Box 1

Collection Overview From the Collection: Includes letters, contracts, deeds, ledgers, minutes, reports, photocopies, clippings, ephemera, postcards, typescripts, journal, architectural floor plan. Papers (1928-1980) of the Darlington Temple Sisterhood: include certificate of incorporation and 1933 constitution; correspondence, bulk pertains to financial matters; broken runs of minutes; topics include general business, fundraising activities and state sisterhood news; broken run of annual reports; financial records include bank...

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Miscellaneous letters to sisterhood including thank you notes and typed letters re. bonds purchased.

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Discussion of: cemetery up-keep; fundraising activities; possibility of building a synagogue; lotto parties; overseas bags for Red Cross; bonds purchased; scholarship funds; Sunday school activities.

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Discussion of: possible locations for a synagogue building; reports of the South Carolina Federation of Temple Sisterhoods; location for Sunday School classes; Jewish interest essays; charitable contributions; cemetery.

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Discussion of: cemetery upkeep; fundraising; bonds purchased; correspondence with Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin; Jewish relief in Germany; aid to needy children; SC Library Association, local war efforts.

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Discussion of: cemetery beautification projects and reorganization; state sisterhood news; state sisterhood meeting in Darlington; fundraising; care packages to soldiers in Korea via Red Cross: contributions and charitable projects.

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Includes synopsis (1925) of change from Ladies Aid of Darlington to a temple sisterhood; general overviews of a year’s activities; includes reports of officers and committee chairman on membership, community service, financial matters, and participation in religious school and synagogue activities.

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Delegate button and ribbon worn by Mrs. D.A. Cohen at the 1937 National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods Convention; photograph (1954) from banquet at SC Temple Sisterhoods convention, Darlington, SC; sisterhood questionnaire (1946); Kiwanis acknowledgement of monetary gift in memory of Hilda Cohen.