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Levenson-Baruch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-017

Collection Overview

Contains photocopy of Theresa Baruch Weil's United Daughters of the Confederacy certificate (ca. 1910); photocopy of Frank and Ed Levenson's South Carolina business registration (1918); Sam Levenson's certificate (ca. 1943-1944) of completion for Enlisted Specialist Course for Veterinary Technicians, U.S. Army. Photographs include two prints, (b/w, 8" x 10") of Sam Levenson and fifteen other uniformed service men in front of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1944.; Includes photocopied photographs of the Levenson family (1910s-1960s), "Pupil's Workbook for How the Jewish People Grew Up," by Mordecai I. Soloff, (1936) used (ca. 1938) by Carolyn Baruch at Temple Beth El religious school, Camden, South Carolina, and printed flier (ca. 1930s) advertising a mule sale at the Frank Levenson Store, Bishopville, SC.; Miscellaneous materials are five color prints depicting Old Testament biblical passages (published by the American Tissot Society and the Tissot Picture Society, New York, copyright 1904 by deBrunoff), including: Joshua and the Five Kings, Joshua Gives the Signal for the Attack, Sampson Turns the Mill in Prison, David Sees the Messenger Arrive and Abraham Entertains the Three Angels; also a newspaper article re. Frank Levenson's fifty years as a Bishopville merchant (The State, Columbia, SC, Sept. 7, 1962.)

Dates

  • Creation: 1910-1960s

Language of Material

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

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Biographical Note

South Carolina families connected by the marriage (1950) of Sam Levenson and Carolyn Baruch. Originally from Lithuania, Frank Levenson (Sam's father) opened a general merchandise store in Bishopville, South Carolina, in 1910. Sam helped with the business and eventually ran a liquor store in Bishopville. Carolyn Baruch Levenson grew up in Camden, South Carolina. Her father, Herman Baruch, was a cousin of American financier and diplomat, Bernard Baruch.

Extent

5 folders (25 items) ; 9-28 cm.

Acquisitions Information

Materials donated by Sam Levenson and Carolyn Baruch Levenson.

Related Material

Related materials in Special Collections includes an oral history interview with Sam Levenson, Carolyn Baruch Levenson, and Ella Levenson Schlosburg (Mss 1035-023).

Title
Inventory of the Levenson-Baruch Family Papers, 1910-1960s
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
Description rules
Dacs
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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