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Sigmund Abeles papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1164
Abstract

The papers of figurative artist and educator Sigmund Abeles include biographical information, correspondence, and information about his art career.

Dates: 1900-2023; Majority of material found within 1980-2017

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

Baruch and Lennox families photographs and papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1110
Abstract

The collection consists of family photographs and photograph albums, scrapbooks, and assorted papers of the Baruch family of Camden, South Carolina, and New York City, and the Lennox family of Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Materials primarily relate to Hartwig Nathaniel Baruch Sr., stage actor and member of the New York stock exchange, his wife, Arline Lennox Baruch, and their son, Hartwig Nathaniel Baruch Jr.

Dates: 1889-1976

Drayton papers

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Identifier: Mss 0152
Abstract

Diaries, ledgers, correspondence, inventories, plats, sketches, architectural drawings of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I-III, James Glen, Charlotta Drayton, Mary Middleton Drayton and others, relating mainly to affairs at Drayton Hall and other family plantations. Collection also includes artwork, reflections on eighteenth century literature, deeds, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1701-2004

Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine Jr. papers

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Identifier: Mss 0227
Abstract

Papers document the professional and personal lives of Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine, Jr. The collection includes business records, personal and miscellaneous correspondence, documentation of their properties, guest books, and assorted ephemera on Charleston, social, and local LGBTQ life.

Dates: 1850-2020; Majority of material found within 1935-2002

Willard N. Hirsch papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1074
Abstract

This collection contains Willard Hirsch's papers, clippings, and publications related to his career as a sculptor, including his correspondence, photographs, sketches of his artwork, a scrapbook related to his work, and exhibition catalogs. It also includes information on his work as an art instructor, his involvement with the arts and Jewish communities in Charleston, South Carolina, and on members of his family, including his wife, Mordenai Raisin Hirsch, and uncle, Herman Rosenbluth.

Dates: 1911-2010

Keyserling family papers - Part I

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Identifier: Mss 1049a
Collection Overview Part I (Mss 1049a) is the first accession of the Keyserling family papers. It includes Keyserling genealogical information, ephemera and family news clippings; material related to Leon Keyserling's political career (essays, clippings, speeches.) Correspondence includes letters between William Keyserling (WK) and Jennie H. Keyserling (JK) 1903-1935; WK and Leon Keyserling, 1908-1949; WK and Beth Keyserling Rosenfarb, 1911-1951; WK and Rosalyn Keyserling Schreiber, 1911-1944; WK and Herbert...
Dates: 1890-1980; Majority of material found within 1910-1951

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

Charlotte A. Myers collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0213
Abstract The collection contains correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Charlotte A. Myers’ divorce from literary critic and poet Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Materials also relate to Caroline Griswold, a writer and Griswold’s daughter from his first marriage, who was raised by Myers. There are also daguerreotype portraits of Myers and Caroline Griswold and a commonplace book assembled by Myers. The papers also cover correspondence between Griswold’s grandchildren and Joy Bayless, author of the...
Dates: 1818-1943

Reesor, Epps, Klein and Swope families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1163
Abstract

Assorted family papers of the Reesor, Epps, Klein and Swope families of Walterboro and Conway, South Carolina. Materials consist of family records, extensive correspondence, clippings, family photographs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1861-2007; Majority of material found within 1907-1985

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Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture 1
 
