The Herald: Salute to Charleston

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

The Herald: Salute to Charleston

Entry/Object ID

2009.002.042

Description

Special edition of "South Carolinas only Negro newspaper." A tribute to Charleston, "the great seaport metropolis, its history, its progress." Headline reads The Charleston, S.C. Story: Negro Education, Business and Civic Religious Progress." Articles and/or photographs of note include: Charleston city schools including Burke High School, Archer elementary (Nassau Street), Buist Elementary (Calhoun Street), Columbus Street Elementary, Courtenay Elementary (Meeting Street), A.B. Rhett Elementary (President Street), Sanders-Clyde Elementary (East Bay Street?), Stantun Elementary (Jasper Street), Immaculate Conception High School (Coming Street), Jane Edwards Elementary, Laing High, Rock Elementary, North Charleston, Baptist Hill Elementary/Baptist Hill High School, Liberty Hill Elementary, Wallace High School/ Wallace Elementary School Various businesses including James Brothers Hotel on Spring Street; Fielding Funeral Home with photos of the original funeral home (no address/street provided), the Fielding family home on 61 Logan Street, and current funeral home building on 122 Logan Street; Taylor's Bakery on Spring Street; Miller Motel (Highway 17); Pete's Grill (no address provided), Washington's Restaurant (State Street) and the Ashley Grill (Spring Street) Longshoremen Union welfare fund The Jenkins Orphanage and Jenkins Orphanage Band (a/k/a Jenkins Home Band) Black churches including St. John's Reformed Episcopal Church and Emmanuel A.M.E. Church, St. Paul A.M.E. Church Photos of King Street with Peggy Dress Shop (561 King Street ) in foreground; photo of spring Street showing Pure and Texaco gas stations; Old Slave Mart (6 Chalmers Street), Market Hall Article entitled "Negroes Learned Secret of Charleston's Famed Mansion Flying Staircases" (Joseph Manigault House, 350 Meeting Street, staircase) Almost full-page article about Herbert A. DeCosta Jr. and his construction and contracting work 16 p. : ill. [photos] (11x17 photocopy of original)

Collection

Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/Dissertations

Acquisition

Accession

2009.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2009)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

African Americans--South Carolina--Newspapers, African American churches--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston, African American schools--South Carolina--Charleston, African American business enterprises--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston-Charities, Orphanages--South Carolina--Charleston, Jenkins Orphanage Band, Jenkins Orphanage Institute (Charleston, S.C.)

Publication Details

Publisher

Davis Lee

Place Published

Location

Anderson, SC

Date Published

1962

Call No.

F279 .C49 N44 1962

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

P189

Location

Location

Shelf

Books-Pamphlets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

DeCosta, Herbert

General Notes

Note

Notes: Original issue was found among the Frances Edmunds papers. Given to Avery Research Center in March 2009. USC library has several issues in its catalog. Status: Shelf

Created By

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Create Date

March 18, 2009

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

January 22, 2016