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Pierrine Smith Byrd papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0007
Collection Overview
Collection contains materials related to Byrd's alumni activities including correspondence, membership lists, receipts, clippings, and programs. Other items include awards, medals, and clippings relating to her college days, alumni activities, and her contributions to rose culture.
Materials relating to College of Charleston alumni activities and Byrd's membership on the Alumni Assistance Committee include letters and invitations from the Alumni Association, thank you notes for...
Dates:
1919-1991
Found in:
Special Collections
Byrnes Downs Garden Club scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0148
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting the history, projects, and activities of the Byrnes Downs Garden Club (Charleston, S.C.) from 1948 to 1953.
Dates:
1948-1953
Found in:
Special Collections
Stephen W. Cagle papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0217
Abstract
The collection consists of the papers of Stephen W. Cagle, white proprietor of the gay business establishment Charleston Beach Bed & Breakfast at Folly Beach, South Carolina, with his domestic and business partner Charles S. Holt, white Air Force veteran. The papers include photographs, correspondence, and realia dating from 1989 to 2001.
Dates:
1989-2001
Found in:
Special Collections
Camp Blue Star photograph album
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1126
Abstract
Photograph album containing group photos of campers at Camp Blue Star (now named Blue Star Camps), a Jewish summer camp in Henderson, North Carolina. Photographs feature Doris Poliakoff Feinsilber during her time at Camp Blue Star in the late 1950s as a camper and a counselor.
Dates:
1955-1959
Found in:
Special Collections
"Camp Lawless" photograph album
Item
Identifier: Mss 1034-082
Abstract
A photograph album containing snapshots from a vacation in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. "Camp Lawless" is written on the album, which was likely created by Paul Hamilton Rogers or Ruth Richardson Rogers. The album includes pictures of the friends, including Clifton Moïse and Marguerite Cromer, at the cabin as well as at the Biltmore Estate.
Dates:
circa 1912
Found in:
Special Collections
James E. Campbell papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1113
Abstract
James E. Campbell (born 1925), an African-American educator and civil rights activist, worked as a teacher in Baltimore, Maryland; New York, New York; and Tanzania. He later became an administrator with the New York City public school system. Campbell also served as contributing editor for the journal Freedomways. Relocating after retirement, he became a community activist in Charleston, South Carolina and continued his involvement with educational...
Dates:
1930-2009
Alexander Carns slave bill of sale
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-008
Collection Overview
Bill of sale dated "29th December 1083" (1803) for a Negro girl named Luce sold by Alexander Carns of North Carolina to John Foster of Lancaster District, South Carolina. Witnessed by Catherine Carns.
Dates:
1803 December 29
Found in:
Special Collections
Carr family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1073
Abstract
The Carr Family were central members of the African-American community known as Maryville, South Carolina. Thomas Tobias Carr, Sr. (b. 1863) was the last Mayor to serve the town. His wife, Mary Green Carr (d. 1963) was a dressmaker and licenced midwife.The Carr Family Papers include correspondence, photographs, school related materials including diplomas, a family scrapbook, and other materials collected and/or generated by family members: Rosemary and Thomas Tobias Carr, III,...
Dates:
approximately 1671-2009; Majority of material found within 1920-1995
Charles Walker Carroll collection on the Wateree Indians
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0133
Collection Overview
All known information about the Wateree Indians of South Carolina and North Carolina was assembled by Wes Taukchiray for Charles Walker Carroll. This collection includes Taukchiray's book-length manuscript summarizing his research (323 pages; available online), annotated photocopies of published information, and related correspondence. The Wateree were the first tribe of Indians in North America known to have had a Spanish mission established on their territory. The mission was located at...
Dates:
1566-1770
Found in:
Special Collections
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1015
Abstract
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, an African-American church, formed after the Civil War with the withdrawal of African-American members from Trinity United Methodist Church. In 1866, the congregation purchased its current building at 60 Wentworth Street, Charleston, South Carolina.The records in this collection cover the beginning of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (1866-1978). The collection is divided into two series: Member Records and Financial Records. Member...
Dates:
1857-1994; Majority of material found within 1866-1969
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- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 6
- Voorhees College 6
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- DeCosta family 5
- Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 5
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 5
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- United States. Congress. House 5
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- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 5
- Weinberg family 5
- Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 4
- Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Charleston County School District 4
- Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 4
- Clyburn, James 4
- Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Harby family 4
- Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Howard University 4
- Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 4
- Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 4
- Medical University of South Carolina 4
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- Moïse, Penina 4
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- Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 4
- South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 4
- South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 4
- Stern, Theodore Sanders 4
- Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Tobias, Thomas J. 4
- United States. Navy 4
- Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 4
- Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
- African Methodist Episcopal Church 3
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- Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 3
- Allen University 3
- Alterman, Jennet Robinson 3
- American Missionary Association 3
- B'nai B'rith 3
- Baskervill Ministries (Pawleys Island, S.C.) 3
- Benedict College 3
- Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
- Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978 3
- Breibart, Solomon 3
- Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 3
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- Carawan, Guy 3
- College of Charleston. Alumni Association 3
- Confederate States of America. Army 3
- Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 3
- Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 3
- 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
- Harby, Isaac, 1788-1828 3
- Harleston family 3
- Harleston, Edwin Gailliard, 1854-1931 3
- 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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