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correspondence 10
black-and-white photographs 9
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school yearbooks 4
Charleston (S.C.) 3
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account books 3
books 3
compact discs 3
diaries 3
photographs 3
postcards 3
prayer books 3
programs (documents) 3
DVDs 2
Gay couples -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Gay men, White -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Gay people -- Social life and customs 2
Genealogy 2
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
card photographs (photographs) 2
commonplace books 2
daguerreotypes (photographs) 2
deeds 2
drawings (visual works) 2
exhibition catalogs 2
family papers 2
financial records 2
genealogical tables 2
genealogies (histories) 2
identity cards 2
personal correspondence 2
school records 2
sketches 2
slides (photographs) 2
speeches (documents) 2
videocassettes 2
visiting cards 2
wedding albums 2
African American art -- South Carolina -- 20th century 1
African American artists -- South Carolina 1
African American families -- South Carolina 1
African American farmers -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island -- History 1
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African American photographers 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Drayton Hall -- History 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Relations with Jews 1
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Artists -- United States 1
Beaufort (S.C.) -- History 1
Bed and breakfast accommodations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Berlin (Germany) 1
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Camden (S.C.) 1
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Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Charleston County (S.C.) -- History 1
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Conway (S.C.) -- Social life and customs 1
Custody of children -- United States 1
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Drayton Hall (S.C.) -- History 1
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Edisto Island (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
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Figurative art, American 1
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Gardelegen (Germany) 1
Gardelegen Massacre, Gardelegen, Germany, 1945 1
Gay artists -- United States 1
Gay men's writings, American 1
Gay people in the civil service -- United States 1
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 1
Hospitality industry -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Interfaith families -- South Carolina 1
Interior decorators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Interior decorators -- South Carolina -- Walterboro 1
Jewish artists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Jewish artists -- United States 1
Jewish capitalists and financiers -- United States 1
Jewish families -- South Carolina 1
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Genealogy 1
Jewish families -- United States 1
Jewish physicians -- South Carolina -- Beaufort 1
Jewish politicians -- South Carolina -- Beaufort 1
Jewish women -- Societies and clubs 1
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Jews -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Beaufort -- Social life and customs 1
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Names
Harby family 2
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 2
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Abeles, Sigmund, 1934- 1
Abell family 1
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Adams, George Alexander, 1887-1984 1
Adams, George Smith, 1923-2018 1
Adams, Theodora Elizabeth Smith, 1888-1983 1
Avery Normal Institute 1
Ball, Edward, 1958- 1
Baruch family 1
Baruch, Arline Lennox, 1893-1995 1
Baruch, Hartwig Nathaniel, Jr., 1918-1997 1
Baruch, Hartwig Nathaniel, Sr., 1868-1953 1
Bayless, Joy 1
Book Basement (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Cohen family 1
Columbia University 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Washington Artillery Battalion (New Orleans, La.) 1
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 1
Dale Farms Corporation (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
De La Motta family 1
De Lyon family 1
Drayton family 1
Drayton, Carolus 1
Drayton, Charles Henry, 1847-1915 1
Drayton, Charles, 1785-1844 1
Drayton, Charles, 1814-1852 1
Drayton, Charlotta D., 1884-1969 1
Drayton, James Shoolbred, 1820-1867 1
Drayton, John, 1831-1912 1
Drayton, John, active 1777 1
Drayton, Mary Middleton Shoolbred, 1794-1855 1
Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton, 1828-1867 1
Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Elfe family 1
Epps (Family : Conway, S.C.) 1
Epps family 1
Fallon family 1
Fontaine, William A. (William Alvin), 1920-2005 1
Fontaine-Hancock Interiors 1
Freemasons 1
Glen, James, 1701-1777 1
Griswold, M. Caroline 1
Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857 1
Hancock (Family : Hancock, Aubrey, 1929-2019) 1
Hancock, Aubrey, 1929-2019 1
Harleston family 1
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 1
Harleston, Elise F. (Elise Forrest) 1
Hart family 1
Hirsch (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hirsch family 1
Hirsch, Isaac Willard, 1844-1925 1
Hirsch, Willard Newman, 1905-1982 1
Hirschfeld family 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 1
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 1
Keyserling family 1
Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 1
Keyserling, Herbert, 1915-2000 1
Keyserling, Jennie Hyman, 1881-1935 1
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 1
Keyserling, William, 1869-1951 1
Klein (Family : Walterboro, S.C.) 1
Klein family 1
Lavori, Nora 1
Lazar family 1
Lazarus (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Lennox family 1
Levy family 1
Macdonald, Wilkins & Co. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
Manigault, Charlotte Drayton, 1781-1855 1
Mercer, Albert Baruch 1
Mordecai family 1
Moïse family 1
Myers, Charlotte 1
Peacock, Edwin, 1910-1989 1
Potter, Mary Jo 1
Potter, William Zeigler 1
Quiroz, Roderick S. 1
Raisin family 1
Raisin, Jane Lazarus, 1887-1965 1
Raisin, Rachel M. 1
Reesor (Family : Conway, S.C.) 1
Reesor family 1
Rosefield, Virginia Moïse, 1909-2002 1
Rosenberg, Anita Moïse Rosefield 1
Rosenbluth, Herman 1
Russell, Ina 1
Simmons, Dawn Langley 1
Smith family 1
Smith, Daniel Townsend, 1842-1929 1
Smith, Thomas Peter, 1814-1903 1
Stafford, Ethel Jorgensen, 1923- 1
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