Box Special Collections Oversize Box 4

Scope and Contents

A group photograph of Armida Harby Cohen, Lee C. Harby, Lily Lee Harby, Arthur Sydney Isaacs, and Cyril A. Isaacs, representing four generations. Armida was added to the photograph after it was taken.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of materials documenting members of the Cohen, Emanuel, Moses, and Seixas families, who are related through the marriages of Eleanor H. Cohen to Benjamin Seixas in 1865, Mary Eleanor Seixas to Maurice Emanuel in 1888, and Charlotte Virginia Emanuel to Henry P. Moses in 1912. It includes a significant number of photographs of the Moses, Emanuel, and Cohen families, mainly dating from the latter half of the 19th century, as well as several portraits, notably a...

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Appointment of Joshua Lazarus to Brigade Major in the Carolina Militia, and Armida Cohen Emanuel's membership certificates for the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association.

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.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of the research files of Judith Alexander Weil Shanks, including primary sources created or compiled by Henry A. Alexander, articles, book chapters, census records, family trees, and research notes related to Rebecca I. Moses and her relations in the Solomon, Joseph, and Alexander families. The collection contains contextual articles on southern Jewish life and the roles of women in the 19th century, articles and records containing references to members of the...