Box 1

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Includes an invitation to Charles Goldberg's Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Charleston Jewish Community Center and a brief history of Goldberg family.

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Includes five postcards written in Yiddish and Hebrew. The postcards were likely sent to George Goldberg from family and friends in Poland. Also included is a postcard addressed to Goldberg from Ware Shoals, South Carolina.

Scope and Contents Includes sixteen handwritten letters between family members in Poland and the United States. Most correspondence is to George Goldberg from his mother, Tobe Mindel Gelbart. Also included are a few letters from friends, including Sora Natar, Goldberg's girlfriend in Poland. The letters are written in Yiddish and typed English translations are included. Correspondence contains general news about family members in Mogielnica and inquiries about Goldberg's progress in the United States. Some...

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Includes original and reprints of photographs of the Gelbart family in Mogielnica, Poland. Chaim, Ruven, Shafa, and Gershon (George Goldberg) Gelbart are pictured in the images. Also included are photographs of Sora Natar, Sylvia Wolper, and the Rudich-Lauper family of Romania.

Scope and Contents Two memorial photograph albums documenting the funeral of Moshe Yidel Gelbart. The albums were sent to his two brothers in South Carolina. Gelbart died of appendicitis on February 25, 1935, in Mogielnica, Poland. The albums, made of fabric and paper, contain black and white photographs that chronicle Gelbart's funeral procession, his casket, mourners, and gravesite, including an image of Gelbart with his wife and son eight days before his death. Each page includes decorative labels in Hebrew...

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Includes black and white photographs of children celebrating Purim at the JCC, Young Judea at the JCC, and an interior shot of Goldberg's Men's Store. Helene, Faye, Joanie, Jeanette, and George Goldberg are pictured.