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Collis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1148
Abstract The family papers of the Collis family of Charleston and Kingstree, South Carolina, reflect the experience of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to South Carolina. Materials include migration, marriage, education, and military documents; photographs; clippings; ephemera; and correspondence. Meyer Collis immigrated from Bialystok, Poland, to the United States sometime in the early 20th century; his future wife Lena Schiawitz followed in 1905. They settled in Charleston, where...
Dates: approximately 1900-2008; Majority of material found within 1906-1967

Colman and Blank families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1111
Abstract

The collection consists of professional and personal correspondence, professional materials, photograph albums and photographs, and other assorted papers of the Colman and Blank families of Charleston, South Carolina. Materials relate to Beverly Isabel Colman, a former managing editor for Schocken Books, and her great-great grandmother Rosa Simmons Blank, Rosa's son, Isadore Blank, and Isadore's son, Edwin J. Blank.

Dates: 1845-1993

Comments on lectures given by Orestes A. Brownson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-007
Collection Overview

The collection consists of five newspaper clippings of letters to the editor of the Charleston Standard. The letters were written in 1856 and were in response to a series of lectures by Orestes Augustus Brownson. They attack the "Catholicity" of Brownson's theology. Each is signed "Protestantism."

Dates: 1856

The Congregation "Beth Elohim" of Charleston, S.C. pamphlet

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-075
Abstract

A typescript and photocopy of Nathaniel Levin's history of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1750 to 1883. The pamphlet was published in the 1883 Year Book of the City of Charleston.

Dates: 1883

Frank Connor photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0119
Collection Overview This collection includes 70 black and white photographs and postcards of actors and singers collected by Frank Connor, an actor who appeared with many of the people shown in this collection. The majority of the photographs are signed studio portraits, with the subjects often appearing in theatrical costume. Also included is a copy of Inventory of the Frank Connor photographic collection of actors and singers of the early 20th century, which contains biographical information about the people...
Dates: 1900s-1940s

John Cordes estate book, 1764-1798 (typescript copy)

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Identifier: Mss 0034-017
Collection Overview Typescript copy of the John Cordes estate book (1764-1798) transcribed during a 1935-1937 W.P.A. project. Inventory and appraisal (1764) of the John Cordes estate contains lists of slaves (names and appraised values), dishes, furniture, linens, animals, rice, indigo, and other items. The volume also includes slaves (with names and valuations) taken by Catharine Cordes of Charleston (S.C.), and by Theodore Gaillard. Memorandums signed by the estate's executor Samuel Cordes are with other...
Dates: 1937

H. Morris Cox research notes on the Charleston Poetic Renascence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0127
Collection Overview This collection consists of 5x8 index cards which were used for research in: Cox, Headley Morris, Jr., Charleston Poetic Renascence, 1920-1930, Thesis (Ph.d.), University of Pennsylvania, 1958. The information included is about the literary South, the Poetry Society of South Carolina, the Charleston Renaissance, and the poems of W. Herbey Allen and DuBose Heyward. Other writers who contributed to the Charleston Renaissance are noted, along with a list of prizewinners in the contests...
Dates: 1920-1930

Headley Morris Cox, Jr., research notes on South Carolina localisms

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0128
Collection Overview

This collection consists of notes on South Carolina localisms that Headley Morris Cox, Jr. collected over the years. The notes are from various South Carolina sources, many of whom were students of Cox at Clemson University. In the first folder, words are arranged in alphabetical order. The second folder contains expressions, words, beliefs, home remedies, superstitions, and pronunciations of various words.

Dates: approximately 1950-approximately 1959

George Ingles Crafts letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-018
Collection Overview

The collection contains five letters between George Ingles Crafts and his cousin Maria Campbell. In the letters Crafts describes his travels in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. One letter is from Campbell. In the letters, Crafts described his trips in great detail. He mentions stopovers in Constantinople, Thebes, Jerusalem, Paris, and other locations.

