Dora Altman collection

Includes photographs, photocopies, correspondence, address books, autograph books, and ephemera. Collection consists of material related to Dora Altman's immediate family and relatives, including obituaries and family genealogy notes. Also included are a personal autograph book (1920s) and several address and memo pads with notes on family birthdays and death dates. Material of the related Brown family consists of correspondence and publications (1980s-1990s). Collection includes candid family photographs (1890s-1990s) that document life in Charleston, fashion trends, Altman family vacations and relatives. Among the photographs are several framed portrait photos (1920s). The majority of the images are of Dora, Cecile, and Annie Altman (1940s-1990s). A final group of papers document the death of Lt. Samuel D. Turtletaub, Miss Altman's fiancé who died during World War I. Included are portrait photographs and ephemera related to his death in 1918.

Altman relatives and friends including Cecile Altman, Annie Altman Wilensky, Moses J. Mendelsohn, Anne Clingham Gill, Hannah Brown, Ann Brown Poss.

Includes image photocopies.

Memory book (ca. 1930s-1990s) includes birthdays, death dates, mentions injuries incurred, (ex. sprained ankle, Dec. 1939); notepad includes addresses, daily activities log from Canada vacation; poetry entries.

Letter from Sam Brown to cousin Dora Altman, 1998; article re. Sam Brown’s retirement from Virginia Power, 1987; invitation to Ann Brown Poss MFA exhibit (with picture of artist) 1989; several Brown family photos in folder 1/3, envelope 2.

Portrait photos of Lt. Turtletaub in uniform (one has negative); photocopies of obituary (1918); funeral card and invitation to service at Brith Sholom Synagogue; original program from1919 USC (Columbia) memorial service for students and alumni who died in WWI.