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wills

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Legal instruments in which a person declares the disposition of his/her property, to take effect after his/her death, and which is revocable during the lifetime of that person.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Blamyer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-150
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to the Blamyer family and includes artifacts, certificates, church records, clippings, correspondence, genealogies, obituaries, photographs, wills, and other miscellaneous biographical and genealogical materials.

Dates: 1751-1976
Found in: Special Collections / Blamyer family papers

Edmund Lee Drago collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1051
Abstract Scholar, author, and history professor, Edmund Lee Drago began his teaching career at the College of Charleston in 1975. He is the author of "Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute" (1990), among other books. His research focus is 19th century U.S. History, African American and Charleston history, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first consists of materials related to his...
Dates: 1784-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1865-1991
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Edmund Lee Drago collection

Grimke family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates: 1678-1977, circa 1990s
Found in: Special Collections / Grimke family papers

Lazarus and Hirsch families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1018
Abstract This collection contains photographs, correspondence, clippings, pins, a textile, legal documents, albums, and other items relating to Jane Lazarus Raisin and the Lazarus and Hirsch families of Charleston, as well as the related Hart, Levy, Cohen, Mordecai, Harby, De Lyon, De La Motta, and Raisin families. Collection includes numerous early photographs. Materials also pertain to Charleston's Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) synagogue and Jewish life in Charleston and South Carolina in the...
Dates: 1776, 1818-2005
Found in: Special Collections / Lazarus and Hirsch families papers

Randolph family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0043
Collection Overview Papers consist of financial and legal documents and correspondence pertaining to Harrison and Louise Wagener Randolph, the Randolph family, and George Andreas Wagener. Financial documents include bank deposit books (1918-1961) of Harrison and Louise W. Randolph, tax returns (1946-1960) for Harrison and Louise W. Randolph and their estates, a ledger (1955-1959) of accounts of Louise W. Randolph and her estate, reports of audits (1956-1959) of the accounts of Louise W. Randolph and the estate...
Dates: 1870-1961
Found in: Special Collections / Randolph family papers

Sinkler family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-153
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to the Sinkler family and includes correspondence, clippings, family histories, notes, portraits, and other miscellaneous biographical materials.

Dates: 1855-1990, undated
Found in: Special Collections / Sinkler family papers

Solomons and Weinberg family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1134
Abstract

Correspondence, typescript, and assorted ephemera of the Solomons family of Sumter, South Carolina, and the Weinberg family of Manning, South Carolina. Materials primarily relate to the Solomons sisters Maude C. Solomons, Kate C. Solomons, and Augusta I. Solomons, but also include a small number of items pertaining to the Weinberg family, notably an 1874 marriage contract between Aaron Weinberg and Rosa Levi.

Dates: 1851-1983
Found in: Special Collections / Solomons and Weinberg family papers
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