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Synagogue Emanu-El records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1141
Abstract

Records of Synagogue Emanu-El, the first conservative synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina. Materials document the administrative, social, educational, and spiritual activities of the congregation and its members. Also included are the records of Emanu-El’s Sisterhood, which provides major financial support for the synagogue.

Dates: 1943-2014
Found in: Special Collections

John Martin Taylor papers

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Identifier: Mss 0204
Abstract These papers contain writings, working files, correspondence, art, and photographs documenting the personal and professional life of John Martin Taylor, also known as Hoppin’ John, American food writer and culinary historian of the American South. Topics include Lowcountry cooking, culinary history, food writing, Hoppin' John's, Taylor's culinary bookstore in Charleston, S.C., mail art and his life as a gay/bisexual man. The papers also cover Taylor’s extended residences in Athens, Ga.,...
Dates: 1935-2018
Found in: Special Collections

Tornadoes in Charleston

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-083
Collection Overview This collection consists of two typed reports, a map and newspaper clippings about the two tornadoes which hit Charleston, S.C. on the morning of September 29, 1938. The first report by John E. Lockwood (meteorologist U.S. Weather Bureau) gives a description of the tornadoes paths, building damage, numbers killed by tornadoes and the value of property damage. The second report follows up with eyewitness accounts from Mr. W.A. Brunson, Mr. R.C. Alderedge (Weather Bureau Office), Mr. J.F. Fox,...
Dates: 1938
Found in: Special Collections

Trott family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0136
Abstract

Includes materials compiled by Charleston native Mabel Trott FitzSimons, including genealogical data and family history relating to Bailey, Cambridge, Cave, FitzSimons, Good, Gregorie, Hendricks, Trott, Venning, and Wood families. Also includes a copy of sailor Henry W. Hendricks' Civil War diary, and records regarding Myrtle Grove Plantation.

Dates: 1836-1981; Majority of material found within 1940-1973
Found in: Special Collections

Reeves van Hettinga papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0210
Abstract Papers of Reeves van Hettinga, French-style chef and trompe l’oeil artist from 1860 to 2018. He spent most of his adult life in New York City before retiring to Charleston, South Carolina. The collection includes biographical materials, art, professional papers and photographs and genealogical materials documenting the van Hettinga and Jones families. There are also materials relating to his brother William, artist and founder of the Charleston newspaper Poor...
Dates: 1860-2018
Found in: Special Collections

Victory Hostess Organization minutes and annual report

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Identifier: Mss 1034-100
Abstract

Monthly steering committee minutes and annual report of the Victory Hostess Organization established in Charleston, South Carolina, by Nat Shulman of the National Jewish Welfare Board. Minutes and annual report were recorded by Lenora Stine, Secretary and Chairwoman of the Jewish Welfare Board Entertainment Committee. The Victory Hostess Organization (VHO) was established to host dances and entertainment for Jewish GIs in eastern South Carolina during World War II.

Dates: 1943-1944
Found in: Special Collections

Gene Waddell stereograph collection of rice and cotton cultivation

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-186
Abstract Collection consists of twelve stereographs of rice and cotton cultivation in South Carolina (including Georgetown, South Carolina); Savannah, Georgia; Louisiana; and Mississippi, compiled by Gene Waddell. A majority of the stereographs were produced by the Keystone View Company but the collection also includes stereographs produced by Underwood & Underwood, the Kilburn Brothers, and American Views. Stereograph images depict African Americans plowing, hoeing and flooding rice fields,...
Dates: 1879, 1904-1905
Found in: Special Collections

Washington Light Infantry records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0052
Abstract

The Washington Light Infantry was formed as a body of "citizen soldiers" in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1807 and incorporated in 1824. This collection contains typewritten transcriptions of their records (1820-1936) compiled during a Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) project in 1935 and 1936, and one printed letter.

Dates: 1820-1936
Found in: Special Collections

We Are Family (WAF) records

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Identifier: Mss 0212
Abstract

Board meeting files, financial records, strategic planning files, correspondence, event files, resource files, and promotional materials documenting the activities of We Are Family (WAF), a North Charleston, South Carolina-based nonprofit organization that provides support, resources, and leadership development opportunities to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex (LGBTQI) and straight ally youth.

Dates: 1992-2015
Found in: Special Collections

Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1147
Abstract Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., (1912-1998), a minister, religious leader, educator, and civic activist. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Reverend Whipper pastored two churches, Charity Baptist (1949), and Saint Matthew Baptist (1940). Whipper was the Moderator of the Charleston County Baptist Association; the treasurer with the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; and the Assistant Secretary on the Executive Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA,...
Dates: approximately 1865-2008, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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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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