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George Smith Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0174
Abstract

Mainly George Smith Adams' genealogical research documenting his father George Alexander Adams (1887-1984), mother Theodora Elizabeth Smith Adams (1888-1983), grandfather Daniel Townsend Smith (1842-1929) with data on the Washington Artillery, and great grandfather Thomas Peter Smith (1814-1899). Also included are materials relating to his extended family and their surrounding areas, especially the Townsend family, Medway Plantation, Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1826-2010; Majority of material found within 1925-1999

Nathan S. Addlestone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1127
Abstract

Scrapbooks, yearbooks, clippings, programs, newsletters, and reports pertaining to Nathan Addlestone, a Charleston businessman who founded several scrap metal businesses, including Steelmet, Incorporated and Addlestone International Corporation. He was also very active in philanthropy, particularly pertaining to education.

Dates: circa 1910-2009

William Martin Aiken papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0002
Abstract

Sketchbooks, photographs, clippings and other professional papers of Charleston born architect William Martin Aiken. Materials relate to Aiken's student and professional work as an architect in Boston, Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and as the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. Materials also relate to homes designed by Aiken as well as buildings designed by the New York City architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White.

Dates: 1878-1956

Marjorie Amos-Frazier papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1166
Abstract Marjorie Amos-Frazier (1926-2010) was a Civil Rights activist and politician in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the first woman elected to serve on the Charleston County Council in 1974. Six years later Amos-Frazier became the first non-legislator, woman and African-American to serve on the South Carolina Public Service Commission (1980-1993).Amos-Frazier's papers hold biographical, professional and political career, organizational and religious affiliation documents and...
Dates: 1970s-2010, and undated

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

Baruch and Lennox families photographs and papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1110
Abstract

The collection consists of family photographs and photograph albums, scrapbooks, and assorted papers of the Baruch family of Camden, South Carolina, and New York City, and the Lennox family of Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Materials primarily relate to Hartwig Nathaniel Baruch Sr., stage actor and member of the New York stock exchange, his wife, Arline Lennox Baruch, and their son, Hartwig Nathaniel Baruch Jr.

Dates: 1889-1976

Benjamin Berendt and Anna Gelson Berendt papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1089
Abstract

Writings, newspaper clippings, poetry, plays, publications, correspondence, photographs, and other personal papers of Benjamin Berendt and Anna Gelson Berendt of Charleston, South Carolina. Materials mostly relate to the Berendt and Gelson family histories as well as Benjamin's and Anna's travels. Also included are Aleph Zadik Aleph Chapter 143 publications from the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: 1866-2010

Bloom family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1118
Abstract

Photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, school records, and other materials relating to the Bloom family of Greenville, South Carolina. The majority of records document the education, military service, and community involvement of Jack Bloom, with a smaller quantity of materials pertaining to his parents, Julius and Jennie Shatenstein Bloom, and his wife, Lillian Chernoff Bloom, as well as items relating to the Chernoff, Cohen, and Shatenstein families.

Dates: 1900s-2011; Majority of material found within 1943-1980

George Detwiler Burges collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0095
Abstract

George Detwiler Burges graduated from the College of Charleston in 1938. He served as a B-17 pilot during World War II and was killed in action in 1944. This collection consists of Burges' personal papers, letters, military records, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and military decorations including the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dates: 1929-1944

Doris Marks Ferst papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1156
Abstract

Photograph albums, loose photographs, clippings, correspondence, and assorted ephemera of Doris Marks Ferst (1898-1980) of the Marks family of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: approximately 1900-2000; Majority of material found within approximately 1900s-1959

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Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Addlestone International Corporation 1
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Aiken, William Martin, 1855-1908 1
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Alliance for Full Acceptance 1
Alterman, Jennet Robinson 1
Alwyn's Department Store (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
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Anderson, Dorothy Middleton 1
Archambault, Sandra, 1944-2022 1
Ashley Theater (West Ashley, S.C.) 1
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Bailey family 1
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Berendt family 1
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Berendt, Benjamin, 1912-2010 1
Berendt, Gerald E. 1
Berlinsky, Jaclyn 1
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Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Blachman, Penny Siegel 1
Bloom (Family : Greenville, S.C.) 1
Bloom family 1
Bloom, Jack L., 1920-2010 1
Bloom, Jennie Chernoff 1
Bloom, Julius H., 1894-1973 1
Bloom, Lillian, 1921-2010 1
Bluestein family 1
Bob's Men's Shop (Greenville, S.C.) 1
Book Basement (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brody, Sherna Simonhoff 1
Brown, Kent, 1953-2003 1
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 1
Buckley, Edward D. 1
Burges, George Detwiler, 1917-1944 1
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Burns, Mark W. 1
Cambridge family 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Cave family 1
Charleston (S.C.). City Council 1
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Charleston Naval Shipyard 1
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Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
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D'Anna, Dorothy, 1918-2012 1
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Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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