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100 Black Men of Charleston records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1085
Abstract
100 Black Men of Charleston, Inc., established in 1996, is a local chapter of 100 Black Men of America, a national organization that dedicates time and financial assistance to programs and facilities that assist youth in communities of particular need. Many programs implemented by the organization involve mentoring and education.
The collection consists of materials relating to the establishment, operation, and development of 100 Black Men of Charleston, Inc. Administrative records include...
Dates:
1995-2008
1964 Democratic National Convention program
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-099
Dates:
1964
Found in:
Special Collections
A factor's account book
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0073
Collection Overview
The account book contains information about transactions of an unknown merchant in Charleston, S.C. The book details the sale of cotton, rice, and other commodities. It also provides information about the sale of goods and trade with ships and other merchants who operated in Charleston. The account book is a detailed representation of these transactions, but it does not name the factor or the company who it belonged to. No information on the origin of the account book is available.
Dates:
1861-1864
Found in:
Special Collections
A teaching collection of medieval manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0175
Abstract
This collection consists of 15 leaves from medieval manuscripts selected for the purposes of teaching medieval textual culture. Every common book-type is represented: psalter, gradual, missal (Sanctorale and Temporale), lectionary, folio Bible, pocket Bible, breviary, civil law, Book of Hours (three examples spanning two centuries), capitulary, as well as leaves from a Quran and an Ethiopian Gospel book in Ge'ez that represent the ongoing tradition of manuscript production in the...
Dates:
approximately 1250-approximately 1920
Found in:
Special Collections
Sigmund Abeles papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1164
Abstract
The papers of figurative artist and educator Sigmund Abeles include biographical information, correspondence, and information about his art career.
Dates:
1900-2023; Majority of material found within 1980-2017
Found in:
Special Collections
George Smith Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0174
Abstract
Mainly George Smith Adams' genealogical research documenting his father George Alexander Adams (1887-1984), mother Theodora Elizabeth Smith Adams (1888-1983), grandfather Daniel Townsend Smith (1842-1929) with data on the Washington Artillery, and great grandfather Thomas Peter Smith (1814-1899). Also included are materials relating to his extended family and their surrounding areas, especially the Townsend family, Medway Plantation, Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina.
Dates:
1826-2010; Majority of material found within 1925-1999
Found in:
Special Collections
Nathan S. Addlestone papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1127
Abstract
Scrapbooks, yearbooks, clippings, programs, newsletters, and reports pertaining to Nathan Addlestone, a Charleston businessman who founded several scrap metal businesses, including Steelmet, Incorporated and Addlestone International Corporation. He was also very active in philanthropy, particularly pertaining to education.
Dates:
circa 1910-2009
Found in:
Special Collections
Willy Adler papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-028
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, and other papers of Willy Adler (1920-), a native of Hamburg, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in 1939. Materials document Nazi persecution of the Adler family.
Dates:
1913-1938, 1982-2010
Found in:
Special Collections
African American Firemen in Charleston collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 9000-0010
Abstract
African American firemen have served in the Charleston Fire Department since 1882.The collection includes photocopied photographs of uniformed firemen and clippings from News and Courier about black fire fighters in the Charleston Fire Department. In a 1956 article, the News and Courier reported that black firemen received the same privileges in pay, sick leave, and other benefits as did white...
Dates:
approximately 1910s-1984
Aiken Jewish community collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1042
Collection Overview
Mostly photocopied material chronicling the history of the Jewish community in Aiken, South Carolina, including the Adath (Adas) Yeshurun Synagogue.
The scrapbooks are divided into six sections, which are arranged in original order.
The Adath Yeshurun Synagogue section contains newspaper articles (1980s-1990s) re. history of synagogue, 70th anniversary program (1991), color photograph (1995) of board members, copies of real estate documents (1923-1925) for original acquisition of property,...
Dates:
1923-1995; Majority of material found within 1980s-1990s
Found in:
Special Collections
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- correspondence 244
- clippings (information artifacts) 182
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- black-and-white photographs 104
- scrapbooks 75
- photocopies 65
- color photographs 59
- Charleston (S.C.) 54
- financial records 48
- certificates 47
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 44
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 39
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 38
- letters (correspondence) 38
- minutes (administrative records) 38
- family papers 37
- genealogies (histories) 34
- pamphlets 34
- photograph albums 34
- printed ephemera 34
- programs (documents) 33
- black-and-white negatives 32
- diaries 29
- videocassettes 28
- DVDs 27
- South Carolina -- History 25
- digital images 25
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 24
- typescripts 24
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- Charleston (S.C.) -- History 21
- black-and-white slides 21
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- South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 20
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- South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 18
- newsletters 18
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- ledgers (account books) 17
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- Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 16
- legal documents 16
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 15
- administrative records 15
- drawings (visual works) 15
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Correspondence 14
- obituaries 14
- receipts (financial records) 14
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 13
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- business records 13
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- Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
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- speeches (documents) 12
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
- color slides 11
- lists (document genres) 11
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- Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 10
- awards 10
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- magazines (periodicals) 10
- personal correspondence 10
- poetry 10
- research notes 10
- slides (photographs) 10
- African American churches 9
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
- Holocaust survivors 9
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 9
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 9
- Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 9
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 9
- books 9
- daguerreotypes (photographs) 9
- journals (accounts) 9
- photo CDs 9
- plats (maps) 9
- posters 9
- school yearbooks 9
- writings (documents) 9
- African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 8
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 8
- Charleston County (S.C.) 8
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- German 32
- Yiddish 23
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- Italian 5
- Russian 5
- Portuguese 3
- Arabic 2
- Hungarian 2
- Japanese 2
- Chinese 1
- Creoles and pidgins 1
- Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
- Korean 1
- Lithuanian 1
- Norwegian 1
- Semitic languages 1
- Swedish 1
- Ukrainian 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- College of Charleston 43
- Avery Normal Institute 35
- Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
- College of Charleston. Library 16
- Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 16
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 13
- Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 12
- Avery Research Center 11
- United States. Army 11
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Brown family 4
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 4
- Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Charleston County School District 4
- Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 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
- Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
- Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 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 Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 4
- South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 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
- 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
- Benedict College 3
- Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 3
- Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978 3
- Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 3
- Brown, Millicent E. 3 + ∧ less
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