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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

Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine Jr. papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Special Collections

L. Mendel Rivers papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0198
Abstract Correspondence, programs, publications, newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs, photo albums, scrapbooks, awards, certificates, financial material, and personal files of L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 1941 to 1970. Materials primarily relate to Rivers' service in Congress with topics including the Cold War, Vietnam War, the Charleston Naval Shipyard, the United States Armed Forces, military pay...
Dates: 1876-1990; Majority of material found within 1941-1970
Found in: Special Collections

Jakob Rosenthal papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1109
Abstract

Biographical material, writings, typescripts, photographs, and other assorted papers of Jakob Rosenthal, historian, educator, and writer. As a journalist Rosenthal wrote extensively on contemporary Jewish history, literature, and life, as well as Zionism, its history, and the State of Israel, for various European, Middle Eastern, and American daily newspapers.

Dates: 1928-1995
Found in: Special Collections

Simonhoff family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1100
Abstract

Choir books, photographs, publications and other papers of the Simonhoff family. Materials primarily relate to Jacob J. Simonhoff and his work as a cantor. Also included are materials relating to his sons Harry and Samuel Simonhoff, and daughter-in-law, Lillian C. Simonhoff.

Dates: circa 1904-1983
Found in: Special Collections

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Gay couples -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Gay men, White -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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Transgender women 1
United States -- Armed Forces 1
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
World politics -- 1945-1989 1
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Aleph Zadik Aleph 1
Anderson, Dorothy Middleton 1
Berendt family 1
Berendt, Anna Gelson, 1913-2001 1
Berendt, Benjamin, 1912-2010 1
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Berendt, Gerald E. 1
Brody, Sherna Simonhoff 1
Charleston Naval Shipyard 1
Chase, Leah 1
Eastman, Margaret Middleton Rivers 1
Fontaine, William A. (William Alvin), 1920-2005 1
Fontaine-Hancock Interiors 1
Gelson family 1
Hancock (Family : Hancock, Aubrey, 1929-2019) 1
Hancock, Aubrey, 1929-2019 1
Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 1
Rivers, Lucius Mendel, Jr. 1
Rivers, Margaret Middleton 1
Rosenthal, Jakob 1
Simmons, Dawn Langley 1
Simonhoff family 1
Simonhoff, Harry 1
Simonhoff, Jacob J. 1
Simonhoff, Lillian C., 1901-1984 1
Simonhoff, Samuel, 1896-1980 1
United States. Congress. House 1
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services 1
Villa de la Fontaine (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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