Box 1

Includes graduation certificates, diplomas, announcements, and tuition receipts for City College of New York, University of Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College, University of Denver, Albany Law School, and the Rabbinical College Lishkat Harabonim.

Diploma from the University of Cincinnati and certificate of admission to the South Carolina bar.

Mounted photograph of Jacob Raisin with his graduating class.

Jacob Raisin's diploma from Hebrew Union College.

Letter written by Raisin to his infant son, Aaron, regarding family history.

Includes death notice, eulogy by David Lefkowitz [H.U.C. classmate of Raisin's?], Sabbath remarks on Raisin by KKBE Rabbi William Rosenthall, other remarks by Maier Triest, Aaron Raisin, Mordenai Hirsch, Rita and Leon Banov, Sol Breibart, tributes from KKBE and B'nai Brith, a memorial service program, and information and articles about Raisin published in the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina's newsletter (2005 and 2008).

Includes letters written to Raisin's wife and daughter Rachel regarding his personal library and donation or purchase of his books. Also includes a typed inventory of Jacob Raisin's books presented to the Hebrew Union College library.

Photographs of Jacob Raisin and family members, including Raisin's parents, Aaron Raisin and Taube Slutzky; his children, Mordenai, Rachel, and Aaron; his wife, Jane Lazarus Raisin; and an unidentified man in uniform.

Newspaper clippings by and about Jacob Raisin, in a bound volume. In English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.