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List of books, 1700-1936

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-068
Collection Overview Typescript list of record books (1700-1936) kept at the County Clerk's office [Clerk of Court], Charleston (S.C.). Record books include calendars, common pleas journals, decrees, dockets, dower books, file books, guardian accounts, judgment books, minute books, miscellaneous items, account books, army and navy records, bond books, cash books, ledgers, Charleston Board of Trade records, County Dispensary records, report books, and numerous other record books. The list contains the name of...
Dates: approximately 1936
Found in: Special Collections

Literary miscellany

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-094
Collection Overview Commonplace book and loose papers contain original [?] and copied literary passages. The entries are in several different handwritings and include poems, essays, quotations, letters, and excerpts from sermons. Many poems have a pastoral or religious theme, while other passages concern mourning and consolation, illness, conjugal love, friendship, and moral character and conduct. Authors named include Langhorn, Dr. Watts, Matthew Prior, Tickell, Le Fevre, and Stern. Two poems are dedicated to...
Dates: approximately 1800-1865; Majority of material found within approximately 1800
Found in: Special Collections

James Logan scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1010
Abstract James Raymond Logan (1874-1958) was the first native Charlestonian to receive a civil service appointment for work at the Charleston Navy Yard, and was the first African American appointee. Logan also directed Logan's Military Band and the choirs of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church and Zion Presbyterian Church.This collection includes newspaper clippings, programs, photographs and correspondence that originally comprised two scrapbooks (now disbound) created by James Raymond...
Dates: 1896-1961
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Roswell Turner Logan journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0121
Collection Overview

The journal includes addresses, poems, and essays written by Roswell Turner Logan, including: Logan's inaugural address delivered before the Philometric Society on July 6, 1852 at the High School of Charleston; three essays published in the Charleston College magazine ("Mohammed and His religion" and "College life" in April 1855 and "Good bye" in May 1855); a requiem to Logan's old horse John Randolph, who died September 21, 1857; and a poem entitled "The Presidential canvas of 1860."

Dates: 1852-1865
Found in: Special Collections

'Looking Quite Like Soldiers!' curriculum collection

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Identifier: AMN 1095
Abstract Looking Quite Like Soliders!, winner of the 1996 Steppingstone Prize, was developed by educators at James P. Timilty Middle School in Boston, Massachusetts. The curriculum provides an interdisciplinary, thematic curriculum that explores the historical context for African American participation in the Civil War and the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, a famed Union regiment. Lesson plans incorporate excerpts from letters of James Henry Gooding, maps of Camp Meigs...
Dates: 1995-1997
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Bret Lott papers

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Identifier: Mss 0224
Abstract

Papers of author and College of Charleston Professor of English, Bret Lott. Papers include manuscripts, reviews by and about Lott, memorabilia and souvenirs, publishing contracts and other legal documentation, teaching and early writing career materials, promotional materials, audiovisual materials, and a Brother Deluxe 750TR typewriter.

Dates: 1935-2020
Found in: Special Collections

Lourie family papers, 1945-1995 (photocopies)

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Identifier: Mss 1034-042
Collection Overview Note: entire collection is color copies of photographs. Includes images of Annie Friedman Lourie with her mother, Betty Friedman, and sisters Becky Friedman and Minnie Kalinsky, ca. early 1940s; group photos (ca. 1945) include Sara Lourie Gordon, Sarah Kalinsky Nossakoff, Morris Kalinsky, Ethel Kalinsky Kramer, Minnie Kalinsky, Arnold Levinson, Libby Levinson, Margie Levinson Goldstein, Mary Lourie Rittenberg, and Dr. Herbert Lourie. Also includes image of Gov. Strom Thurmond in 1950 cutting...
Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA) records

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Identifier: Mss 0206
Abstract These records contain operating files, newsletters, and event files documenting the activities of the Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA), a Charleston, S.C. nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and opposing discrimination. Topics include LGBTQ civil and legal rights including same-sex marriage, homophobia, and coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community. Materials also relate to LGLA’s partnerships with other...
Dates: 1991-2005
Found in: Special Collections

Lillie Goldstein Lubin papers

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Identifier: Mss 1034-053
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of photographs of Lillie "Lisa" Goldstein Lubin (1923- ), an opera singer born in Charleston, South Carolina. Sheet music, a compact disc compilation of Lubin's musical performances, and a newspaper clipping are also included.

Dates: 1930s-1940s
Found in: Special Collections

Carol Lyons and Dorothy D’Anna papers

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Identifier: Mss 0211
Abstract

The collection consists of the papers of partners Carol Lyons and Dorothy D’Anna, co-founders and co-directors of the Little Theatre School at the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina. The papers include correspondence, theater programs, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting the couple’s work in the theater.

Dates: 1902-2007; Majority of material found within 1953-1977
Found in: Special Collections

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correspondence 255
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Charleston (S.C.) 54
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South Carolina -- History 25
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 24
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Charleston (S.C.) -- History 21
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 20
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manuscripts for publication 19
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 18
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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 13
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 13
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Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 12
color slides 12
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Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 10
cabinet photographs 10
diplomas 10
drafts (documents) 10
magazines (periodicals) 10
negatives (photographs) 10
personal correspondence 10
school yearbooks 10
slides (photographs) 10
African American churches 9
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
Holocaust survivors 9
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 9
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Avery Normal Institute 47
College of Charleston 46
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 17
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 17
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 16
Avery Research Center 16
College of Charleston. Library 16
United States. Army 13
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Moses family 9
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 8
Cohen family 8
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 8
Levy family 8
Alston family 7
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 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
DeCosta family 6
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 6
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 6
Moïse family 6
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 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
Brown, Millicent E. 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
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 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
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 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
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
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Carawan, Guy 4
Charleston County School District 4
Clyburn, James 4
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 4
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 4
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 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
Howard University 4
Hunt, Eugene C. 4
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 4
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 4
Lazar family 4
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 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
Saunders, William, 1935- 4
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 4
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 4
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
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