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Hebrew Orphan Society (Charleston, S.C.)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hebrew Orphan Society papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1057
Collection Overview Although founded in 1801, the earliest records extant date from 1850. Minutes run from 1850-1862; and then from 1866-1997, with some lacking in the latest years; they detail attendance, finances, charities, and administration of the organization, with 1949 and 1997 constitution and bylaws and some historical clippings, photos, etc. Correspondence (1902-1909, 1930, 1978, 1982-2000) is mostly from grant seekers such as Hospice of Charleston, Charleston Jewish Social Services, Charleston Area...
Dates: 1850-2000

Thomas J. Tobias papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1029
Collection Overview Includes family and research papers, photocopies, scrapbook, photographs, clippings. Tobias papers include family histories and research on individuals. Slave sales of Abraham Tobias, oath of allegiance, etc. of Emily T. Minis, & resolution, Charleston Board of Health, on Joseph L. Tobias. Family Bibles and data regarding Tobias, Mordecai, Lazarus, Alexander, and de Lyon families. Mordecai family histories and notes on individuals. M.C. Mordecai papers regarding blockade runner Isabel,...
Dates: approximately 1790-1970

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African Americans -- Relations with Jews 1
Cemeteries -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Fasts and feasts -- Judaism 1
Jewish cemeteries -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charities 1