Esther Libby Surasky Persky scrapbook and photograph albums
Collection Overview
Scrapbook and family photograph albums assembled by Esther Libby Surasky Persky of Aiken, South Carolina. The scrapbook contains photographs, clippings, school papers, report cards, and letters related to her high school and college education. Photograph albums primarily consist of images of the Surasky family: Esther's father, Hiram (Chaim) Charles Surasky; mother Freidel Surasky; older sister, Mina Surasky; younger sister, Dora Surasky; and younger brother, Ralph Surasky; and her husband, Nathan Persky. The albums also include assorted photographs of relatives and friends. The scrapbook and several of the photograph albums contain handwritten annotations by Persky, including short biographies of her parents and siblings as well as identifications of assorted relatives, friends, and locations. The collection also includes photocopied reproductions of each book with additional information provided by the donor, Mordecai Persky, and his cousin Sophie "Skip" Persky Sindler.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-circa 1925
Creator
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Esther Surasky Persky (1899-1985), daughter of Hiram (Chaim) Charles Surasky (1870-1932) and Freidel Surasky (1876-1956), emigrated from Knyszyn, Poland, to Aiken, South Carolina, in 1902. Her father, operator of H. C. Surasky's, a dry goods store, was a prominent town merchant. She attended the Aiken Institute and in 1918 graduated from Winthrop University. In 1925 she married Nathan Persky (1888-1965), a merchant and lay leader, from 1934 to 1965, of the then Orthodox Adath Yeshurun congregation.
Extent
1.0 linear feet (2 document boxes)
Abstract
Scrapbook and photograph albums assembled by Esther Libby Surasky Persky of Aiken, South Carolina, containing images and memorabilia of the Surasky family, assorted relatives, and friends.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated in 2004 by Mordecai Persky.
Processing Information
Processed by Joshua Minor, September 2012.
Subject
- Persky, Esther Libby Surasky, 1899-1985 (Person)
- Surasky family (Family)
Source
- Persky, Mordecai, 1931- (Donor, Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Esther Libby Surasky Persky Scrapbook And Photograph Albums, 1912-circa 1925
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Joshua Minor; machine-readable finding aid created by: Joshua Minor
- Date
- 2012
- 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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