Mamie E Garvin Fields (1888-1987) Papers (1894-1987; bulk, 1945-1985)

 

Avery Research Center Manuscript Number 1023

 

Biographical Note:

 

Mamie Elizabeth Garvin was born in 1888 to Rebecca Mary Logan Bellinger and George Washington Garvin, in Charleston, SC, on the property of her great-uncle James B. Middleton, a former slave and Methodist minister.  Garvin attended the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial School in Charleston. With a scholarship from her church, Centenary Methodist, she attended the high school division of Claflin College in Orangeburg, and later continued her education at the college.   In 1908, she began her teaching career at Pine Wood, a one-room school near Sumter, South Carolina. Returning to Charleston in 1909, Garvin became one of the first African American teachers hired to teach in the county’s public schools.  She taught at the Humbert Wood Elementary School and at Miller Hill School, John’s Island, SC, where she served as principal for two years.  After living briefly in Boston, MA, she returned to Charleston and married Robert Lucas Fields, a bricklayer, in 1914, and reared two sons, Robert Lionel and Alfred Benjamin. Fields resumed her career in 1926, teaching at the Society Corner School on James Island, SC.  In addition to teaching children, Fields was a pioneer in adult and education, organizing classes on James and Johns Islands in the early 1920s and developing the first vacation bible school for migrant workers in Charleston during the Depression.  Fields retired in 1943, but remained a dedicated club woman, volunteering in numerous religious and civic organizations.  She was a long-standing member of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc., (NACWC) and joined the City of Charleston Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in 1916; she co-founded the Modern Priscilla Club of Charleston in 1927; served as president of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SCFCWC) from 1958 to 1964; and functioned as superintendent of Wilkinson Home for Girls, Cayce, SC from 1960 to 1963.   She was a local pioneer in the concept of children’s day-care facilities; the day-care center at the George Legare Homes public housing project was named for her.  Fields was a past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star and served on Mayor J. Palmer Gaillard Jr.’s city advisory committee of housing.  Among her numerous honors, she was named “South Carolina’s Outstanding Older Citizen” in 1972.  In 1978, she, with her granddaughter Karen Fields embarked on an oral history project which culminated in the book, Lemon Swamp and Other Places: a Carolina Memoir, documenting her life in Charleston and Boston from birth to 1948.  Fields died in Charleston, June 19, 1987.

 

Scope and Content:  Approximately 3 linear ft. (1894-1987, bulk, 1945-1985)

 

The majority of the collection details Mamie Garvin Fields’s involvement with the National Association of Colored Women Clubs, Inc., and her role as state president of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Papers include organizational materials, meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters and photographs. Many of the materials -- photocopied photographs, programs and essays (1950-1985) detailing activities of the Coastal, Central/Marion Birnie Wilkinson, Pee Dee and Piedmont Districts – were clipped from various newsletters and publications, such as SCFCWC's Our Book of Gold: Fiftieth Anniversary yearbook.  Additionally, the district series contains organizational materials, letters and group photographs of clubs, and individual members from such cities and towns as Charleston, Elloree, Aiken, Barnwell, Columbia, Orangeburg, Cheraw, Darlington, Florence, Sumter, Rock Hill, Seneca, and Greenville, SC.  Biographical data and images exist for such notable SC women as Septima Clark, Susan Dart Butler, Albertha J. Murray and others. The Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls series contains correspondence between Fields and the home’s namesake, drafts and typed tributes and other writings by Fields re her position as superintendent (1960-63) at this home for delinquents, along with photocopied photographs and articles from newsletters (1949-1968). A smaller yet substantial series relates to Fields’s book Lemon Swamp (1983) including material on her co-author and granddaughter, Karen Fields, organizational material for the manuscript; correspondence; photocopied book reviews and photographs of the authors at book signing events.  Family materials (1894-1986) include letters; photographs; Garvin family trees (1949), newsletters, programs and photographs of the Bellinger/Akmal (1982, 84) and Middleton family reunions (1986). The series on affiliations documents Fields’s involvements with social, civic, and religious institutions.  Women’s organizations represented include the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), with programs, clippings and photographs re Mary McLeod Bethune.  Child Day Care and other civic association (1969-1980) materials include letters, copies of clippings and photographs relating to the Charleston Nursery and Mamie Fields Day Care Center, Y.M.C.A. and other organizations. Centenary Methodist Church (1950-1986) files contain organizational materials, letters, newsletters, programs, photographs and materials relating to the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church. Visual materials contain numerous original individual photographs (1910, 1940-1980) of Fields, alone and with relatives, friends and associates; the majority being unidentified.  There is a photograph of members of the Charleston Inter-racial Commission, a group photograph that includes President John F. Kennedy, and one of Dizzy Gillespie.

