Church music
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on church music and on sacred vocal music in general. Sacred vocal compositions are entered under the heading Sacred vocal music and headings referred to under that heading.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
South Carolina Baptist Music Auxiliary: Memorandum and Event Program, 1997, 2004
File — Box 126, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Contains document regarding Music Ad Hoc Committee of Charleston County Missionary Baptist Association, in which Whipper was a member.
Dates:
1997, 2004
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations
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4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries
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4.2.5: Charleston County Baptist Association
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4.2.5.7: Various Charleston County Baptist Association Auxiliaries
The Music Ministry Handbook, 1985
File — Box 128, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains correspondence, event programs, and financial records from the church Benjamin J. Whipper pastored (the church's third pastor, 1940-1997). Lucille Whipper was the Minister of Music, and also instituted a Church Tutorial Program in 1991.
Dates:
1985
Various Hymnal Sheet Music, undated
File — Box 127, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Pertains to Whipper's affiliation with the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., and various religious organizations. Contains the sub-series: The National Baptist Convention of America; The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; Ministries and Various Religious Affiliations; and Churches.
Dates:
undated
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated