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Frances Mazo and Julius Butwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1179
Abstract

The papers of Frances Mazo Butwin and Julius Butwin, the first English translators of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem. The papers include her writings and diaries, their correspondence, family photographs, and copies of their books.

Dates: 1907-2023; Majority of material found within 1907-1943

Doris Marks Ferst papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1156
Abstract

Photograph albums, loose photographs, clippings, correspondence, and assorted ephemera of Doris Marks Ferst (1898-1980) of the Marks family of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: approximately 1900-2000; Majority of material found within approximately 1900s-1959

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

Charles Henry Meltzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0009
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence to dramatist Charles Henry Meltzer from well-known composers (1839-1928), including Cécile Chaminade, Gustave Charpentier, Alphonse Daudet, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn-Barthody, Giacomo Puccini, and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Also includes newspaper clippings relating to Meltzer, and a typescript transcription of Meltzer's biography.

Dates: 1839-1940

Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1075
Abstract Clippings, correspondence, sermons, programs, certificates, diplomas, diaries, photographs, objects, and other papers of Jacob S. Raisin, Reform rabbi, author, and scholar. Raisin's writings focused on ethical behavior, intellectual history, religious observance and tradition. Materials also relate to Raisin's wife, Jane Lazarus Raisin, their children, Mordenai Lazarus Raisin Hirsch, Rachel Marla Raisin, and Aaron S. Raisin, and other family members, Raisin's record of professional...
Dates: circa 1700, 1889-2009

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

William A. Rosenthall Judaica collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1086
Abstract Judaica postcards, prints and posters, periodicals, clippings, philatelic materials, greeting cards, medals, textiles, ephemera, and subject files collected by Rabbi William A. Rosenthall. Materials date from the late 15th to 20th century and document Jewish life on every continent except Antarctica. These materials are mainly iconographic in nature, including artwork depicting many aspects of Jewish history, religion, customs, and daily life. They cover topics such as Jewish holidays,...
Dates: 1493-2002; Majority of material found within 1568-1995

Robert Schwartz papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1168
Abstract

The papers of Robert Schwartz, medical doctor and captain, in the United States Army during World War II. Papers and artifacts reflect his service and activities during the war and as a participant of the liberation of Buchenwald. Included are photographs and a letter documenting the atrocities at Buchenwald concentration camp.

Dates: 1933-1968; Majority of material found within 1942-1945

James T. Sears collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0207
Abstract This collection contains assorted ephemera, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting the research interests of James T. Sears, author of several books on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history in the South. The collection includes materials relating to female and male impersonators and LGBTQ music. Notable items include the typescript of a poem by Allen Ginsberg, a American flag belonging to openly gay airman Leonard Matlovich, and the signature of Sir...
Dates: circa 1908-2001

Jesse Stuart papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0116
Collection Overview This collection consists of information donated together with 23 books written by Jesse Stuart. It includes a 1967 letter written by Stuart to Dorothy White describing how White's father encouraged Stuart to pursue literature; a photograph of Dorothy White's father, Clark White; an inscribed copy of a pamphlet containing some of Stuart's earliest writings (Lyrics from Lincoln Memorial University, c.1928); a copy of a pamphlet about Stuart and annotated by him (The Man...Jesse Stuart,...
Dates: approximately 1928-1984

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black-and-white photographs 8
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Charleston (S.C.) 3
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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Bookstores -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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Jewish women -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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Myrtle Beach (S.C.) 1
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Language
German 3
Hebrew 3
Yiddish 3
Dutch; Flemish 2
French 2
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Names
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 2
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Raisin family 2
Raisin, Jane Lazarus, 1887-1965 2
Raisin, Rachel M. 2
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Alliance for Full Acceptance 1
Book Basement (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 1
Butwin, Frances 1
Butwin, Joseph (Joseph Mazo), 1943- 1
Butwin, Julius, -1945 1
Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944 1
Charpentier, Gustave, 1860-1956 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Clarke, Edward, Sir, 1841-1931 1
Cohen family 1
Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897 1
De La Motta family 1
De Lyon family 1
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 1
Elfe family 1
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934 1
Epps (Family : Conway, S.C.) 1
Epps family 1
Fallon family 1
Ferst, Doris Leslie 1
Ferst, Doris Marks, 1898-1980 1
Freemasons 1
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Harby family 1
Hart family 1
Hirsch (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hirsch family 1
Hirsch, Isaac Willard, 1844-1925 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Klein (Family : Walterboro, S.C.) 1
Klein family 1
Lazar family 1
Lazarus (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Levy family 1
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 1
Matlovich, Leonard 1
Meltzer, Charles Henry, 1853-1936 1
Meltzer, Harold 1
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 1
Mordecai family 1
Peacock, Edwin, 1910-1989 1
Potter, Mary Jo 1
Potter, William Zeigler 1
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 1
Quiroz, Roderick S. 1
Raisin, Aaron S., 1922-1989 1
Raisin, Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon), 1878-1946 1
Reesor (Family : Conway, S.C.) 1
Reesor family 1
Rosenthall, Irene O. 1
Rosenthall, William A. 1
Russell, Ina 1
Schwartz, Robert, 1916-2008 1
Sears, James T. (James Thomas), 1951- 1
Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 1
Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984 1
Swope (Family : Conway, S.C.) 1
Swope family 1
Swope, Caroline T. 1
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Navy 1
White, Clark 1
White, Dorothy M. 1
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, 1876-1948 1
Zeigler, John 1
Ziegler family 1
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