Isaac Samuel Leevy papers, 1905-1973.

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Isaac Samuel Leevy papers, 1905-1973.

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Business papers, lecture notes, biographical sketches, and correspondence, documenting African American life in South Carolina during the 20th century. Letter, 7 Mar. [19]06, Hampton, Va., to I.S. Leevy, [Sr.], re the significance of his education at Hampton Institute [now Hampton University], "My priviledge of being a Hampton student and of living this strenuous life for the past four years has in some ways revolutionized my whole life"; Two student notebooks, ca. 1905 and undated, consisting of history notes as a college student at Hampton Institute, and copies of letters re his studies and activities as chairman of the Y.M.C.A. missionary committee; most draft letters addressed to "My dear Mrs. Huntington" [presumably Mrs. Arabella Duval Huntington, an Alabama native, philanthropist, art collector, and widow of industrialist Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900), who developed railroads in neighboring Newport News, Va., and who served on the board of Hampton Institute]; and volume, ca. July 1911, re lectures by Professor Moore of Howard University, apparently on campus for a "Hampton Conference," speaking on the work of the Y.M.C.A., "Y.W.C.A. and the Negro," and educational approaches, the old "3 R's... reading, [w]riting, [a]rithmetic - the new 3 H's, namely Head, Heart, & Hands...." Printed items consist of wedding invitation, 23 June 1909, for the marriage of I.S. Leevy and Mary E. Kirkland, at the A.M.E. Zion Church in Westville (Kershaw County, S.C.); published bulletins, 10 and 31 Aug 1963, re meetings of the Non-partisan Co-ordinating Voter Registration Centennial Association; photocopy of stick-fans from the Leevy family's funeral home; biographical sketch, Nov. 1973, "S.C. History: Leevy - Black Pioneer," published in Black On Nation; 2 undated photographs and copy of photograph, ca. 1870s, of Leevy's parents, I.S. Leevy, and Laura Hunter Leevy; and image of Leevy, ca. 1960s, receiving Certificate of Merit.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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