Ruth Bass high school diploma (oversize), circa 1941

Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, memoirs, recordings, and other papers of Ruth Bass Jacobs. Included are biographical papers and documents regarding the Bass and Jacobs families, including Noach Bass, Nathan Bass, members of the Pearlstine family, and Ruth Jacobs's siblings, husband, and children. Materials also relate to Jacobs's involvement in Charleston's Jewish community, particularly Brith Sholom Beth Israel and the Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Also included are Jacobs's newspaper clippings on individuals and topics of interest, and Jacobs's audio and video recordings of family events, oral history interviews, and religious ceremonies.