 1989

Folder 542

Mack, Harry, 1991

Folder 543

Mailing list

Folder 544

Maintenance

Work order form for buildings and grounds.

Folder 545

Martin Luther King Jr. Center

Release forms.

Folder 546

Mary Long's Yesteryear, 1988

Folder 547

McDomick, Joseph, 1990

Regarding employment on Land Education and Environment Program

Folder 548

McFadden, John, 1987

Folder 549

Memorial Day, 1989

Folder 550

Michigan Support Group, 1993

Program for "Goin' to the Lowlands II: Our Second Gullah Extravaganza."

Folder 551

Mileage voucher forms

Folder 552-553

Folder 552

Folder 553

Miscellaneous

Includes a statement "Why Penn Heritage Celebration."

Folder 554

Momah, Joseph Saidu, 1989

Visit to Penn Center by president of Sierra Leone.

See also South Carolina State College.

Folder 555

"Multicultural Project at the Technical College of the Lowcountry," 1991

Folder 556

Museum of the Confederacy, 1991

Folder 557

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): South Carolina Conference, 1982-1983, 1992-1993

Invitation to meet at the Penn Center; copies of letters relating to a 1992 incident at the Walmart in Beaufort, S.C., in which a young African American male and others were prevented from entering the store; voter registration goals.

Folder 558

National Endowment for the Arts: Expansion Arts Grant, 1992, 1995

Folder 559

National Endowment for the Arts: Expansion Arts Grant, 1992, 1995

Folder 560

National Endowment for the Humanities: Challenge Grant, 1991-1997

Folder 561

National Endowment for the Humanities: Challenge Grant, 1993-2001

Application and related reporting correspondence for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for restoration of museum building and establishment of an endowment fund.

Folder 562

National Festival of Black Storytelling, 1989, 1991

Includes Volume II, Number 4 issue of Association of Black Storytellers newsletter.

Folder 563

National Historic Landmark Status Report

Forms describing conditions of buildings, structures, and other landmarks on Penn's campus.

Folder 564-565

Folder 564

Folder 565

National Lawyers Guild Summer Projects, 1986

Materials relating to hiring for internship at Penn on black land ownership.

Folder 566

National Register of Historic Places, 1974-1975, 1988

Nomination forms for properties on St. Helena's Island; preservation conference; historic preservation bill in South Carolina House of Representatives.

Folder 567

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1981

Correspondence and reports on survey and planning project grant.

Folder 568

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1989-1990

Correspondence concerning Penn property listings, tourism.

Folder 569

Needs assessment, 1997

Folder 570-571

Folder 570

Folder 571

Opala, Joseph, 1980-1999

Writings, materials relating to a visit to Penn Center.

Folder 572

Oral history workshop, 1985-1986

Folder 573-574

Folder 573

Folder 574

Organizational Development Committee, 1999-2000

Grant from Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation for self-study of Penn Center's organization and strategic planning.

Image Box 24

Osborne, Diane, 1990

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

Portraits from photography exhibit of unidentified African villagers. Some images are annotated.

Folder 575

Osborne, Diane, 1991

Proverbs, "Still Waters Run Deep" photography exhibit of Sea Islanders.

Image Box 22

Image Folder PF-5539/350

Osborne, Diane, 1991

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

Images from "Still Waters Run Deep" photography exhibit of Sea Islanders.

Folder 576

Pace, Lorenzo, 1997

African burial ground lecture at Heritage Days.

Folder 577

Pendergraft, Norman E., 1988

Gullah Life Reflections exhibition.

Folder 578

Penn Center: Miscellaneous overviews, 1980s-1990s

Chronology, programs, budgets.

Folder 579

Penn Center-University of South Carolina Partnership, 1991-1992

Partnership to address early childhood education, African American cultural preservation, adult literacy, continuing education, and renovation of Cope building through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.

See also the photograph album for 1996 (PA-5539/4).

Folder 580

Penn Community Club, 1988-1997

Folder 581-584

Folder 581

Folder 582

Folder 583

Folder 584

Penn School for Preservation, 1992-1994

Notes from a community meeting about Penn Center's role on St. Helena Island and Low Country, training materials for community leaders in program studying islands' history, coastal environmental issues, zoning and land use planning, economic development strategies that can help preserve the islands' environment and culture.

Folder 585

Perry, Cynthia, 1989

Historic preservation planning for Bunce Island, Sierra Leone.

Folder 586

Plair, Teresa

Folder 587

Preservation

Printed materials; includes the Directory of African-American Preservation Resources.

Folder 588

Preservation: Seminar, 1987

Correspondence and other materials related to conference at Penn Center "to develop plans which respond to environmental concerns, economic considerations, and respect for historical wealth and tradition."

Folder 589

Press releases, 1980s, 1992, 1999

Includes notice of cancellation of 1999 Heritage Days because of NAACP boycott of South Carolina tourism.

Folder 590-592

Folder 590

Folder 591

Folder 592

Printed materials, 1980s-1990s

Promotional materials for performances, exhibitions, camp; museum newsletter; proceedings of the "International Round Table on Africanisms in Afro-American Language Varieties."

Folder 593

Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE), 1980s

Includes an overview of and budget for the afterschool program.

Folder 594

Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE), 1990

Folder 595

Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE), 1999

Folder 596

Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE): Curriculum, 1980s, 1997

Teaching materials, worksheets, lesson plans.

Folder 597-602

Folder 597

Folder 598

Folder 599

Folder 600

Folder 601

Folder 602

Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE): Students

Academic work, evaluations, attendance charts of children in the afterschool program.

Folder 603

Properties to be sold for taxes not paid, 1988

Notices of sale for Beaufort County, S.C.

Folder 604

Purchase requisitions, 1997

Folder 605

Recording Academy grant, 1999

Letter of support from Joseph Opala for proposed Penn Center project to preserve recordings of Gullah music and storytelling.

Folder 606

Rededication ceremony, 1999

Program for celebration of renovation of Cope Building and York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 607

Rehabilitation project, 1993

Renovation of Cope and Frissell buildings.

Folder 608

Reiss, Tjark, 1988

Letter regarding artist Winold Reiss.

Folder 609

Resolutions, 1995

Folder 610

Resumes

Folder 611

Rodat, Robert: "The Patriot," 1999

Folder 612

Role of People's Institutions in Nurturing Community, 1990

Conference materials for Rural Consortium of Land-Based Institutions.

Folder 613

St. Helena Episcopal Church Tour of Homes, Beaufort, S.C., 1982, 1990

Folder 614

St. Helena Island Enterprise Community Strategic Plan, 1994

Application to support land use and environmental education on Sea Islands and to build on work of Penn School for Preservation and Sea Island Preservation Project.

Folder 615

Sea Island Peoples Conference, 1991

Land use, protection of coastal environment, and preservation of African American history and culture.

Folder 616

Sea Island Sports Club, 1987

Amateur boxing program to combat substance abuse in youth.

Folder 617

Sea Island translation team, 1987

Planning of a cultural exchange trip to Sierra Leone by Claude Sharpe and Pat Sharpe.

Folder 618

Sellers, William, 1988

Correspondence relating to consultant work on analyzing black land ownership on Sea Islands and developing a vision to preserve historical, cultural, and environmental elements.

Folder 619

Sherman, Agnes

Includes a black-and-white portrait.

Folder 620

Sherman, Harold, 1991

Clipping promoting a march staged by the St. Helena Island Citizens and Friends Multi-Cultural Substance Abuse Program.

Folder 621

Siceloff, Courtney, 1965, 1987, 1997, 2001

Photographs of Penn Community Services staff; letter concerning Penn archival materials; list of materials donated to York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 622

Sierra Leone: Gullah homecoming trip, 1989-1990

Includes correspondence, press releases, and other materials relating to the trip.

Folder 623

Sierra Leone: Miscellaneous

News from Sierra Leone Volume 4, Number 12 (Summer 1995).

Folder 624

Sierra Leone: Opala, Joseph

"Tourism in Sierra Leone: Past, Present, and the Future and Its Impact on Economic Growth."

Folder 625

Sierra Leone Cultural Organization, 1988-1989

Correspondence relating to planning of a visit to Penn Center.

Folder 626

Site release forms

Folder 627

"Slave Reparations Sought," 1991

Beaufort Gazette clipping.

Folder 628

Smalls-Thompson, Alfreda, 1991

Folder 629

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1990

Requests to use Penn materials.

Folder 630-632

Folder 630

Folder 631

Folder 632

South Carolina Arts Commission, 1982-1983, 1988-1990

Chiefly grant applications to support Heritage Days programming.

See also Cultural Visions Project.

Folder 633

South Carolina Arts Commission: Multicultural Arts Development Advisory Panel, 1989

Rural/Ethnic Initiative Grant.

Folder 634

South Carolina census data, 1990

Folder 635-637

Folder 635

Folder 636

Folder 637

South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1974-1999

Chiefly concerning historic preservation and renovation of Penn Center buildings.

Folder 638

South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, 1987-1991

Folder 639

South Carolina Educational Television, 1988-1990

Correspondence relating to Family Across the Sea, a documentary film about Gullah connections to Sierra Leone, and other productions.

Folder 640

South Carolina Federation of Museums, 1987-1991

Folder 641

South Carolina Festival Association, 1988-1990

Folder 642

South Carolina Humanities Council, 1988-1991, 2001

St. Helena photographic exhibit, conference, newsletters, letter about lost funding for Gullah Institute.

Folder 643

South Carolina State College, 1988-1990

Includes photographs of President of Sierra Leone Joseph S. Momoh's visit.

Folder 644-645

Folder 644

Folder 645

South Carolina State Museum, 1987-1990

Penn's role in documenting spirituals, travelling exhibitions.

Folder 646

South Carolina statewide survey site forms

Folder 647

Southern Arts Federation, 1979, 1988-1991

Chiefly printed arts guides.

Folder 648

Southern Association for Women Historians, 1987

Call for papers for first conference.

Folder 649

Southern Regional Council, 1990

Annual meeting with theme of rural poverty in the South.

Folder 650

Speares, Lillian, 1986

Correspondence relating to "Monument to the Unknown Slave" project.

Folder 651

Staff, 1996, 1998, 2000

Folder 652

Staff meetings, 2000

Folder 653

Sun City, 1998-1999

Folder 654

Sunshine Fund authorization form

Folder 655

Supervisory staff, 1996

Folder 656

Support groups

Folder 657

Tax exempt letter

Folder 658

Telephone systems

Folder 659-660

Folder 659

Folder 660

Thaxton, Vanessa, 1987-1991

Thank you notes, memoranda to and from Emory Campbell, chiefly regarding History and Culture programming

Folder 661

Thaxton, Vanessa: Interoffice memoranda, 1987-1988

Regarding History and Culture programming, maintenance of buildings, funding for archaeological work on Penn Center campus, exhibitions.

Folder 662

Training (National Park Service), 1991-1995

Folder 663

Trask Parkway, 1989

Correspondence, petitions, and meeting minutes relating to renaming of S.C. Highway 170 by the Beaufort County Joint Planning Commission of

Folder 664

Travel and tourism, 1987-1988

Materials relating to "Heritage Tourism: Exploitation or Education" conference presented by Partners for Livable Places.

Folder 665

Travel reporting requirements, 1997

Folder 666

Underground Railroad Study Project (National Park Service), 1990, 1992

Barbara Tagger, project historian.

Folder 667

"Visions of Color: A Benefit for Penn Center of the Sea Islands," 1993

Publicity materials for event sponsored by Artists of Color.

Folder 668

Visitor Thank Yous, 1993

Folder 669

Volunteers

Folder 670

Washington, Delo, 1983, 1988

Correspondence with Emory Campbell.

Folder 671

Website, 1996-1997

Correspondence with Southern Rural Development Initiative, Inc., regarding telecommunications and website development.

Folder 672

Werleigh, Claudette, 1988

Itinerary for visit, biographical materials.

Folder 673

Work plan and budget, 2001

Financial materials and narrative of problems and objectives for the year.

Folder 674

Work plans, 1996, 1998

History and Culture Program, Land Education and Environment Program, and Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment.

Folder 675-677

Folder 675

Folder 676

Folder 677

Working at Penn manual, 1995

Personnel policies and procedures manual.

Folder 678

Works in progress

Promotional and publicity materials for exhibits, symposiums, and other events.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 2. History and Culture, 1970-2012.

24000 items.

The Penn Center Cultural Program was established in 1971. The purpose of the program was "to awaken the people of the Sea Islands, especially St. Helena Island, to the history of the area and to the numerous cultural riches the area has. The program was also designed with the purpose of assisting the community in discovering and promoting community talents and native abilities" (PA-5539/3, "Pictures and Stories of Cultural Program").

Jane Sapp served as the Cultural Programs director from 1971 to 1973. Following Sapp's departure, Agnes Sherman, who had been director of the York W. Bailey Museum, became director of Cultural Programs and served in that capacity until 1979. Sometime after Emory Campbell took over as executive director of the Penn Center, the Cultural Programs office changed its name to History and Culture. Over the next two decades the History and Culture director position was sometimes vacant, which explains in part the extent of related materials found in Series 1.3 Emory Campbell.

The records in this series are arranged by History and Culture director or other related position within the unit, in order of their terms of service: 2.1 Director: Jane Sapp; 2.2 Director: Agnes Sherman; 2.3 Director Vanessa Thaxton; 2.4 Director Joseph McGill; 2.5 Curator: Darryl Murphy; 2.6 Director Veronica Gerald; 2.7. Public Program Coordinator: Tracye Stormer; 2.8. Acting Director Annette Teasdale; 2.9. Director: Rosalyn Browne. Subsequent subseries are composed of materials that seem to have been shared among History and Culture staff over many years: 2.10. General Files; 2.11. Artists and Performers; 2.12. Books; 2.13. Heritage Days; 2.14. Song Lyrics; 2.15. York W. Bailey Museum.

Materials document the work of the Cultural Program and History and Culture, especially administrative operations of the office and the museum; strategic planning; collaborative efforts with other cultural heritage organizations and agencies; and program planning for long-standing events, including the Labor Day program, Community Sings, the Mystery Play, Heritage Days, Black History Month, Emancipation Proclamation and Watch Night planning. Other topics include Peace Corps training at Penn, campus building conditions, the development of the "Education for Freedom" exhibit on Penn School and Penn Center history; and Gullah and Sea Island history and culture.

Materials include correspondence with the board of trustees, community members, artists, performers, visitors to Penn, and others; reports and grant proposals; clippings and printed materials; and song lyrics.

NOTE: Researchers are advised to search for related materials across all series in the collection as topics frequently carry over from one staff member to the next and across formats.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Jane Sapp, 1971-1972.

200 items.

Materials include correspondence and transcripts of interviews that may have been conducted by Cultural Programs staff as part of Family Union Day. Jane Sapp's correspondence concerns cultural programs planning and includes form letters to committee members, requests for publications from publishers, and letters to incoming interns with the Black Land Project. Subject files originally created by Jane Sapp can be found in Series 2.2 Agnes Sherman.

