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Identifier: Mss 1150
Abstract
Portuguese Brit Milah and Shechita record book spanning the years 1700 to 1842 though probably created at multiple dates by multiple individuals. Book contains birth and death records, rules about Shechita, and circumcision records of a Sephardic community in the West Indies, most likely Curaçao.
Dates:
1700-1842
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1036
Abstract
John Foster Potts, Sr. (1908-1998), African American educator and author, was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Leila Snead and John Moultrie Potts. Potts worked as a teacher and principal in numerous schools including Avery Institute, where he served until it closed in 1954. Potts married Muriel Logan and had five children.The collection includes material relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography, as well as...
Dates:
1885-2005
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-043
Abstract
The collection consists of newspaper clippings and a videotaped interview of Mike Prayzer, a Jewish native of Bendzin, Poland, who survived imprisonment in ten concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Dachau. Prayzer immigrated to the United States in 1949.
Dates:
1982-1995
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1178
Abstract
A collection of Judaica postcards from the United States, Europe, and Israel assembled by Julian H. Preisler of synagogues, Jewish restaurants, resorts, museums, concert halls, artwork, artifacts, Jewish culture, and historical sites.
Dates:
1900s-2010s
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-097
Collection Overview
The War roster is a directory of College of Charleston alumni who served in the military of the colony of South Carolina, the state of South Carolina, the Confederacy, or the United States during times of war. It includes information about the military ranks and awards of college alumni in the various services. The document also includes a list of alumni who were killed or missing in action during their military service. The roster covers every major conflict from the French and Indian War...
Dates:
1947
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1072
Collection Overview
The prescription book (1887-1889) includes hand-written prescriptions which are glued to the pages of the volume. Each prescription includes the prescription number, patient's name, date, dosage, and formulation of the prescription. The prescriptions were written primarily by Dr. Myre S. Iseman, but also included are prescriptions written by Dr. G.E.T. Sparkman, Dr. J.W. Folk, and Dr. T.P. Bailey, as well as other physicians practicing in Georgetown, S.C. The prescriptions are recorded...
Dates:
1887-1889
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-001
Abstract
The collection consists of copy negatives and slides, memoirs, clippings, and other papers of Katherine Goldstein Prevost, a native of Budapest, Hungary, who was imprisoned in Kaufering, a subcamp of Dachau, during World War II. Included is a memoir written by Prevost's friend Ferike Csato and a videocassette interview of Samuel Klasner, another friend, all Holocaust survivors.
Dates:
1925-2000
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-079
Abstract
Photographs, eulogies, and newspaper clippings of the Price family of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Materials mostly relate to the family's clothing store, Prices' Store for Men. Also included is a brief history of the founders of Temple B'nai Israel in Spartanburg.
Dates:
1903-2003
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-056
Collection Overview
The collection consists of a letter written in 1800 from Primrose to John S. McLaughlin concerning a job and a list of Primrose's assets from 1835.
Dates:
1800-1835
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-057
Collection Overview
The marriage settlement of and letters to Samuel Prioleau. Marriage settlement (trust deed) of Hannah Motte Prioleau and Samuel Prioleau for property in trust with Hannah Prioleau's father, Major James Hamilton, property consisting of a fourth part of 65 slaves (listed by name) to which she would be entitled upon his death. A letter (1826 Sept. 15) from S.M. Drayton at Northhampton (Mass.) acknowledges the receipt of money, thanks Prioleau for his help, discusses tenant problems and renting...
Dates:
1811-1832
