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The materials in this collection form the working files of Margretta P. Childs's attempted project to collect and house the records of Charleston's black churches at the South Carolina Historical Society. The collection contains mostly photocopied correspondence from Childs to various ministers regarding church records and brief histories of some of the churches. Also included are photocopies of many Work Projects Administration (WPA) church surveys (1936) for the Charleston area, which...
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The collection documents the history of the Owl's Whist Club of Charleston, South Carolina, from 1924-1989. Materials include administrative papers consisting of meeting minutes, constitution and by-laws, and governing rules; financial material made up of receipts, membership dues documentation, and transaction books. Other membership material includes membership rosters. In addition, the events conducted by the club can be traced through the programs and invitations over the course of...
The Entre Nous Bridge Club Papers (1924-1994) consist of minute books; official and financial records; social event materials, and miscellaneous materials including correspondence and newspaper clippings. Of note are several mentions of group's involvement in protesting racial discrimination during World War II and financial support of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and Avery Normal Institute.
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The administrative files mostly document planning for, financing, and building the new Jewish Community Center in suburban Charleston; with blueprints, architects Simons, Lapham, Mitchell and Small correspondence and a small amount of history. The largest series contains photographs documenting Jewish life and Jewish Community Center activities, ca. 1945 to 1998. Original order, when possible, was kept, there being topical and biographical files (including images, 1980s-1990s, of Russian...
Legal documents, minutes, financial documents, and correspondence (1927-1969) document the activities of the Book Lovers' Club (Charleston, S.C.). Important members of the club included Susan Dart Butler, Lois Simms and members of the Holloway, Noisette, Bianchi, Poinsette, and Seabrook families. The collection is arranged in three series: Administrative Papers, Correspondence, and General Documents. Documents are arranged chronilogically within indvidual folders.
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This series includes the original handwritten St. Andrew's Society Rules and Autograph book, containing the original rules of the St. Andrew's Society including the signatures of the original 34 members and a facsimile presented to the College of Charleston on May 13, 1939, by M. Rutledge Rivers, President of the St. Andrew's Society and the Board of Trustees of the College of Charleston. This series also includes annual rule books, containing the rules and by-laws of the Society, lists of...
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The collection consists of the records of Temple Sinai, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Sumter, South Carolina. The administrative, financial, religious, and charitable activities of the congregation are well documented by the correspondence, meeting minutes, ledgers, and annual reports of the congregation's various committees and officers. In addition, a substantial portion of material relates to the activities of the temple's sisterhood, men's club, youth group, and religious school. The...
Topics covered within meeting minutes include discussion of dues collected, attendance records, motions made, and reports back from the women who attended the conventions. The subseries contains administrative correspondence, which consisting of letters between the chapter and the Grand Chapter regarding membership and dues, and letters from the district about meeting times and locations.
Administrative records contains correspondence between the American Missionary Association and the faculty of the Avery schools. In addition, this series also contains photographs of faculty members, course and enrollment descriptions, and announcements forwarded to students and their families. There are 18 folders in this series that range from 1865 to 1947 as well as undated material.
Includes material relating to organizational structure of the organization as well as form letters, lists of members and lot holders and meeting minutes regarding consitutional and bylaw changes.
