"Thelma Engel (Goldstein), Alex Garfinkle", 1937

Papers of Alwyn Goldstein of Georgetown, South Carolina. Materials document Goldstein’s personal and professional activities and interests. Papers contain biographical materials, correspondence, research files, printed materials, photographs, family scrapbooks, and family photograph albums. Also included are materials relating to Alwyn’s Department Store and various administrative records of Temple Beth Elohim. Please note that, where possible, original folder titles have been retained.

The collection contains assorted biographical materials including birth certificates, marriage licenses, memorials, obituaries, and genealogical materials. Also included are Alwyn's Department Store records, such as deeds, financial and mortgage documentation, architectural drawings, contact cards, business cards, letterheads, as well as various artifacts, including a glove stretcher, a pushke (charity box), and a ring size fitter. There are also Temple Beth Elohim administrative files including membership lists, Brotherhood correspondence and minutes, congregational minutes, financial records, and several editions of Rocket to Mars and Into the Underground Kingdom, Hebrew School textbooks. There is also incoming and outgoing correspondence, organized chronologically from 1945 to 2010, regarding family, Alwyn's Department Store, and Temple Beth Elohim matters. Also included are a small number of research files containing poems, jokes, "Alwynisms," Yiddish history, and materials relating to A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life, an exhibition and book produced by McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. There are also printed materials including clippings and postcards relating to Jewish history, Georgetown history, Alwyn's Department Store, and Goldstein family members. Also included are black-and-white and color photographs predominantly depicting Goldstein family members, Georgetown residents, and Georgetown and Charleston, South Carolina businesses. There are also family scrapbooks, arranged chronologically from 1920 to 2006, containing clippings and other printed materials relating to the Goldstein family. Also included are Goldstein family photograph albums, arranged chronologically from 1909 to 1983, containing images of various Goldstein family members and friends.