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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David de Sola Pool to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Toporek

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-043
Collection Overview

Letter; handwritten on letterhead: "The Rev. Dr. D. de Sola Pool/Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue/Shearith Israel/Founded 1654"; sent to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Toporek [Bernice] of Charleston, South Carolina; signed"David and Tamar de Sola Pool"; regarding a book the de Sola Pools sent the Toporeks; mention of a Kiddush cup the Toporeks gave the de Sola Pools and fond memories of a visit to Charleston, SC; best wishes sent to the Karesh family.

Dates: 1964
Found in: Special Collections

Literary miscellany

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-094
Collection Overview Commonplace book and loose papers contain original [?] and copied literary passages. The entries are in several different handwritings and include poems, essays, quotations, letters, and excerpts from sermons. Many poems have a pastoral or religious theme, while other passages concern mourning and consolation, illness, conjugal love, friendship, and moral character and conduct. Authors named include Langhorn, Dr. Watts, Matthew Prior, Tickell, Le Fevre, and Stern. Two poems are dedicated to...
Dates: approximately 1800-1865; Majority of material found within approximately 1800
Found in: Special Collections

Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA) records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0206
Abstract These records contain operating files, newsletters, and event files documenting the activities of the Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA), a Charleston, S.C. nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and opposing discrimination. Topics include LGBTQ civil and legal rights including same-sex marriage, homophobia, and coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community. Materials also relate to LGLA’s partnerships with other...
Dates: 1991-2005
Found in: Special Collections

Robert Walter Marks papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0029
Abstract Correspondence, typescripts, drafts, notes, clippings, photographs, and other miscellaneous items of writer and mathematician Robert Walter Marks. Collection consists of typescripts and drafts of hundreds of published articles, short stories, advertisements, and books written by Marks under multiple pen names, including the pen name John Colleton. Also included is professional and personal correspondence and letters from Arnold Gingrich (editor of Esquire...
Dates: 1890-1980
Found in: Special Collections

Corrie McCallum papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0106
Abstract Biographical materials, sketchbooks, writings, photographs, negatives, slides, exhibition materials, printed materials, correspondence, working files, and index card files of Charleston, South Carolina artist Corrie McCallum. Materials date from 1894 to 2009 and document her career as an artist, particularly her involvement in solo, joint, and group exhibitions, but also her travels, with fellow artist and husband William Halsey, in Africa, Asia, Morocco, Europe, South America, Central...
Dates: 1894-2009
Found in: Special Collections

Charles Henry Meltzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0009
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence to dramatist Charles Henry Meltzer from well-known composers (1839-1928), including Cécile Chaminade, Gustave Charpentier, Alphonse Daudet, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn-Barthody, Giacomo Puccini, and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Also includes newspaper clippings relating to Meltzer, and a typescript transcription of Meltzer's biography.

Dates: 1839-1940
Found in: Special Collections

Ben McCutchen Moïse papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0183
Abstract

Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, work files, publications, and related papers of Ben McCutchen Moïse, conservation officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources from 1978 to 2002, author of Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden: A Memoir, and editor of A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis.

Dates: 1908-2011
Found in: Special Collections

Pinehurst Tea Plantation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0203
Abstract

Financial records, letters and correspondence, plats, and printed materials relating to the Pinehurst Tea Plantation founded in Summerville, South Carolina, by Charles U. Shepard for his experiments in tea cultivation, production, and marketing. Materials relate primarily to the sale, purchase, and transfer of the property and properties that would become the Pinehurst Tea Plantation.

Dates: 1855-1993
Found in: Special Collections

Samuel Prioleau papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-057
Collection Overview The marriage settlement of and letters to Samuel Prioleau. Marriage settlement (trust deed) of Hannah Motte Prioleau and Samuel Prioleau for property in trust with Hannah Prioleau's father, Major James Hamilton, property consisting of a fourth part of 65 slaves (listed by name) to which she would be entitled upon his death. A letter (1826 Sept. 15) from S.M. Drayton at Northhampton (Mass.) acknowledges the receipt of money, thanks Prioleau for his help, discusses tenant problems and renting...
Dates: 1811-1832
Found in: Special Collections

James T. Sears collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0207
Abstract This collection contains assorted ephemera, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting the research interests of James T. Sears, author of several books on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history in the South. The collection includes materials relating to female and male impersonators and LGBTQ music. Notable items include the typescript of a poem by Allen Ginsberg, a American flag belonging to openly gay airman Leonard Matlovich, and the signature of Sir...
Dates: circa 1908-2001
Found in: Special Collections
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