Miriam DeCosta Seabrook and Herbert U. Seabrook papers, 1882-1995.

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Miriam DeCosta Seabrook and Herbert U. Seabrook papers, 1882-1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654103782

The collection includes correspondence, certificates, photographs, and other materials related to Miriam DeCosta Seabrook's education at Avery Institute and elsewhere, teaching career, and civic involvement; correspondence, speeches, and reports related to Dr. Herbert Seabrook, Sr.'s community and fraternal affiliations and to his medical career as a private practitioner and director of the Hospital and Training School for Nurses; and correspondence, memorabilia, and financial documents related to the marriage of Miriam and Herbert Seabrook. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to their son, Dr. Herbert Seabrook, Jr. Amerintha Alston Seabrook, Kenneth Seabrook, and other Seabrook family members are represented. The collection also contains scrapbooks and photographs of Miriam DeCosta Seabrook's relatives, the DeCosta family of Charleston, South Carolina.

4.0 linear feet (8 archival boxes, 2 oversize boxes)

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7944741

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.)

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Avery Normal Institute

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The Avery Normal Institute was established by the American Missionary Association (AMA) in Charleston, South Carolina in 1865. It originally served as a school for former slaves and free persons of color, providing normal, or teacher, training to students pursuing careers in education. Avery's educational mission evolved as its all-black administrators, faculty, and students played pivotal roles in combating racism and Jim Crow laws in Charleston. The school eventually became known just as Avery...

Seabrook, Herbert U., Sr., 1884-1941.

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Seabrook, Miriam DeCosta, 1896-1992.

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Miriam DeCosta Seabrook (1896-1992) was an African-American educator born in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1923, she married Dr. Herbert U. Seabrook (1884-1941), an African American physician who practiced medicine in Charleston. They had one son, Herbert U. Seabrook, Jr., who also became a physician. From the description of Miriam DeCosta Seabrook and Herbert U. Seabrook papers, 1882-1995. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 654103782 Educator and member of the De...

Seabrook, Kenneth.

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Seabrook, Herbert U., Jr., 1924-1970.

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Seabrook family.

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DeCosta family.

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Seabrook, Amerintha Alston, 1852-1922.

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