 

 

Suggested Subject Headings

 

Fields, Mamie Garvin (1888-1987)

Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955)

Butler, Susan Dart (1888-1959)

Clark, Septima P. (1898-1987)

Fields, Karen (1943-

Murray, Albertha J. (1889-1969)

Wilkinson, Marion Birnie (1873-1956?)

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)

Gillespie, Dizzy (1917-1993)

 

Lemon Swamp and Other Places—

 

Cannon Street YMCA-Charleston, SC

Charleston County Teachers Association

Claflin College, Orangeburg SC

Centenary Methodist Church, Charleston, SC

National Association of Colored Women Clubs, Inc. (NACWC)

National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

South Carolina Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs (SCFCWC)

The Modern Priscilla Club-Charleston, SC 

Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls

            a.k.a. Fairwold Home for Delinquent Negro Girls

            a.ka. The Wilkinson Home for Underprivileged Orphans

South Carolina United Methodist Conference

South Carolina Council on Human Relations

Bellinger Family

Akmal family

Fields Family

Middleton Family

 

African Americans-education

African American –history

African American –women’s clubs – South Carolina – Charleston

                                                                                        Elloree

                                                                                        Aiken

                                                                                        Barnwell

                                                                                        Columbia

                                                                                        Orangeburg

                                                                                        Cheraw

                                                                                        Darlington

                                                                                        Florence

                                                                                        Sumter

                                                                                        Rock Hill

                                                                                        Seneca

                                                                                        Greenville

African American – girls – delinquents

Education –SC-Johns Island, SC

Education-SC-James Island, SC

Children’s development centers – child day care

Charleston Inter-racial Commission

 

Humbert Wood Elementary School – Johns Island, SC

Miller Hill School – Johns Island, SC

Society Corner School – James Island, SC

 

Photographs

Clippings

 

 

 

Mamie Garvin Fields

 

 

Avery Manuscript Number 1023

 

 

Inventory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Box #/

I

Biographical Papers

Folder#

 

 

 

1

Typed and handwritten biographical sketches (1982, nd)

1-1

 

 

 

2

Membership cards, voter registration certificates and name tags (1938-1984)

1-2

 

 

 

3

Unframed cross stitch (1983) tribute to Fields by her granddaughter Marlene; coloring

1-3

 

book (1979) from The Charleston Black Arts Festival featuring Fields

 

 

 

 

4

Miscellaneous programs and newspaper clippings (1969, nd) re Fields

1-4

 

 

 

5

Handwritten notes (1987) written by Florence Holt re Fields's health status during her

1-5

 

final days

 

 

 

 

II

Writings:  Lemon Swamp and Other Places

 

 

 

 

1

Typed biographical sketch (c. 1982) of Karen Fields,  Fields's granddaughter and co-

1-6

 

author of Lemon Swamp.  Includes handwritten budget for the book

 

 

 

 

2

Typed and handwritten letters (1979-1983) from Karen Fields re editorial and pre

1-7

 

publication issues; and letters re Fields' book deal with The Free Press, with initial

 

 

press release

 

 

 

 

3

Typed and handwritten letters (1984) from Karen Fields re the release of Lemon 

1-8

 

 Swamp, with comments on reviews; and letters from various relatives and friends

 

 

expressing interest in the book

 

 

 

 

4

Typed and handwritten letters (1985-86, nd) from Karen Fields re book sales and

1-9

 

royalties; letters from historic and academic institutions re speaking engagements

