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JHC. Jewish Heritage Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: JHC

Found in 313 Collections and/or Records:

Greenville Aleph Zadik Aleph shirt

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1171
Abstract

Blue and yellow three quarter sleeve shirt with "Greenville A.Z.A." in white letters on front from the 1930s-1940s.

Dates: approximately 1930s-1940s

Two letters to Lyon Levy from Paul Hamilton

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1172
Abstract

Two letters written by Paul Hamilton (1762-1816, later 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy) to Lyon Levy (1764-1835) of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1799-1801

Lady Lafayette Hotel souvenir plate

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1173
Abstract

Souvenir plate for the Lady Lafayette Hotel located in Walterboro, South Carolina.

Dates: approximately 1938

"Jew Boy" football jersey

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1174
Abstract

White football jersey with blue lettering of "Jew Boy" on front and "J.B. 1"on the reverse. Given to Andrew Cohen, manager of the St. Johns High School football team, by his team members at an end of season banquet.

Dates: 1974

Hamer Spinning Mills photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1175
Abstract

Four black and white photographs of the Hamer Spinning Mills plant in Hamer, South Carolina, and three portraits of its owners.

Dates: approximately 1930s-1980s

Julian H. Preisler Judaica postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1178
Abstract

A collection of Judaica postcards from the United States, Europe, and Israel assembled by Julian H. Preisler of synagogues, Jewish restaurants, resorts, museums, concert halls, artwork, artifacts, Jewish culture, and historical sites.

Dates: 1900s-2010s

Claude C. Barnes Buchenwald atrocity photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-054
Abstract

5 black and white photographs taken after the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by Corporal Claude C. Barnes.

Dates: 1945

Harry Levinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-024
Abstract

Papers of Harry Levinson, World War I veteran and clothing store owner. Collection consists of a brief biography of Harry Levinson, a photocopy of a letter from Commander-in-Chief John Pershing to soldiers (February 1919), and a reproduction of a photograph of soldiers, including Levinson, celebrating Passover (April 1919) in France.

Dates: 1919

Bills of sale from Sumter (S.C.) stores

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-083
Abstract

Two bills of sale made out to David Ashby Stuckey and his wife. One (1873) is from Marx E. Cohen, a dealer in dry goods, groceries, shoes, and hardware. The second (1896) is from Schwartz Bros., a dry goods store and millinery. Both stores were located in Sumter, South Carolina.

Dates: 1873, 1896

The Congregation "Beth Elohim" of Charleston, S.C. pamphlet

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-075
Abstract

A typescript and photocopy of Nathaniel Levin's history of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1750 to 1883. The pamphlet was published in the 1883 Year Book of the City of Charleston.

Dates: 1883