Folder 679

Correspondence, 1971

Folder 680

Correspondence, 1972

Folder 681

Interview lists

Folder 682

Interviews: Alston, Jerry

Folder 683

Interviews: Bradley, Amanda, 1971

Folder 684

Interviews: Cohen, Ezekiel, 1971

Folder 685

Interviews: Gadsen, Sam

Folder 686

Interviews: Glenn, Isabella

Folder 687

Interviews: Grant, Reverend David, 1972

Folder 688

Interviews: Grant, Mary

Folder 689

Interviews: Green, Ezekiel

Folder 690

Interviews: Green, Nancy

Folder 691

Interviews: Horton, Jim

Folder 692

Interviews: Polite, Florence

Folder 693

Interviews: Washington, Blanche, 1971

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Agnes Sherman, 1970-1979.

7500 items.

Arrangement: correspondence, then alphabetical by subject.

Materials include Agnes Sherman's correspondence, incoming administrative memoranda from Executive Directors John Gadson and John Buffington and Administrative Director James Hull, and subject files. Correspondence documents History and Culture program planning. There is some correspondence concerning To Live As Free Men. Memoranda define Penn's personnel policies, fund-raising philosophy, project goals, photograph permissions, and other administrative concerns. Subject file topics include cultural program assessment, youth activities, and programs and events, including the Labor Day program, Community Sings, and the Mystery Play, all of which Sherman helped to establish or re-establish while working at Penn.

Folder 694

Miscellaneous, 1970, 1972

Press releases, meeting minutes, grant proposal and memorandum on community-wide education programs on school integration, events at and visitors to Penn Community Center, white paper on the creation of a local history and culture museum on Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Folder 695-698

Folder 695

Folder 696

Folder 697

Folder 698

Correspondence, 1973

Folder 699-703

Folder 699

Folder 700

Folder 701

Folder 702

Folder 703

Correspondence, 1974

Folder 704-706

Folder 704

Folder 705

Folder 706

Correspondence, 1975

Folder 707-708

Folder 707

Folder 708

Correspondence, 1976

Folder 709-712

Folder 709

Folder 710

Folder 711

Folder 712

Correspondence, 1977

Folder 713

Correspondence, 1978

Folder 714-715

Folder 714

Folder 715

Correspondence, 1979

Folder 716

Correspondence: Blake, J. Herman, 1975

Folder 717

Correspondence: Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church, 1973

Folder 718

Correspondence: Boyd, Barbara, 1974

Folder 719

Correspondence: Brown, Ben, 1974

Folder 720-721

Folder 720

Folder 721

Memorandum: Buffington, John, 1976-1977

Folder 722

Correspondence: Churches, 1973-1976

Folder 723

Correspondence: Copeland, J. Isaac, 1975

Folder 724

Correspondence: Coprich, Sarah Y., 1973-1974

Folder 725

Correspondence: Cultural and Land Workshops, 1975-1976

Folder 726

Correspondence: Dabbs, Edith, 1973, 1975

Folder 727

Correspondence: Department of Social Services, 1976

Folder 728

Correspondence: Funding Sources, 1973

Folder 729

Correspondence: Gadson, John W., 1970-1975

Folder 730

Memorandum: Gadson, John W., to Board of Trustees, 1973-1975

Folder 731-732

Folder 731

Folder 732

Memorandum: Gadson, John W., to Staff, 1972-1976

Includes invitation to conference to discuss Black Land Services and heirs property.

Folder 733

Correspondence: Guthrie, Patricia, 1974

Folder 734

Correspondence: Irwin-Miller-Sweeney Foundation, 1973-1975

Folder 735

Memorandum: Hull, James, 1976-1977

Folder 736

Correspondence: LaFayette, Rozalia, 1973-1975

Folder 737

Correspondence: National Endowment for the Arts, 1975

Folder 738

Correspondence: Pudas, Edna, 1975

Folder 739

Correspondence: St. Simon Island Film

Folder 740

Correspondence: Schools, 1975

Folder 741

Correspondence: Senior Citizens

Folder 742

Correspondence: Silvers, John A., 1974-1975, 1977

Folder 743

Correspondence: South Carolina Arts Commission, 1973-1974

Folder 744

Correspondence: South Carolina Museum Commission, 1977

Folder 745

Memorandum: To Staff Management Advisory Committee, 1975

Folder 746

Correspondence: WJWJ ETV Station, 1977

Folder 747

Correspondence: Youth Club, Organization of, 1973

Folder 748

A pledge for African people

Folder 749

ABC TV agreement: National ETV, 1974

Folder 750

Afro-American arts festival in Charleston, 1975

Report by Marie Bradley

Folder 751

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, 1977-1978

Folder 752

Annotated bibliography of Cultural Program books

Folder 753

Annual Awards Committee, 1973

Folder 754

Annual Board Meeting, 1972-1973

Folder 755

Application for federal assistance for Gullah Project, 1976

Folder 756

Artifacts in museum, 1973

Folder 757

Authorization sheet

Folder 758

Barnwell, William

Folder 759

Bank of Beaufort travel authorization

Folder 760

Beaufort Land of Isles, 1974

Folder 761

Bicentennial notes, 1973, 1975

Folder 762

Bicentennial project

Folder 763

Black colleges

Folder 764

Black elected and appointed officials in Beaufort and Jasper Counties

Folder 765

Black elected officials statistics, 1974

Folder 766

Black History Week: Celebration, 1974-1975, 1977

Folder 767

Black History Week: Honorees at Frissell Community House program, 1977

Folder 768

Black Music and Drama Workshop, 1971-1972

Folder 769

Black oral history

Rationale and methodology for a course at City College of the City University of New York.

Folder 770

(Miss) Black Pearl Pageant, 1974-1977

Folder 771

Black social organizations

Folder 772

Black spirituals

Includes topical index and "Penn's Role in the Preservation of the Traditional Spiritual."

Folder 773

Blake, J. Herman

Position papers on Penn Center programs, "The Sea Islands as a Cultural Resource," and "New Perspectives on the Black Family Heritage."

See also Kinte Library Project, J. Herman Blake (folder 831).

Folder 774

Board of Directors: Directory, 1971-1979

Folder 775

Board of Directors: Executive Committee, 1974

Meeting minutes.

Folder 776

Book list to be ordered

Folder 777

"Brief History of Penn School"

Folder 778

Building restoration estimate

Folder 779

Burgess, Ruby

Folder 780

Businesses the Cultural Program has an account with

Folder 781

By-laws and aims of Penn Community Club, 1970

Folder 782

Calvin's collection

List of music on tapes.

Folder 783

Christmas tree lighting, 1974-1977

Letters to participants and thank you notes.

Folder 784

Clean Up Campaign, 1976

Folder 785

Committees

Folder 786

Community Involvement and Penn Center's Staff

Article on principals and teachers.

Folder 787

Community Sing: Committee, 1977-1978

Folder 788

Community Sing: Committee meetings, 1977

Folder 789

Community Sing: Notices and news releases, 1972-1978

Folder 790

Community Sing: Notices, 1974-1978

Folder 791

Community Sing: Recognition of Blacks Program, 1977

Folder 792

Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA), 1977

Folder 793

Concert: Guilford College, 1973

Names of persons invited and program.

Folder 794

Conference, 1973

Includes report "The Coordination of Skills for the Benefit of the Local Black Community."

Folder 795

Conference (University of South Carolina): "Time on the Cross: An Interdisciplinary Conference," 1-2 November 1974

Folder 796

Consultants and local resource team, 1973

Proposed programs meeting.

Folder 797

Creative writing workshop, 1979

Folder 798

Cultural Program: 5 year projection

Folder 799

Cultural Program: 90 day projection

Folder 800

Cultural Program: Basis, summary, and annual reports

Folder 801

Cultural Program: Calendar of events, 1973-1977

Folder 802

Cultural Program: Chart of accounts, 1974

Folder 803

Cultural Program: Compiled output measures, 1973

Folder 804

Cultural Program: Monthly report, 1974-1975

Folder 805

Cultural Program: Needs and activity groups

Folder 806

Cultural Program: Objectives

History and purpose of the Cultural Program.

Folder 807

Cultural Program: Review and Evaluation, 1973-1974

Folder 808

Department expenditure estimates, 1973-1975

Folder 809

Department needs assessments, 1976

Folder 810

Emancipation Day program, 1974-1976

Folder 811

Employment application, English examination, typing test, job description

Folder 812

Expense sheet, 1972

Cost of equipment: glass case, book case, utility shelf.

Folder 813

Facility projection, 1973

York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 814

Facility projection evaluation form

York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 815

Field activities daily log

Folder 816

Financial statements, 1973-1975

Folder 817

Five year plan to be revised, 1972

Folder 818

Foxfire: A non-formal participatory education program for young people

See also Foxfire education philosophy (folder 494) and IDEAS (folder 825).

Folder 819

Funding sources

Folder 820

Fund-raising proposal

Folder 821

Gadson, John: Concerns and recommendations, 1975

Folder 822

Grosvenor, Vertamae: Face of an Island, 1973

Image and quote selections.

Folder 823

Harambee WTOP-TV proposal for Sea Island Special, 1974

Folder 824

Dabbs, Edith M.: History of Penn School, 27664

Folder 825

IDEAS

Foxfire (1971) and Hoyekiya (Volume 1, Number 1).

Folder 826

Information about buildings on Penn campus

Folder 827

Information bulletin about tornadoes, 1975

Folder 828

International jazz library program

Folder 829

Irwin Sweeney Miller Foundation: Income and expenses, 1972-1973

Folder 830

Job descriptions

Folder 831

Kinte Library Project, J. Herman Blake, 1974

Folder 832

Labels: Penn School graduates and year

Folder 833

Labor Day program, 1974

Speaker: Emory Campbell

Folder 834

Labor Day program, 1977

Folder 835

Labor Day program, 1978

Speaker: Wallace Brown

Folder 836

Labor Day program, 1979

Speaker: Ronald Daise

Folder 837

Labor Day: "You," 1981

Folder 838

Land Service and Education Program

"Preliminary Prospectus for a Land Service and Education Program to be Coordinated by Black Land Services and the Cultural Program."

Folder 839

Laura M. Towne Library, 1969-1972

Related materials from other years can be found in Series 1.1.1. Administrative Records of Courtney Siceloff (folder 275-276), Series 2.6. Veronica Gerald (folders 1374-1376), Series 2.10. General files (folder 1593).

Folder 840

Laura M. Towne Library: Circulation report, 1968-1972

Folder 841

Laura M. Towne Library: Record book, 1970-1971

Folder 842

Laura M. Towne Library: Story hour, 1970

Poems and story about Joe Frazier by Carolyn Barnwell, member of Laura M. Towne Library Story Hour.

Folder 843

Laura M. Towne Library: Story hour, 1973

Folder 844

Laura M. Towne Library Club, history of, 1972

Folder 845

Long term comprehensive plan for Penn, 1977

Reports by Ruby Burgess and Clarence Wright

Folder 846

Lowcountry Youth Conference, 1972-1973

Folder 847

Lowcountry News, 20 August 1979

Seaside Plantation placed on National Registry of Historic Places.

Folder 848

Maintenance Department Report, 1974-1975

Folder 849

Management Advisory Committee, 1975

Folder 850

Maps of Penn Center campus and properties

Folder 851

Maps: Sea Islands and University of South Carolina

Folder 852

Materials borrowed from Cultural Program, 1977

Folder 853

Memorial Day: Historical Committee, 1977

Folder 854

"A Methodology for the Collection of Oral History," 1974

By Sarah Y. Coprich and Agnes C. Sherman.

Folder 855

Ministerial Association of Beaufort County, 22 April 1977

Folder 856

Minutes: Penn Center staff meeting, 1973-1974

Folder 857

Miscellaneous

Folder 858

Miss Penn Center

Applications for participation in pageant.

Folder 859

Monthly vehicle service log

Folder 860

Names of youth for summer and continued activities, 1973-1974

Beaufort and Jasper counties.

Folder 861

National Endowment for the Arts, 1973

Folder 862

News releases, 1973

Beaufort Gazette, Savannah News, Island Packet.

Folder 863

Notice on film, 1974

Lives of Freed Men given to Edith Dabbs for restoration.

Folder 864

Notices for meetings about life on the Sea Islands, 1973

Folder 865

Old Slave Mart Museum proposal, 1974

Folder 866

"One Year--One Giant Step, Penn Cultural Program," 1973-1974

Folder 867

Oral history collection premise, 1972

Folder 868

Oratorical contest: "What Culture Means to Me"

Folder 869

Oratorical contest, 1977

Folder 870

"An Overview of Penn Community Services: A 'Lighthouse' for the Black Community"

Folder 871

Peace Corps training at Penn

Folder 872

Penn Community Services Conference Center

Folder 873

Personnel policies, 1974

Folder 874

Phester, Derrick (photographer), 1973-1974

Folder 875

Pictures taken to Wellesley College, 14 March 1974

Folder 876

Planning Assistance, Inc., 1974

Review of administrative procedures.

Folder 877

Policies and practices

Folder 878

Population by county

Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper.

Folder 879

Printed materials, 1960s-1970s

Folder 880

Program, Planning, and Evaluation Committee, 1974

Folder 881

Programs, Summary of, 1972-1973

Folder 882

Programs, 1973-1977

Flyers.

Folder 883

Programs, 1978-1979

Flyers and correspondence announcements.

Folder 884-885

Folder 884

Folder 885

Progress reports (annual, executive, etc.), 1973-1975

Folder 886

Progress report prepared for Program Review Committee, 1973

Folder 887

Proposal, 1973-1974, 1975-1976

Proposals, proposed programs, groups, and activities.

Folder 888

Proposal: Agricultural research, 1977

Folder 889

Proposal: Health, Education, and Welfare, 1973

Folder 890

Proposal: National Endowment for the Arts, 1977

Folder 891

Proposal: South Carolina Committee for the Humanities, 1975

Folder 892

Quarterly reports, 1973-1974

Folder 893

Questions and answers about Penn School

Folder 894

Reference materials

"Mis-education of the Negro" by Carter G. Woodson; communication center information; food stamp eligibility.

Folder 895

Report format, 1974

Report format and budget form guidelines, program review and evaluation, five-year plan.

Folder 896

Research Project Cultural Program, 1973

Robert "Mick" McGuire, Susan McDuffie, and Denys Vaughan-Cooke suggestions for major research project on Sea Islands at Penn; checklist for input from each program and project requirements.

Folder 897

Researcher applications

Folder 898

Resource people: Local, 1973

Folder 899

Resource people: Preservation

Folder 900

Resumes

Folder 901

St. Helena Adult Fashion and Talent Show, 1971

Folder 902

Scholars to spend some time at Penn this summer, 1973

Folder 903

Sea Island bibliography

By Mary Twining.

Folder 904

Sea Island bibliography with particular interest on St. Helena Island

Compiled by Pat Guthrie.

Folder 905

"Sea Island Song," 1977

Folder 906

"Sea Island Song": Programs and Guidelines to Discussion Leaders

Folder 907

Sea Island spirituals

"A group of native negro folk-songs sung by descendents of the original Sea Island plantation slaves--recorded at Penn School, St. Helena Island."

