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Isabel Cohen Doud collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-090
Collection Overview
A letter from William A. Courtenay, Mayor of Charleston from 1879-1887, to Miss Cohen thanking her for the copy of her graduating essay which her father gave to him. Mayor Courtenay presented Miss Cohen with a copy of the book Charleston, South Carolina in 1883. Boston: Heliotype Printing Company, 1883. A copy of Isabel Cohen's graduating composition "Circumstances" dated June 11, 1885. Isabel Cohen Doud's two oil paintings-a floral arrangement and a Roman landscape.
Dates:
1884-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
Edmund Lee Drago collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1051
Abstract
Scholar, author, and history professor, Edmund Lee Drago began his teaching career at the College of Charleston in 1975. He is the author of "Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute" (1990), among other books. His research focus is 19th century U.S. History, African American and Charleston history, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first consists of materials related to his...
Dates:
1784-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1865-1991
Harby family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1116
Abstract
Collection consists of materials relating to Isaac Harby, newspaper editor and publisher, teacher, playwright, drama critic, essayist, political and social commentator, and religious reformer, and Aline Harby, Isaac's great granddaughter. Materials include a copybook containing transcriptions of Isaac Harby's early essays, written between 1802 and 1812, a poetry clipping album from the late 19th century, and a bride's book.
Dates:
1810-1917
Found in:
Special Collections
Isaac Harby family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1097
Abstract
Collection consists of the papers of journalist, playwright, educator, and religious reformer, Isaac Harby, and the Harby family. Papers include correspondence, essays, a play, and newspaper clippings relating to Isaac Harby and his descendants.
Dates:
1815-1954; Majority of material found within 1815-1869
Found in:
Special Collections
Roswell Turner Logan journal
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0121
Collection Overview
The journal includes addresses, poems, and essays written by Roswell Turner Logan, including: Logan's inaugural address delivered before the Philometric Society on July 6, 1852 at the High School of Charleston; three essays published in the Charleston College magazine ("Mohammed and His religion" and "College life" in April 1855 and "Good bye" in May 1855); a requiem to Logan's old horse John Randolph, who died September 21, 1857; and a poem entitled "The Presidential canvas of 1860."
Dates:
1852-1865
Found in:
Special Collections
Nathaniel Russell Middleton papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0032
Collection Overview
Nathaniel Russell Middleton papers consist of his writings, his correspondence with his wife and children, and miscellaneous items. Middleton's writings consist of poems, essays, and addresses about Christianity, the fine arts, philosophical materialism, temperance, secession, fame, the U.S. Constitution, and other subjects, many of which were probably delivered to the students of the College of Charleston during his tenure there as professor and president. Correspondence includes letters...
Dates:
1823-1881
Found in:
Special Collections
Millicent E. Brown collection of the Somebody Had To Do It Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1148
Abstract
The Somebody Had to Do It (SHTDI) Project brought to Claflin University in 2008, under the auspices of the Jonathan Jasper Wright Institute for the Study of Southern African-American History, Culture and Policy. This initative was designed as a multi-disciplinary research project to identify the “first children” who “sacrificed their youth” in implementing the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954. After the creation of a database identifying the names,...
Dates:
2003-2013, and undated; Majority of material found within 2006 - 2013
Frederick A. Porcher papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0038
Abstract
Papers consist of memoirs, lectures, essays, correspondence, and other assorted writings of Frederick A. Porcher, Professor of Belles Lettres and History at the College of Charleston from 1848 to 1886. Memoirs concern Porcher's life and career, including his childhood on Cedar Springs Plantation, his education at Yale, his life in politics, his travels abroad, and teaching at the College of Charleston. There are also personal reminiscences on South Carolina history and politics and the...
Dates:
1761-1878
Found in:
Special Collections
Southern Jewish Historical Society records-Part I
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1056a
Collection Overview
Part I is the first accession of the Southern Jewish Historical Society records. Records are divided into eleven series. Series #1, Administrative Records, 1978-2000; includes organizational histories; constitution and by-laws, tax-exempt paperwork; presidents' reports; executive board member lists and committee appointments (by year); executive board meeting minutes (1982-2000); general business meeting minutes (1984-1998); committee correspondence and reports; lists of Jewish publications...
Dates:
1978-2002; Majority of material found within 1985-1994
Found in:
Special Collections
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