 

 

 

 

5

Photocopied newspaper clippings (1983-85, nd) of  book reviews for Lemon Swamp

1-10

 

 

 

6

Black and white photographs (c.1900-1910) featured in Lemon Swamp

1-11

 

 

 

7

Color and black and white photographs (1983-85) from Lemon Swamp book signing

1-12

 

events

 

 

 

 

III

Correspondence

 

 

 

 

1

Handwritten letters (1943-1948) re family news from  Fields's son Robert, daughter-

1-13

 

in-law, Ruth and granddaughter Karen; condolence telegram (1949) from the Eureka

 

 

Club re passing of Fields' mother

 

 

 

 

2

Handwritten letters (1960-69) re family news from Fields's nieces and nephews, and

1-14

 

granddaughter, Barbara

 

 

 

 

3

Handwritten letters and cards (1971-79) re family news from Fields's relatives

1-15

 

including granddaughter Karen; and Charleston business leader, Arthur Clement, Jr.

 

 

 

 

4

Handwritten letters (1980-87) from relatives and friends with greetings and family news

1-16

 

 

 

5

Undated handwritten letters and cards from relatives and friends, including partial letter

1-17

 

and magazine picture from the daughter of Rev E. B. Burroughs, South Carolina

 

 

[United Methodist] Conference

 

 

 

 

6

Professional letters (1971, 1982-1986) to Fields re community involvement, special

1-18

 

tributes and speaking engagements.  Includes  letters from Avery Research Center and

 

 

the University of South Carolina (1986)

 

 

 

 

IV

Family papers

 

 

 

 

1

Title  (1894 to real estate (1894) transfer from Mary Mathews Nelson Fox to Robert Fields

1-19

 

Fields, for 34 Henrietta Street, Charleston, SC

 

 

 

 

2

Black and white photographs (c.1890, 1920-1950) of Fields's brother Herbert;

1-20

 

husband Robert; sons Robert and Alfred; and granddaughters Barbara and Karen

 

 

 

 

3

Newsletters and graduation program (1968, 1985-86) re Fields's granddaughter,

1-21

 

Barbara

 

 

 

 

4

Program, newspaper clipping and color photograph (1976) re Field's son Alfred's

1-22

 

induction as Worshipful Master of the Prince Hall Lodge No. 46, Charleston

 

 

 

 

5

Typed family trees, and handwritten essay (1949, nd) re Garvin family

1-23

 

 

 

6

Handwritten letter, newsletter, notes and program (1982) re Bellinger/Akmal family

1-24

 

reunion; and color photographs (1984) re 2nd Annual Bellinger/Akmal family reunion

 

 

 

 

7

Booklet, program, handwritten notes and photocopied newspaper clippings (1986) re

1-25

 

Middleton family reunion; photocopied newspaper clipping (nd) profiling Earl

 

 

Middleton

 

 

 

 

8

Color photographs (1986) from Middleton family reunion tour of Middleton Place

1-26

 

 

 

9

Obsequies (1985) re Fields' son Robert Lionel; and relative Edward E. Collins (1986)

1-27

 

 

 

V

Affiliations: Schools and School Related Materials

 

 

 

 

1

Composition notebook (1931-32) includes arithmetic word problems; language games

2-1

 

for first to third grades; and speech presenting James B. Felton, supervisor of Negro

 

 

schools for the State of South Carolina to the Charleston County Teachers Association

 

 

 

 

2

Composition notebook (1932) includes fifth to seventh grade arithmetic, geography and

2-2

 

history lessons; and lessons on personal hygiene

 

 

 

 

3

Record book (1938) of school attendance and grade register for the fifth to seventh

2-3

 

grades at Society Corner, James Island, SC

 

 

 

 

4

Handwritten letters (1981) from Laing Middle School students thanking Fields for

2-4

 

lecturing to their class

 

 

 

 

5

Programs and newsletters (1984-1987) from Claflin College, Orangeburg SC

2-5

 

 

 

 

Affiliations:  National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. (NACWC)

