Box 4

Scope and Contents Contains miscellaneous materials related to Isadore Blank, son of Rosa Simmons Blank and president of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim from 1917 to 1937. Materials include a "living letter" 45 rpm recording that Isadore Blank sent to Mrs. H. Elias, a copy of Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of George S. Legaré, a copy of The American Israelite containing the article "The Cradle of American Judaism" by...

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Contains miscellaneous materials related to Edwin J. Blank, son of Isadore Blank. Materials include a patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, a patent for a stalk cutter, a consent decree discharging Edwin from his duties as executor and trustee under the will of Ishum F. Lanier, a list of library books, and a black and white photo of his nurse.

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Given to Minnie R. Loryea by Rev. David Levy. Scrapbook contains Minnie's letters to The American Israelite newspaper as well as miscellaneous poems, articles, and obituaries.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, professional materials, photograph albums and photographs, and other assorted papers of the Colman and Blank families of Charleston, South Carolina. Materials primarily pertain to Beverly Isabel Colman, a former managing editor for Schocken Books, and her maternal ancestors Rosa Simmons Blank, Rosa's son, Isadore Blank, and Isadore's son, Edwin J. Blank. Materials related to Beverly Isabel Colman include school records,...

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Album contains family photographs, ephemera, and genealogical information concerning the Elias, Blank, Furchgott, and Colman families.

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Includes miscellaneous photographs of Beverly Colman, her mother, Rosabel Blank Colman, and her father, John H. Colman.