Folder 908

Sea Islander, 1974-1975

Folder 909

Search committee for new director of Penn Center, 31 January 1976

Folder 910

Skit of Black Church

Folder 911

Some Penn graduates and students who have made contributions to the community

Folder 912

Song sheets

Folder 913

Soul roots festival program, 9 January 1972

Folder 914

South Carolina Arts Commission, 1978

Folder 915

South Carolina Arts Commission: Report to the Executive Director, 17 September 1973

Folder 916

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1979

Printed materials.

Folder 917

Staff meeting, 1977

Folder 918

Staff suggestion for meetings

Folder 919

State Human Affairs Commission, 1976-1977

Folder 920

Statement of account

Folder 921

Summary of fund-raising trip, 1973

Folder 922

Table of content

Folder 923

Teacher and student: Conference guide

Created by Susan McDuffie, Robert "Mick" McGuire.

Folder 924

Teacher and students: Reading list, 9 August 1973

Created by Susan McDuffie.

Folder 925

Teacher's list

Folder 926

Teen pageant meetings

Folder 927

Time sheets

Folder 928

Transcription of workshop tapes

Folder 929

Vincent, Wakita, 1978

Folder 930

Weekly schedule, 1973-1974

Folder 931

Weekly schedule, 1974-1975

Folder 932

Weekly schedule, 1975

Folder 933

Wilcox, Preston

"Education for Black Humanism: A Way of Approaching It."

Folder 934

Work schedule, 1973

Folder 935

Work schedule for summer students, 1974

Folder 936

Workshops

Folder 937

York W. Bailey Museum, 1972

Folder 938

York W. Bailey Museum, 1977

Folder 939

York W. Bailey Museum: Books

Folder 940

York W. Bailey Museum: Building, 1973-1974

Folder 941

York W. Bailey Museum: Development, 1976

Recommendations from museum consultants.

Folder 942

York W. Bailey Museum: Inventory of museum artifacts

Folder 943

York W. Bailey Museum: Visitors, 1971-1977

Master copy.

Folder 944

York W. Bailey Museum: Visitors, 1971-1977

Duplicate copy.

Folder 945

Youth group

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Vanessa Thaxton, 1987-1993.

2000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Administrative records of History and Culture document planning for Heritage Days, the Mystery Play, Black History Month activities, visitors, exhibits and public programs at York W. Bailey Museum, volunteers, the Program for Academic and Cultural Enrichment (PACE), oral histories, Elderhostel, a program planning and feasibility study, the Sierra Leone trip, grant proposals, and routine and other correspondence with affiliated and collaborative organizations about presentations by Vanessa Thaxton.

Folder 946

African-American Educational Curriculum (NEH Grants)

Planning committee notes and grant guidelines.

Folder 947

Afro-Robics, 1989

Recreation class offered at Penn to bring together African and Caribbean dance movements with mainstream exercise format.

Folder 948

American Museum Association, 1988-1989

Museum Assessment Program questionnaire, printed materials.

Folder 949

Artists in Education Program, 1989, 1992

Folder 950

Artists of Color, 1990-1991

Correspondence and meeting materials relating to a project to raise money for renovations and repairs at Penn Center.

Folder 951

Association of American Cultures: Open Dialogue III, 1988

Folder 952

Beaufort County: ABC Advisory Committee, 1990

Arts in the Basic Curriculum materials.

Folder 953

Beaufort County: Information and Statistics

Financial plan, geographic information.

Folder 954

Beaufort County Library, 1990

Letter from Dennis J. Adams regarding his bibliography on Gullah dialect and culture.

Folder 955

Beaufort County: Open Land Trust, 1990

Folder 956

Beaufort County Recreation Commission, 1990

Third annual student juried art exhibit.

Folder 957

Benedict College events

Folder 958

Big Estate, S.C., 1990

Presentation narrative of the community's issues and plans for solutions.

Folder 959

Black Gold Theatre Company, 1991

Folder 960

Black History Month, 1988-1989

Correspondence, activities.

Folder 961

"Blues and Brass Bands Provided Social Entertainment"

Sea Island Music Traditions article by Vanessa Thaxton.

Folder 962

Budget information, 1989-1990

Folder 963

Carawan book, 1988

Guy and Candie Carawan's introduction to their Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?: The People of Johns Island, South Carolina--Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs .

Folder 964

Chattanooga School of Arts and Sciences, 1990

Correspondence and visit itinerary.

Folder 965

Chautauqua Carolina, 1991

Printed materials announcing storytelling and other like events.

Folder 966

Chicora Foundation, 1987, 1989

Correspondence and newsletters concerning conservation of collections.

Folder 967

Christmas programs

Folder 968

City Market Art Center, 1990

Folder 969

CNN, 1991

Folder 970

Community Sing, 1988-1991

Programs.

Folder 971

Correspondence to be answered, 1991

Letters regarding research assistance, donations, events.

Folder 972

Cultural Council of Hilton Head, 1991

Folder 973

Cultural Program Objectives, 1988-1989

Folder 974

Cultural Vision, 1992

Project funded by National Endowment for the Arts and South Carolina Arts Commission for state-local regional partnerships addressing cultural and economic development needs.

Folder 975

Cummings, Andy (intern)

List of projects and goals for internship in History and Culture.

Folder 976

Daufuskie Island, 1988-1989

Announcements, programs, and related materials for annual celebration day events; also includes two photographs.

Folder 977

DePillars, Murry, 1988

Virginia Commonwealth University, multiculturalism in visual arts education.

Folder 978

Description of artifacts

Handwritten notes on museum items.

Folder 979

Directory of Black Elected and Appointed Officials in South Carolina, 1987

Folder 980

Easton, Yvonne, 1993

Educator, artist, lecturer.

Folder 981

Educational programs: Overview, 1988

Sample program for high school visitors.

Folder 982

Elder Hostel: Coastal Zone Education Center, 1988-1989

Correspondence, itineraries, artists for program.

Folder 983-984

Folder 983

Folder 984

Elder Hostel: University of South Carolina-Beaufort

Correspondence, itineraries, manual, evaluations for program

Folder 985

Evolution of African Music

Folder 986

Exhibit: "Portraits and Promises: The Black Folk Art Legacy of Sam Doyle Sr.," 1988

Correspondence, labels, publicity.

Folder 987

Exhibit: "The Tragedy of a Dream Deferred: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.," 1989

Publicity and background research.

Folder 988

Exhibit: Jonathan Green, 1988-1989

Artist-in-residence and exhibit arrangements and budget.

Folder 989

Exhibit: "Reflections of the Past"

Labels.

Folder 990

Exhibit Scripts

Includes some photographs.

Folder 991

Florida Southern College, 1990

Folder 992

Freedom Songs

Folder 993

Fund for Southern Communities, 1990

Folder 994

Fund-Mon Express

Fund-raising materials.

Folder 995

Geraty, Virginia, 1991

Letter relating to publicity for Porgy, A Gullah Version, produced by Cabbage Row Company Inc., Charleston, S.C.

Folder 996

Global Village Music, 1992

Folder 997

"God is not Dead" (Second Jordan Baptist Church, Burton, S.C.)

Lyrics.

Folder 998

Grants, 1988-1991

Requests for small grants in aid.

Folder 999

Grants: Ford Foundation, 1990

Folder 1000

"The Green," 1990

Proposal to St. Helena Beautification Committee to rename The Green as Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park; also includes letter concerning widening of U.S. 21 near The Green.

Folder 1001

Green Thumb, 1988-1989

Employment placement service with a contract with Penn Center.

Folder 1002

Gullah Enterprises (Wadmalaw Island, S.C.), 1990

Gullah Festival publicity.

Folder 1003

Gullah Festival (Beaufort, S.C.), 1989-1990

Publicity materials.

Folder 1004

Gullah Saga, 1991

Proposal for a multi-state commemoration of the Gullah Black Seminole Saga.

Folder 1005

Gullah Translation Team

Articles on structure of a Sea Island folktale and Gullah language.

Folder 1006

Gunn, Melbourne, 1991

Letter regarding a future exhibit of Gunn's art during Black History Month.

Folder 1007

Historic Places Nominations for St. Helena Island, 1974, 1988

Folder 1008

History and Culture fee schedule for assisting researchers, 1990

Folder 1009

King, James P., 1988

Research conducted in Penn School Papers.

Folder 1010

King-Tisdell Cottage (Savannah, Ga.), 1988-1989

Governor's Award in the Arts and clippings about W.W. Law.

Folder 1011

LaRouche, Louanne, 1990

Correspondence relating to business with Red Piano Art Gallery.

Folder 1012

Liberty Bell

Photocopies of a sketch drawing.

Folder 1013

Mailing lists: Receptions

Folder 1014

Mailing lists: Cultural Centers

Folder 1015

Material culture outlines

Guide outlines for workshops.

Folder 1016

McKissick Museum, 1987

Field notes of a folk art survey in Port Royal, S.C., conducted by Roger Manley.

Folder 1017

McKissick Museum, 1988-1991

South Carolina Folk Arts Program and South Carolina Arts Commission joint proposal for a South Carolina folk arts plan; folk arts apprenticeship program, nominations for South Carolina Folk Heritage Award, and printed materials from McKissick Museum.

Folder 1018

Mystery Play, 1987-1990

Notes and publicity for the Christmas drama production. This five scene play was first staged at Penn School in 1916. The play is a musical that includes Old English carols being sung by choir members from various churches on St. Helena Island.

Folder 1019

Penn Center/ Antioch College Cross-Cultural Field Program, 1991

Schedule for visit to Penn Center.

Folder 1020

"Preserving Family Heirlooms" ( Essence August 1992)

Folder 1021-1022

Folder 1021

Folder 1022

Printed material: Miscellaneous, 1980s-1990s

Includes "St. Helena: Designing for Transition," a study of built form on the island by University of Tennessee School of Architecture students, 123rd anniversary celebration booklet of Mount Carmel Baptist Church, and a Directory of African American Folklorists, among other items.

Folder 1023

Research institutions/networking, 1988

Questionnaires.

Folder 1024

Resource people, 1990-1994

Performers and others for Heritage Days.

See also Series 2.11 Artists and Performers.

Folder 1025

Saint Augustine College, 1990

Dr. and Mrs. Claude Joseph Johnson's Touring Old-Time Song Service.

Folder 1026

Sierra Leone: Gullah Homecoming Committee, 1989

Trip planning.

Folder 1027

Sierra Leone: Media, 1989

Clippings about trip.

Folder 1028

Sierra Leone: "Yes, You Can Go Home Again,"

Essay by Emory Campbell.

Folder 1029

South Carolina Arts Alliance, 1988-1989

Correspondence relating to Culture and Color in Carolina Forum.

Folder 1030

South Carolina State Museum, 1993

Folder 1031

Tours, 1990

Itineraries.

Folder 1032

Tour/St. Helena Island

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3000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Administrative records of the History and Culture document grant applications, work plans and strategic planning, campus building conditions, and historical tourism promoted by Penn Center and by other cultural heritage organizations and agencies.

Folder 1033

Advisory Board, 1995

Management and mission statements for Penn Center programs and initiatives.

Folder 1034

Aetna Calendar of African American History, 1996

Folder 1035

Africa House, 1995

Visit to Penn Center.

Folder 1036

African American Cultural Extravaganza, 1997

Educational program at Ridgeland Middle School, Ridgeland, S.C., highlighting African American cultural and historical contributions to society.

Folder 1037

African American Educational Archives, 1996

Planning project for a national travelling exhibit on the history of African American education.

Folder 1038

Angola, 1997

Angolan television project to explore Angolan history in the United States from slavery to present day.

Folder 1039

Attaway, Mike, 1997

Finances.

Folder 1040

Awards, 1996

Folder 1041

Beaufort County Historical Society, 1998

Folder 1042

Beaufort County vision statement, 1996

Folder 1043

Budget, 1997-1998

Spreadsheets.

Folder 1044

Citadel Gospel Choir, 1997-1998

Folder 1045

Clippings, 1990s

Folder 1046

Clippings, 1990s

Folder 1047

Clippings, 1990s

Folder 1048

Colonial Williamsburg, 1995-1996

Folder 1049

Conservation, 1997

Conservation survey report and long range plan for Penn Center.

Folder 1050

DeGullah Friendship Circle

Newsletter.

Folder 1051

Emancipation Proclamation, 1996-1997

Folder 1052

Exhibits, 1995, 1997

Includes solicitation letter.

Folder 1053

Fields, Denise, 1997

Collector of black art.

Folder 1054

Financial statements, 1998

Folder 1055

Folk Alliance (Volume 7, Number 3), 1996

Folder 1056

Frederick, Jane, 1996

Architect for redesign of York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 1057

Fund for Folk Culture, 1996

"Preserving Gullah Traditions" grant application.

Folder 1058

Gettysburg College, 1997

Service-learning project, itinerary.

See also Gettysburg College (folder 1342).

Folder 1059

Gullah workshop, 1997

Conducted by Joseph Opala.

Folder 1060

Hampton Colored School Restoration project proposal, 1996

Folder 1061

Health Ministry workshop, 1996

Folder 1062

Heritage Days: Management system

Folder 1063

Historic marker

Folder 1064

History and Culture Committee, 1995, 1997

Includes work plan and York W. Bailey collection policy.

Folder 1065

Interns

Folder 1066

Invoices, 1996-1997

Folder 1067

Jacoway, Elizabeth, 1996

Folder 1068

Johnson, Francis, 1996

Folder 1069

Kaminski House, 1996-1997

Newsletters.

Folder 1070

Kayaks

Folder 1071

KC Publications, 1996

Folder 1072

Kenyon College, 1997

Folder 1073

Kidd, Susan, 1997

Advisory Board member correspondence.

Folder 1074

Kiilu, Elizabeth

Folder 1075

Ku Klux Klan Hood, 1994

Note explaining the provenance of the museum item.

Folder 1076

Knights of Wise Men Lodge Hall (St. Helena Island, S.C.), 1995

Review materials for National Historic Register.

See also Knights of Wise Men photographic materials in Series 3.2.

Folder 1077

Kwanzaa, 1995

Clipping.

Folder 1078

Kyoto Seika University-United States Field Study, 1995

Visitors to Penn Center.

Folder 1079

Labor Day, 1996-1997

Programs and publicity.

Folder 1080

Lady's Island Elementary School, 1995

Grant proposal for Low Country art education.

Folder 1081

Land Use and Environmental Education

Mission statement.

Folder 1082

Leadership Beaufort, 1995, 1997

Folder 1083

Letters from students, 1993

Folder 1084

"Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Lyrics.

Folder 1085

Limousine service

Folder 1086

Living History, 1994

Folder 1087

Mailing list

Folder 1088

Mailing list (VIP)

Folder 1089

Management training, 1996

Workshop materials.

Folder 1090

Martin, Frank, 1995

Lecture outline for seminar on African American art and culture in the South Carolina Low Country.

Folder 1091

Martin Luther King Jr. remembrance events

Includes text of March on Washington speech, 28 August 1963.

Folder 1092

McKissick Museum

Publicity materials.

Folder 1093

Media, 1994-1996

Press releases and fax cover sheets.

