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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

Marjorie Amos-Frazier papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1166
Abstract Marjorie Amos-Frazier (1926-2010) was a Civil Rights activist and politician in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the first woman elected to serve on the Charleston County Council in 1974. Six years later Amos-Frazier became the first non-legislator, woman and African-American to serve on the South Carolina Public Service Commission (1980-1993).Amos-Frazier's papers hold biographical, professional and political career, organizational and religious affiliation documents and...
Dates: 1970s-2010, and undated

Louis Baker papers

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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

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

Alwyn Goldstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1096
Abstract

Biographical materials, correspondence, research files, printed materials, photographs, family scrapbooks, and family photograph albums of Alwyn Goldstein of Georgetown, South Carolina. Also included are materials relating to Alwyn’s Department Store and various administrative records of Temple Beth Elohim.

Dates: 1886-2014

Lazarus and Hirsch families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1018
Abstract This collection contains photographs, correspondence, clippings, pins, a textile, legal documents, albums, and other items relating to Jane Lazarus Raisin and the Lazarus and Hirsch families of Charleston, as well as the related Hart, Levy, Cohen, Mordecai, Harby, De Lyon, De La Motta, and Raisin families. Collection includes numerous early photographs. Materials also pertain to Charleston's Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) synagogue and Jewish life in Charleston and South Carolina in the...
Dates: 1776, 1818-2005

Anita Rosen Levine papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1107
Abstract

Assorted papers and publications of Anita Rosen Levine, who served as secretary to the rabbi of Brith Sholom Beth Israel congregation in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1956 to 1986, and as secretary for Addlestone Hebrew Academy.

Dates: 1875-2006

Carol Lyons and Dorothy D’Anna papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0211
Abstract

The collection consists of the papers of partners Carol Lyons and Dorothy D’Anna, co-founders and co-directors of the Little Theatre School at the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina. The papers include correspondence, theater programs, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting the couple’s work in the theater.

Dates: 1902-2007; Majority of material found within 1953-1977

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

National Council of Jewish Women Charleston Section records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1038
Abstract

The collection consists of the records of the Charleston Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. A substantial portion of the collection documents the Charleston Section's fundraising activities, charitable and educational programs, membership events, and 100th anniversary celebration through photographs, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other materials. Also included are materials documenting its administrative and financial activities and early history.

Dates: 1906-2018

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Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture 1
 
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Charleston (S.C.) 14
correspondence 13
color photographs 11
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
financial records 5
minutes (administrative records) 5
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videocassettes 4
fliers (printed matter) 3
genealogical tables 3
manuscripts (documents) 3
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personal correspondence 3
programs (documents) 3
Bookstores -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
DVDs 2
Gay artists -- United States 2
Gay men, White -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Jewish women -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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awards 2
black-and-white negatives 2
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periodicals 2
photocopies 2
picture postcards 2
postcards 2
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slides (photographs) 2
typescripts 2
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Language
Hebrew 3
Yiddish 2
Russian 1
 
Names
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 2
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 2
National Council of Jewish Women. Charleston Section 2
Raisin family 2
Raisin, Jane Lazarus, 1887-1965 2
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Raisin, Rachel M. 2
Smith family 2
Aberman, Mary Ann, 1935- 1
Adams, George Alexander, 1887-1984 1
Adams, George Smith, 1923-2018 1
Adams, Theodora Elizabeth Smith, 1888-1983 1
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Aleph Zadik Aleph 1
Alliance for Concerned Citizens 1
Alliance for Full Acceptance 1
Alterman, Jennet Robinson 1
Alwyn's Department Store (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 1
Anderson, Dorothy Middleton 1
Archambault, Sandra, 1944-2022 1
Ashley Theater (West Ashley, S.C.) 1
B-52's (Musical group) 1
Bailey family 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Barry 1
Baker, Louis, 1909-1955 1
Berendt family 1
Berendt, Anna Gelson, 1913-2001 1
Berendt, Benjamin, 1912-2010 1
Berendt, Gerald E. 1
Berlinsky, Jaclyn 1
Beth Elohim (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Bluestein family 1
Book Basement (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown, Kent, 1953-2003 1
Cambridge family 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Cave family 1
Charleston (S.C.). City Council 1
Charleston County Council 1
Charleston Naval Shipyard 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Cohen family 1
Cohen, Stanley 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Washington Artillery Battalion (New Orleans, La.) 1
D'Anna, Dorothy, 1918-2012 1
De La Motta family 1
De Lyon family 1
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Eastman, Margaret Middleton Rivers 1
Elfe family 1
Fallon family 1
Fanning family 1
FitzSimons, Mabel Trott, 1883-1979 1
Fitzsimmons family 1
Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Fraser, Mary Edna 1
Freemasons 1
Garden Theater (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Gelson family 1
Goldberg, Herbert S., 1925- 1
Goldstein family 1
Goldstein, Alwyn, 1915-2010 1
Good family 1
Greenhill, Marsha Silver 1
Greenspon, Roz G. 1
Gregorie family 1
Halio, Frances, 1932-2017 1
Harby family 1
Hart family 1
Hendricks family 1
Hendricks, Henry W., 1826-1898 1
Hess, Karen 1
Hirsch (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hirsch family 1
Hirsch, Isaac Willard, 1844-1925 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Samuel D. Turtletaub Post 237 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Lazar family 1
Lazarus (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Lemel, Barbara Pearlstine 1
Levine, Anita Rosen, 1921-2011 1
Levy family 1
Long, Alberta Sottile 1
Long, J. C., 1903-1984 1
Lyons, Carol, 1927-2011 1
M. Baker and Sons 1
Mendelsohn (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Mendelsohn, Benjamin 1
Mendelsohn, Burnet 1
Mendelsohn, Fay 1
Mendelsohn, Jane 1
Mendelssohn family 1
Mordecai family 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
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