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Collis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1148
Abstract The family papers of the Collis family of Charleston and Kingstree, South Carolina, reflect the experience of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to South Carolina. Materials include migration, marriage, education, and military documents; photographs; clippings; ephemera; and correspondence. Meyer Collis immigrated from Bialystok, Poland, to the United States sometime in the early 20th century; his future wife Lena Schiawitz followed in 1905. They settled in Charleston, where...
Dates: approximately 1900-2008; Majority of material found within 1906-1967
Found in: Special Collections

Furchgott and Brothers department store newspaper advertisement

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-090
Abstract

Collection consists of a full page advertisement for Furchgott and Brothers and a postcard of a 1900 photograph of King Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Special Collections

Hornik's Bargain House catalog

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-097
Abstract

The collection includes a spring 1910 catalog from Hornik's Bargain House of Charleston, South Carolina, a dry goods wholesale store. The catalog contains descriptions, images, and prices of goods as well as general advice on how to run a successful business. Also included is a color reproduction of a postcard featuring the Charleston city market on Meeting Street. The M. Hornik & Co. storefront, located on the corner of Meeting and Market Streets, can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Special Collections

Mendelsohn family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1139
Abstract

Photographs, eulogies, audio interview, and clippings relating to the Mendelsohn family of Charleston, South Carolina. Benjamin Mendelsohn and his wife, Fay Zamler Mendelsohn, settled in Charleston in 1907 where Benjamin operated a tailor shop on King Street and Fay later opened her own store, the Bandbox, selling women's hats and dresses. The collection also includes images of the related Bluestein family.

Dates: 1920-1968, 2001
Found in: Special Collections

Pearlstine Distributors Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1114
Abstract

Business records, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and artifacts relating to the history and operation of Pearlstine Distributors Inc. (est. 1972), a Charleston-based distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, and its parent company, I. M. Pearlstine & Sons, founded by Isaac Moses Pearlstine in 1885.

Dates: 1899-2012
Found in: Special Collections

St. Philip Street "Rewisited" Reunion

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1001
Collection Overview Material related to reunion of St. Philip Street Jewish community, March 2-4, 1990, Charleston, South Carolina. Includes planning notes, reminiscences and correspondence, publicity materials, a video, photographs, prints of photographs, and photocopies of photographs. The collection consists of reminiscences by St. Philip Street residents regarding life in the area during the 1930s-40s. Questionnaires containing biographical information about former residents are also available. Also notable...
Dates: 1920-1990
Found in: Special Collections

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Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 2
Bluestein family 1
Cohen, Lisa Collis, 1958- 1
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Collis, Meyer, 1880-1944 1
Collis, Moses, 1918-1993 1
Furchgott and Brothers (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hornik's Bargain House (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hornik, Morris, 1863-1937 1
I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 1
Mendelsohn (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Mendelsohn, Benjamin 1
Mendelsohn, Burnet 1
Mendelsohn, Fay 1
Mendelsohn, Jane 1
Mendelssohn family 1
Pearlstine Distributors Inc. 1
Pearlstine, Isaac M. 1
Pearlstine, Susan 1
Rones, Fannie Appel, 1926- 1
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