Folder 1094

Memberships

Folder 1095

Memoranda, 1996-1998

Chiefly from Emory Campbell, concerning policies, procedures, building conditions.

Folder 1096

Memory Jugs, 1995

Diggs Art Gallery, Winston Salem State University.

Folder 1097

Message form

Folder 1098

Michigan Support Group, 1992-1995

Correspondence, clippings about Penn Center Michigan Support Group.

Folder 1099

Middleton Place, 1997

Newsletter.

Folder 1100

Miscellaneous, 1996-1997

Chiefly correspondence and other items of interest brought to Joseph McGill's attention by Emory Campbell.

Folder 1101

Mitchelville, 1996

Historic site preservation.

Folder 1102

Montford Point Marine Association Inc., 1996

Historical tourism.

Folder 1103

Museum tour information

List of African American cultural services offered at Penn Center.

Folder 1104

Museums (miscellaneous)

Publicity materials for and clippings on museum management.

Folder 1105

Mystery Play, 1994-1995

This five scene play was first staged at Penn School in 1916. The play is a musical that includes Old English carols being sung by choir members from various churches on St. Helena Island.

Folder 1106

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1995

St. Helena Island Branch newsletter.

Folder 1107

National Black Family Summit, 1996

"Social Welfare Reform: New Realities and New Strategies for the Twenty-First Century."

Folder 1108-1109

Folder 1108

Folder 1109

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, 1996-1997

Newsletters; grant proposal for security for buildings, artifacts, and archives at Penn Center.

Folder 1110

National Civilian Community Corps, 1996

Proposal to bring Americorps to Penn Center.

Folder 1111

National Coalition for Heritage Areas, 1994

Folder 1112

National Coastal Resources Institute, 1996

Nature-based tourism grant.

Folder 1113

National Endowment for the Arts: "Leadership Projects for the Millennium," 1996

Grant proposal to collaborate with local artists and crafters to prepare curriculum and teach classes.

Folder 1114

National Endowment for the Humanities: "Education for Freedom," 1995

Correspondence relating to grant reporting.

Folder 1115

National Endowment for the Humanities: Sound Recordings Preservation Grant, 1992

Folder 1116

National Minority Politics

Folder 1117

National Park Service, 1994-1995

"Reach for Fun" at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter; grant to interpret African American contributions to the American Civil War.

Folder 1118

National Park Service: Gullah Connection Workshop, 1997

Conducted by Joseph Opala; workshop notes.

Folder 1119

National Railway Historical Society

Folder 1120

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994-1995

Chiefly printed materials about programs and initiatives.

Folder 1121

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Annual conference, 1998

Folder 1122-1123

Folder 1122

Folder 1123

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Distressed Communities Grant, 1996

Registration forms, invoices, and correspondence for "Sea Islands People's Conference" on preserving African American land, historic cultural assets, and coastal environment, and promoting community economic development.

Folder 1124

Nature based tourism, 1996

Questionnaire.

Folder 1125

Needs assessment, 1997

List of equipment needed.

Folder 1126

Nobles, Zylphia, 1995

Folder 1127

North Dakota, 1993

Newsletter of the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse Renovation Committee.

Folder 1128

Oak Hall Plantation, 1996

Clipping.

Folder 1129

Oberlin College, 1997

January term visit.

Folder 1130

Oversight Committee, 1995-1996

Renovation projects at Penn Center.

Folder 1131

Penn Center: Background

Information and fact sheets, maps, chronology.

Folder 1132

"Penn Campus Tour Guide"

Folder 1133

Penn Center staff

Folder 1134

Piano repair

Folder 1135

Preservation Society of Charleston

Folder 1136-1139

Folder 1136

Folder 1137

Folder 1138

Folder 1139

Printed material: Miscellaneous

Brochures, order sheets, newsletters.

Folder 1140

Printed Material: North Carolina

Folder 1141

Programming ideas, 1994

Folder 1142

Public programs, 1993-1998

Chiefly Community Sing and Labor Day event programs.

Folder 1143

Reciprocal Pass, 1997

Correspondence about cultural tourism.

Folder 1144

St. Helena Hymn

Folder 1145

Sankofa Circle of New York City, 1996

Fundraiser for Penn Center with Jonathan Green.

Folder 1146

SCANA Corporation, 1994

Folder 1147

School to Work

Pamphlets from Beaufort County, S.C.

Folder 1148

Sea Island Cultural Arts Festival, 1995, 1997

Vendor information.

Folder 1149

Sea Island Translation and Literacy, 1996

Invoice.

Folder 1150

Phillip Simmons Foundation, 1997

Repair of Penn School bell.

Folder 1151

Secretary of State, 1994

Folder 1152

Self Family Arts Center, 1996

Folder 1153

Silver Rights book signing, 1997

Publicity.

Folder 1154

Simkins, Modjeska

Clipping and "Pledge on Black Womanhood" by Barbara Christian Campbell.

Folder 1155

Smithsonian Institution

Folder 1156

South Carolina Arts Commission, 1996-1997

Includes correspondence about grants that supported "Preserving the Endangered Arts and Crafts of the Sea Islands" and a multicultural performance at Heritage Days Celebration.

Folder 1157

South Carolina Department of Archives and History: Historic Preservation Conference, 1997

Folder 1158

South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, 1995-1996

Correspondence and other materials relating to grant support for Heritage Days programming.

Folder 1159

South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, 1995-1996

Folder 1160

South Carolina Institute for Community Scholars in the Traditional Arts

Folder 1161

South Carolina Low Income Housing Coalition, 1994

Long-range planning.

Folder 1162

The South Carolina One-Day Trip Book, 1997

Penn Center representation in the book.

Folder 1163

South Carolina State Museum, 1995

Folder 1164

South Carolina State Park System, 1996

Newsletter.

Folder 1165

South Carolina State University, 1996

Afro-American Cultural and Historical Extravaganza Planning Committee materials.

Folder 1166

South Carolina White House Conference on Travel and Tourism, 1995

Folder 1167

Southeast Tourism Society, 1996

Heritage Days selected as a "Top 20 event."

Folder 1168

Southeastern Museums Conference, 1996

Folder 1169

Southern arts and crafts

Folder 1170

Southern Arts Exchange

Folder 1171

Southern Arts Federation, 1996

Includes Folk Arts Notes.

Folder 1172

Special programs, 1995

Outlines for presentations on "Life in the Sea Islands" and "Connection to West Africa."

Folder 1173

The Spirit of Old Beaufort, 1995

Folder 1174

Spoleto Festival, 1995, 1997

African diaspora theme.

Folder 1175

State parks

Printed materials.

Folder 1176

State Association of Farmers, 1995

Five-year plan.

Folder 1177

Strategic planning, 1995-1996

Work plans, budgets, goal-setting spreadsheets.

Folder 1178

Strom Thurmond Institute

Folder 1179

Stronder, LaToya, 1996-1997

Correspondence relating to internship.

Folder 1180

Stroyer, Jacob

Photocopy of My Life in the South.

Folder 1181

Technical College of the Low Country, 1996

Folder 1182

Thiam, Thierno Hady, 1995

Visitor from Mali.

Folder 1183

"Transatlantic Linkage: The Gullah/Geechee Sierra Leone Connection," 1996

Travelling exhibit.

Folder 1184

Travel expenses

Folder 1185

Trust for Public Land

Printed materials.

Folder 1186

University of South Carolina: Partnership, 1996-1997

Printout of web page.

Folder 1187

Video camera

Folder 1188

Vision (Volume 2, Number 3), Spring 1996

Folder 1189

Visitation, 1997

Statistics on visitors and tours.

Folder 1190-1192

Folder 1190

Folder 1191

Folder 1192

Volunteers

Folder 1193

Volunteers: York W. Bailey Museum

Record of time worked and service performed.

Folder 1194

Washington Jr., McKinley, 1997

Clippings and communications for Beaufort County constituents.

Folder 1195

Work orders for Buildings and Grounds, 1995

Folder 1196

Work plans, 1996-1997

Folder 1197

Youth Service Charleston, 1995

Promotional materials for service learning organization.

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1000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Chiefly materials related to the development of "Education for Freedom," an exhibit documenting the history of the Penn School and Penn Center. There are some records documenting events planning for History and Culture.

Folder 1198

Artists

Article on Gullah culture, includes reproduction of a Jonathan Green painting.

Folder 1199

Black culture

"The Sea Islands as a Cultural Resource" in The Black Scholar (1974).

Folder 1200

Black meetings and tourism

Journal articles and book chapters on facilitating cultural programs.

Folder 1201

Buffalo, N.Y., 1996

Folder 1202

Conferences and workshops, 1996-1997

Folder 1203

Correspondence, 1996-1998

Folder 1204

Donation/Loan form, 1997

Redesign of forms.

Folder 1205

Education for Freedom: Artifacts and other donations, 1997-1998

Chiefly correspondence with potential donors, checklist of artifacts collected and still sought.

Folder 1206

Education for Freedom: Consultants, 1996-1998

Correspondence about the grant, contracts.

Folder 1207

Education for Freedom: Consultants: Karima Amin

Folder 1208-1211

Folder 1208

Folder 1209

Folder 1210

Folder 1211

Education for Freedom: Consultants: Warren Parker, 1993-1999

Correspondence and other communications about all phases of exhibit preparation with the chief exhibit designer.

Folder 1212

Education for Freedom: Exhibit labels, 1998

Folder 1213

Education for Freedom: Exhibit narrative (Draft 1), 1997

Folder 1214

Education for Freedom: Exhibit narrative (Draft 2), 1997

Folder 1215

Education for Freedom: Exhibit narrative (Draft 3), 1998

Folder 1216

Education for Freedom: Exhibit narrative (Draft 4), 1998

Folder 1217-1224

Folder 1217

Folder 1218

Folder 1219

Folder 1220

Folder 1221

Folder 1222

Folder 1223

Folder 1224

Education for Freedom: Exhibit narrative review, 1997-1998

Folder 1225

Education for Freedom: Exhibit script, 1999

Folder 1226-1227

Folder 1226

Folder 1227

Education for Freedom: Exhibit theme statements, 1996-1998

Folder 1228

Education for Freedom: Ford Foundation, 1997

Folder 1229

Education for Freedom: Notes

Digital Folder DF-5539/2

Education for Freedom: Object and photograph identifications

Folder 1230

Education for Freedom: Other museums

Folder 1231

Education for Freedom: PACE exhibit questionnaire, 1996

Folder 1232

Education for Freedom: Plan of work, 1997

Folder 1233-1243

Folder 1233

Folder 1234

Folder 1235

Folder 1236

Folder 1237

Folder 1238

Folder 1239

Folder 1240

Folder 1241

Folder 1242

Folder 1243

Education for Freedom: Research

Folder 1244

Education for Freedom: Research trips, 1996

Folder 1245

Education for Freedom: Student and community discussions, 1996-1997

Folder 1246

Education for Freedom: York W. Bailey Museum labels

Folder 1247

Gullah history

Folder 1248

Hampton Institute

Photocopies of articles about Hampton.

Folder 1249

Heritage Days, 1996-1997

Finances, evaluation, Logistical Committee report.

Folder 1250

Heritage Days: Miscellaneous

Resumes of performers.

Folder 1251

History and Culture Department, 1996-1997

Work plan and other planning documents, curator position description, Development Office statement of purpose.

Folder 1252

History and Culture Department: Budget, 1996

Folder 1253

Interview agreement form, 1997

Folder 1254

Local history, 1996-1997

Newsletters, clipping, events flyers.

Folder 1255

Memoranda, 1996

From Emory S. Campbell to staff.

Folder 1256

Miscellaneous

Folder 1257

Museum collection preservation, 1998

Folder 1258

Penn School for Preservation, 1995, 1997

Includes final report by the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League.

Folder 1259

Penn School Papers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Southern Historical Collection, 1998

Inventory of archival collection.

Folder 1260

Penn School/Center and the People of St. Helena Island: Profiles and Paths

Outline for oral history interview.

Folder 1261

Pest House, Sullivan's Island, S.C.

Unpublished essays.

Folder 1262-1263

Folder 1262

Folder 1263

Printed materials

Folder 1264

Receipts, 1996

Folder 1265

St. Helena Island Citizens Advisory Committee, 1997

Meeting minutes and South Carolina Mining Act Regulations.

Folder 1266

Sierra Leone

Photocopies of articles about connections to Sierra Leone.

Folder 1267

South Carolina Academy of Authors, 1999

Meeting minutes.

Folder 1268

York W. Bailey Museum, 1997

Collections policy, field workers form, donation letters.

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6000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Chiefly administrative records for the History and Culture. Materials include correspondence with artists, performers, participants in workshops held at Penn, cultural heritage organizations and agencies, and researchers and other visitors. Of note are records documenting the York W. Bailey Museum, Gullah Institute, Heritage Days, and proposed collaborative projects with the Humanities School of Beaufort, the National Park Service, Reunion Productions, and Southern Rural Development Initiative.

Folder 1269

Accommodations Tax Fund (Beaufort County), 2000

Application for funds to support Penn Center programs, clippings.

Folder 1270

Accommodations Tax (Beaufort City), 2000-2001

Folder 1271

African-American Civil War Memorial, 2000

Publicity for lecture by Dr. Frank Smith Jr.

Folder 1272

African-American National Register Sites in South Carolina, 1999

Folder 1273-1275

Folder 1273

Folder 1274

Folder 1275

An Island's Treasure: St. Helena Island South Carolina Penn School and Penn Center, 1997

By Lula Mitchell Holmes and Roberta Hughes Wright. Copy of book; photocopies of photographs; and background materials about events, partnerships, programs of the Penn Center.

Folder 1276

Archival preservation

Pamphlets and other printed materials.

Folder 1277

Association of African American Museums, 1999-2000

Folder 1278

Attaway, Mike, 1999

Penn Center finances.

Folder 1279

Bank Street, 2000

Tour group.

Folder 1280

Beaufort County Historical Society, 2000

Folder 1281

Bible quiz

Folder 1282

Bibliography Committee

Bibliographies of South Carolina folklore, African American history in South Carolina, and African American authors.

Folder 1283

Billboards

Folder 1284

Black Heritage Festival, 1998

Folder 1285

Black Inventions Museum, 1997-1998

Folder 1286

Black Panthers

Recruitment flyer.

Folder 1287

Black Roots, 1999

Promotional materials for genealogist Tony Burroughs.

Folder 1288

Blackside, 2000-2001

Correspondence regarding use of Penn School images in a documentary film.

Folder 1289

Blos, Joan, 2000

Letters relating to research presented on Charlotte Forten Grimke.

Folder 1290

Book Break, 2000

Book reviews hosted by Friends of the Hilton Head Library.

Folder 1291

Brabbs, Elizabeth, 1999

Folder 1292

Brochure development, 1999

For York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 1293-1294

Folder 1293

Folder 1294

Budget, 2000

Budget tracking and planning documents, petty cash requests.

Folder 1295

Building restoration (Butler), 1999-2000

Folder 1296

Butchart, Ronald, 2000

Letter and attachments relating to research on freedmen's teachers.

