3. Correspondence

Bulk of collection is photographs (1860s-1970s) of the Pearlstine and Strauss families. Images include: I.M Pearlstine (1860s-1890s); Hyman Pearlstine (1880s-1920s); Esther "Edie" Strauss Pearlstine (1880s-1930s); group images (1890s-1900s) of Hyman Pearlstine family; Edwin and Milton Pearlstine as children; photographs of Edwin S. Pearlstine (includes photos from World War I training camp); images (1904-1970s) of Mary Pearlstine Hornik and Gerald and Jane P. Meyerson family. Includes photograph (1961) of Pearlstine Distributor's staff; carte de visite album with images of the Hyams, Cohen and Pearlstine family; photographs (1860s-1960s) of Fannie and Benedict Weinberg, A.A. Strauss, Blanche Baer Strauss, I.C. Strauss, Fannie Strauss Pearlstine, Lucien Strauss and Samuel Cohen; miscellaneous photographs of other Pearlstine and Strauss relatives including several relatives from France. Collection includes genealogical material (marriage certificates, family trees, obituaries, etc.) for the Pearlstine, Strauss, Hyams, Weinberg, Hornik and Felsenthal families. Correspondence contains letter (1896) to I.M. Pearlstine re. bill to exempt manufacturers from taxation; letters (1897-1929) to/from Hyman Pearlstine re. his marriage and sons (includes misc. correspondence (1929) from Julia Peterkin re. poem written by an African American man); letters (1902-1937) to/from Edwin S. Pearlstine, majority sent from Camp Sevier, Greenville, S.C., and France during World War I. Milton Pearlstine correspondence contains several telegrams (1918) re. his military training and letters (1970s-1980s) re. family history. Other correspondence includes letter (1945) to Mary Pearlstine Hornik re. the whereabouts of relatives in France; letter (1919) to Hattie Strauss from a sister touring France just after World War I (contains details of the devastation.) News clippings include obituaries for I.M. Pearlstine, Hyman and Esther Pearlstine, A.A. Strauss, Benedict Weinberg, John Hornik Jr., and John Hornik and Samuel Cohen. Includes clippings (1950s-1970s) re. I.M. Pearlstine & Sons; Edwin Pearlstine's military service and 1928 automobile accident; Milton Pearlstine's life and career. Miscellaneous material includes paper token from I.M. Pearlstine Dry Goods, Forsyth, Georgia; Edwin Pearlstine's World War I material contains enlistment record and field journal kept while in Europe; photocopies of documents re. transfer (1935) of property at corner of Queen and Church streets; misc. booklets and programs, including program from dedication of Pearlstine Hall at KKBE.