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Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture records

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1103
Abstract The institutional records of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, established in 1985. The records are arranged chronologically by administration and then into sub-series consisting of administration and operations, archival holdings, and outreach and programs. Included are administrative and organizational records, records of archival holdings, and records reflecting the many programs and other outreach efforts enacted by Avery...
Dates: 1980-2019

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

Frances Mazo and Julius Butwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1179
Abstract

The papers of Frances Mazo Butwin and Julius Butwin, the first English translators of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem. The papers include her writings and diaries, their correspondence, family photographs, and copies of their books.

Dates: 1907-2023; Majority of material found within 1907-1943

Lewis R. Gibbes papers

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Identifier: Mss 0020
Abstract Papers of Lewis R. Gibbes, Professor of mathematics, astronomy, and physics at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1838-1892. Papers include materials relating to Gibbes' studies in France, assorted obituaries, eulogies, and memorials, his published papers and newspaper articles (collected into several scrapbooks) on his scientific work and other topics, assorted Elliott Society of Natural History materials, astronomical charts and calculations, assorted cartes de...
Dates: 1800s-1893, 1937

Harriet McBryde Johnson papers

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Identifier: Mss 0156
Abstract Writings, working files, diplomas, awards, recognitions, memorials, and audiovisual materials of Harriet McBryde Johnson. Materials document Johnson's disability and civil rights advocacy and activism, her career as an author and an attorney, and her participation in Charleston city and county politics. Disabled due to a congenital degenerative neuromuscular disease she came to prominence after debating Peter Singer concerning his views on disability-based infanticide and for her annual...
Dates: 1971-2010

Ruth Ann McDonald papers

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Identifier: Mss 0200
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, military records, clippings, and textiles of Ruth Ann McDonald. Materials document her service in the U.S. Army during World War II as a nurse stationed at the Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Fort Bliss, Texas, the 67th General Hospital in England, and the 30th Field Hospital, which traveled through Luxembourg, France, and Germany. Also includes transcripts pertaining to Ruth's nursing education, certificates relating to her army service, and issues...
Dates: 1941-2000; Majority of material found within 1941-1945

Ben McCutchen Moïse papers

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Identifier: Mss 0183
Abstract

Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, work files, publications, and related papers of Ben McCutchen Moïse, conservation officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources from 1978 to 2002, author of Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden: A Memoir, and editor of A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis.

Dates: 1908-2011

William Vincent Moore papers

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Identifier: Mss 0153
Abstract Writings, printed materials, working files, correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials of William Vincent Moore, Professor of Political Science at the College of Charleston from 1972 to 2009. Materials document Moore's scholarly research of American political extremism, South Carolina politics, and Southern politics. Printed materials amassed by Moore make up a significant portion of the collection and consist of newspapers, newsletters, magazines, booklets, pamphlets, direct...
Dates: 1895-2009; Majority of material found within 1940-2009

Moses Henry Nathan collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1071
Collection Overview This collection consists of information on Moses Henry Nathan (1821-1875) together with photocopied annual reports of the City of Charleston Fire Department, 1859-1861, 1866-1872 which were delivered to the Charleston Board of Fire Masters. The original annual reports are bound into a volume titled on the spine "Annual reports of the Chief of the Fire Department of Charleston, 1859-1872" and impressed on the front cover "M.H. Nathan." The collection also includes a photograph of Chief M.H....
Dates: 1855, 2002, 2009, undated

Pinehurst Tea Plantation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0203
Abstract

Financial records, letters and correspondence, plats, and printed materials relating to the Pinehurst Tea Plantation founded in Summerville, South Carolina, by Charles U. Shepard for his experiments in tea cultivation, production, and marketing. Materials relate primarily to the sale, purchase, and transfer of the property and properties that would become the Pinehurst Tea Plantation.

Dates: 1855-1993

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Charleston Naval Shipyard 2
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Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 2
Rivers, Lucius Mendel, Jr. 2
Rivers, Margaret Middleton 2
United States. Congress. House 2
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 1
Book Basement (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Buckley, Edward D. 1
Burges, George Detwiler, 1917-1944 1
Burges, Julius 1
Burns, Mark W. 1
Butwin, Frances 1
Butwin, Joseph (Joseph Mazo), 1943- 1
Butwin, Julius, -1945 1
Chandler, Karen A. 1
Charleston (S.C.). Board of Fire Masters 1
Charleston (S.C.). Fire Department 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 1
Edison, Robert 1
Elfe family 1
Elliott Society of Science & Art 1
Fallon family 1
Gibbes, Anna 1
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 1
Gibbes, Sarah P. 1
Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Johnson, Elizabeth Ross 1
Johnson, Harriet McBryde 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 1
Lawson General Hospital 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017 1
McDonald, Ruth Ann, 1919-2013 1
Mehrtens, W. Rieppe 1
Moore, Mark S. 1
Moore, William V. 1
Moïse, Ben McC. 1
Mueller-Roemer, Sarah Elizabeth 1
Nathan, Moses Henry, 1821-1875 1
Peacock, Edwin, 1910-1989 1
Pinehurst Tea Plantation 1
Potter, Mary Jo 1
Potter, William Zeigler 1
Quiroz, Roderick S. 1
Ravenel, Marion Rivers, 1943- 1
Rivers (Family : Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970) 1
Rivers family 1
Rosenthall, Irene O. 1
Rosenthall, William A. 1
Russell, Ina 1
Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927 1
Shepard, Charles Upham, 1842-1915 1
Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 1
Simpkins, Lyle, 1917-1944 1
Singer, Peter, 1946- 1
South Carolina. Department of Natural Resources 1
St. Andrew's Society of Charleston, South Carolina 1
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Nurse Corps 1
United States. Army. Field Hospital, 30th 1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 67th 1
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services 1
United States. Navy 1
Williams Lessane, Patricia 1
Zeigler, John 1
Ziegler family 1