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Box 1

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Photographs, negatives and slides, 1911-1987

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

Includes photographs of the Hirsch children with their goat, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) religious school staff of 1944-1945, Hirsch as an adult, his grandson Phillip's naming ceremony, and other family photos.

Dates: 1911-1987

Argus Yearbook, 1923

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Hirsch's senior high school yearbook, from the High School of Charleston (later Charleston High School).

Dates: 1923

Comet Yearbook, 1924

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Hirsch's freshman yearbook from the College of Charleston. Hirsch created several sectional images in the yearbook.

Dates: 1924

Military service, 1943-1948, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, service record, separation record, honorable discharge papers, and a War Department pamphlet, "Going Back to Civilian Life."

Dates: 1943-1948, undated

Hirsch family bar mitzvah materials, 1964-2004

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes announcement in KKBE bulletin of Jacob Alexander (Jack) Hirsch's bar mitzvah, ceremony programs from Phillip Hirsch and Alexander Hirsch's bar mitzvahs, and poem written for Phillip by his grandmother Mordenai.

Dates: 1964-2004

Biographical compilations, circa 1967-2007, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

List of Hirsch's notable works, resume, and biographical sketches.

Dates: circa 1967-2007, undated

College of Charleston Distinguished Alumnus award, 1983

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Watercolor painting of College of Charleston archway by South Carolina artist Steven Jordan, with a plaque recognizing Hirsch.

Dates: 1983

Memorial materials, 1982-1996

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

Includes remarks delivered at Hirsch's funeral by Rabbi William A. Rosenthall, and remarks written in 1988 by Willard's brother, Marion Hirsch, a memorial book signed by attendees of Hirsch's funeral, clippings related to Hirsch's death, and correspondence to Mordenai Hirsch from Rita Banov, Congressman Thomas Hartnett, Senator Strom Thurmond, Samuel Spencer (Davidson College), and Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.

Dates: 1982-1996

Isaac W. Hirsch, circa 1925, undated

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

Includes materials on Isaac W. Hirsch, Willard's grandfather.

Dates: circa 1925, undated

Owlet Yearbook, 1931

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

Senior yearbook from Memminger High School in Charleston, edited by Willard Hirsch's sister Elizabeth "Bits" Hirsch.

Dates: 1931