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Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture records

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Identifier: AMN 1104
Abstract The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture was founded in 1978 by a group of Avery Normal Institute alumni and other interested persons in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Its mission was to rescue the Avery Normal Institute buildings and to develop an archive and museum for preserving African American history and culture of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Working with the College of Charleston, the properties at 123 and 125 Bull Street were acquired and, in 1985, the Avery...
Dates: 1930-2019; Majority of material found within 1978-2008

Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture records

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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

Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) congregational records

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Identifier: Mss 1068
Abstract The collection consists of the surviving records of Brith Sholom, an orthodox congregation founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 1852, Beth Israel, another orthodox Charleston congregation founded in 1911, and the records of Brith Sholom Beth Israel founded in 1954 when the two congregations merged. Also included are the records of Charleston Hebrew Institute, founded in 1956, and later known as the Addlestone Hebrew Academy. With records of the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, the...
Dates: 1888-2012

Fellowship Society records

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Identifier: Mss 0151
Abstract

Minutes (1769-1963), membership records (1762-1993) and financial records (1774-2004) document all activities of the Fellowship Society, a Charleston, South Carolina benevolent organization dedicated to charity, education, and upkeep of widows and orphans of its members.

Dates: 1762-2005

Friendly Union Society records

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1122
Abstract The Friendly Union Society was formed in Charleston in 1813. It consisted of a membership of no more than fifty men and no less than five. It was formed for the relief of orphans and widows in the community; and to provide for the general welfare of the community as a whole. It also served as a burial society; providing a place for interment, as well as tending and upkeep of the cemetery. This society remained in Charleston in varying degrees of activity through 1981. The collection consists...
Dates: 1889-1981, undated

Alwyn Goldstein papers

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Identifier: Mss 1096
Abstract

Biographical materials, correspondence, research files, printed materials, photographs, family scrapbooks, and family photograph albums of Alwyn Goldstein of Georgetown, South Carolina. Also included are materials relating to Alwyn’s Department Store and various administrative records of Temple Beth Elohim.

Dates: 1886-2014

Hebrew Benevolent Society papers

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Identifier: Mss 1059
Collection Overview Two volumes of minutes (1867-1962) detail all aspects of the organization, its meetings, members, contributions, finances, etc., with some reports of officers, such as President and Treasurer. The minutes (1869-1915) of the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society of Charleston, S.C., often referred to as "Israel's Hope," are included as well. The series of financial records include accounts (1896-1947) of the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, before it merged with the Hebrew Benevolent Society and...
Dates: 1867-1984

Hebrew Orphan Society papers

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Identifier: Mss 1057
Collection Overview Although founded in 1801, the earliest records extant date from 1850. Minutes run from 1850-1862; and then from 1866-1997, with some lacking in the latest years; they detail attendance, finances, charities, and administration of the organization, with 1949 and 1997 constitution and bylaws and some historical clippings, photos, etc. Correspondence (1902-1909, 1930, 1978, 1982-2000) is mostly from grant seekers such as Hospice of Charleston, Charleston Jewish Social Services, Charleston Area...
Dates: 1850-2000

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation records

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Identifier: Mss 1047
Collection Overview The records are arranged into 13 series: Board of Trustee Minutes (1838-1995) document all aspects of congregational life: hiring and firing staff, fundraising, building, etc. with some data re members, their infractions, marriages, deaths, etc. Financial records (1800-1999) document members, fines, income, salaries, pew assignments, various projects, estates, religious school finances, etc. Trustee and Rabbi Records and Correspondence (1855- 1991, bulk 1930s-1970s) including a few...
Dates: 1798-2002; Majority of material found within 20th century

Anita Rosen Levine papers

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Identifier: Mss 1107
Abstract

Assorted papers and publications of Anita Rosen Levine, who served as secretary to the rabbi of Brith Sholom Beth Israel congregation in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1956 to 1986, and as secretary for Addlestone Hebrew Academy.

Dates: 1875-2006

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correspondence 8
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Charleston (S.C.) 5
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black-and-white photographs 4
ledgers (account books) 4
membership lists 4
pamphlets 4
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fliers (printed matter) 3
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Charities -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Jewish women -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charities 2
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 2
agendas (administrative records) 2
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awards 2
black-and-white negatives 2
books 2
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cashbooks 2
color photographs 2
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letters (correspondence) 2
manuscripts (documents) 2
personnel records 2
sheet music 2
textiles (visual works) 2
video recordings (physical artifacts) 2
African American cemeteries -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History 1
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charities 1
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Burial insurance -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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Conservative Judaism -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Georgetown 1
Jewish religious education -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Statistics 1
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter 1
Jews -- Southern States -- Congresses 1
Jews -- Southern States -- Societies, etc. 1
Judaism -- Liturgy 1
Membership campaigns 1
Motion picture theaters -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Motion pictures -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Museum exhibits 1
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Orphans -- Services for -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Rabbis -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Reform Judaism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Reform Judaism -- South Carolina -- Sumter 1
Sacred music 1
Scholarships -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
Societies -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Sumter (S.C.) 1
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Synagogues -- South Carolina -- Sumter 1
Theaters -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
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account books 1
audiocassettes 1
audiotapes 1
bank statements 1
birth certificates 1
birthday cards 1
black-and-white prints (prints on paper) 1
board games (game sets) 1
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Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Charleston Jewish Social Services (S.C.) 2
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Alwyn's Department Store (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Ashley Theater (West Ashley, S.C.) 1
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 1
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. Board of Directors 1
Avery Normal Institute 1
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League 1
B'nai B'rith. Dan Lodge, No. 593 1
Beth Elohim (Georgetown, S.C.) 1
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Blank, Rosa Simmons, -1915 1
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 1
Chandler, Karen A. 1
Charleston Hebrew Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 1
College of Charleston 1
Coming Street Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 1
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 1
Edison, Robert 1
Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Friendly Union Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Friendly Union Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Garden Theater (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza 1
Goldman, Joseph 1
Goldstein family 1
Goldstein, Alwyn, 1915-2010 1
Greenspon, Roz G. 1
Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hebrew Orphan Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hirschmann, Henry, 1873-1925 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) Brotherhood 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 1
Kligman, Melton, 1929-2013 1
Levine, Anita Rosen, 1921-2011 1
Long, Alberta Sottile 1
Long, J. C., 1903-1984 1
Miles, Nathan Edgar, 1910-1995 1
Moses family 1
Moïse, Penina 1
Pastime Amusement Company (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Persky, Robert A. 1
Princess Theater (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Samet, Samuel, 1880-1961 1
Shearith Israel Congregation (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Sottile Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Sottile family 1
Sottile, Albert, 1878-1960 1
South Carolina Association of B'nai B'rith Lodges 1
Southern Jewish Historical Society (U.S.) 1
St. Andrew's Society of Charleston, South Carolina 1
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 1
Turteltaub, Max, 1898-1949 1
Turtletaub, Samuel D., 1896-1918 1
Way, Charles S., Jr. 1
Williams Lessane, Patricia 1
Williams, Arthur V., 1878-1951 1