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George Detwiler Burges collection

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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

Edward von Siebold Dingle collection

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Identifier: Mss 0006
Abstract The collection consists of biographical materials, watercolors, etchings, color prints, photographs, and correspondence of Edward von Siebold Dingle, artist and ornithologist. The majority of the collection consists of Dingle's watercolor paintings of seabirds, shorebirds, wading birds, warblers, sparrows, thrushes, and other bird species on board and paper as well as landscapes and wild flower studies. Also included are letters to Dingle from his wife and mother, and assorted photographs of...
Dates: 1816-circa 1970; Majority of material found within 1913-1925

Mickey Dorsey papers

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Identifier: Mss 1065-046
Abstract

The collection consists of letters, photographs, negatives, and other papers of Mickey Dorsey, an American soldier with the 71st Infantry Division, who participated in the liberation of Gunskirchen Lager, a German concentration camp in Austria. Photographs and negatives taken by Joe Daurer, the photographer for Dorsey's unit, show victims and survivors in the camp.

Dates: 1944-1946, 1999

Isabel Cohen Doud collection

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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

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

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

Grimke family papers

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Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates: 1678-1977, circa 1990s

William Halsey papers

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Identifier: Mss 0067
Abstract

Biographical materials, artwork, writings, slides and photographs, printed materials, correspondence, working files, and other papers of artist, author, and teacher William Halsey. Also included are a variety of materials relating to the Halsey and Loeb families as well as writings and numerous slide images from his travels through Mexico, Central America, Europe, North Africa, the South Pacific, and the Galapagos.

Dates: 1874-2006

Lancelot Minor Harris papers

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Identifier: Mss 0022
Abstract

The Lancelot Minor Harris papers contains personal papers, correspondence, and written materials. Correspondents include James Easterby, DuBose Heyward, Ludwig Lewisohn, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Albert Simons, Thomas Tobias, and others. Written materials include notes concerning Harris' classes and personal writing, prepared by Paul Weidner. Also included in the collection are the personal papers and correspondence of Carlotta Harris.

Dates: 1872-1940; Majority of material found within 1890-1930

Hebrew Orphan Society papers

 Collection
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

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Allston, Benjamin George, 1797-1852 1
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 1
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948 1
Bible Society of Charleston 1
Blanding, A. (Abraham), 1776-1839 1
Bossange, Edward 1
Bourdieu, Chollet & Bourdieu (London, England) 1
Bragg, Laura M. (Laura Mary), 1881-1978 1
Buckley, Edward D. 1
Burges, George Detwiler, 1917-1944 1
Burges, Julius 1
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
Carter, John, active 1822 1
Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944 1
Charleston Jewish Social Services (S.C.) 1
Charpentier, Gustave, 1860-1956 1
Childs, Margaretta Pringle, 1912-2000 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Clarke, Edward, Sir, 1841-1931 1
Colleton, John, 1907-1993 1
Conference on Economic Progress (U.S.) 1
Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.) 1
Courtenay, William Ashmead, 1831-1908 1
Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897 1
Daurer, Joe, 1909-1998 1
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 1
Dingle family 1
Dingle, Edward von Siebold, 1893-1975 1
Dorsey, Mickey, 1925- 1
Doud, Isabel Cohen, 1867-1945 1
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, S. M. 1
Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton, 1828-1867 1
Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779 1
Drayton, William, active 1829 1
Dubose, Isaac, 1754-1816 1
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 1
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934 1
Elliot, Stephen, 1771-1830 1
Elliott Society of Science & Art 1
Ellis, M. 1
Emmanuel, Isaac 1
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 1
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 1
Gibbes, Anna 1
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 1
Gibbes, Sarah P. 1
Gingrich, Arnold 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Glen, James, 1701-1777 1
Green, Otis J., Mrs. (Mary) 1
Grimké family 1
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 1
Grimké, Frederick, 1791-1863 1
Grimké, John Fauchereaud, 1752-1819 1
Grimké, John Paul, 1713-1791 1
Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873 1
Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834 1
Gunskirchen (Concentration camp) 1
Halsey family 1
Halsey, Ashley, 1879-1971 1
Halsey, Eleanor Rose Loeb, 1883-1968 1
Hamilton, James, 1750-1833 1
Harris, Carlotta Letitia, 1865- 1
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 1
Hebrew Orphan Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Hector Bossange (Paris, France) 1
Henderson, Thomas, active 1832 1
Herz, Rudolf, 1925-2011 1
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 1
Holmes, F. S. (Francis Simmons), 1815-1882 1
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 1
Industry (Ship) 1
Ingraham, Laura 1
Jarvis, Fisher 1
Keating Simons & Sons (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 1
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 1
Keyserling, Mary Dublin 1
Keyserling, William 1
King, Henry C., 1819-1862 1
King, Mitchell, 1783-1862 1
Lathan, Robert, 1881-1937 1
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