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Charleston Jewish Community Relations Committee papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1020
Collection Overview
Includes correspondence, minutes, typescripts, carbons, newspapers, photocopies of clippings, printed matter.
Correspondence (1959-1966) is primarily that of Nat Shulman (1914-2000), as secretary and member of the Community Relations Committee, but also regarding his role as executive director of the Jewish Community Center.
Correspondents include other members of the committee, representatives of the National Community Relations Advisory Council and other national groups, local Rabbis, such...
Dates:
1958-1967
Found in:
Special Collections
Margaretta P. Childs African American church records project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1013
Abstract
Margaretta Pringle Childs (1912-2000) worked as an archivist at the College of Charleston, was head archivist for the City of Charleston, and a field archivist for the South Carolina Historical Society. In addition to her archival work, Childs was a member of the Charleston Interracial Committee and a Civil Rights activist.
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...
Dates:
1849-1985
Chisolm's Rice Mill records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0053
Abstract
Collection consists of the records of Chisolm's Rice Mill, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1873 to 1925. Records include letterpress copybooks containing monthly records of amounts paid and due at the mill, cash books, balance books, general ledgers, and vouchers and receipts for companies and individuals for goods and services.
Dates:
1873-1912
Found in:
Special Collections
Civil War era letters
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-013
Collection Overview
The collection consists of three Civil War era letters. The first letter was written by James E. Wilkins of Virginia to Colonel John Preston on January 23, 1861. In the letter Wilkins pledges his services to South Carolina. The second letter, written September 11, 1862 to John H. Easton, was from a Mr. Helton. In the letter Helton discusses his recovery from injuries suffered during the war. In the third letter, "C.A. Strange" discusses war time conditions to her brother.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1861, 1862, 1864
Found in:
Special Collections
Septima P. Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract
Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1990
Septima Poinsette Clark scrapbook
Item
Identifier: AMN 1000.A
Abstract
The collection consists of a commemorative disbound scrapbook complied for Septima Poinsette Clark by an unknown person highlighting aspects of her life and career as a teacher and civil rights activist. It contains original memorabilia including photographs of her, her family and people affiliated with her life and career (including a photograph of Clark with Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King and several with Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King, Jr.). It also includes correspondence and...
Dates:
1924-1980
Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum photograph
Item
Identifier: Mss 1034-081
Abstract
Group portrait photograph taken at the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, circa 1910. The image shows Superintendent Samuel Wolfenstein with children residing at the orphanage. Nathan Kohler, father of Marjorie Kohler Abrams of Greenville, South Carolina, is pictured in the photograph.
Dates:
circa 1910
Found in:
Special Collections
Coards Studio photographs and records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1086
Abstract
The Coards Studio was a photography studio owned and operated by Joseph and Rachel Coards in Charleston, South Carolina. Coards photographed African American families and individuals in the studio and various events and groups outside of the studio, such as graduations, weddings, and other ceremonies. The studio, located at 78 Line Street, closed in the late 20th century.The collection contains business records, photographs, and personal material, including customer contacts,...
Dates:
approximately 1930s-1990s
Cohen and Mark family photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-105
Abstract
Collection consists of ten photographs of members of the Cohen and Mark families of Clio, South Carolina. Photographs primarily feature Abe Cohen, his daughter Cecile Cohen Waronker, and his wife Betty Mark Cohen. A small number of images also feature other members of the Cohen and Mark families. Included is a list of detailed captions numbered to correspond to a number on the back of each photograph.
Dates:
1940-1994
Found in:
Special Collections
David A. Cohen, Jr., collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1021
Collection Overview
Includes letters, contracts, deeds, ledgers, minutes, reports, photocopies, clippings, ephemera, postcards, typescripts, journal, architectural floor plan.
Papers (1928-1980) of the Darlington Temple Sisterhood: include certificate of incorporation and 1933 constitution; correspondence, bulk pertains to financial matters; broken runs of minutes; topics include general business, fundraising activities and state sisterhood news; broken run of annual reports; financial records include bank...
Dates:
1870s-1990s
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 4
- Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
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- Benedict College 3
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- Breibart, Solomon 3
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- DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 3
- Douglas, Rosslee Tenetha Green, 1928-2011 3
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 3
- Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 3
- Emanuel family 3
- Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 3
- Grice, George Daniel, 1900-1977 3
- Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 3
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- Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 3
- Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 3
- Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 3
- Hunt, Eugene C. 3
- I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 3
- Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
- Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 3
- Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 3
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 3 + ∧ less
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