Jewish Business Records-Invoices (originals)
Collection Overview
Collection includes business records and photocopies. Collection contains 48 invoices (1894-1933, bulk 1897-1906) from Jewish merchants and businessmen in Georgetown and Charleston, SC. Alphabetical list of businesses included. All other collection materials are photocopies and include: images (ca. 1890s) of Isaac Butler, Herman Schenk, Solomon Emanuel and E.W. Kaminski; also image of Georgetown's Standard Opera House owned by Marks Moses. Notes on Georgetown Jews include research paper (1973) on Abraham C. Meyers, pamphlet, "Georgetown, SC 1902" with illustrations of Jewish businesses and residences. Includes research regarding Marcus Moses and the schooner, "Linah C. Kaminski"; color photocopy of letter (1905) from Bernard M. Baruch to C.L. Ford of Georgetown, SC regarding support of local interests. Also included are research notes compiled for Georgetown's Front Street. Project documenting buildings and businesses, 1916-2000; notes mention Georgetown Jews and Jewish businesses.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-1933
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1897-1906
Creator
- From the Collection: Sloan, L. C. (Collector, Person)
Access Restrictions
Researchers must use preservation photocopies of items in Folder 2.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.25 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424
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