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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
Found in:
Special Collections
Furchgott and Brothers department store newspaper advertisement
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-090
Abstract
Collection consists of a full page advertisement for Furchgott and Brothers and a postcard of a 1900 photograph of King Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
Dates:
1910
Found in:
Special Collections
Harold Jacobs papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1012
Collection Overview
Includes correspondence, typescripts, photographs, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets, photocopies.
Papers related to Harold's Cabin include correspondence and articles (1950s-1960s), clippings (1970s-1990s), photographs (1920s-1960s), organizational history, and letters from Charleston mayors and national figures. Collection also contains personal papers: speeches (1980s) made at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) and KKBE correspondence (1979-1981); papers (1942-1945) regarding United States Army...
Dates:
1905-1990; Majority of material found within 1920-1980
Found in:
Special Collections
Jack Krawcheck business records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1026
Collection Overview
Includes business records, financial documents, correspondence, photographs, photocopies, carbon copies, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets, scrapbooks, realia.
Bulk of collection are records from Jack Krawcheck's business (filed alphabetically, in original order in which they were donated); vendor records exist for 1948-49, 1950-51 and 1951-52; files contain invoices, order forms, and occasional correspondence; also included are tax and banking information for same time periods and carbon...
Dates:
1939-1980; Majority of material found within 1948-1953
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
Pearlstine Distributors Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1114
Abstract
Business records, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and artifacts relating to the history and operation of Pearlstine Distributors Inc. (est. 1972), a Charleston-based distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, and its parent company, I. M. Pearlstine & Sons, founded by Isaac Moses Pearlstine in 1885.
Dates:
1899-2012
Found in:
Special Collections
Pearlstine-Strauss family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1062
Collection Overview
Bulk of collection is photographs (1860s-1970s) of the Pearlstine and Strauss families. Images include: I.M Pearlstine (1860s-1890s); Hyman Pearlstine (1880s-1920s); Esther "Edie" Strauss Pearlstine (1880s-1930s); group images (1890s-1900s) of Hyman Pearlstine family; Edwin and Milton Pearlstine as children; photographs of Edwin S. Pearlstine (includes photos from World War I training camp); images (1904-1970s) of Mary Pearlstine Hornik and Gerald and Jane P. Meyerson family.
Includes...
Dates:
1860-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
L. Leroy Silverstein papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1005
Collection Overview
Includes correspondence, photographs, certificates, documents, and photocopies.
Materials include identification documents, biographical information, correspondence, estate papers, and a true copy death certificate. Other materials document his association with civic and military organizations including photocopies of plaques and awards received. Collection contains photographs of family members and business associations (1900s-1980s.)
Silverstein's extensive involvement with the Jewish War...
Dates:
approximately 1913-1987; Majority of material found within 1971-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
Solomon family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1004
Collection Overview
Correspondence, photographs, photocopies, documents, scrapbooks, daybooks, clippings, ephemera. The papers contain material related to three generations of the Solomon family, including family correspondence from the 1920s to the 1950s (letters, greeting cards, and telegrams), newspaper clippings, engagement and bar mitzvah announcements, invitations, and two daybooks. Notable in the collection is a group of photographs (predominantly from the 1920s but continuing into the 1950s) of Solomon...
Dates:
1910-1950
Found in:
Special Collections
Solomon-Prystowsky family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1013
Abstract
Papers of the Solomon and Prystowsky families of Charleston, South Carolina, including records related to the family company, Sam Solomon Company.
Dates:
approximately 1880s-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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