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Lee Cohen Harby papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1019
Collection Overview Includes correspondence, photographs, photocopies, clippings, scrapbook, typescript. Genealogical information on descendants of Isaac Harby (birth, death and marriage dates); cabinet card (1891) of Lee C. Harby; handwritten letter re. Harby family of Delhi, NY; clippings of Harby poems published in newspapers (Texas, NY and SC); typescript of poem, "The Lesson of Easter"; clippings of essays about Texas; clippings of misc. published essays, topics include: southern plantation life, Jewish...
Dates: 1859-1911
Found in: Special Collections

Harby, Moïse, Levy, Moses, and Davis family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1131
Abstract Photographic portraits featuring the relations of Octavia Harby Moses, including her immediate family as well as descendants and relatives through the marriages of her children. Octavia Harby Moses married Andrew J. Moses in 1839 and the couple had eighteen children, fourteen of whom lived to adulthood. Many of the children married into the Moïse, Levy, Moses, and Davis families, which are primarily featured in the collection. The photographs were originally housed in an album believed to...
Dates: circa 1860-1890
Found in: Special Collections

Harleston Funeral Home records

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Identifier: AMN 1014
Abstract The original Harleston Funeral Home was established in Charleston, South Carolina in 1901 by Edwin G. Captain Harleston (1854-1931) and his brother, Robert Harleston (1846-1915), under the name Harleston Brothers Funeral Home. It was one of the first funeral homes for African Americans in Charleston. The Harleston Funeral Home records consist of 17 volumes which document the deceased, customers, and funeral expenses. They are organized into three series. The Funeral...
Dates: 1900-1976
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Isaac Child Harleston letters, 1780 (typescript copies)

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Identifier: Mss 0034-027
Collection Overview Typescript (1935-1936) copies of five letters written to Isaac Child Harleston from Francis Marion at Bacon Bridge, South Carolina, and James H. Thomson "copied along with other Harleston family correspondence" [not included] by Julia W. Reynolds during a W.P.A. project (1935-1936). Four letters from Francis Marion dated March 1780 are addressed to Major Isaac Harleston, 2nd Regiment, Charleston, South Carolina. The first letter discusses which individuals might be placed in Harleston's...
Dates: between 1935-1936
Found in: Special Collections

Harper's Weekly clippings about South Carolina

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0096
Collection Overview

The collection consists of various clippings from Harper's Weekly. Each of the articles is about events in South Carolina, and range from 1860 to 1890. The topics discussed include the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Charleston Earthquake of 1886, and the State Dispensary.

Dates: 1860-1890
Found in: Special Collections

Lancelot Minor Harris papers

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Identifier: Mss 0022
Abstract

The Lancelot Minor Harris papers contains personal papers, correspondence, and written materials. Correspondents include James Easterby, DuBose Heyward, Ludwig Lewisohn, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Albert Simons, Thomas Tobias, and others. Written materials include notes concerning Harris' classes and personal writing, prepared by Paul Weidner. Also included in the collection are the personal papers and correspondence of Carlotta Harris.

Dates: 1872-1940; Majority of material found within 1890-1930
Found in: Special Collections

Helen Evangeline Banks Harrison papers

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Identifier: AMN 1032
Abstract Helen Evangeline Banks Harrison was born in Hampton, Virginia in 1898, to Issiah and Anna DeCosta Banks. Often called Evangeline, or Vangi, she attended city schools in Charleston, South Carolina, as well as Avery Normal Institute, and Howard University. In 1922 she married Armistead B. Harrison and in 1935, she began working as a clerk in the out patient clinic of Charleston's segregated Hospital and Training School for Nurses. Harrison became Medical Records Librarian...
Dates: approximately 1850-1985
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Thomas F. Hartnett papers

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Identifier: Mss 0093
Collection Overview

The collection consists of correspondence regarding legislation that was proposed by Hartnett as well as legislation that he voted on during his tenure in the United States House of Representatives. It also includes copies of proposed legislation that was voted on by Hartnett in Congress.

Dates: 1983-1987
Found in: Special Collections

Margaret Hastings scrapbook

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Identifier: Mss 0034-101
Collection Overview

The scrapbook contains clippings from an unknown newspaper. Each of the articles was written by Hastings concerning the activities of the WAC in Asia. Most of the articles in the scrapbook are about the rescue of a WAC unit on New Guinea. All of the clippings are dated 1945.

Dates: 1945
Found in: Special Collections

Richard E. Haymaker papers

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Identifier: Mss 0034-092
Collection Overview The papers include letters to Haymaker from Alexander Lenard and Takusi Tanahasi. Lenard was a Hungarian physician and author who taught Latin and Greek at the College of Charleston for two years from 1967-1969. He is best known as the author of "Winnie ille Pu." His nine letters are mainly about literature, mutual friends in Charleston, and Brazil, where he lived before and after residing in Charleston. He mentions that his last work was a short story set in Charleston about Edgar Allen...
Dates: 1967-1973
Found in: Special Collections

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correspondence 250
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photographs 133
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Charleston (S.C.) 54
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 45
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 39
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South Carolina -- History 25
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 24
typescripts 24
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compact discs 22
newsletters 22
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Charleston (S.C.) -- History 21
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South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 20
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audiocassettes 20
manuscripts for publication 19
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 18
administrative records 18
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Photographs 17
genealogical tables 17
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Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 16
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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 15
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Correspondence 14
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 13
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 13
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 12
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 12
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 12
color slides 12
sketches 12
speeches (documents) 12
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
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essays 11
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poetry 11
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
Jewish families -- South Carolina 10
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 10
cabinet photographs 10
diplomas 10
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magazines (periodicals) 10
negatives (photographs) 10
personal correspondence 10
research notes 10
school yearbooks 10
slides (photographs) 10
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American churches 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
Holocaust survivors 9
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 9
books 9
daguerreotypes (photographs) 9
journals (accounts) 9
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organization files 9
papers (documents) 9
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Avery Normal Institute 48
College of Charleston 46
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 17
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 16
College of Charleston. Library 16
Avery Research Center 15
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 15
United States. Army 13
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Moses family 9
Cohen family 8
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 8
Levy family 8
Alston family 7
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 7
DeCosta family 7
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 7
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 6
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Charleston Naval Shipyard 6
Dachau (Concentration camp) 6
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 6
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 6
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 6
Moïse family 6
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Voorhees College 6
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 6
Weinberg family 6
African Methodist Episcopal Church 5
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 5
Allen University 5
Alliance for Full Acceptance 5
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 5
Bachman, John, 1790-1874 5
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Blamyer family 5
Blamyre family 5
Breibart, Solomon 5
Brown family 5
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 5
Deas family 5
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 5
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Harby family 5
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 5
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Medical University of South Carolina 5
Moïse, Penina 5
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 5
Raisin, Rachel M. 5
Rubens family 5
Solomon family 5
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 5
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 5
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
Waring, Elizabeth 5
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 5
American Missionary Association 4
Benedict College 4
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brown, Millicent E. 4
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Charleston County School District 4
Clyburn, James 4
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 4
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 4
Finley family 4
Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 4
Holmes, F. S. (Francis Simmons), 1815-1882 4
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Howard University 4
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 4
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 4
Lazar family 4
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 4
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 4
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Pogson family 4
Potts family 4
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 4
Rosenberg, Anita Moïse Rosefield 4
Rosengarten, Dale, 1948- 4
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 4
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 4
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Stern, Theodore Sanders 4
Tobias, Thomas J. 4
United States. Navy 4
Wigfall family 4
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Aleph Zadik Aleph 3
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