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George Smith Adams papers

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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

Saul Alexander papers

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Identifier: Mss 1030
Collection Overview Collection includes bound account and inventory ledgers, cancelled checks, check registers, correspondence, photograph, ephemera, and electrocardiograph chart. Collection contains business records (1914-1925) from The Saul Alexander Dry Goods Store in Summerville, South Carolina. Eleven bound volumes include an account ledger (1914-1919) organized by name of vendor; six inventory ledgers (1915-1925), each lists type of merchandise, quantity in stock, and price; expense ledger (1922-1924)...
Dates: 1914-1937

Dora Altman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1006
Collection Overview Includes photographs, photocopies, correspondence, address books, autograph books, and ephemera. Collection consists of material related to Dora Altman's immediate family and relatives, including obituaries and family genealogy notes. Also included are a personal autograph book (1920s) and several address and memo pads with notes on family birthdays and death dates. Material of the related Brown family consists of correspondence and publications (1980s-1990s). Collection includes candid...
Dates: circa 1880-1998

Anderson Sisterhood minutes book

 Item
Identifier: Mss 1034-101
Abstract

Original and photocopied monthly meeting minutes book of the Anderson Sisterhood of Temple B'nai Israel located in Anderson, South Carolina. The Anderson Sisterhood was affiliated with the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, now known as Women of Reform Judaism, and helped to raise funds for rabbinic scholarships and charities including the American Red Cross and the Hebrew Orphan's Home in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1931-1939

Bank of Charleston records

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Identifier: Mss 0004
Abstract

Records of the Bank of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. Materials relate to the daily operations and financial transactions of the Bank of Charleston. Collection includes ledgers, journals, and receipt books containing records of general accounts, deposits, loans, and exchange rates. Also included are ledgers containing the business accounts of Merchants National Bank, Savannah, Georgia, and the Bank of Liverpool.

Dates: 1837-1874

Baruch and Lennox families photographs and papers

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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

Jacques Benbassat papers

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Identifier: Mss 1065-002
Abstract

The collection consists of a photograph album, memoir, passports, and other papers of Jacques Benbassat, a native of Austria who immigrated to the United States in 1949. Materials mostly relate to the Feuerstein family, including identification cards used by Adela Feuerstein, his maternal grandmother, and photographs of Feuerstein family members traveling in Austria and Poland before 1938, when they fled Austria in fear of Nazi persecution.

Dates: 1906-1942, 1998

Beth Israel Congregation (Beaufort, S.C.) records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1076
Abstract

Original minute book and photocopied reproduction, real estate titles, and long-term lease of Beth Israel, a small Conservative congregation in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Dates: 1905-1961

Chisolm's Rice Mill records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0053
Abstract

Collection consists of the records of Chisolm's Rice Mill, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1873 to 1925. Records include letterpress copybooks containing monthly records of amounts paid and due at the mill, cash books, balance books, general ledgers, and vouchers and receipts for companies and individuals for goods and services.

Dates: 1873-1912

Drayton papers

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Identifier: Mss 0152
Abstract

Diaries, ledgers, correspondence, inventories, plats, sketches, architectural drawings of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I-III, James Glen, Charlotta Drayton, Mary Middleton Drayton and others, relating mainly to affairs at Drayton Hall and other family plantations. Collection also includes artwork, reflections on eighteenth century literature, deeds, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1701-2004

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Alexander, Saul, 1884-1952 1
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Altman, Dora, 1896-1999 1
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Ball, Edward, 1958- 1
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Baruch, Arline Lennox, 1893-1995 1
Baruch, Hartwig Nathaniel, Jr., 1918-1997 1
Baruch, Hartwig Nathaniel, Sr., 1868-1953 1
Bayless, Joy 1
Benbassat family 1
Benbassat, Dan 1
Benbassat, Jacques, 1929-2010 1
Beth Israel Congregation (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
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Byrd, Suzanne 1
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Confederate States of America. Army. Washington Artillery Battalion (New Orleans, La.) 1
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 1
Dale Farms Corporation (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
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Drayton, Carolus 1
Drayton, Charles Henry, 1847-1915 1
Drayton, Charles, 1785-1844 1
Drayton, Charles, 1814-1852 1
Drayton, Charlotta D., 1884-1969 1
Drayton, James Shoolbred, 1820-1867 1
Drayton, John, 1831-1912 1
Drayton, John, active 1777 1
Drayton, Mary Middleton Shoolbred, 1794-1855 1
Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton, 1828-1867 1
Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Duncan, Eugene, 1905-1964 1
Elfe family 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Eugene Gadsden Company (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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Feuerstein, Adela 1
Fontaine, William A. (William Alvin), 1920-2005 1
Fontaine-Hancock Interiors 1
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Gadsden, Eugene, 1866-1928 1
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Glen, James, 1701-1777 1
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Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 1
Grimké, Frederick, 1791-1863 1
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Grimké, John Paul, 1713-1791 1
Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873 1
Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834 1
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Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857 1
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Hancock, Aubrey, 1929-2019 1
Harby, Isaac, 1788-1828 1
Harleston family 1
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 1
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Harrelson, Alice Moore 1
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Hatch, Frank S. 1
Hebrew Benevolent Association (Florence, S.C.) 1
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Hirsch, Isaac Willard, 1844-1925 1
Hirsch, Willard Newman, 1905-1982 1
Hirschfeld family 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966 1
J.N. Robson and Son (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jackson, Marty 1
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 1
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