Box JHC Oversize Box 3

Collection Overview From the Collection: Photographs and papers of Tybee Bogeslov Levy, a Russian immigrant who lived in New York City and later moved to Walterboro, South Carolina. Photographs include a black and white portrait of Tybee Levy with her five sons, circa 1908; and a black and white photograph of Tybee Levy with her second husband, Bernhard Levy, and son Albert in front of Bernhard's store in Walterboro, circa 1916. Also included are photocopies of Tybee and Bernhard Levy's obituaries and a brief biography of Tybee...

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The collection consists of a group portrait photograph taken at the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum circa 1910. The image shows Superintendent Samuel Wolfenstein with children residing at the orphanage. Nathan Kohler, father of Marjorie Kohler Abrams of Greenville, South Carolina, is pictured in the photograph. He and his brother Benjamin were sent to the orphanage in 1902 after the death of their father, a peddler from Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Choir books, photographs, publications, and other papers of the Simonhoff family, particularly Jacob J. Simonhoff, cantor of Brith Sholom in Charleston, South Carolina. The collection includes Simonhoff's handwritten choir books for alto, tenor, soprano, and bass as well as two publications by Lillian C. Simonhoff: an autobiography and a memoir about her husband, Samuel Simonhoff.

Scope and Contents

Photocopied family portrait of, left to right, Harry Simonhoff, Fannie Simonhoff, Jenny Simonhoff, Etta Simonhoff, Samuel Simonhoff, Jacob J. Simonhoff, and Rose Simonhoff.