 

 

 

 

1

Constitution/By-Laws  (1962) of  NACWC: with illustrated pamphlet (c. 1958) of

3-1

 

past national presidents

 

 

 

 

2

Report (1952) from the NACWC Office of the Treasurer; letter (1983) from Minnie

3-2

 

M. Nelson, NACWC Historian, requesting biographical information from Fields; with

 

 

meeting notes (1977) re NACWC and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) officials

 

 

 

 

3

NACWC publications (1950, 53, 1984, 85) National Notes

3-3

 

 

 

4

Hand painted cover (nd) from the NACWC fiftieth annual year book

3-4

 

 

 

5

Miscellaneous materials(1953, 1970, 1983) from various NACWC publications

3-5

 

 

 

6

Black and white photograph (1962) of several NACWC members watching President

3-6

 

John F. Kennedy sign bill designating Frederick Douglas Home as national shrine; with

 

 

published image on cover (1963) of NACWC National Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SCFCWC)

 

 

 

 

1

Partial constitution/by-laws and organizational materials (1964,1973, nd) of SCFCWC South

3-7

 

Includes typescripts and other fragments on the group's history.

 

 

 

 

2

Original and photocopied, typed and handwritten scattered minutes (1961, 1973, nd)

3-8

 

of SCFCWC

 

 

 

 

3

Typed, handwritten and photocopied correspondence (1948-1985) re general

3-9

 

administrative and membership matters.  Includes letters from Eunice Stackhouse re

 

 

SCFCWC 1961-62 yearbook, and financial concerns of some SC districts

 

 

 

 

4

Original and photocopies of  handwritten speeches (nd) by Fields re the origins of

3-10

 

NACWC and SCFCWC

 

 

 

 

5

Original and photocopies of  handwritten minutes (1960) of the 51st  anniversary of

3-11

 

the SCFCWC, held at Jerusalem Baptist Church, Hartsville, SC

 

 

 

 

6

Booklets and programs (1931, 1948, 1950-51, 1959, 1960-64 1973, 1979, 1983,

3-12

 

 nd) from SCFCWC Annual Meetings; photocopied program (1960) from South

 

 

Carolina Council on Human Relations featuring Fields at a SCFCWC co-sponsored

 

 

event; and fifty-eighth annual meeting program (1967) honoring Fields

 

 

 

 

7

Original and  copies of (1961, 63) of The Palmettoan,  newsletter of SCFCWC

3-13

 

 

 

8

Black and white photographs (1959-1962) of SCFCWC executive board members

3-14

 

 

 

9

Programs, and poem (nd) re SCFCW Junior Federation of Girls

3-15

 

 

 

10

Certificates and membership cards (1978, 1987) re Fields's affiliation with SCFCWC

3-16

 

 

 

11

Minutes, convention programs, and printed images of black and white photographs

3-17

 

cut from newsletters (1955, 59, 1973)of  the Southeastern Association of

 

 

Colored Women's and Girl's Clubs

 

 

 

 

12

Printed images of  photographs cut from newsletters; with original black and white

3-18

 

photographs (c. 1950-1960s) of unidentified SCFCWC individuals and groups

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SCFCWC):

 

 

Coastal District

 

 

 

 

1

Original and photocopied correspondence, memorandums and miscellaneous

3-19

 

handwritten notes (1952, 1964, nd) re membership matters of the Charleston City

 

 

Federation of Colored Women's Club. Includes draft of Fields's thank you note (1952)

 

 

to Judge J. Waties and Elizabeth Waring

 

 

 

 

2

Original and photocopied programs (1969-1980) of Charleston City Federation of

3-20

 

Women's and Girls' Clubs, Inc. functions and annual meetings

 

 

 

 

3

Printed black and white pictures cut from  newsletters and original black and white

3-21

 

photographs (c. 1955-1965) of Charleston Federation Clubs including the Azalea

 

 

Beauticians Club; East Side Jessamine Club; Elite Art and Social Club; Harriet Tubman

 

 

Club; Marian Anderson Circle; Marion Birnie Wilkinson Club; Marionettes Club;

