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Bernice Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1018
Abstract Bernice Violanthe Robinson (1914-1994) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to James C. and Martha Elizabeth Robinson. She was a cosmetologist, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Secretary and Chairperson of Membership, Highlander's first Citizenship School teacher for adult education on John's Island, South Carolina. She held political education and voter registration workshops in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and other southern states for the...
Dates: 1920-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1989
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

J.N. Robson & Son records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0040
Abstract

Account books, ledgers, letterpress copybooks, and receipts for J.N. Robson & Son, who were Charleston, South Carolina commission merchants and wholesale and retail dealers in hay, grain, and groceries.

Dates: 1861-1902
Found in: Special Collections

S.A.C. formal pajama dance photograph

 Item
Identifier: Mss 1034-084
Abstract

Group portrait of the S.A.C. formal pajama dance taken on October 17, 1929, at the Jewish Community Center on George Street near St. Philip Street in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1929
Found in: Special Collections

Samuel D. Turtletaub Post 237 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1098
Abstract

The collection consists of three scrapbooks compiled by Herbert S. Goldberg and Stanley Cohen that include photographs, clippings, certificates, and correspondence of the Samuel D. Turtletaub Post 237 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Charleston, South Carolina. Materials relate to the activities and community service projects conducted by the Post from 1947 to 1969.

Dates: 1947-1969
Found in: Special Collections

William "Bill" Saunders papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1100
Abstract William (Bill) Saunders, was an organizer and lead negotiator of the Charleston Hospital Stike of 1969. In 1970, Saunders established the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA) to address race-related community problems and provide assistance to community members in need. He also operated the AM radio station WPAL from 1972-1998. This collection includes materials relating to the personal and professional life of Saunders. A very small portion of the papers contains...
Dates: approximately 1950-2004
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

"A Selective Index to South Carolina Material in the News and Courier, January 1931 to March 1937" typescript

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-096
Collection Overview

A typescipt index to the News and Courier from January of 1931 to March of 1937. The index was copied from index cards at the Charleston Free Library. Information relative to South Carolina is indexed. The project was part of the WPA Statewide Historical Project No. 165-33-7999, 7142-2051, which was sponsored by the College of Charleston. The index was copied from index cards kept at the "Charleston Free Library" in 1937.

Dates: 1937
Found in: Special Collections

Nat Shulman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1007
Abstract Papers of Nat Shulman (1914-2000), director of Charleston's Jewish Community Center from its founding in 1945 until his retirement in 1972. The papers reflect his prominence in Jewish civic life in Charleston; they include correspondence from his years in leadership at the Jewish Community Center, the Charleston Jewish Welfare Fund, and the Charleston Jewish Federation and documentation of his participation in all kinds of Jewish and civic groups. In addition, there are biographical...
Dates: 1943-2000; Majority of material found within 1970-1995
Found in: Special Collections

Philip Simmons collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1125
Abstract Philip Simmons (b.1912-d.2009) was an African American blacksmith and artisan specializing in the craft of ironwork in Charleston, South Carolina. Working out of his shop and home on 30 1/2 Blake Street in Charleston, Simmons spent seventy-seven years crafting utilitarian and ornamental ironwork. His work is recognized within the state of South Carolina, nationally and internationally. This collection donated by the Philip Simmons Foundation, holds personal papers with photographs and...
Dates: 1977-2007; Majority of material found within 1990-2000
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Albert Simons papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0044
Collection Overview Papers consist of Simons' writings, correspondence, sketchbooks, clippings, prints, and miscellaneous items.Simons' writings include lecture notes (many on index cards) and essays on subjects such as church architecture, French history, Robert Mills, the architecture of Charleston (S.C.), Greek temples, and Sir Christopher Wren.Letters (1908-1977) are mostly Simons' personal and professional correspondence with various individuals, family members, and organizations,...
Dates: 1908-1977
Found in: Special Collections

Simons & Lapham architectural drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0011
Collection Overview At least six unrelated projects are represented: (1) "Crystal Lake Country Club..., S. Lapham, Jr., designer. Akron, Ohio, March 1919." Plan and elevation (2 drawings). These two drawings are the only known examples of Lapham's work to survive from the period before his partnership with Simons. (2) Two inked plans (1 drawing) by Albert Simons for two floors of a house, 16 November 1923. (3) "Pedestals for Sculpture at Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina" by Albert Simons, August...
Dates: 1919-1952
Found in: Special Collections

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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
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College of Charleston 8
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 7
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 6
Charleston Naval Shipyard 5
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 5
Alliance for Full Acceptance 4
Charleston County School District 4
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Medical University of South Carolina 4
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 4
United States. Works Progress Administration 4
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 3
Avery Normal Institute 3
Avery Research Center 3
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Charleston County Council 3
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 3
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 3
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 3
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 3
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 3
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 3
Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 3
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 3
Saunders, William, 1935- 3
United States. Congress. House 3
United States. Navy 3
We Are Family (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998 3
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 3
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 3
Young, Andrew, 1932- 3
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 2
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 2
Anderson, Dorothy Middleton 2
Benedict College 2
Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 2
Bennett, John, 1865-1956 2
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Carawan, Candie 2
Carawan, Guy 2
Charleston (S.C.). City Council 2
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Clyburn, James 2
Cohen family 2
Confederate Home and College (Charleston, S.C.) 2
DeReef family 2
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 2
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 2
Eastman, Margaret Middleton Rivers 2
Frazier, Herb, 1950- 2
Grice, George Daniel, 1900-1977 2
Harby family 2
Hirsch family 2
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 2
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 2
I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 2
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Ketner, Linda 2
Lathan, Robert, 1881-1937 2
Levy family 2
Lowcountry AIDS Services 2
Mendelssohn family 2
Moses family 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
National Council of Jewish Women. Charleston Section 2
National Jewish Welfare Board 2
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 2
Raisin family 2
Raisin, Jane Lazarus, 1887-1965 2
Raisin, Rachel M. 2
Riley, Joseph P., 1943- 2
Rivers, Lucius Mendel, Jr. 2
Rivers, Margaret Middleton 2
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 2
Simmons, Philip, 1912-2009 2
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 2
Smith family 2
Smith, Charlie 2
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Stern, Theodore Sanders 2
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 2
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services 2
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 2
Waring, Thomas R. 2
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A 2
A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
Aberman, Mary Ann, 1935- 1
Academy of Music (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Adams, George Alexander, 1887-1984 1
Adams, George Smith, 1923-2018 1
Adams, Theodora Elizabeth Smith, 1888-1983 1
African American Education and Research Organization 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Aiken, William Martin, 1855-1908 1
Aimar, G. W. 1
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