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Marine Resources Division, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources map and chart collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0126
Collection Overview
This collection consists of a wide variety of maps, charts, and aerial photographs. The maps are arranged by type of map: topographic, geologic, bathymetric, nautical, aerial, and miscellaneous. Most of the maps are of South Carolina but maps of the southeast United States and the Gulf of Mexico coast are also included in this collection. The maps are arranged by state and county and thereafter chronologically.
Dates:
1802-1988
Found in:
Special Collections
Senator Burnet R. Maybank papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0085
Abstract
Legislative files, correspondence, printed material, voting records, and personal papers of Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954), United States Senator from 1941 to 1954. Materials primarily relate to Maybank's professional life as a United States Senator and include his legislative working files and constituent correspondence. The collection also includes a small amount of personal papers concerning Maybank and his family including personal correspondence, financial material, photographs,...
Dates:
1914-1973; Majority of material found within 1941-1954
Found in:
Special Collections
Mendelsohn family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1139
Abstract
Photographs, eulogies, audio interview, and clippings relating to the Mendelsohn family of Charleston, South Carolina. Benjamin Mendelsohn and his wife, Fay Zamler Mendelsohn, settled in Charleston in 1907 where Benjamin operated a tailor shop on King Street and Fay later opened her own store, the Bandbox, selling women's hats and dresses. The collection also includes images of the related Bluestein family.
Dates:
1920-1968, 2001
Found in:
Special Collections
Mendelson family photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1154
Abstract
Photographs, photograph albums, slides, and home movie film reels from the Mendelson family of Charleston, South Carolina. Images include a trip to Israel, A. Mendelson & Son at various addresses on King Street, a Citadel Dress Parade, National Music Co. run by brothers-in-law Otto Fox and Isadore Mendelson, family groups at various locations, 1940 hurricane damage, the Bronx Zoo, late 1940s Azalea Parades, summer camps, Charleston landmarks, College of Charleston graduation, and the...
Dates:
1917-1975
Found in:
Special Collections
Metropolitan Community Church of Charleston (MCC) records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0209
Abstract
Collection consists of the records of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of Charleston, a mission of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), from 1990-2009. UFMCC is a Christian church that welcomes members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Records include meeting minutes, bylaws, and financial information relating to the church’s activities, including worship services, the church food bank, and partnerships with...
Dates:
1990-2009
Found in:
Special Collections
Nathaniel Russell Middleton papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0032
Collection Overview
Nathaniel Russell Middleton papers consist of his writings, his correspondence with his wife and children, and miscellaneous items. Middleton's writings consist of poems, essays, and addresses about Christianity, the fine arts, philosophical materialism, temperance, secession, fame, the U.S. Constitution, and other subjects, many of which were probably delivered to the students of the College of Charleston during his tenure there as professor and president. Correspondence includes letters...
Dates:
1823-1881
Found in:
Special Collections
James Warley Miles papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0008
Collection Overview
Papers consist of correspondence, transcripts of Miles' sermons and addresses, notes for a sermon, clippings, and biographical materials.
Letters and notes include a letter (1852 March 5) to Miles from Henry D. Lesesne asking Miles to preach at Calvary Church, a note (1870 May 26) from C.G. Poyas regarding the transmission of a gift volume to Miles, and a typescript copy of a letter (1857 April 1) from Miles to Mr. [Robert Newman?] Gourdin concerning the number of volumes in the College of...
Dates:
1852-1970; Majority of material found within 1852-1875
Found in:
Special Collections
Ben McCutchen Moïse papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0183
Abstract
Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, work files, publications, and related papers of Ben McCutchen Moïse, conservation officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources from 1978 to 2002, author of Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden: A Memoir, and editor of A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis.
Dates:
1908-2011
Found in:
Special Collections
Charlotte A. Myers collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0213
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Charlotte A. Myers’ divorce from literary critic and poet Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Materials also relate to Caroline Griswold, a writer and Griswold’s daughter from his first marriage, who was raised by Myers. There are also daguerreotype portraits of Myers and Caroline Griswold and a commonplace book assembled by Myers. The papers also cover correspondence between Griswold’s grandchildren and Joy Bayless, author of the...
Dates:
1818-1943
Found in:
Special Collections
Moses Henry Nathan collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1071
Collection Overview
This collection consists of information on Moses Henry Nathan (1821-1875) together with photocopied annual reports of the City of Charleston Fire Department, 1859-1861, 1866-1872 which were delivered to the Charleston Board of Fire Masters. The original annual reports are bound into a volume titled on the spine "Annual reports of the Chief of the Fire Department of Charleston, 1859-1872" and impressed on the front cover "M.H. Nathan." The collection also includes a photograph of Chief M.H....
Dates:
1855, 2002, 2009, undated
Found in:
Special Collections