 

 

Modern Stylettes Federated Club; Mary McLeod Bethune Club; the Poinsetta Club;

 

 

and Volkamenian Club

 

 

 

 

4

Printed black and white pictures cut from newsletters (c. 1955-1965), biographical

3-22

 

profiles of Charleston City Federation members including Fields, Sarah Dart Butler,

 

 

Septima Clark, Eliza Manigault, Albertha Murray, Ethelyn Parker and Susie Simmons

 

 

 

 

5

Photocopied letter, program and handwritten notes (1974, 1982, nd) re the origins of

3-23

 

The Modern Priscilla Club

 

 

 

 

6

Original and photocopied black and white photographs (nd) of The Modern Priscilla

3-24

 

Club members

 

 

 

 

7

Handwritten notes, and photocopied newspaper clipping (c.1967) re City Federation

4-1

 

of Women's and Girls' Clubs' involvement in the Charleston Clean Up program

 

 

 

 

8

Handwritten notes and roster (nd) re Charleston Juniors and Federation of Girls

4-2

 

 

 

9

Original and photocopied black and white photographs (nd) of Federation of Girls'

4-3

 

Club members

 

 

 

 

10

Programs and scrapbook items (1963, nd) from Coastal District of SCFCWC

4-4

 

 

 

11

Original and photocopied black and white photographs (nd) of Coastal District

4-5

 

members

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SCFCWC):

 

 

Central/Marion Birnie Wilkinson District; Pee Dee and Piedmont Districts

 

 

 

 

1

Photocopied black and white pictures from disassembled newsletters with handwritten

4-6

 

profiles of clubs and members in the Central/Marion Birnie Wilkinson District

 

 

(c. 1955-1965) including the Azalea Club, Elloree, SC; Aiken Civic League; The Uplift

 

 

Federated Club, Barnwell; Culture and Magnolia Garden Clubs, Columbia, SC

 

 

 

 

2

Report (1960) from Central district members to Fields re committee on church

4-7

 

relations; and photocopied letter (1963) from Eunice F. Stackhouse requesting material

 

 

from the Wilkinson District for the publication in the Palmettoan newsletter

 

 

 

 

3

Original and photocopied black and white photographs (nd) of Central/Wilkinson

4-8

 

District clubs; certificate (1966)  from the Henrietta Austin Club of Cayce

 

 

 

 

4

Original and photocopied typescripts (nd) re the origins and purpose of the Sunlight

4-9

 

Club, Inc., Orangeburg, SC; tax report (1953) re Sunlight Club to the NACWC; and

 

 

photocopied photographs of members

 

 

 

 

5

Original and photocopied letters (1949) from Marion Wilkinson re planning of Sunlight

4-10

 

club activities; and letters (1949) from Helen Sheffield re Junior programs

 

 

 

 

6

Original and photocopied essays (nd) re Pee Dee District origins and of members 

4-11

 

 

 

7

Photocopied black and white pictures from disassembled newsletters and original

4-12

 

black and white photographs (c. 1955-1965) of clubs and members in the Pee Dee

 

 

District, including the Addie Pickens Club, Cheraw; Darlington Social Hearts; Eureka

 

 

Club, Florence; the Progressive Federated Women's Club and One More Effort Club,

 

 

Sumter, SC

 

 

 

 

8

Scattered photocopied annual meeting meetings, and member profiles (c.1960-65)

4-13

 

from the Piedmont District

 

 

 

 

9

Photocopied black and white pictures from disassembled newsletters and original

4-14

 

black and white photographs (c. 1955-1965) of clubs and members in the Piedmont

 

 

District, including The Ever Ready Club, Rock Hill; Lend-a-Hand Federated Club,

 

 

Greenville; Mary McLeod Bethune Club, Seneca; and the Over the Top Federated

 

 

Club, Greenville, SC

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: The Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls

 

 

 

 

1

Original and photocopied correspondence (1949-1979) re administrative business and

4-15

 

donation drives for the Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls, Cayce, SC. and

 

 