Folder 1297

Calendar

Folder 1298

Campbell, Emory, 1999

Routing slips from Emory Campbell to Veronica Gerald.

Folder 1299

Catering

Folder 1300

Caw Caw Interpretative Center

Folder 1301

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site draft plan, 1999

Long range interpretive plan.

Folder 1302

Checks received, 1999-2000

Folder 1303

Chicago State University, 2000

Folder 1304

Christmas cards

Folder 1305

Christmas at Penn Center, 1999

Folder 1306

Classifieds ads (purchase requisitions for)

Folder 1307

Coastal Carolina University, 1998-2000

Commencement materials, proposal for a women's studies minor.

Folder 1308

Collaborations, 2001

Letters to and from Penn Center collaborators.

Folder 1309

Community Heritage Reunion, 1999

Flyer.

Folder 1310

Community Sing, 1996-2001

Chiefly programs; also includes a history of Community Sing at Penn Center.

Folder 1311

Confederate flag, 1999

Materials relating to removal of Confederate flag from South Carolina's state capitol property in Columbia, S.C.

Folder 1312-1313

Folder 1312

Folder 1313

Conference Center, 2000

Folder 1314

Conferences, 1999

Folder 1315

Cotton

Handwritten notes.

Folder 1316

Consultants, 2000

Contracts.

Folder 1317

Correspondence, 1999-2001

Folder 1318

Cows, 2000

Bovine public art project.

Folder 1319

Curriculum development, 2000

Interdisciplinary study guide to the Sea Islands for Gullah Institute.

Folder 1320

Doll collection

Folder 1321

Donations, 1998-2001

Folder 1322

Dorty, Murray A., 2000

History of African Americans in U.S. military.

Folder 1323

Drayton Hall (Charleston, S.C.), 2000

Folder 1324

Email addresses, 2000

Folder 1325

Exhibit development, 2000

Folder 1326

Exhibits, 2000

Folder 1327

Facility use rates and rules

Folder 1328

Fax cover sheets, 1999

Folder 1329

Film companies/documentaries, 1999

Letter from Tony Sears who sought to make a documentary about Gullah culture.

Folder 1330-1331

Folder 1330

Folder 1331

Financial materials, 2000-2001

Purchase requisitions, spreadsheets, statements.

Folder 1332

Ford Foundation, 1999

Final report for grant that helped to fund "Education for Freedom" exhibit.

Folder 1333

Forms

Folder 1334

Forum, Food, and Fun, 2000

Event included sessions with Murray Dorty, Cornelia Bailey, Vertamae Grosvenor, and Ron and Natalie Daise.

Folder 1335

Framed phrases

Scripture passages in Gullah.

Folder 1336

Frequently Asked Questions

On Gullah and Penn Center; also includes questionnaire for telecommunications project at Penn Center.

Folder 1337

Friends World Program

Folder 1338

Fund for Folk Culture, 1999-2000

Grant guidelines and letter of intent.

Folder 1339

Funders, 1999-2001

Correspondence, spreadsheet of funders, deadlines, and other information.

Folder 1340

Funding meetings, 1999-2000

Meeting minutes.

Folder 1341

Gerald, Veronica, 1998-1999

Job offer, personal correspondence.

Folder 1342

Gettysburg College, 1999-2000

Trip itinerary.

See also Gettysburg College (folder 1058).

Folder 1343

Graduate schools

Folder 1344

Grants, 1999

Unidentified grant proposal.

Folder 1345

Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, 2001

Tourism marketing promotion proposal for Black History Month 2002.

Folder 1346

Group visits

Promotional materials, request form.

Folder 1347

Guest evaluation, 2000-2001

Letters and evaluation forms.

Folder 1348

Gullah (Joseph Opala)

Photocopy of book on Gullah.

Folder 1349

Gullah dialect and history

Published and unpublished writings on Gullah subjects.

Folder 1350

Gullah House Restaurant

Menu.

Folder 1351

Gullah Institute, 2000

Correspondence, budget, publicity.

Folder 1352

The Hastings Center, 2001

Meeting summary and notes from "Humans, Nature, and Justice" consortium meeting held at Penn Center.

Folder 1353

Heritage Days, 1999

Planning committee meeting notices and press release announcing cancellation of 1999 Heritage Days event in response to NAACP call for ban on tourism to South Carolina.

Folder 1354

Heritage Library, 1999

Newsletters, charge to the Exploratory Committee for the Hilton Head Island Civil War Memorial (U.S. Colored Troops Memorial).

Folder 1355

High Museum, 2000

Folder 1356

Hilton Head Chamber of Commerce, 2000

Folder 1357

Hilton Head Island in the Civil War

Proposal for a mini course for Creative Retirement program at University of South Carolina.

Folder 1358

Historians

Promotional materials. Includes Murry Dorty.

Folder 1359

History and Culture Program at Penn Center of the Sea Islands

Overview of activities and operations.

Folder 1360

Hollier, Janet, 1999

Time sheets, job description.

Folder 1361

Hollings, Ernest F., Office of, 1999

Thank you letter.

Folder 1362

Hope Spring, 1999

Workshops to be held at Penn Center campus.

Folder 1363

Host families

Folder 1364

Humanities School of Beaufort, 1999-2000

Grant to develop humanities curriculum, with Penn Center serving as consulting organization.

Folder 1365

Interns, 1999

Folder 1366-1367

Folder 1366

Folder 1367

Invoices, 1999-2000

Folder 1368

Immersion experience, 1999

University of South Carolina Social Work Clinic.

Folder 1369

Keyserling, Harriet H., 1999

Clipping and letter regarding "March at Penn" during Women's History Month.

Folder 1370

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: Connection with Penn Center

Folder 1371

Labels

Folder 1372

Ladson, Kevin, 1999

Letter seeking to establish an archive, scholarship, and oral history project.

Folder 1373

Lands End Woodland Incorporated, 2000

By-laws.

Folder 1374

Laura M. Towne Library and Archives, 2000

Overviews of activities, restoration project.

Related materials from other years can be found in Series 1.1.1. Administrative Records of Courtney Siceloff (folder 275-276), Series 2.2. Agnes Sherman (folders 839-844), Series 2.10. General files (folder 1593).

Folder 1375

Laura M. Towne Library: Guest registry blank sheets

Folder 1376

Laura M. Towne Library and Archives: Inventory, 2000-2001

Handwritten and typed lists of book titles.

Folder 1377

Lecture material

Folder 1378-1379

Folder 1378

Folder 1379

Local Legacies Project, 2000

Heritage Days selected to be a part of this Library of Congress bicentennial project.

Folder 1380

Lincoln, Abraham

Printed material.

Folder 1381

Lodging

Printed material.

Folder 1382

Mail order catalog development

Folder 1383-1385

Folder 1383

Folder 1384

Folder 1385

Mailing lists

Folder 1386

Mailing lists: News releases

Folder 1387

Mailing lists: South Carolina schools

Folder 1388

Mailing lists/Marketing contacts

Folder 1389

Memoranda, 2000

Maintenance requests, routine assignments, financial updates, personnel policies.

Folder 1390

Mission

History and Culture Department mission and opportunities statements.

Folder 1391

Moiwai, Braima, 1999

Publicity materials.

Folder 1392

Moses, Bob, 2001

Publicity materials for Positive Innovations Inc. and the southern initiative of The Algebra Project.

Folder 1393

Murphy, Darryl, 1998-1999

Contracts for work on "Education for Freedom" exhibit.

Folder 1394

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2001

Flyer for "Day of Dignity."

Folder 1395

National Park Service, 1999-2000

Proposed memo of understanding with Penn Center and proposed paper for a conference.

Folder 1396-1397

Folder 1396

Folder 1397

National Register of Historic Places: State Board of Review, 2000

Proposed sites for the Register.

Folder 1398

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1999-2000

Folder 1399

Negro National Anthem

Photocopied lyrics for "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson.

Folder 1400

Newsletter, 2000

Volume 1, Issue 1 of History and Culture Program.

Folder 1401

Newsletters (Miscellaneous), 2000

Folder 1402

Ngozi, Niobe, 2000

"Cum Yah Gullah" exhibit at The Children's Museum of Houston, which includes Penn School images.

Folder 1403

Nichols, Elaine, 1999

"Save Our Small Islands" campaign against land developers.

Folder 1404

Panel on Sustainable Communities, 1999

Folder 1405

Palmetto Heritage Trail map

Folder 1406

Penn Center: Handouts

Overview of organization, history, mission, programs.

Folder 1407-1408

Folder 1407

Folder 1408

Penn: History and background

Chronology and other background materials, handwritten notes, "Eyewitness to History" pamphlets.

Folder 1409

Penn Pals, 1999

Notes for upcoming issue.

Folder 1410

Press releases, 1999-2001

Chiefly announcements about programs and events.

Folder 1411

Printed material: Miscellaneous

Folder 1412

Printing

Folder 1413-1416

Folder 1413

Folder 1414

Folder 1415

Folder 1416

Public programs, 1999-2001

Publicity for programs at Penn Center and for artists and performers planning visits to Penn Center.

Folder 1417

Purchase requisitions

Folder 1418

Quaker Connections, 1999

"The Penn School, the Penn Center, and Friends" by Monica Maria Tetzlaff.

Folder 1419

Quilts

Folder 1420

Rand McNally, 2000

Penn Center as a point of interest on travel website.

Folder 1421

Receipts

Folder 1422

Rededication, 1999

Cope Building and York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 1423

Redd, Rev. Albert C., 2000

Folder 1424

Religion: Definition

Handwritten notes.

Folder 1425

Research requests, 1999-2000

Folder 1426

Researchers, 1999-2000

Folder 1427

Reunion Productions, 2000

"The Legacy of the Penn Center: A Preliminary Proposal" to develop a promotion concept of Penn Center Cultural experience, website, curriculum, and community-centered public programs.

Folder 1428

Rosenwald School Project, 1999-2000

Oral history project memoranda and notes.

Folder 1429

Rural Development Leadership Network, 1999

Background materials on program offered by The Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Folder 1430

St. Helena Elementary/Dr. LaVerne Lebby Davis

Biographical points on LaVerne Lebby Davis, principal at St. Helena Elementary.

Folder 1431

Sanders, Dori, 2000

Author participating in "A Taste of Penn" program.

Folder 1432

Sherman, Agnes: Memorial

Folder 1433

Sierra Leone projects, 2000

Sierra Leone-Gullah Kinship Association support for Bra Rabbit Players music project, fund-raising for Bunce Island.

Folder 1434

Sierra Leone workshop, 1999

Background on the crisis.

Folder 1435

South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, 1999-2000

Tourism Marketing Partnership Program.

Folder 1436

South Carolina Federation of Museums: Member directory, 1999

Folder 1437

South Carolina Festivals, 2000-2001

Folder 1438

South Carolina Humanities Council, 1999-2000

Heritage Days grant report.

Folder 1439

South Carolina Institute for Community Scholars, 1999

Folder 1440

South Carolina Traditional Arts Network, 2001

Printed emails.

Folder 1441

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 2000

Photocopies of images of SCLC at Penn Center.

Folder 1442

Southern Rural Development Initiative, 1999-2000

"Parables to Policy" multimedia project in collaboration with Penn Center to collect community perspectives on issues such as sustainable economic development, education, and land-use planning.

Folder 1443

Spring Equinox, 2000

Pamphlet.

Folder 1444

Spring tours, 2000

Folder 1445

Staff meeting, 2002

Folder 1446

Stinson, Craig, 2000

Folder 1447

Stormer, Tracye, 1999-2000

Public Programs Coordinator.

Folder 1448

Survey forms

Folder 1449

Taylor, Frederick J., 1997

Consultant on National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences grant to reformat Gullah recordings.

Folder 1450

Teasdell, Annette, 2000-2001

Public Programs Coordinator.

Folder 1451

Top 20 Events, 1999

Southeast Tourism Society.

Folder 1452

Temporary Custody form

Folder 1453

Trask, Mary, 1999

Folder 1454

Travel, 2000

Folder 1455

Travel agents, 2000

Folder 1456

Travelling exhibit program, 2000

Folder 1457

Underground Railroad, 2001

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.

Folder 1458

United States Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research, 1999

Folder 1459

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000-2001

Chiefly correspondence relating to photograph duplication requests audio preservation grant.

Folder 1460

Urban Rural Mission, 2000

Invoice for lectures.

Folder 1461

Volunteers

Folder 1462

Volunteers: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 2000

Folder 1463

Wadastick Gullah Sea Island Residency

For artists and scholars.

Folder 1464

Watch Night, 2000-2001

Correspondence and planning materials for annual event where practitioners come together on the last day of the year, two hours before midnight, to greet the spirit at the New Year through songs, testimony, and prayer. The watch night tradition is connected to the annual reading of the Emancipation Proclamation on New Year's Day.

Folder 1465

Watson, Ophelia, 2000

Folder 1466-1467

Folder 1466

Folder 1467

Website, 1999-2000

Content and design.

Folder 1468

Weeksville, 2000

Folder 1469

Welcome Centers (South Carolina), 2000

Folder 1470

Women's Lecture Series, 2000

Correspondence with Stella Pandell Russell.

Folder 1471

York W. Bailey Museum: Collections Policy

Folder 1472

York W. Bailey Museum: Daily Attendance and Sales Report

Folder 1473

York W. Bailey Museum: Funding

Folder 1474

York W. Bailey Museum: Inventory of books museum artifacts, 2000

Folder 1475

York W. Bailey Museum: Miscellaneous

Chiefly printed materials for other African American cultural institutions.

Folder 1476

York W. Bailey Museum: Reiss, Winold

Folder 1477

York W. Bailey Museum: Scavenger Hunt

Folder 1478

York W. Bailey Museum: Signage

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500 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Programming activities by month, Heritage Days planning, Community Sing programs, Emancipation Proclamation and Watch Night planning, exhibit examples, and Christmas program.

Additional Heritage Days materials can be found in Series 2.13 Heritage Days.

Folder 1479

Bibliography on the Sea Islands and Penn School

See also Bibliography: Sea Islands (folder 1552).

Folder 1480

Book signings, 1997

Folder 1481

Brochure

Folder 1482

Community Sing, 1998-2000

Schedule, publicity, programs.

Folder 1483

Emancipation Proclamation, 1996-1999

Folder 1484

Consultant services, 1998-1999

Contract forms.

Folder 1485

Exhibits: Family Friendly Interpretation workshop, 1999

Folder 1486

Exhibits: Glynn Art Association

Folder 1487

Exhibits: Hilton Head Airport, 1997

Folder 1488

Exhibits: "Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage," 1998

Folder 1489

Exhibit: Lowcountry tourism

Folder 1490

Exhibits: "Our Land Our Lives"

Folder 1491

Exhibits: Miscellaneous

Folder 1492

Exhibits: Travelling

Folder 1493

Forms

Folder 1494

Gullah prayer

Folder 1495

Heritage Days, 1996

Contracts, letters of agreement

Folder 1496

Heritage Days, 1997

Folder 1497

Heritage Days, 1998

Folder 1498

Heritage Days, 1999

Folder 1499

Heritage: Inventory List

Folder 1500

Heritage Days: Parade Letter, 1997

Folder 1501

Heritage Days: Performers

Folder 1502

Heritage Days: Vendors (Crafts), 1997

Folder 1503

Heritage Days: Vendors (Food), 1997

Folder 1504

Levy Advertising

Folder 1505

Mailing lists

Folder 1506

Miscellaneous

Promotional materials.

