Price family papers
Collection Overview
Photographs, eulogies, and newspaper clippings of the Price family of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Materials mostly relate to the family's clothing store, Prices' Store for Men. Also included is a brief history of the founders of Temple B'nai Israel in Spartanburg.
Dates
- Creation: 1903-2003
Creator
- Price (Family : Spartanburg, S.C.) (Family)
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Harry Price was born in New York in 1881 to Lithuanian immigrants and in 1900, moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina. Three years later he opened Prices' Store for Men, a men's clothing store. His son, William Price (1910-1999), became store manager in 1929, followed by his son, Harry Price (1951- ), who took over after his father's death. Prices' Store for Men celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2003.
Harry Price (1881-1937) was a founding member of Spartanburg's Congregation B'nai Israel, which was dedicated in 1917.
Extent
4 folders
Abstract
Photographs, eulogies, and newspaper clippings of the Price family of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Materials mostly relate to the family's clothing store, Prices' Store for Men. Also included is a brief history of the founders of Temple B'nai Israel in Spartanburg.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated in 2009 by Harry Price.
Processing Information
Processed by Melissa Bronheim and Sarah Dorpinghaus, January 2011.
Subject
- Price family (Family)
- Prices' Store for Men (Spartanburg, S.C.) (Organization)
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Spartanburg, S.C.) (Organization)
Source
- Price, Harry (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Price Family Papers, 1904-2003
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Sarah Dorpinghaus; machine-readable finding aid created by: Sarah Dorpinghaus
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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