Wilkinson Club.  Includes partial draft of letters (1949) from Fields to Wilkinson re

 

 

Home's status and to Rev. DuBose, Pastor of Wesley Methodist Church re the

 

 

treatment of the girls while attending Sunday services

 

 

 

 

2

Original and photocopied handwritten notes (1945, 1977) re study on juvenile

4-16

 

delinquency; housing girls at the home; and Fields's position as superintendent

 

 

 

 

3

Partial original and photocopy of typed speech by Fields (nd) in  tribute to Marion 

4-17

 

 Birnie Wilkinson; with a biographical sketch

 

 

 

 

4

Photocopied black and white pictures from disassembled SCFCWC's Our Book of

4-18

 

Gold: Fiftieth Anniversary (1959) and newsletters (1960-63) of the Wilkinson

 

 

Home for Girls; with articles and group photos

 

 

 

 

5

Black and white photographs (1922, 1960-68) of the Wilkinson Home for Girls

4-19

 

(exterior); and group photos of girls

 

 

 

 

6

Black and white photographs (c. 1960) of individual girls from the Wilkinson Home

4-20

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: Women's Organizations: National Council of Negro Women

 

 

 

 

1

Mimeographed handbook (1954) of Constitution and By-Laws from National Council

4-21

 

of Negro Women (NCNW) local councils; and pamphlet (nd) re the NCNW

 

 

organization

 

 

 

 

2

Original and photocopied letters (1949-1950) from the NCNW re the formation of

4-22

 

the Charleston Metropolitan Council; and letter (1985) re tribute to Mary McLeod

 

 

Bethune; and black and white photograph (c.1950) of Fields with the Charleston

 

 

Metropolitan Council members

 

 

 

 

3

Photocopied newspaper and magazine clippings (1950) re Dorothy Ferebee, second

4-23

 

president of NCNW, and other members

 

 

 

 

4

Programs, letters and invitations (1949-1950) re tributes to Mary McLeod Bethune;

4-24

 

program and Women United magazine article (1949) re International Night observing

 

 

the fourth anniversary of the United Nations, with Bethune presiding; and 1976 South

 

 

Carolina State House tribute

 

 

 

 

5

Original and photocopied newspaper and magazine clippings (1949-1951) re

4-25

 

retirement of Mary McLeod Bethune; her death (1955); and handwritten draft of

 

 

speech by Fields

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: Child Day Care Centers and Civic Associations

 

 

 

 

1

By-laws, typed letter, contact lists and press releases (1969-1971, nd) re Charleston

5-1

 

Nursery and Day Care Center

 

 

 

 

2

Handwritten notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, programs (1969-1984) re

5-2

 

Mamie Fields Day Care Center

 

 

 

 

3

Black and white and color photographs (1979-1981) re Mamie Fields Day Care

5-3

 

Center

 

 

 

 

4

Carbon copy of proposal (1967) by Fields re interracial cooperation at Charleston's

5-4

 

Branch of Y.W.C.A.; newsletters and programs (1976-1981) and certificate to Fields

 

 

(1983)

 

 

 

 

5

Newsletters and membership list (1980-85) from The League of Women Voters of

5-5

 

Charleston County

 

 

 

 

6

Typed letter (1986) from National Black Women's Health Project re Fields's

5-6

 

membership and By-Laws of the SC Chapter of National Association of Black Social

 

 

Workers

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: Centenary United Methodist Church and Related Organizations

 

 

 

 

1

Program, (1984) re Centenary United Methodist Church's one hundred eighteenth

5-7

 

anniversary, with church's history; membership roll (1985) and report on committee

 

 

nominations (1984)

 

 

 

 

2

Photocopied handwritten budgets (1974, 1982-86) for Centenary United Methodist

5-8

 

Church; administrative board roster (1971-72)

 

 

 

 

3

Scattered church service programs (1976-1986); photocopied church hymns

5-9

 

 

 

4

Programs, newsletters, course study materials and officers roster (1975-1986) from

5-10

 

Centenary United Methodist Women

 

 

 

 

5

Letters (1968-1986, nd) to Fields and church members re church functions; fund raiser

5-11

 

for Esau Jenkins Opportunity Center, Johns Island (1974); and overseas relief

 

 

efforts (1977)

 

 

 

 

6

Handwritten notes (1978) by Fields re Sunday school convention; and spiritual retreat

5-12

 

(1984)

 

 

 

 

7

Miscellaneous materials (1896, 1972-74) re South Carolina United Methodist

5-13

 

Churches. Includes fragment of receipt booklet (1896) re payments from Rev. B.F.