Folder 1507-1508

Folder 1507

Folder 1508

Nativity Scene (Mystery Play), 1999

Chiefly invitations to participate. This five scene play was first staged at Penn School in 1916. The play is a musical that includes Old English carols being sung by choir members from various churches on St. Helena Island.

Folder 1509

Opala, Joseph, 1998

Publicity for a lecture on Amistad revolt.

Folder 1510

Penn School chronology

Folder 1511

Penn Center: Visitor information

Driving directions and conference center pricing.

Folder 1512

Programming: January

Event flyers for book readings and lectures, community sing programs, teaching materials on Martin Luther King Jr.

Folder 1513

Programming: February

Folder 1514

Programs: March

Folder 1515

Programs: April

Folder 1516

Programs: May

Folder 1517

Programming: September

Folder 1518

Programming: October

Folder 1519

Programming: November

Folder 1520

Programming: December

Folder 1521

Sea Island Christmas

Event planning documents.

Folder 1522

Tourism

Folder 1523

University of North Carolina: Photograph duplication requests, 1999

Includes 2 negatives.

Folder 1524

"Yes You Can Go Home Again: A Visit of Fifteen Sea Islanders to Sierra Leone, West Africa"

Photocopies of essay by Emory S. Campbell.

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25 items.

Topics include budget, correspondence, and Gullah Christmas.

Folder 1525

Budget, 2003

Folder 1526

Correspondence, 2003-2005

Folder 1527

Gullah Christmas, 2003

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300 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Topics include Gullah Christmas and Gullah Institute, tourism market analysis, the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, and a Gullah bible recording.

Folder 1528

1862 Circle Gala, 2007

Folder 1529

Browne, Rosalyn

Resume

Folder 1530

Budget and planing materials, 2006

Priority projects, ledger, proposed budget.

Folder 1531

Clippings, 2006

Folder 1532-1533

Folder 1532

Folder 1533

Correspondence, 2005-2008, 2011-2012

Folder 1534

Doyle, Sam: Exhibit committee

Folder 1535

Gullah Studies Institute, 2006

Folder 1536

IMLS grant, 2006

Folder 1537

Miscellaneous

Folder 1538

Nickelodeon, 2007

Folder 1539

Notes

Folder 1540

Penn Center Advisory Board retreat, 2005

Folder 1541

Penn Center promotional materials

Folder 1542

Planning, 2006

Folder 1543

Press release, 2006

Black History Month.

Folder 1544

Proposal for Public Programs Coordinator, Public Relations, History and Culture, Penn Center

Folder 1545

River Festival, 2006

Folder 1546

Tours, 2003

Folder 1547

Visitor's Center

Proposed budget.

Folder 1548

Volunteers

Folder 1549

York W. Bailey Museum, 2006

Calendar, visitors, gift catalog, inventory, admissions and sales.

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1000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Included are ephemera that might be given to visitors to Penn's campus and administrative and printed materials that might be referred to many times over multiple years and directors. Of note are the background information and writings about Penn School and Penn Center, Gullah and Sea Island history and culture, Penn newsletters, and song lyrics. Note that some materials include an alphanumeric designation (Y.W.B...) assigned by Penn Center staff. These numbers can also be found throughout Series 2.15 York W. Bailey Museum, Series 3.2 Photographic Materials (by Subject), Series 4.2 Audiocassettes, and Series 5. Film and Video.

Some of the administrative materials in this series overlaps with the museum operations files in Series 2.15 York W. Bailey Museum and Archives.

Folder 1550-1551

Folder 1550

Folder 1551

Bibliography

Folder 1552

Bibliography: Sea Islands

Includes review of Sea Island Diary.

Folder 1553

Bibliography: South Carolina folklife

Folder 1554

Black Beaufort

Photocopied guides, information sheets.

Folder 1555

Black History Month, 1989

Profile of Penn Center in South Carolina House of Representatives Legislative Update and Research Reports.

Folder 1556

Black History Week / "Why Should Black People Be Proud?"

Talking points.

Folder 1557

Blacks in the military

Folder 1558

Book and journal sign out, 1997

Folder 1559

Book store, 1994-1997

Inventories, purchase requisitions.

Folder 1560-1564

Folder 1560

Folder 1561

Folder 1562

Folder 1563

Folder 1564

Clippings, 1980s-2000s

Oversize Volume SV-5539/2

Clippings: Scrapbook, 1975-1986

Penn Center history, Sea Island culture, Heritage Days, Peace Corps, and other topics.

Oversize Volume SV-5539/3

Clippings: Scrapbook, 1980-1984

Chiefly Daufuskie Island and Hilton Head Island development, rural poverty, education reform.

Folder 1565

Community Sing

Program description; "To our forebearers, spirituals were more than just a part of life, they were a way of life holding the community together as one. To us they still are...I guarantee your heart will be lifted."

Folder 1566

Contracts with artists and performers, 1997

See also Series 2.11 Artists and Performers.

Folder 1567

Cultural resources and performers

Chiefly printed materials.

See also Series 2.11 Artists and Performers.

Folder 1568-1571

Folder 1568

Folder 1569

Folder 1570

Folder 1571

Donated artifacts, 1986-2006

Chiefly incoming artifacts forms and correspondence.

Folder 1572

Event programs and flyers

Folder 1573

File structure

Folder 1574

Forms

Folder 1575

Fort Fremont, Lands End Plantation, St. Helena Island, S.C.

History.

Folder 1576

"Founder's Hymn"

Folder 1577

Guest lectures

Talking points.

Folder 1578

Gullah: Aberjhani

"The Gullah Connection: A Song and a Prayer."

Folder 1579

Gullah: Chavis, Miche' D.

Y.W.B.91.49.AR

"My People, My Heritage: The Gullahs and the Gullah Culture."

Folder 1580

Gullah: Culture and tourism

Folder 1581

Gullah: Language

Includes brief description of a project to teach English as a Second Language to Gullah people.

Folder 1582

Gullah: Lord's Prayer and 23rd Psalm

Folder 1583

Gullah: Miscellaneous

Folder 1584

Gullah: Opala, Joseph A.

The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection.

Folder 1585

Gullah: Pinckney, Roger

"Blue Roots: African American Folk Magic of the Gullah People."

Folder 1586

Gullah: Pleasant, David

"African American Root Patterns: A Gullah Inspired Riddimic Exercise Book."

Folder 1587

Gullah: Translations

Folder 1588

Gullah: Trask, Mary Canada

"Living off the Land: The Survival of Gullah Community Life on St. Helena Island, South Carolina."

Folder 1589

Heritage Days

Information sheet.

Folder 1590

Interview release forms

Folder 1591

Labor Day, 1988, 1994

Historical sketch, programs, invitations.

Folder 1592

Labor Day: Speakers

Folder 1593

Laura M. Towne Collection

Annotated bibliography of books.

Related materials from other years can be found in Series 1.1.1. Administrative Records of Courtney Siceloff (folder 275-276), Series 2.2. Agnes Sherman (folders 839-844), Series 2.6. Veronica Gerald (folders 1374-1376).

Folder 1594

Library

Sign out, list of subject headings used, list of missing books.

Folder 1595

List of services, 1994

Folder 1596

Loans, 1990, 1994

Folder 1597

"Low Country South Carolina Ethnohistory: A Guide to Indian and Afro-American Sources," Alexander Moore

Folder 1598

Maps

Folder 1599

Mystery Play for St. Helena Island

Publicity and background.

Folder 1600

Penn: Campus buildings

Includes "Penn's Campus Tour Guide."

Folder 1601

Penn: Chronology

Folder 1602

Penn: History and background

Chiefly printed materials.

Folder 1603-1610

Folder 1603

Folder 1604

Folder 1605

Folder 1606

Folder 1607

Folder 1608

Folder 1609

Folder 1610

Penn: History and background

Chiefly printed materials.

Folder 1611

Penn: Sunday certificates, 1997

Folder 1612-1613

Folder 1612

Folder 1613

Penn News, 1955, 1961-1962, 1965, 1969, 1972-1975, 1977, 1983, 1986-1987

Folder 1614

Penn Pals, 1991-2001, 2004, 2006

Folder 1615

Penn song/St. Helena Hymn

Folder 1616

Price lists

Folder 1617

Printed materials

Miscellaneous photocopied publications.

Folder 1618-1620

Folder 1618

Folder 1619

Folder 1620

Programs, 1980s-1990s

Chiefly for Community Sings, but also includes fliers for Mystery Play and other events.

Folder 1621

"Quaker Connections: The Penn School, the Penn Center, and Friends," 1997

Folder 1622

Quizzes

Folder 1623

Records: Early jazz

Folder 1624-1626

Folder 1624

Folder 1625

Folder 1626

Research applications

Folder 1627

Research requests

Folder 1628

Research rules

Folder 1629

Sea Island heritage

Y.W.B.90.12.AR

Paper by Mary Ann Burkholder.

Folder 1630

Sea Island history

Y.W.B.90.02.AR

Lecture by Theodore Rosengarten.

Folder 1631

Sea Island proverbs

Folder 1632

Sea Island religion, 1990

Paper by Catherine Rich.

Folder 1633

Sea Islands

Folder 1634

Song sheets

Miscellaneous.

Folder 1635

Tours and tourism

Folder 1636

Tours and tourism: St. Helena Island

Folder 1637

Visitors, 1992-2000

Lists and yearly tallies.

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100 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by name, then by art form.

Artist and performer files, some of which may have been created initially as participants in Artists of Color project, but most likely added as potential participants in Heritage Days.

Folder 1638

African American Heritage Singers

Folder 1639

African Youth Organization

Folder 1640

Akyene Baako: African Folk Music Ensemble

Folder 1641

Anderson, Toyce

Folder 1642

Ashanti African Dance Ensemble

Folder 1643

Barber and Associates: Speakers, Entertainment, Event Management

Folder 1644

Bob Miles Ensemble

Folder 1645

Brandon, Skeeter

Folder 1646

Brigham, Willa

Folder 1647

Cobb, Chiffonye

Folder 1648

Daise, Ron and Natalie

Folder 1649

Davis, Alonzo

Folder 1650

Davis, Bing

Folder 1651

Eaddy, Felton

Folder 1652

The Georgia Sea-Island Singers

Folder 1653

Goodnight, Paul

Folder 1654

Hallelujah Singers

Folder 1655

Jackson, Bernard

Folder 1656

Johnson, Ashanti

Folder 1657

King-Comer, Arianne ("Expressions of Indigo")

Folder 1658

Les Go de Koteba African Dance Group (Ivory Coast)

Folder 1659

Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir

Folder 1660

Linda X and Saron Williams

Folder 1661

Little, Willie ("Juke Joint")

Includes slides.

Folder 1662

Manley, Roger

Folder 1663

Meriwether, Louise

Folder 1664

Naylor, Gloria

Folder 1665

Nelson, John

Folder 1666

Pinckney, Joe

Folder 1667

Richardson, Otis

Folder 1668

San Antonio Street Dance and Drum Company

Folder 1669

Santagati, Elizabeth A.

Folder 1670

Singleton, Brenda

Folder 1671

Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae

Folder 1672

Young, Lee Thompson

Folder 1673

Basketweavers: Coakley, Annabell

Folder 1674

Basketweavers: Richardson, Dot

Folder 1675

Basketweavers: Singleton, Lillie Mae

Folder 1676

Basketweavers: Singleton, Rena

Folder 1677

Blues artists: Brown, Nappy

Folder 1678

Blues artists: Hall, Sandra

Folder 1679

Blues artists: Intrepid Artists

Folder 1680

Cake decorators

Folder 1681

Conferences: Ourstory and Heritage Conference

Folder 1682

Farmers: Johnson, Jack

Folder 1683

Festivals: Georgia Sea Island Festival

Folder 1684

Festivals: Moja Arts Festival

Folder 1685

Gospel spirituals: The Agape of Augusta, Ga.

Folder 1686

Gospel spirituals: Drayton, Thomasina

Folder 1687

Gospel spirituals: The Ebenezer

Folder 1688

Gospel spirituals: Friends Gospel Choir

Folder 1689

Gospel spirituals: Full Gospel Holiness Church

Folder 1690

Gospel spirituals: Fulton, Melissa

Folder 1691

Gospel spirituals: Harris, Kitty

Folder 1692

Gospel spirituals: Mitchell, Rosa

Folder 1693

Gospel spirituals: R.J. Daniels Chorus

Folder 1694

Gospel spirituals: The Robinson Group

Folder 1695

Gospel spirituals: The Traveling Souls

Folder 1696

Gospel spirituals: Voices of Deliverance

Folder 1697

Quilters: Cumming, Geneva

Folder 1698

Quilters: Hall, Peggy

Folder 1699

Quilters: Jefferson, Rosabell

Folder 1700

Quilters: Mack, Thomas

Folder 1701

Quilters: Maine, Gwen

Folder 1702

Quilters: Moultrie, Jackie

Folder 1703

Quilters: Robinson, Mrs.

Folder 1704

Quilters: Wagenaar, Beth

Folder 1705

Sea Island spirituals: Goethie, Mary V.

Folder 1706

Sea Island spirituals: Henderson, Deacon (Praise House)

Folder 1707

Sea Island spirituals: McIntosh Shouters

Folder 1708

Sea Island spirituals: Smalls, Garfield (Praise House)

Folder 1709

Storytellers: Amin, Karima

Folder 1710

Storytellers: Boyd, Sharon Simmons

Folder 1711

Storytellers: Brown, Frank

Folder 1712

Storytellers: Ferguson, Jon

Folder 1713

Storytellers: Ferlatte, Diane

Folder 1714

Storytellers: Geraty, Virginia

Folder 1715

Storytellers: Gullah Enterprises

Folder 1716

Storytellers: Polite, Matthew

Folder 1717

Storytellers: Taylor, Joseph B.

Folder 1718

Storytellers: Williams, Audrey Saxon

Folder 1719

Miscellaneous

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.13. Heritage Days, 1981-2006.

2000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Heritage Days documents Penn Center's efforts to preserve and promote Sea Island history and culture. The size of the celebration grew significantly over the 1990s, as evidenced by the increased planning materials, manual, and efforts to secure additional external funding to support new events. Events include a parade, speakers, performers, artists, art exhibit, old-fashioned prayer meeting, and sing outs. Materials include correspondence, programs, press releases, schedules, performers, contracts, committee materials, speeches.

See also the subseries for the History and Culture staff: 2.3 Vanessa Thaxton, 2.4 Joseph McGill, 2.5 Darryl Murphy, 2.6 Veronica Gerald, 2.7 Tracye Stormer.

See also related images of Heritage Days in Series 3 Photographic Materials.

Folder 1726

Heritage Days, 1981

Raffle tickets, program, committee minutes.

Folder 1727

Heritage Days, 1982

Memoranda, press release.