Dates: 1846-1847

Jane McDonald Craver scrapbooks

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Identifier: Mss 0010
Collection Overview Three scrapbooks: (1) Sept. 1940-June 1941; (2) July 1941-Dec. 1942; and (3) Jan. 1943-June 1944 contain a collection of memorabilia providing a comprehensive record of social life at the College of Charleston from 1940-1944, from student and city newspapers about the College and the deaths of alumni during World War II. The scrapbooks include invitations to parties and weddings, party favors and napkins, dance cards and booklets, photographs of picnics and beach parties, sorority rush rules...
Dates: 1940-1944

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correspondence 238
clippings (information artifacts) 182
photographs 139
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Charleston (S.C.) 52
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 51
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 45
certificates 45
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letters (correspondence) 42
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 39
genealogies (histories) 38
photograph albums 38
family papers 37
black-and-white negatives 35
printed ephemera 35
minutes (administrative records) 34
pamphlets 31
diaries 30
videocassettes 30
DVDs 28
digital images 28
programs (documents) 27
publications (documents) 25
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 24
artifacts (object genre) 24
South Carolina -- History 22
black-and-white slides 22
compact discs 22
memoirs 22
postcards 22
typescripts 22
audiocassettes 21
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 19
articles 18
manuscripts for publication 18
newsletters 18
Charleston (S.C.) -- History 17
ledgers (account books) 17
manuscripts (documents) 17
Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 16
genealogical tables 16
notes (documents) 16
Photographs 15
drawings (visual works) 15
legal documents 15
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Correspondence 14
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 14
obituaries 14
receipts (financial records) 14
Ephemera 13
business records 13
maps (documents) 13
negatives (photographs) 13
poems 13
research notes 13
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 12
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 12
color slides 12
Jewish families -- South Carolina 11
administrative records 11
lists (document genres) 11
sketches 11
slides (photographs) 11
speeches (documents) 11
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 10
cabinet photographs 10
drafts (documents) 10
organization files 10
personal correspondence 10
Holocaust survivors 9
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 9
books 9
cashbooks 9
daguerreotypes (photographs) 9
diplomas 9
journals (accounts) 9
magazines (periodicals) 9
photo CDs 9
poetry 9
posters 9
school yearbooks 9
tintypes (photographs) 9
writings (documents) 9
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina 8
South Carolina -- Genealogy 8
awards 8
essays 8
files (document groupings) 8
floppy disks 8
marriage certificates 8
medals 8
printed materials (object genre) 8
Charleston (S.C.) -- Social life and customs 7
Holocaust survivors -- Poland 7
Names
College of Charleston 41
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 17
College of Charleston. Library 16
United States. Army 13
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Moses family 9
Cohen family 8
Levy family 8
Alston family 7
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 7
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 6
Dachau (Concentration camp) 6
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 6
Moïse family 6
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 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
Deas family 5
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 5
Harby family 5
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 5
Moïse, Penina 5
Raisin, Rachel M. 5
Rubens family 5
Solomon family 5
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Charleston Naval Shipyard 4
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 4
Dock Street Theatre (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
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 4
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 4
Lazar family 4
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
Pogson family 4
Rosenberg, Anita Moïse Rosefield 4
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 4
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 4
Stern, Theodore Sanders 4
Tobias, Thomas J. 4
United States. Navy 4
Wigfall family 4
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Aleph Zadik Aleph 3
Alterman, Jennet Robinson 3
Altman family 3
B'nai B'rith 3
Banov family 3
Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978 3
Charleston Museum (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 3
College of Charleston. Alumni Association 3
College of Charleston. Museum 3
Confederate States of America. Army 3
Eastman, Margaret Middleton Rivers 3
Emanuel family 3
Freemasons 3
Goldberg family 3
Grice, George Daniel, 1900-1977 3
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 3
Halsey, William, 1915-1999 3
Harby, Isaac, 1788-1828 3
Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 3
I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 3
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Samuel D. Turtletaub Post 237 (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 3
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 3
King, Mitchell, 1783-1862 3
Levi, Wendell Mitchell, 1891-1976 3
Lowcountry AIDS Services 3
Mazo family 3
Middleton family 3
Middleton, N. Russell (Nathaniel Russell), 1810-1890 3
Moses, Octavia Harby, 1823-1904 3
Pearlstine family 3
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825 3
Price, Harry 3
Raisin, Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon), 1878-1946 3
Randolph, Harrison, 1871-1954 3
Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 3
Robinson family 3
Rones, Fannie Appel, 1926- 3
Rosen family 3
Rosenberg family 3
Rosenberg, Abraham, 1859-1920 3