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Joshua Aydelotte tax return

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-043
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a return of taxable property in the Parish of Saint Philip's and the District of Charleston for lot number 33 on Chalmer's Alley with a brick building owned by Joshua Aydelotte. The tax return was signed by John Roche, Joshua Aydelotte's representative, on February 13, 1813.

Dates: 1812-1813
Found in: Special Collections

"B.A. Rodrigues Ottolengui: Talk Presented at Dinner Meeting of the Robert Wilson Medical History Club"

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-063
Collection Overview

Paper on B.A. Rodrigues Ottolengui presented by Mary S. Miller on May 1, 2003 at a dinner meeting of the Robert Wilson Medical History Club. The paper details Ottolengui's life and work as an author and dentist and includes photocopies of: photographs taken by Ottolengui; images of Dr. Fone's Dental Hygiene School; excerpts from Items of interest, a dental journal edited by Ottolengui; a portrait of Ottolengui; and images of Ottolengui's dental office and dental cabinet.

Dates: 2003
Found in: Special Collections

John Bachman letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-110
Collection Overview

On March 4, 1862, John Bachman wrote a letter to Mrs. E. Horlbeck (Suzzy) thanking her for the offer of a horse to fulfill his responsibilities as a minister.

Dates: 1862 March 4
Found in: Special Collections

John Bachman lithographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-116
Collection Overview

This b&w lithograph of Bachman was engraved by Thomas B. Welch from a portrait by R.J. Curtis. The inscription under the print reads, "Rev. J. Bachman. D.D., elected pastor of the Lutheran Church, Charleston, 1811".

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

Bacot family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0003
Collection Overview Papers of Josephine Bacot contain correspondence with family and friends including letters (one describes the Charleston earthquake of 1886) from Daniel Huger Bacot (1847-1920), Daniel Huger Bacot (b. 1888), and Walter Rhett Bacot. Letters (1888-1904) from her father Robert Barnwell Rhett at Huntsville, Alabama, concern family matters. Papers (1891-1896) concern Munster Plantation (Ashepoo, S.C.). Genealogical information relates to the Bacot, Horton, Walton, Leftwich, Rhett, and Huger...
Dates: 1860-1938
Found in: Special Collections

Louis Baker papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Special Collections

Baltimore Bargain House (Baltimore, MD) records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-110
Abstract

Baltimore Bargain House, Baltimore, Maryland, mail order catalog, flier, and order form.

Dates: 1916, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Bank note

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-129
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a twenty-dollar bank note issued by the state of South Carolina, circa 1777. "This bill entitles the Bearer to Twenty Dollars or Thirty two Pounds ten shillings Current Money of this State pursuant to an Ordinance of the General Assembly passed the 14th Day of Feb. 1777."

Dates: approximately 1777
Found in: Special Collections

Bank of Charleston records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0004
Abstract

Records of the Bank of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. Materials relate to the daily operations and financial transactions of the Bank of Charleston. Collection includes ledgers, journals, and receipt books containing records of general accounts, deposits, loans, and exchange rates. Also included are ledgers containing the business accounts of Merchants National Bank, Savannah, Georgia, and the Bank of Liverpool.

Dates: 1837-1874
Found in: Special Collections

Bank of South Carolina records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-071
Collection Overview This collection consists of an original copy of "An Act to establish a bank, on behalf of and for the benefits of the State" drawn by Rasha Cannon, senator from the Darlington district of South Carolina from 1812 to 1835. The act which passed in December 1812 became the charter for the Bank of the State of South Carolina which was owned by the state and headquartered in Charleston. The second item is a certificate number 549 for eight shares in the Bank of South Carolina held by George Bert...
Dates: 1812, 1817
Found in: Special Collections

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Charleston (S.C.) 54
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 51
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 45
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black-and-white negatives 35
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pamphlets 34
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African American churches 9
Holocaust survivors 9
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 9
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
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College of Charleston 45
Avery Normal Institute 38
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 17
College of Charleston. Library 16
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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 13
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 13
United States. Army 13
Avery Research Center 12
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
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
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
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 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
DeCosta family 5
Deas family 5
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 5
Harby family 5
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 5
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 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
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
Waring, Elizabeth 5
African Methodist Episcopal Church 4
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 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
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 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
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 4
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 4
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Pogson family 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
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 4
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Stern, Theodore Sanders 4
Tobias, Thomas J. 4
United States. Navy 4
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 4
Wigfall family 4
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Aleph Zadik Aleph 3
Allen University 3
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 3
Alterman, Jennet Robinson 3
Altman family 3
American Missionary Association 3
B'nai B'rith 3
Banov family 3
Baskervill Ministries (Pawleys Island, S.C.) 3
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