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Emanuel A.M.E. Church records

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1035
Abstract Emanuel A.M.E. Church is located in the area of St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina that once was part of the incorporated African American town of Maryville. The town lost its charter in 1936 and the area is now part of the City of Charleston. The church continues on its original site, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Highway 61.The records consist of three volumes containing minutes of the leadership of the church, detailing all elements of business...
Dates: approximately 1950-1982
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Joe Engel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-011
Abstract

Photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Joe Engel, a Polish Jew imprisoned at Auschwitz from 1942 until 1945. Photographs depict Engel and other family members in pre-war Poland, as well as in Zeilsheim, a post-war German displaced persons camp. Other photographs show Engel and family members in Charleston, South Carolina, and Natanya, Israel.

Dates: 1938-2006
Found in: Special Collections

Entre Nous Bridge Club papers

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Identifier: AMN 1025
Abstract The Entre Nous Bridge Club was founded May 27, 1924 in Charleston, South Carolina by sixteen women to play a card game known as Five Hundred. The group, with membership limited to sixteen, met monthly in members' homes. The club rotated officers yearly and hosted annual celebrations and special parties for their 40th, 50th, 60th, and 70th anniversaries. The club continues to this day (2006).The Entre Nous Bridge Club Papers (1924-1994) consist of minute books; official and financial records;...
Dates: 1924-1994
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Fairfield Plantation papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-140
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to Fairfield Plantation and includes maps, photographs, correspondence, a handwritten list of the property's slaves, and other miscellaneous and primary materials.

Dates: 1839-1963
Found in: Special Collections

Stanley B. Farbstein papers

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Identifier: Mss 1188
Abstract

Assorted papers of Stanley B. Farbstein, including research materials, photographs, correspondence, and organization files relating to his involvement with the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina and the Jewish cemetery survey project.

Dates: 1855-2011
Found in: Special Collections

Farr family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates: 1828-1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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
Found in: Special Collections

Mary Jo Smith Fetzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0164
Abstract

The collection consists of the papers of Mary Jo Smith Fetzer, graphic artist and founding staff member of WCIV-TV in Charleston, South Carolina. The papers include photographs, correspondence, and artwork from Fetzer’s personal and professional life and materials belonging to her partner, M.E. Van Dyke.

Dates: circa 1870s-2006; Majority of material found within 1943-2006
Found in: Special Collections

Finley family coat of arms

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-141
Collection Overview

This collection includes two copies of the Finley family coat of arms and a handwritten letter providing the history of the crest and the Finley family.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

Finley family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-142
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to the genealogy of the Finley family. It includes genealogies, correspondence, and other miscellaneous biographical materials.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 23
minutes (administrative records) 23
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 19
photograph albums 19
newsletters 18
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compact discs 17
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genealogical tables 15
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business records 7
essays 7
floppy disks 7
magazines (periodicals) 7
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military records 7
papers (documents) 7
poetry 7
school records 7
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Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
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Jewish women -- South Carolina -- Charleston 6
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 6
brochures 6
cabinet photographs 6
contracts 6
exhibition catalogs 6
fliers (printed matter) 6
medals 6
printed materials (object genre) 6
receipts (financial records) 6
sketchbooks 6
tape reels 6
tintypes (photographs) 6
wills 6
Family histories 5
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 5
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College of Charleston 19
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 19
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 10
Avery Normal Institute 6
Alston family 5
Charleston Naval Shipyard 5
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Levy family 5
Moses family 5
Alliance for Full Acceptance 4
Avery Research Center 4
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Deas family 4
Finley family 4
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 4
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 4
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 4
United States. Congress. House 4
Weinberg family 4
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Aleph Zadik Aleph 3
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 3
Alterman, Jennet Robinson 3
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 3
Banov family 3
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Blamyer family 3
Blamyre family 3
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 3
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 3
Eastman, Margaret Middleton Rivers 3
Edison, Robert 3
Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Freemasons 3
I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 3
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 3
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Samuel D. Turtletaub Post 237 (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 3
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 3
Moïse family 3
Pogson family 3
Raisin, Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon), 1878-1946 3
Raisin, Rachel M. 3
Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 3
Robinson family 3
Smith family 3
Southern Jewish Historical Society (U.S.) 3
Tobias, Thomas J. 3
United States. Navy 3
Abell family 2
Altman family 2
Amistad Research Center 2
Anderson, Dorothy Middleton 2
Ashley Hall (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 2
B'nai B'rith 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League 2
B'nai B'rith. Dan Lodge, No. 593 2
Bachman, John, 1790-1874 2
Bishop England High School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Bonner, Vance 2
Brown family 2
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 2
Butwin, Frances 2
Butwin, Joseph (Joseph Mazo), 1943- 2
Butwin, Julius, -1945 2
Byrd, George A. 2
Byrd, Pierrine Smith, 1899-1994 2
Charleston Hebrew Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Charleston Jewish Welfare Fund 2
Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce 2
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 2
Clemson University 2
Coastal Community Foundation 2
Cohen family 2
College of Charleston. Alumni Association 2
Confederate States of America. Army 2
Courtenay, William Ashmead, 1831-1908 2
D'Ancona family 2
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 2
Drayton family 2
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 2
Edward's, Inc. (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 2
Garfinkel family 2
Grass Roots League, Inc. 2
Greenhill, Marsha Silver 2
Halsey McCallum Resources 2
Halsey, William, 1915-1999 2
Harby family 2
Harby, Lee Cohen, 1849-1918 2
Harleston family 2
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 2
Hirsch family 2
Jenkins Orphanage Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 2
Keyserling family 2
Keyserling, Herbert, 1915-2000 2
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