 

 

Witherspoon, annual SC Conference; photocopied entry from United Methodist

 

 

Ministers in South Carolina re Fields' great uncles James B. and Abram Middleton

 

 

and their involvement in the South Carolina Conference and establishment of churches;

 

 

and minutes (1972) from Board of Christian Social Concerns

 

 

 

 

8

Program (1941) from the Charleston District of the Women's Society of Christian

5-14

 

Service, South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church; with charter certificates

 

 

of elected officers for Francis Brown Church, Berkeley; Andrews Church, Latta,

 

 

Wesley Methodist Church, Charleston; Isaiah Church, Waterboro; St Luke Church,

 

 

Edgetown; and St. James Methodist Church, Darlington

 

 

 

 

9

Black and white, sepia and color photographs (nd) including pictures of Fields and

5-15

 

Bible school students; and unidentified church group pictures

 

 

 

 

10

Black and white  newsletter photographs (1956, nd) of Fields with members of the

5-16

 

Prince Hall Chapter No. 41, O.E.S., Order of the Eastern Star

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: Community and Miscellaneous Organizations

 

 

 

 

1

Photocopied project proposal, handwritten notes and black and white photographs

5-17

 

(1967-69) re Charleston County Community Improvement program; and photocopied

 

 

newspaper clipping (1967) re Fields's participation on Mayor Gaillard's Citizens

 

 

Advisory Committee

 

 

 

 

2

Carbon copy and photocopy of resolution (1972) re Fields named as South Carolina's

5-18

 

Outstanding Older Citizen; and photocopied newspaper and magazine articles re the

 

 

tribute

 

 

 

 

3

Letters and reports (1973-1981) re the Trident Area Agency on Aging and Senior

5-19

 

Citizens.  Includes photocopied newspaper clipping and certificate (1972) from

 

 

Clemson University to Fields for college week for senior citizens and letter (1973) from

 

 

Joshua Higgins, Commission on Human Relations, Elizabeth, NJ inspired by Fields'

 

 

diploma and requesting advice on how to motivate their seniors

 

 

 

 

4

Black and white photographs (c. 1950) of groundbreaking for Cannon Street YMCA

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5

Certificates (1940-1955) from various volunteer organizations

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VI

Visual Materials

 

 

 

 

1

Black and white photograph (6 1/2" x 10") (1930) of Fields, Susan Dart Butler and

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others attending an Interracial Committee/Commission on Interracial Cooperation

 

 

meeting at Dart Hall. Charleston

 

 

 

 

2

Black and white and color photographs (c.1910, 1940-1980) of Fields;  with

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relatives, friends and associates (mostly unidentified).  Includes a color photograph

 

 

of Fields with jazz trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie (nd)

 

 

 

 

3

Black and white and color photographs (c.1950-1980) of Fields's family and friends

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(identified)

 

 

 

 

4

Black and white photographs (c.1910-1939) of unidentified individuals and groups

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5

Black and white photographs (c. 1940-1959) of unidentified individuals and groups

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6

Black and white and color photographs (c.1960-1980) of unidentified individuals and

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groups

 

 

 

 

VII

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

1

Miscellaneous programs (1979-1987) from various graduation commencements; and

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service organizations

 

 

 

 

2

Unbound pages from address books (1944-1975) with listings of friends and members

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from the SC Federation of Women and civic organizations

 

 

 

 

VII

Oversize Materials

 

 

 

 

 

Black and White panoramic photograph (1952) NACWC 28th Biennial Convention at

Plat

 

Belmont High School, Los Angeles, CA

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