Folder 1728

Heritage Days, 1983

Raffle tickets.

Folder 1729

Heritage Days, 1984

Brochure, program cover.

Folder 1730

Heritage Days, 1985

Correspondence, speech, mailing lists, programs, press releases.

Folder 1731

Heritage Days, 1986

Resolutions, brochure, press releases, programs, performer contracts, committee member lists, mailing lists.

Folder 1732-1733

Folder 1732

Folder 1733

Heritage Days, 1987

Brochures, resolutions, press releases, correspondence, schedules, committee minutes, program materials, speech draft, program, performer contracts.

Folder 1734-1735

Folder 1734

Folder 1735

Heritage Days, 1988

Correspondence, invitation distribution list, program, brochures, committee materials, schedule, parade invitations, press releases, program draft.

Folder 1736

Heritage Days, 1989

Artist publicity materials, Sing-Out quiz, promotional materials, press releases, correspondence, vendor applications, brochure.

Folder 1737-1738

Folder 1737

Folder 1738

Heritage Days, 1990

Brochures, mailing lists, press releases, committee papers, judges, keynote speaker resume, financial materials, program.

Folder 1739

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1990

Folder 1740

Heritage Days: Grant applications, 1990

Folder 1741

Heritage Days: Parade and vendor information, 1990

Folder 1742

Heritage Days: Thank you correspondence and lists, 1990

Folder 1743

Heritage Days: Vendors, 1990

Vendor applications, receipts, business cards.

Folder 1744

Heritage Days, 1991

Brochures, resolutions, programs, mailing lists, schedule, committee minutes, publicity materials.

Folder 1745-1746

Folder 1745

Folder 1746

Heritage Days: Advertisements, 1991

Folder 1747

Heritage Days: Art exhibit and fashion show, 1991

Artist publicity materials, artist list.

Folder 1748

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1991

Folder 1749

Heritage Days: Parade and fair, 1991

Correspondence, list of judges, registration forms, parade competition scorecard.

Folder 1750

Heritage Days: Solicitation, 1991

List of donors, sponsorship contracts, letters of solicitation, Solicitation Committee member list.

Folder 1751

Heritage Days: Thank you correspondence, 1991

Folder 1752

Heritage Days, 1992

Speeches, lists of vendors, list of duties, schedule, newspaper clipping, program.

Folder 1753

Heritage Days: Artist publicity materials, 1992

Folder 1754

Heritage Days: Community Sing, 1992

Folder 1755

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1992

Folder 1756

Heritage Days: Grant applications, 1992

Folder 1757

Heritage Days, 1993

Brochures, proclamations, committee minutes, schedules, announcements, contact list, artist publicity materials.

Folder 1758

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1993

Folder 1759

Heritage Days: Farmer invitations, 1993

Folder 1760

Heritage Days: Revenues and expenses, 1993

Folder 1761

Heritage Days: Solicitation, 1993

List of donors, receipts, letters of solicitation.

Folder 1762

Heritage Days, 1994

Schedules, revenues and expenses, art exhibit program, program planning materials, brochures, contact lists, blank participation forms, parade judge form, artist publicity materials, program.

Folder 1763-1764

Folder 1763

Folder 1764

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1994

Folder 1765

Heritage Days: Old-fashioned prayer meeting, 1994

Folder 1766-1767

Folder 1766

Folder 1767

Heritage Days, 1995

Revenues, certificates and resolutions, invitations, brochures, schedules, volunteer materials, event planning materials, programs.

Folder 1768

Heritage Days: Church invitations, 1995

Folder 1769

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1995

Folder 1770

Heritage Days: Invitations, 1995

Folder 1771

Heritage Days: Parade, 1995

Department of Transportation correspondence, parade score sheets, judge lists, judge invitations.

Folder 1772

Heritage Days: Quiz, 1995

Folder 1773

Heritage Days: Thank you correspondence, 1995

Folder 1774

Heritage Days: Vendors, 1995

Folder 1775

Heritage Days, 1996

Schedules, revenues and expenses, advertising lists, artist publicity materials, programs, book list, list of culture exhibitors.

Folder 1776-1777

Folder 1776

Folder 1777

Heritage Days, 1996

Folder 1778

Heritage Days: Brochure and program development, 1996

Folder 1779

Heritage Days: Church correspondence, 1996

Folder 1780-1781

Folder 1780

Folder 1781

Heritage Days: Committees, 1996

Folder 1782

Heritage Days: Contracts, 1996

Folder 1783-1784

Folder 1783

Folder 1784

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1996

Folder 1785

Heritage Days: Festival evaluation, 1996

Folder 1786

Heritage Days: Financial materials, 1996

Folder 1787

Heritage Days: Grant applications, 1996

Folder 1788

Heritage Days: Heritage manual, 1996

Folder 1789

Heritage Days: Hopkins, Collette M., Clark Atlanta University, 1996

Artist publicity materials and correspondence.

Folder 1790

Heritage Days: Invitations, 1996

Folder 1791

Heritage Days: Ladner, Joyce A., 1996

Correspondence, biographical statement, publicity photograph.

Folder 1792

Heritage Days: Old-fashioned prayer meeting, 1996

Folder 1793-1794

Folder 1793

Folder 1794

Heritage Days: Parade, 1996

Correspondence, score sheets.

Folder 1795-1796

Folder 1795

Folder 1796

Heritage Days, 1997

Mailing lists, expense and revenue materials, planning materials, brochures, volunteer lists and schedules, program.

Folder 1797

Heritage Days: Awards, 1997

Supporter recognition, photocopies of parade plaques, photocopies of resolutions.

Folder 1798

Heritage Days: Beaufort banner display, 1997

Folder 1799

Heritage Days: Books, 1997

Purchase orders and inventories.

Folder 1800

Heritage Days: Correspondence, 1997

Folder 1801

Heritage Days: Heritage management system, 1997

Folder 1802

Heritage Days: Old-fashioned prayer meeting, 1997

Folder 1803

Heritage Days: Parade, 1997

Folder 1804-1806

Folder 1804

Folder 1805

Folder 1806

Heritage Days: Performers, 1997

Artist publicity materials, correspondence, copies of The Music Maker Rag.

Folder 1807

Heritage Days: Promotional materials, 1997

Folder 1808

Heritage Days: Vendors, 1997

Folder 1809

Heritage Days, 1998

Press release recapping the festival.

Folder 1810

Heritage Days, 1999

Brochure, press release, program, publicity materials.

Folder 1811

Heritage Days, 2001

Brochures.

Folder 1812

Heritage Days, 2004

Photograph contact sheet.

Folder 1813

Heritage Days, 2006

Folder 1814

Heritage Days: Mailing lists, undated

Folder 1815

Heritage Days: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 1816

Heritage Days: Performer's worksheets, undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.14. Song Lyrics, undated.

50 items.

Folder 1817

Song lyrics

"Aquarius,""Black Mother Praying,""Brother You Are Truly Together,""Can't Hide Sinner" (Faith Memorial Baptist Church, Frogmore, S.C.), "Come Ye Thankful People Come," "Die Nigga."

Folder 1818

Song lyrics

"Don't Put Off Today for Tomorrow," "Hallelu," "Holy Holy Holy," "I Don't Know What You Come to Do," "I Got a Shoe."

Folder 1819

Song lyrics

"I Love the Lord,""I Promise the Lord That I Will Hold Out,""I Wanna Be Grand,""If You Don't Want to Go" (Bethlehem and F.A.B. Baptist Church, Port Royal, S.C.), "I'm Going Do Like the Lord Say Do."

Folder 1820

Song lyrics

"I'm Gonna Lay Down My Burden," "I'm on the Battle Field for My Lord (New Hope Christian)," "James Brown," "Jesus Is a Way Maker (The Williams Singers)."

Folder 1821

Song lyrics

"Jesus Is on the Main Line,""Lose the Man" (Mt. Sinai and Grace M.E. Baptist Church, Burton, S.C.), "Over My Head," "Rifle Prayer," "Ring the Bell."

Folder 1822

Song lyrics

"Somebody's Here,""Step in the Water One Day" (Horsepond Baptist, Gardeners Corner, S.C.), "Sweet Heaven" (Rosehill Baptist Church, Burton, S.C.).

Folder 1823

Song lyrics

"Sweet Home" (Rosehill Baptist Church, Burton, S.C.), "Take the Lord with You" (Central Baptist Church), "There Is a Land," "We Are an African People," "What's the Matter Satan" (Orange Grove Baptist Church, Frogmore, S.C.).

Folder 1824

Song lyrics

"Where He Lead Me,""While the Blood Running Warm,""You Better Run, Run, Run" (Adam Street Baptist Church).

Folder 1825

Song lyrics

"Who Side You Are Leaning On" (Ebenezer Baptist Church), "Who Side You Leaning On," "Why Don't You Come on in This House of the Lord" (New Bethlehem Baptist Church, Beaufort, S.C.).

Folder 1826

Song lyrics

Miscellaneous spirituals.

Folder 1827

Song sheets

"Heaven is a Beautiful Place I Know," "I Know My Time Ain't Long," "I Don't Know Why, Ballad of the '93 Storm," "Sally Go 'Round the Moon."

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.15. York W. Bailey Museum, 1924-2012.

300 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Chiefly materials collected and preserved by Penn Center staff to create an archive within the York W. Bailey Museum, which was named to honor the first African American doctor to serve St. Helena and neighboring Sea Islands. The archive consists of printed materials, many of them biographical treatments of notable African Americans and important people in the history of the Penn School and Penn Center. Also included are writings on African American history and on the Penn Center and Sea Islands.

There are also records related to museum operations, including admissions, the gift store, and other management concerns. See also Series 2.10 General Files for related administrative materials.

Note that some materials include an alphanumeric designation (Y.W.B...) assigned by Penn Center staff. These numbers can also be found throughout 2.10 General Files, Series 3.2 Photographic Materials (by Subject), Series 4.2 Audiocassettes, and Series 5. Film and Video. There are some inventories of the various materials collected in the York W. Bailey archive, but none are comprehensive.

Folder 1828-1829

Folder 1828

Folder 1829

Admission and sales reports, 1998-2000

Folder 1830

Archives: 1962 Centennial

The Whetstone: Education Issue (1962); issue includes an article about 100th anniversary of Penn School.

Folder 1831

Archives: "A Brief History of Penn School"

Folder 1832

Archives: "A Pledge for African People"

Folder 1833

Archives: Barnard, Samuel, Letters of, 1865

Y.W.B.90.25.AR

Typed transcripts of letters to Susan Lizzie Conant.

Folder 1834

Archives: Benezet, Anthony

Y.W.B.91.06.AR

Biographical information.

Folder 1835

Archives: Black businesses in the Sea Islands

Folder 1836

Archives: Black Democrats running in primary, June 1988

Folder 1837

Archives: Books on blacks left on St. Helena Island at Dulamo

Y.W.B.90.37.AR

Folder 1838

Archives: Boyd, Benjamin F., Interview with

From interview with Edith M. Dabbs.

Folder 1839

Archives: Brick Baptist Church

Historical sketches, installation and anniversary event programs, photographs of a downed tree.

See also related photographic images in Series 3.2.

Folder 1840

Archives: Browne, Leroy, Sr., 23 September 1980

Transcript of an oral history interview for "Eyewitness to History: Historic Structures on the Campus of Penn Community Services."

May be related to C-5539/154.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/1

Archives: Callen, Maude, 1951, 1953

Life photographic essays about the nurse midwife.

Folder 1841

Archives: Capital campaign drive, 1988

See also related photographic images in Series 3.2.

Audiodisc D-5539/1-2

Archives: Celebrate Year 1

Y.W.B.88.50.AR

Side 1: "Every Morning Seems to Say"; "God Loves Us All"; "I Like to Think of Jesus"; "If Anybody Asks You Who I Am"; "Jesus Said to All the People"; "Jesus Was a Baby"; "Jesus Went About Doing Good"; "Knock! Knock! Knock!"; "Let the Children Come to Me"; "Mary Had a Baby, Yes, God"; "Now Thank We All Our God"; "O Come, Let Us Adore Him."

Side 2: "The Lord's Prayer"; "It Is the Joyful Eastertime"; "Kum Ba Yah"; "Let's Celebrate"; "Loud Hosannas Let Us Sing"; "Our Thanks to You, O God"; "Praise God"; "Praise God in the Morning"; "Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing!"; "The Bible Is Special"; "This Is the Happiest Day of Spring"; "Where, O Where Is My Friend."

Folder 1842

Archives: Chambers, Montserrat

Y.W.B.91.05.AR

"Annie Heacock and the Port Royal Experiment."

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/3

Archives: Cisk, L., 1973

Prints of charcoal portraits of women.

Folder 1843

Archives: Cooley, Rossa

Y.W.B.91.12.AR

Homes of the Freed

Folder 1844

Archives: Coprich, Sarah Yvonne

"We'll Stand the Storm."

Folder 1845

Archives: Dabbs, Edith M.

Y.W.B.91.04.AR

Walking Tall: A Brief Sketch of Penn School, Forerunner of Penn Community Services, Frogmore, South Carolina .

Folder 1846

Archives: Daise, Ron and Natalie

Publicity, including photograph, and reviews for "Sea Island Montage."

Folder 1847

Archives: Daughters of the Dust, 1992

Review and photographs from the premier at the Lasseter Theater in Beaufort, S.C., and the reception at the staff NCO club.

Folder 1848

Archives: Doyle, Sam

Obituary, publicity for exhibits, artwork prints.

Folder 1849

Archives: Dudley, Jennye S., Poems by

"We Hear Viola Speak," "Synopsis," "Memorial Day at Penn," "A Prayer," "Ode to Harriet Tubman," "Aunt Dacus Informs Matilda."

Folder 1850

Archives: Freedom songs

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/5

Archives: Gillison, Curtis, 1956

Watercolor painting of Mount Vernon.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/6

Archives: Gillison, Curtis, undated

Painting of ship at sea.

Folder 1851

Archives: Hall, Ridway, Jr.

"The New Republic: Reconstruction in South Carolina."

Folder 1852

Archives: Historical scrapbooks, 1866-1893

Typed list of historical pictures and letters.

Image Box 26

Archives: Horse painting

Artist unknown.

Folder 1853

Archives: House, Grace Bigelow

Folder 1854

Archives: Inventory

Partial lists of files in the York W. Bailey Archives. Note that some materials may be filed in the Penn School Papers (#3615)

Folder 1855

Archives: Jackson, Mahalia

Tribute in Congressional Record by Senator Hubert Humphrey.

Folder 1856

Archives: Jacoby, Mary Moore, 1990

Y.W.B.91.14.AR

"The Photographic Work of Leigh Richmond Miner at Hampton University and St. Helena Island, South Carolina."

Folder 1857

Archives: Keyserling, Harriet

Resolution of appreciation.

Folder 1858

Archives: King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Notes on King's visits to Penn; reprint of photograph of King with Courtney Siceloff and others at Penn; statement given by Siceloff at King's death; copies of "I have a dream" speech given at the March on Washington on 28 August 1963; and "The State of the Movement" speech given at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference retreat at Penn Center on 28 November 1967.

