Edmund Lee Drago papers, ca. 1975-ca. 2005.
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Edmund Lee Drago papers, ca. 1975-ca. 2005.
The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first series consists of materials related to Drago's Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations, documenting the Avery Normal Institute. This includes research done in collections round the country such as the Avery Research Center, the National Archives, Amistad Research Center, Highlander Research Center, American Missionary Association Archives and Mooreland-Spingarn Research Center. The files are mostly arranged by topic and consist of photocopies and abstracts from primary sources that include correspondence of the American Missionary Association and Avery Normal Institute staff; newspaper clippings, oral histories transcripts (including those of Septima Clark, Bernice Robinson, William A. Saunders, Eugene Hunt, Jr., and Arthur Clement), photographs, organizational minutes and reports, and financial documents. The series also contains photocopies and originals of secondary sources used and consulted in researching and writing the history, including books, articles, and theses, with data on a number of individuals including Septima Clark, J. Waties Waring, John A. McFall, John Wrighten and others. Correspondence between author and publishers, information on royalties, reviews, news clippings and other materials, such as photographs, re the completed manuscript are also included. Other than Avery itself, subjects include the American Missionary Association, the NAACP, the Charleston Interracial Committee (1942-1953), the Civil Rights movement, race relations in Charleston, with clippings re the 1968 Hospital Worker's Strike; the Highlander School, the Friendly Moralist Society, the Friendly Union Society, the Humane Brother Society, the Brown Fellowship Society and various Charleston African American social and fraternal organizations like the Humane Brotherhood Association, and the Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club. The second series relates to his work as a founding member of the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture, working as a board member to establish a Research Center, obtaining collections, etc. and being involved in various historical projects relating to local black history and Avery. This includes correspondence, news clippings, invitations, brochures, board meeting minutes, grant applications, speeches, financial reports, and other printed material by or about Avery Normal Institute or Avery Research Center. Also included is research relating to various Avery initiatives such as exhibits, publications, donated materials and programs. The third series deals with Drago's other scholarly works including research material and drafts of "Saving Avery," the added chapter to the revised Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations. Also included are various printed materials regarding the failed attempt to publish an edited transcription of the proceedings of the Friendly Moralist Society, a free person of color benevolent organization in Charleston, SC; and Drago's edited volume Broke By the War. This includes primary and secondary research on Ziba. B. Oakes and A.J. McElveen, correspondence with publishers, annotated drafts, newspaper articles, books, images, and indexes.
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15.25 linear ft.
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