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Jewish families -- South Carolina

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Collis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1148
Abstract The family papers of the Collis family of Charleston and Kingstree, South Carolina, reflect the experience of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to South Carolina. Materials include migration, marriage, education, and military documents; photographs; clippings; ephemera; and correspondence. Meyer Collis immigrated from Bialystok, Poland, to the United States sometime in the early 20th century; his future wife Lena Schiawitz followed in 1905. They settled in Charleston, where...
Dates: approximately 1900-2008; Majority of material found within 1906-1967
Found in: Special Collections

Goldberg family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1051
Abstract Papers of the Goldberg (a.k.a. Gelbart or Geldbart) family of Mogielnica, Poland, and Charleston, South Carolina. The collection includes photographs of family members in Poland and South Carolina; a brief family history; and correspondence (1920s-1930s) between family members in Mogielnica and brothers Gershon (George Goldberg) and Yisroel (Israel Geldbart) in Charleston. Also included are two memorial photograph albums that chronicle Moshe Yidel Gelbart's funeral procession in Mogielnica...
Dates: 1902-1953
Found in: Special Collections

Iseman family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1073
Collection Overview

This collection contains information pertaining to the Iseman family. The first box includes letters, genealogical research, photocopies, photographs, and correspondence related to the Iseman family. The second box contains biographical files of Iseman family members, including family genealogy notes.

Dates: 1961-1996
Found in: Special Collections

Kaminski and Gomez families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1151
Abstract

The family papers of the Kaminski and Gomez family of Georgetown, South Carolina. The highlight of the collection is the Gomez family Bible printed in 1805 and owned by Isaac Gomez Jr. The collection also contains records from geneaological research, photographs from the Kaminski family, and other family items.

Dates: 1805-2016
Found in: Special Collections

Rhetta A. Mendelsohn collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1105
Abstract

Photographs, assorted correspondence and papers of the Block, Rich, and Aronson families of Camden, South Carolina, Orangeburg, South Carolina, and Kingstree, South Carolina collected by Rhetta A. Mendelsohn.

Dates: 1850s-1986
Found in: Special Collections

Reesor, Epps, Klein and Swope families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1163
Abstract

Assorted family papers of the Reesor, Epps, Klein and Swope families of Walterboro and Conway, South Carolina. Materials consist of family records, extensive correspondence, clippings, family photographs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1861-2007; Majority of material found within 1907-1985
Found in: Special Collections

Sokol and Goldwasser families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1176
Abstract

Papers of the Sokol and Goldwasser families of South Carolina.

Dates: approximately 1920s-1970s
Found in: Special Collections

Solomon, Yaschik, and Rosen families photographs and papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1165
Abstract

Photographs, scrapbooks, and a few genealogical documents of the Solomon, Yaschik and Rosen families of Moncks Corner, Charleston, and Folly Beach, South Carolina.

Dates: approximately 1880s-2005; Majority of material found within 1914-1969
Found in: Special Collections
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