Folder 1859

Archives: Knights of Wise Men Lodge stockholder certificate

Folder 1860

Archives: Low Country black military history / Penn Center military related affairs

Photocopies of handwritten notes on published and unpublished sources, including Penn Center's Veterans Training Program.

See also Penn School Papers (#3615): Post-World War II veterans' training program (folder 249).

Folder 1861

Archives: MacDonald, Claire I., 1924

Y.W.B.91.03.AR

Recollections of Juliana.

Folder 1862

Archives: Map of Penn Normal Industrial and Agricultural School

Folder 1863

Archives: Materials brought back by Mrs. Edith Dabbs

Y.W.B.90.36.AR

Folder 1864

Archives: Mather School

Centennial observance booklet and excerpts from The Negro in South Carolina During Reconstruction by Alrutheus Ambush Taylor; South Carolina During Reconstruction by Francis Butler Simkins and Robert Hilliard Woody; South Carolina Negroes 1877-1900 by George Brown Tindall; and The Blacks in These Sea Islands: Then and Now by Carline S. Robinson and William R. Dortch.

Folder 1865

Archives: Memorial services, 1985-1998

Programs for "homegoing" and funeral services.

Folder 1866

Archives: "Memories of Penn School by Graduates and Former Students: Commemorating the 140th Anniversary of Penn School," 2002

Folder 1867

Archives: "Microfilm guide to the Penn School Papers, 1862-1976"

Folder 1868

Archives: "Moments From The Past: An Exhibition in Celebration of the Penn Center of the Sea Islands," 1993

Exhibit catalog.

Folder 1869

Archives: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Beaufort County, S.C.

Programs.

Folder 1870

Archives: "The Negro in America: A Bibliography"

Y.W.B.91.33.AR

Folder 1871

Archives: Obama, Michelle, 2012

Letter marking the 150th anniversary of Penn.

Folder 1872

Archives: Pease, William, 1957

"Three Years Among the Freedmen: William C. Gannett and the Port Royal Experiment."

Folder 1873-1874

Folder 1873

Folder 1874

Archives: Penn: A History, 1962-1982, 1982

Project funded through Title IV from the Department of Labor, contracted to Office of the Governor, CETA Division, Columbia, S.C.; Margaret E. Hegstrom, et al.

Folder 1875

Archives: "Penn's Campus Tour Guide"

Folder 1876

Archives: "Penn Center: Sea Island Secret," 1980

Produced by WJWJ-TV 16, Beaufort, S.C.

Folder 1877

Archives: "Penn Center Historical District St. Helena Island South Carolina," 1999

Folder 1878

Archives: Penn Center's Teen Leadership Institute historical calendar, 2005

Folder 1879

Archives: Poetry

Miscellaneous authors.

Folder 1880-1881

Folder 1880

Folder 1881

Archives: Reiss, Winold

Correspondence, catalogs, and related materials.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5539/2

Archives: Reiss, Winold

Prints of portrait drawings.

Folder 1882

Archives: Reunions: Class of 1947, 1951

Folder 1883

Archives: Reynolds, A.C.

Appeal to island mothers to disarm their boys.

Folder 1884

Archives: Rich, Catherine, 1991

Y.W.B.91.10.AR

"The Dynamic Duo: The Role of Religion and Culture in Two Island Churches."

Folder 1885

Archives: St. Helena Island Historical Photographs Collection, 1973

List of titles and approximate dates.

Folder 1886

Archives: St. Joseph Baptist Church, 1951, 1954

Program and historical sketch.

Folder 1887

Archives: Sanders, Margaret MacDonald, 1975

Lecture on minority groups to the Clover Club, Beaufort, S.C.

Folder 1888

Archives: Sea Island spirituals at Penn Community Center

Publicity.

Folder 1889

Archives: Seabrook, Marjorie G.

Y.W.B.91.02.AR

Obituary, copy of autobiographical essay on teaching experience.

Folder 1890

Archives: Sherman, Harold

Clippings and publicity about Harold Sherman's anti drug and alcohol abuse work.

Folder 1891

Archives: Smalls, Maggie

Clipping about midwifery.

Folder 1892

Archives: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 1964

Certificate of attendance and participation in Citizenship School Training Program, signed by Septima P. Clark, Dorothy F. Cotton, and Andrew J. Young. Photocopies of other materials relating to SCLC visit to Penn Community Center in 1964.

Folder 1893

Archives: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 1970s

Magazine clipping of a group portrait of SCLC members Hosea Williams, Joseph Lowery, and others.

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5539/1

Archives: "Spirituals Society Preserves Negro Spirituals," 1960

Clipping from News and Record.

Folder 1894

Archives: "Status and Prospects of Small Farmers in the South," 1978

By Ray Marshall and Allen Thompson and published by Southern Regional Council.

Folder 1895

"Structures on the campus of Penn School, 1864-1980"

"A list of structures on Penn's campus including information about construction dates, building names, architects/planners, builders, historic use, and contemporary use, if still standing." By CeCe A. Byers for Penn Community Services, Inc., and funded in part by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Folder 1896

Archives: Student papers, 1972

Folder 1897

Archives: Student papers from workshops, undated

Folder 1898

Archives: Playbills

Y.W.B.91.17.AR

The Blacks and Purlie Victorious.

Folder 1899

Archives: Towne, Laura M.

Y.W.B.91.10.AR

Photocopy of "Pioneer Work on the Sea Islands."

Folder 1900

Archives: Trice, Linda

Photocopy of draft of children's book titled "Boys Build Frissell."

Folder 1901

Archives: Trice, Linda

Photocopy of draft of children's book titled "Girls at Penn."

Folder 1902

Archives: Trice, Linda, 1986

Photocopy of draft of children's book titled "Quash Goes to Penn School."

Folder 1903

Archives: U.S. Census 1910

Y.W.B.91.13.AR

Photocopies of Penn Agricultural School pages.

Folder 1904

Archives: Welmers, Bill and Bee, 1969

Y.W.B.91.08.AR

"The West African Gourmet."

Folder 1905

Archives: Writings

Includes "The History of White Gang War and Black Survival" by India M. Harris; "Dates in African History," "A Mini-History of the Plantation Praise House Tradition on St. Helena Island, South Carolina" by Kenneth C. Doe; "A Brief Survey of Health Care on St. Helena Island, S.C. -- 1900 to 1950" by Inez M. Dixon; and "The North Carolina Mutual Building and Columbia's African-American Community" by Steven Davis.

Folder 1906

Audio collection

List of recordings in the York W. Bailey Archive.

Folder 1907

Biographical materials: Bailey, York W.

Folder 1908

Biographical materials: Barnwell, Eleanor I.

Folder 1909

Biographical materials: Bunche, Ralph

Folder 1910

Biographical materials: Bush, Elizabeth Minnie

Folder 1911

Biographical materials: Callen, Maude

Folder 1912

Biographical materials: Capers, Tecumseh

Y.W.B.90.01.AR

Folder 1913

Biographical materials: Carver, George Washington

Folder 1914

Biographical materials: Clark, Septima P.

Y.W.B.88.49.AR

Includes color snapshots of outdoor event.

Folder 1915

Biographical materials: Gilmer family

Folder 1916

Biographical materials: Harrison, John Jay

Y.W.B.88.47.AR

Genealogy search.

Folder 1917

Biographical materials: Heyward, Reverend Morris

Folder 1918

Biographical materials: King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Folder 1919

Biographical materials: King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Folder 1920

Biographical materials: Mitchell, Eva C.

Y.W.B.91.27.AR

Folder 1921

Biographical materials: Sherman, Agnes

Y.W.B.90.03.AR

Folder 1922

Biographical materials: Reunions: Ladson family

Y.W.B.90.14.AR

Folder 1923

Biographical materials: Reunions: Smalls family

Y.W.B.90.14.AR

Folder 1924

Cataloging work sheets, 1978, 1988, 1993, 1997

Records of items in York W. Bailey Museum.

Folder 1925

Community Advisory Committee, 1988

Meeting sign-in sheet.

Folder 1926

Exhibit labels

Miscellaneous.

Folder 1927

Exhibit labels: Penn School Story, 2003

Folder 1928

Exhibits and events

Publicity.

Folder 1929

Exhibits and events: "Holding the Land: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Through the Youth"

Folder 1930

Field workers form

Folder 1931

Gift catalogue

Folder 1932

Gift store inventory, 1991, 1995-1996

Folder 1933

Gift store inventory, 1997

Folder 1934

Gift store inventory, 1999

Folder 1935

Gift store inventory, 2001

Folder 1936

Guest book, 1986-1991

Folder 1937

Inventory of photographs missing

Folder 1938

Loans, 1990-1992

Folder 1939

Loans form, 1988

Folder 1940

Management

Policies and procedures.

Folder 1941

Museum curator

Position description.

Folder 1942

Museum items

Inventories.

Folder 1943

Printed material

Folder 1944

Program assistant

Job description.

Folder 1945

Scavenger hunt

Folder 1946

Video collection

See also Series 5 Film and Video.

Folder 1947

Volunteers

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 3. Photographic Materials, 1950s-2000s.

18000 items.

Arrangement: by date and subject.

NOTE: File names were assigned by archival staff during processing to create date and/or subject access.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Photographic Materials (by Date), 1965-2000s.

3200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

NOTE: File names were assigned by archival staff during processing to create date access.

Images depict unidentified Penn Center events, activities, campus buildings and scenery, and oral history interviews. People depicted include Penn Center employees and visitors, residents of St. Helena Island, and other islanders.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/519

1965: April

Color 35mm Slide

Group of children, possibly a family standing by a Volkswagen bus, baseball game on an open field, field with debris.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/520

1965: July

Color 35mm Slide

Kids, people sitting in a circle, mountain scenery, rural scenery.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/521

1965: July

Color 35mm Slide

Children, people sitting in a circle, mountain scenery, rural scenery.

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/001

1967: October

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

Woman seated at desk.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/361

1967: December

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/002

1968: February

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

Woman seated at desk.

Image Box 02

Image Folder PF-5539/015

1960s-1970s

Color Photographic Prints

Rural scenery, events, visitors to museum.

Image Box 22

Photograph Album PA-5539/1

1960s-1980s

Photograph album

Album is disassembled. Black-and-white copy prints.

Portraits of islanders, including woman with black doll collection, children at play, tree, fisherman, farmer, cabin, singing and dancing, religious service, other unidentified individuals and groups

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/003

1971: September

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

Exhibit table of folk art.

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/004

1971: October

Color Photographic Prints

Coastal and rural scenes, people in African dress, oral history interviews.

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/005

1971: November

Color Photographic Prints

People, home interior, Butler building exterior, older woman and child, oral history interviews.

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/006

1971: December

Color Photographic Prints

Cast iron pots at fireplace in cabin, rural scenery, oral history interviews.

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/007

1972: January

Color Photographic Prints

Car, people, teen event, Miss Black Pearl Pageant.

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/008

1972: February

Color Photographic Prints

Rural scenery, meeting, Sam Doyle's house.

Image Box 01

Image Folder PF-5539/009-010

PF-5539/9

PF-5539/10

1972: March

Color Photographic Prints

Home interior, wood stove, recording equipment for oral histories, teen night.

Image Box 02

Image Folder PF-5539/011

1972: April

Color Photographic Prints

Penn employees.

Image Box 02

Image Folder PF-5539/012

1972: May

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

Coastal scenery and profile of unidentified man.

Image Box 02

Image Folder PF-5539/013

1972: July

Color Photographic Prints

Older adult with two teens and coastal scenery.

Image Box 02

Image Folder PF-5539/014

1972: August

Color Photographic Prints

Woman, approximately 70 years of age; man, approximately 40 years of age; and teen boy.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/362

1970s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Events.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/363-377

PF-5539/363

PF-5539/364

PF-5539/365

PF-5539/366

PF-5539/367

PF-5539/368

PF-5539/369

PF-5539/370

PF-5539/371

PF-5539/372

PF-5539/373

PF-5539/374

PF-5539/375

PF-5539/376

PF-5539/377

1970s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Image Box 28

Image Folder PF-5539/426

1970s

Color 35mm Roll Film

Campus and rural scenery.

Image Box 28

Image Folder PF-5539/427-428

PF-5539/427

PF-5539/428

1970s

Color 35mm Roll Film

Campus and rural scenery.

Image Box 28

Image Folder PF-5539/429

1970s

Color 35mm Roll Film

Emancipation Day.

Image Box 28

Image Folder PF-5539/430-437

PF-5539/430

PF-5539/431

PF-5539/432

PF-5539/433

PF-5539/434

PF-5539/435

PF-5539/436

PF-5539/437

1970s

Color 35mm Roll Film

Events.

Image Box 28

Image Folder PF-5539/438-463

PF-5539/438

PF-5539/439

PF-5539/440

PF-5539/441

PF-5539/442

PF-5539/443

PF-5539/444

PF-5539/445

PF-5539/446

PF-5539/447

PF-5539/448

PF-5539/449

PF-5539/450

PF-5539/451

PF-5539/452

PF-5539/453

PF-5539/454

PF-5539/455

PF-5539/456

PF-5539/457

PF-5539/458

PF-5539/459

PF-5539/460

PF-5539/461

PF-5539/462

PF-5539/463

1970s

Color 35mm Roll Film

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/522

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

Charles Brisbane, oyster picker; Polawana Island.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/523

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

St. Helena Island, Port Royal, Datha Island.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/524

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

Port Royal, Bluffton, Half Moon, Burton, marinas, boatbuilding.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/525

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

Lady's Island with Rufus Fripp and Moses Pringle, a blind carpenter.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/526

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

St. Helena residents and checkers game.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/527

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

St. Helena and oyster bateau by Sam Moultrie.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/528

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

Hilton Head: Coligny Plaza, storefronts, evening street scenes, golf course, harbor, Mount Calvary Baptist Church.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/529

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

Hilton Head: Mount Calvary Baptist Church.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/530

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

Hilton Head: Coligny Plaza, storefronts, evening street scenes, golf course, harbor, Mount Calvary Baptist Church.

Image Box 30

Image Folder PF-5539/531

1987: December

Color 35mm Slide

Hilton Head: Charles Bryant, John Robinson, Janie Cohen, Thomas Cohen.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/378

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Copy negatives of beach and 19th century images of unidentified people.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/379

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Boat, shed, Volkswagen Beetle.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/380

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Penn Center campus and meeting.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/381

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Cannon, Penn Center campus scenery, copy negatives of 19th century images.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/382

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Classroom.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/383

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Copy negatives of outdoor event, circa 1950s.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/384-385

PF-5539/384

PF-5539/385

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Facility upkeep.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/386

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Facility upkeep and volleyball.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/387

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Children in classroom, Penn School sign, campus scenery.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/388

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Outdoors and yard work.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/389

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Copy negatives of 19th century images, cannon, unidentified groups.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/390

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Children and cake decorating.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/391

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Chess game, scenery, unidentified people.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/392

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Events.

Image Box 27

Image Folder PF-5539/393

1980s-1990s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

Scenery, buildings, unidentified groups.

Image Box 27