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Collection Overview
| Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
| Abstract | The C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum Records document the history of the C.S. Brown building in Winton, Hertford County, N.C., as it served the African American community from its inception as the Chowan Academy in 1886 through its subsequent reconstitutions as the Waters Normal Institute (1886-1943), C.S. Brown High School (1943-circa 1970), C.S. Brown School (circa 1970-1986), and finally as it is known today, C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum (1986-). Materials include institutional histories, scrapbooks, photographs, diplomas and awards, student letters and work, programs and invitations, school publications, Parent Teacher Association minutes, and bound journals documenting student accounts, cafeteria records, and student grades. |
| Creator | C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, September 2017
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, September 2017
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas and Jessica Venlet, May 2022
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Subject Headings
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Historical Information
The C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum in Winton, Hertford County, N.C., originally began as Chowan Academy in 1886, under the leadership of Calvin Scott Brown (1859-1936). For a century it served as a school, with name changes to Waters Normal Institute in 1893, C.S. Brown High School in 1943, and C.S. Brown School circa 1970. In 1986, the C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum opened in its place.
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Scope and Content
The C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum Records document the history of the C.S. Brown building in Winton, Hertford County, N.C., as it served the African American community from its inception as the Chowan Academy in 1886 through its subsequent reconstitutions as the Waters Normal Institute (1886-1943), C.S. Brown High School (1943-circa 1970), C.S. Brown School (circa 1970-1986), and finally as it is known today, C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum (1986-). Materials include institutional histories, scrapbooks, photographs, diplomas and awards, student letters and work, programs and invitations, school publications, Parent Teacher Association minutes, and bound journals documenting student accounts, cafeteria records, and student grades.
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Records, circa 1886-2021.
Descriptions in quotation marks were transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials.
| Box 1 |
Records, 1911-2013 |
| Oversize Volume SV-05755/1 |
Student account book, 1896- |
| Oversize Volume SV-05755/2 |
C.S. Brown 1859-1936 scrapbook |
| Oversize Volume SV-05755/3 |
Second Annual Art Tea scrapbook, 1953 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-05755/1 |
Diplomas and awards |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-05755/2 |
Waters Institute Journal, 1911-1912 |
| Image Folder PF-5755/1 |
"Dr. C.S. Brown," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/2 |
"Marion (?) Brown," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/3 |
"Amaza Drummond Brown," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/4 |
"Professor Lewis Instructor at Waters Normal Institute," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/5 |
"Morehouse Hall at Waters Training Institute," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/6 |
"Sally E. Jones, Waters Normal Institute Reynolds Hall," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/7 |
"Alice Nickens, The Dining Hall at Waters Training Institute," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/8 |
"Chowan Academy Women Students," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/9 |
"Annie Walden Jones, daughter of E.R. Jones," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/10 |
Unidentified Black man, circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print |
| Image Folder PF-5755/11 |
Group portrait of unidentified Black children, circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print |
| Image Folder PF-5755/12 |
Group portrait of unidentified Black children, circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print |
| Image Folder PF-5755/13 |
"Mother Big Mill(?)," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/14 |
"Water Training School, 2nd grade 1932"1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
Image Folder PF-5755/15-16
PF-5755/15PF-5755/16 |
"Elementary class learning about U.S. Post Office at C.S. Brown High School," circa 1900s-1920s2 images Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/17 |
"Four generations" circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/18 |
"Cotillion event," circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/19 |
"May Day event Waters Training Institute C.S. Brown High School" circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/20 |
"School event Student Performing at C.S. Brown High School," circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
Image Folder PF-5755/21-22
PF-5755/21PF-5755/22 |
"Curtis Mitchelle Award, Mr. Freeman Principal," circa 19602 images Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/23 |
"Art tea at C.S. Brown High School," circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/24 |
"Money for Brown Restoration," circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/25 |
"Aaron Jones Sr., Harvey Jones, Cyrus Majetts, William Scott, McCoy Jordan," circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/26 |
"Operetta Days," circa 1950s-1960s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/27 |
"From your Mother whose prayers are ever with you," 24 July, 19261 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/28 |
"John Weaver(?)," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
Image Folder PF-5755/29-35
PF-5755/29PF-5755/30PF-5755/31PF-5755/32PF-5755/33PF-5755/34PF-5755/35 |
Unidentified members of Brown family(?), circa 1900s-1920s7 images Black-and-white photographic prints |
| Image Folder PF-5755/36 |
"Reverend W. Hyde," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/37 |
"Lillian I Patterson," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Image Folder PF-5755/38 |
Unidentified Black man, circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print |
| Image Folder PF-5755/39 |
"Miss Theresa Morton," circa 1900s-1920s1 image Black-and-white photographic print Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
Image Folder PF-5755/40-42
PF-5755/40PF-5755/41PF-5755/42 |
Tintypes of unidentified Black men and women, circa 1900s-1920s1 image Tintypes |
| Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-05755/1 |
"School trip to Capitol building, Washington, D.C.," 27 April 1929Title transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials. |
| Digital Folder DF-05755/1 |
The Historical and Cultural Significance of Brown Hall report, 2021Addition of September 2021 (Acc. 20210901.2). PDF of an excerpt of the report "The Historical & Cultural Significance of Brown Hall," by public policy students Taylor Gastineau, Alyssa Hopson, Mina Malak, Marcella Pansini, and Eshika Talukder. The students consulted the C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum Records (#05755) and interviewed community members to come up with a plan for re-use and re-vitalization of the C.S. Brown Regional Cultural Arts Center and Museum in Winton, N.C. This version includes the archival photos and historical narrative of the community; the policy recommendations have been removed. |
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