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Box 2

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Scrapbook, 1905-1915

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
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Bound volume of newspaper clippings by and about Jacob Raisin. In English and Hebrew.

Dates: 1905-1915

Freemason certificates, 1910, 1933

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
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Jacob Raisin's Latin certificates from the Freemasons in New Mexico and South Carolina.

Dates: 1910, 1933

Charleston Freemasons' decree, 1933

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
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Recognizing Raisin as Knight Commander of the Court of Honour of the 32nd Degree.

Dates: 1933

Friendship Lodge No. 9, 1929-1937

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
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Banquet programs and menus for annual events.

Dates: 1929-1937

Passport, 1931

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
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Raisin's passport, issued in 1931.

Dates: 1931

Obituaries, 1946, 1974

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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Includes programs honoring Raisin's memory. Also includes a letter from Raisin's nephew Daniel Shimshoni to Mordenai Raisin, in which he translates a HaDoar article written after Raisin's death.

Dates: 1946, 1974

Plaque of Jacob Raisin, 1949

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
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Plaster cast and subsequent bronze bas relief created by Willard Hirsch, well-known Charleston sculptor and Jacob Raisin's son-in-law.

Dates: 1949

Biographical, 1897-circa 1914

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
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Contains Raisin's naturalization papers from the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as a later copy.

Dates: 1897-circa 1914

Biographical, 1919-1994, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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Includes clippings, certificates, and other materials related to Jane Lazarus Raisin, her involvement with the Daughters of the American Revolution, Hadassah, and other organizations. Also contains obituaries and a eulogy by Rabbi Burton Padoll(?).

Dates: 1919-1994, undated

Correspondence, 1894-1897, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
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Personal correspondence sent from Jane Lazarus in New Jersey and Massachusetts to her father and her aunt (Rachel Levy?).

Dates: 1894-1897, undated