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Box 1

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

Diary of Eleanor H. Cohen, 1865, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Eleanor's original handwritten diary as well as photostats and transcriptions.

Dates: 1865, undated

"Recollection, Narrative of Mrs. Octavia Harby Moses (aged 80 years) of Sumter, South Carolina A.D. - 1903", undated, South Carolina A.D. - 1903"undated, South Carolina A.D. - 1903"undated, undated, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript containing Octavia's recollections of the Civil War, including the roles of several of her sons who fought in the war.

Dates: undated; South Carolina A.D. - 1903"<unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1806/2005">undated</unitdate>, South Carolina A.D. - 1903"<unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1806/2005">undated</unitdate>; undated; undated

"Our home 14 South Washington Street, Sumter, S.C.," by Herbert A. Moses, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript containing a detailed history of the family home written in 1968, beginning with its purchase during the period after the Civil War.

Dates: undated

Robert A. Moses memoirs, 1992-2002

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Typescripts including Growing up in Sumter: Childhood Recollections of Sumter 55 or 60 Years Ago; Tales I Didn't Tell-a sequel to Growing up in Sumter; A Place Called Pawleys; and an untitled recollection presented at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina meeting, June 14-16, 1996.

Dates: 1992-2002

"Memoirs of Octavia Moses Mahon,", 2008 May 7

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Typescript recollections of her childhood in Sumter and on Pawley's Island, South Carolina, from the 1920s through the early 1940s.

Dates: 2008 May 7

3. Correspondence, 1863-1889, 1863-1889

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Includes a Civil War letter from Solomon Emanuel to his mother recounting a "sham battle" reenactment and furlough restrictions, a letter from Benjamin M. Seixas to his daughter-in-law Eleanor congratulating her on her firstborn child, letters from Maurice Emanuel to Mr. and Mrs. Lopez, asking for their niece, Mary Eleanor Seixas's, hand in marriage, and a letter from Mary E. Wheeler to her cousin Sol on the passing of his father.

Dates: <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1863/1889">1863-1889</unitdate>; 1863-1889

3. Correspondence, 1904-1934, undated, 904-1934, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Includes a poem from Henry Moses to Miss Lenora Williford and correspondence among members of the Moses family, including a letter regarding the deaths of Virginia and Henry Moses.

Dates: 1<unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1904/1934">904-1934, undated</unitdate>; 904-1934, undated

Research correspondence, 1921-1931, 1954

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes genealogical materials relating to the Moses, Emanuel, and Seixas families, such as family trees, research notes and correspondence, information on coats of arms, and applications to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1921-1931, 1954

Daughters of the American Revolution application materials, 1928, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes genealogical materials relating to the Moses, Emanuel, and Seixas families, such as family trees, research notes and correspondence, information on coats of arms, and applications to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1928, undated

Emanuel and Seixas family trees, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes genealogical materials relating to the Moses, Emanuel, and Seixas families, such as family trees, research notes and correspondence, information on coats of arms, and applications to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: undated