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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

Louis Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1136
Abstract Photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Louis Baker, president of M. Baker and Sons meat packing plant and founding member of the Charleston County Livestock Growers Association. Materials include photographs of Louis Baker and the M. Baker and Sons plant; certificates from Louis's involvement in the National Independent Meat Packers Association, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (renamed Shriners International), and the Scottish Rite of the Freemasons;...
Dates: circa 1917-1968, 2007
Found in: Special Collections

Charleston Chamber of Commerce records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-010
Collection Overview Records (1823-1923) include rules, awards, proposed constitution and by-laws, an annual report, and membership lists. A typescript copy of “Rules Charleston Chamber of Commerce Adopted to March 1858,” transcribed from the original by Agnes P. Lyons as part of a 1935-1936 W.P.A. project, contains a list of names of individual members whose signatures are on the document. A typescript copy of “Awards” transcribed by Mabel Whiting and Julia W. Reynolds during a 1935-1936 W.P.A. project contains...
Dates: 1823-1936
Found in: Special Collections

"Earthquake Sand: A Curiosity" broadside

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-086
Collection Overview

Broadside promoting the sale of vials of colored sand as a souvenir of the earthquake, 31 Aug. 1886, that hit Charleston, S.C.; sold at 15 cents per bottle; sand collected by C.I. Walker, Jr.

Dates: 1886
Found in: Special Collections

Hornik's Bargain House catalog

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-097
Abstract

The collection includes a spring 1910 catalog from Hornik's Bargain House of Charleston, South Carolina, a dry goods wholesale store. The catalog contains descriptions, images, and prices of goods as well as general advice on how to run a successful business. Also included is a color reproduction of a postcard featuring the Charleston city market on Meeting Street. The M. Hornik & Co. storefront, located on the corner of Meeting and Market Streets, can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Special Collections

St. Philip Street "Rewisited" Reunion

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1001
Collection Overview Material related to reunion of St. Philip Street Jewish community, March 2-4, 1990, Charleston, South Carolina. Includes planning notes, reminiscences and correspondence, publicity materials, a video, photographs, prints of photographs, and photocopies of photographs. The collection consists of reminiscences by St. Philip Street residents regarding life in the area during the 1930s-40s. Questionnaires containing biographical information about former residents are also available. Also notable...
Dates: 1920-1990
Found in: Special Collections

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