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Ashleyville and Maryville are unique West Ashley neighborhoods adjacent to one another and bounded on the south by St. Andrews Boulevard (which divides the two) and the West Ashley Greenway, west by Diana Street and West Oak Forest neighborhood, north by Old Town Creek, and east by the marshes of the Ashley River.  They are important historically African American neighborhoods that today have a diverse makeup of residents and architectural character, only three miles from the Charleston peninsula by vehicle. (https://charlestonempireproperties.com/ashleyville-maryville/) 

Vertical File

• Ashleyville/Maryville
• Just, Ernest Everett

Books

• Hamilton, Diane. Maryville, the Audacity of a People. United States: [BookBaby], 2021.
   

Archival Collections at the Avery Research Center

• Carr Family Papers, Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/resources/47 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• Thomas T. Carr III papers, Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/resources/486 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• Clemon Harold Richardson, Sr. Papers, Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/resources/232 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• Dr. Thomas Carr McFall, Box: 2, Folder: 17. Helen Evangeline Banks Harrison papers, AMN 1032. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/48003 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• Emanuel A.M.E. Church Records, Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/resources/288 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• Inez Richardson papers, Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/resources/549 Accessed October 02, 2023.
• McNeil and Richardson family papers, Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/resources/550 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• Land Conveyance, 1854, Box: 3, Folder: 66. Various Collections, AMN 9000. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/47057 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• Ashleyville, S.C., Box: 164. H. A. DeCosta, Jr. papers, AMN 1084. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/42853 Accessed June 15, 2023.
• People "R", Folder 10-40. Avery photograph collection, AMN 1112. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/23382 Accessed June 15, 2023.