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JHC. Jewish Heritage Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: JHC

Found in 316 Collections and/or Records:

Sumter Society of Israelites cemetery records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-046
Collection Overview

Includes two page pamphlet (1945)"Congregation Sinai Sumter Society of Israelites: Cemetery Rules and Regulations"; letter (Sept. 26, 1956) from Herbert A. Moses, Warden of Cemetery, to Mrs. Frank Sindler, re. preparation of deed for cemetery lot no. 85 and payment of dues; invoice (Oct. 4, 1956) re. Mrs. Frank Sindler's $50.00 payment for lot no. 85, Sumter Society of Israelites Cemetery.

Dates: 1945, 1956

Certificate of incorporation of Bishopville Hebrew Congregation

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-047
Collection Overview

Original Certificate of Incorporation for The Bishopville Hebrew Congregation, May 7, 1925; signed by W.P. Blackwell, South Carolina Secretary of State; includes list of officers and board of directors of the Bishopville Hebrew Congregation.

Dates: 1925

Miniature sukkah

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-048
Collection Overview

Miniature sukkah structure. Hand-made of wood and nails; two windows on both sides and a door with one step at front of structure. Roof is made of six wood slats. Contains dollhouse size furnishings including: oval rug, dining table and four chairs, sideboard, desk, shelves, bench with cushion, four ceramic and glass cup and saucer sets, two ceramic platters and a vase. Slatted roof is adorned with plastic fruit and flowers.

Dates: approximately 1925

Penina Moïse poems

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-049
Collection Overview

The collection consists of two original poems, handwritten by the author, Penina Moïse. The first, entitled "On Parting with My Press" is one page; the second, "To the Consecration," is two pages.

Dates: approximately 1840s

Williams Baum papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-050
Collection Overview

Includes Williams Baum's sophomore year College of Charleston report card (1935); bill for $1.00 for WB's College of Charleston academic fees (1935); College of Charleston graduation program (1937), Williams Baum among graduating class; front cover of program notes "Centennial Anniversary for the College of Charleston as a Municipal College 1837-1937." Includes four page genealogical chart "Descendants of the Jacob Baum Family."

Dates: 1935-1937

Zionist Organization of America (Charleston, S.C.) papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-051
Collection Overview The minutes (1917-1933 with a gap from May 1922-November 1923; and 1940-1944) cover all the special and regular meetings of the organization. Members attending are listed and there are various lists throughout the volume, detailing the approximately 100 or so men and women who belonged. Topics were discussed, at first, in both Yiddish and English. Dues were collected and there are frequent mentions of the need to raise more funds for specific causes, and the need to energize the populations...
Dates: 1917-1947

Polan family artifacts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-052
Collection Overview

Collection contains five artifacts: Gertrude Polan's aluminum bread crumb tray and scraper used at the family home in Mullins, South Carolina; Hyman Polan's koshering knife and whetstone (used ca. 1940s-1960s); cotton handkerchief to wrap knife and whetstone.

Dates: approximately 1940-1960

Banov and Leopold families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1162
Abstract

Assorted family papers of the Banov and Leopold families. Materials consist of correspondence, postcards (many published by I. Ginsburg), clippings, printed materials including Ladies Benevolent Society Centennial pamphlets, prayer books, artifacts, and other ephemera.

Dates: 1901-2004; Majority of material found within 1929-1979

Asher D. Cohen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-054
Collection Overview Most letters (1882-1909) are dated June and July 1889 and deal with Cohen's successful defense of Thomas Ballard McDow, who shot and killed Francis Warrington Dawson during an altercation in McDow's Charleston home. Most are congratulatory letters from writers such as R.N. Goldsmith, Charleston Mayor William A. Courtenay, E. Dreyfous of the New York City Police Department, M.R. Samuels (who comments on Francis Warrington Dawson) and Robert Chisolm (who notes the "divine right of self...
Dates: 1882-1909

Joseph Fromberg letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-055
Collection Overview Carbon typescript letter, dated August 10, 1948. Fromberg gives a lengthy history of himself and his position in the state. He then defends Judge J. Waties Waring for his recent decision to open up the Democratic Primary to African Americans, noting that he may not agree with Waring but defends his right to interpret the law. Fromberg objects to suggestions for actions made by Dorn, saying that such methods will undermine and destroy the government; he links Dorn to bigots and raises the...
Dates: 1948