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George Smith Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0174
Abstract

Mainly George Smith Adams' genealogical research documenting his father George Alexander Adams (1887-1984), mother Theodora Elizabeth Smith Adams (1888-1983), grandfather Daniel Townsend Smith (1842-1929) with data on the Washington Artillery, and great grandfather Thomas Peter Smith (1814-1899). Also included are materials relating to his extended family and their surrounding areas, especially the Townsend family, Medway Plantation, Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1826-2010; Majority of material found within 1925-1999
Found in: Special Collections

Nathan S. Addlestone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1127
Abstract

Scrapbooks, yearbooks, clippings, programs, newsletters, and reports pertaining to Nathan Addlestone, a Charleston businessman who founded several scrap metal businesses, including Steelmet, Incorporated and Addlestone International Corporation. He was also very active in philanthropy, particularly pertaining to education.

Dates: circa 1910-2009
Found in: Special Collections

Aiken Jewish community collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1042
Collection Overview Mostly photocopied material chronicling the history of the Jewish community in Aiken, South Carolina, including the Adath (Adas) Yeshurun Synagogue. The scrapbooks are divided into six sections, which are arranged in original order. The Adath Yeshurun Synagogue section contains newspaper articles (1980s-1990s) re. history of synagogue, 70th anniversary program (1991), color photograph (1995) of board members, copies of real estate documents (1923-1925) for original acquisition of property,...
Dates: 1923-1995; Majority of material found within 1980s-1990s
Found in: Special Collections

William Martin Aiken papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0002
Abstract

Sketchbooks, photographs, clippings and other professional papers of Charleston born architect William Martin Aiken. Materials relate to Aiken's student and professional work as an architect in Boston, Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and as the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. Materials also relate to homes designed by Aiken as well as buildings designed by the New York City architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White.

Dates: 1878-1956
Found in: Special Collections

Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA) records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0205
Abstract Administrative records, subject files, correspondence, audiovisual materials, and born-digital files documenting the activities of the Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA), a Charleston, South Carolina-based organization that advocates for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. Materials relate to AFFA’s partnerships with the grant organization the Freeman Foundation, and with LGBTQ organizations including South Carolina Equality Coalition (SCEC), We Are...
Dates: 1998-2019
Found in: Special Collections

Louis Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1136
Abstract Photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Louis Baker, president of M. Baker and Sons meat packing plant and founding member of the Charleston County Livestock Growers Association. Materials include photographs of Louis Baker and the M. Baker and Sons plant; certificates from Louis's involvement in the National Independent Meat Packers Association, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (renamed Shriners International), and the Scottish Rite of the Freemasons;...
Dates: circa 1917-1968, 2007
Found in: Special Collections

Banov and Leopold families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1162
Abstract

Assorted family papers of the Banov and Leopold families. Materials consist of correspondence, postcards (many published by I. Ginsburg), clippings, printed materials including Ladies Benevolent Society Centennial pamphlets, prayer books, artifacts, and other ephemera.

Dates: 1901-2004; Majority of material found within 1929-1979
Found in: Special Collections

Barnwell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0110
Abstract This collection consists of correspondence of Reverend William H. W. Barnwell, his wife Catherine Osborn Barnwell, their children and other Barnwell family relations. Topics include social life in Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina, varying religions and their differences, historiography of South Carolina, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Charleston, religious instruction of slaves, missionary work in China, South Carolina College (1840- 1860), Rev. James Henley Thornwell, the capture of...
Dates: 1823-1960s; Majority of material found within 1823-1882
Found in: Special Collections

Benjamin Berendt and Anna Gelson Berendt papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1089
Abstract

Writings, newspaper clippings, poetry, plays, publications, correspondence, photographs, and other personal papers of Benjamin Berendt and Anna Gelson Berendt of Charleston, South Carolina. Materials mostly relate to the Berendt and Gelson family histories as well as Benjamin's and Anna's travels. Also included are Aleph Zadik Aleph Chapter 143 publications from the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: 1866-2010
Found in: Special Collections

Blamyer, Wigfall, Deas family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0104
Abstract

The bulk of this collection contains scrapbooks and diaries of Elizabeth Mary Lesesne Blamyer Wigfall.

Dates: 1824-1975
Found in: Special Collections

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Alterman, Jennet Robinson 3
Charleston Naval Shipyard 3
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 3
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Harby family 3
I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 3
Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 3
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 3
Raisin, Rachel M. 3
Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 3
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 3
Weinberg family 3
Aiken, William Martin, 1855-1908 2
Aleph Zadik Aleph 2
Alliance for Full Acceptance 2
Anderson, Dorothy Middleton 2
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Blaymer, Frances Pogson, 1783-1869 2
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Charleston Hebrew Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Charleston Jewish Welfare Fund 2
College of Charleston. Alumni Association 2
College of Charleston. Library 2
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 2
Drayton family 2
Eastman, Margaret Middleton Rivers 2
Edward's, Inc. (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Elliott Society of Science & Art 2
Freemasons 2
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 2
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 2
Halsey McCallum Resources 2
Halsey, William, 1915-1999 2
Harby, Isaac, 1788-1828 2
Harby, Lee Cohen, 1849-1918 2
Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Samuel D. Turtletaub Post 237 (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Keyserling family 2
Keyserling, Herbert, 1915-2000 2
Keyserling, Jennie Hyman, 1881-1935 2
Keyserling, William 2
Keyserling, William, 1869-1951 2
Kronsberg family 2
Kronsberg, Macey, 1911-2001 2
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 2
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Levy family 2
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955 2
Loeb family 2
McCallum, Corrie, 1914-2009 2
Meyerson, Jane Pearlstine 2
Moses family 2
National Council of Jewish Women. Charleston Section 2
Pearlstine family 2
Pearlstine, Milton Alfred, 1899-1994 2
Pogson family 2
Pogson, Milward, 1766-1836 2
Raisin family 2
Raisin, Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon), 1878-1946 2
Raisin, Jane Lazarus, 1887-1965 2
Rivers, Lucius Mendel, Jr. 2
Rivers, Margaret Middleton 2
Robinson family 2
Rosenberg family 2
Rosenberg, Abraham, 1859-1920 2
Rosenberg, Anita Moïse Rosefield 2
Sanford, Mark, 1960- 2
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 2
Simmons, Dawn Langley 2
Smith family 2
Smith, Charlie 2
Solomon family 2
Tobias, Thomas J. 2
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services 2
Winstock family 2
Aberman, Mary Ann, 1935- 1
Academy of Music (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Adams, George Alexander, 1887-1984 1
Adams, George Smith, 1923-2018 1
Adams, Theodora Elizabeth Smith, 1888-1983 1
Adath Yeshurun Synagogue (Aiken, S.C.) 1
Addlestone International Corporation 1
Addlestone, Marlene Alfred 1
Addlestone, Nathan S., 1913-2001 1
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 1
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 1
Alston family 1
Altman family 1
Alwyn's Department Store (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
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