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JHC. Jewish Heritage Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: JHC

Found in 316 Collections and/or Records:

Judith Shanks and Henry A. Alexander research files

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1153
Abstract Research files of Judith Alexander Weil Shanks, including primary sources created or compiled by her uncle Henry A. Alexander, articles, copies of census records, family trees, research notes, and photographs. Materials relate primarily to Rebecca I. Moses and several of her relations in the Solomons, Joseph, and Alexander families, particularly Eleanor Solomons, Charlotte Joseph, and Rebecca E. Alexander. Also includes drafts of Old Family Things: An Affectionate...
Dates: 1806-2009; Majority of material found within 1998-2009

Mendelson family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1154
Abstract Photographs, photograph albums, slides, and home movie film reels from the Mendelson family of Charleston, South Carolina. Images include a trip to Israel, A. Mendelson & Son at various addresses on King Street, a Citadel Dress Parade, National Music Co. run by brothers-in-law Otto Fox and Isadore Mendelson, family groups at various locations, 1940 hurricane damage, the Bronx Zoo, late 1940s Azalea Parades, summer camps, Charleston landmarks, College of Charleston graduation, and the...
Dates: 1917-1975

Solomon Heydenfeldt papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1155
Abstract Assorted family photographs and personal and legal papers relating to Solomon Heydenfeldt, first elected justice and first Jewish justice to the Supreme Court of California. Papers consist primarily of approximately 350 black and white photographs, mostly from the turn of the century of family and friends related to the Heydenfeldts. Papers also include clippings related to the Heydenfeldt family, newspapers containing birth announcements, genealogical information, a few letters of Eva...
Dates: 1856-1990s; Majority of material found within 1890s-1920s

Doris Marks Ferst papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1156
Abstract

Photograph albums, loose photographs, clippings, correspondence, and assorted ephemera of Doris Marks Ferst (1898-1980) of the Marks family of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: approximately 1900-2000; Majority of material found within approximately 1900s-1959

Rabbi Robert A. Seigel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1147
Abstract

The collection includes the professional and personal papers of Rabbi Robert A. Seigel (1938-2016), said to be the South Carolina's first native-born rabbi. Included are rabbinical records, family and career scrapbooks, Sedarot and autobiographical writings, slides, publications from synagogues and organizations Seigel led, and artistic works.

Dates: 1909-2021; Majority of material found within 1955-2016

Mazo family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1158
Abstract

Family photographs of the Mazo family of Charleston, South Carolina, taken approximately 1900s-1960s. The majority come from an album compiled by Florence ("Boomalee") Mazo Nirenblatt.

Dates: approximately 1900s-1960s; Majority of material found within 1920s-1930s

Mazo and Spikler families photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1160
Abstract

Family photographs of the Mazo and Spikler families of Charleston, South Carolina, taken approximately from the 1930s to 2010. Some come from an album compiled by Florence ("Boomalee") Mazo Nirenblatt.

Dates: approximately 1930s-2010

Levi and D'Ancona families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1159
Abstract

Collection includes assorted family records relating to the Levi and D'Ancona families as well as a small amount of materials relating to the Gruenwald/Greenwald family. Also included are the papers of Wendell Mitchell Levi Sr. and his son Dr. Wendell M. Levi Jr.

Dates: 1753-2016; Majority of material found within 1900-2016

Joseph Mann letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-002
Collection Overview Collection consists of sixteen letters and two poems, all handwritten originals. Majority (fourteen) are love letters (April-Dec. 1877) from Joseph Mann to Amelia (Milia) Robinson, written during their courtship. Mann did not write in English, so a friend wrote the letters for him. Topics include Mann's sentimental anticipation of their nuptials and his love for Robinson. His letters also mention family members in Laurens and Robinson's siblings, references to Mann's store in Newberry, SC;...
Dates: 1877-1894; Majority of material found within 1877

Jeffrey Oppenheim family tree

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-004
Collection Overview Collection consists of two copies of a printed family tree of the Oppenheim family, tracing Oppenheim relatives back to the late 14th century (some gaps in time periods) and concluding in the 1980s. The author of the list of photographs (which appears printed on the family tree) was not consistent in listing names, particularly in terms of including middle names and married names for women. Includes information on the Von Butzbach, Ballin, Bachrach, Menz, Meir, Levi, Weinsburg, Gompei,...
Dates: 1980