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Banov family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1025
Abstract
Writings, correspondence, clippings, financial, organizational, and other materials documenting the personal and professional interests of the Banov family of Charleston, South Carolina. Materials relate to Dr. Leon Banov Jr., proctologist and president of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim from 1965 to 1967, Rita Landesman Banov, community service volunteer and president of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim from 1981 to 1983, and their son, Alan Banov. Materials also relate to the 150th anniversary...
Dates:
1889-2005
Found in:
Special Collections
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) congregational records
Collection
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Charleston Chapter #143 of Aleph Zadik Aleph (Charleston, S.C.) records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1129
Abstract
Correspondence, newsletters, manuals, pledge tests and training booklets, and ephemera relating to Charleston chapter #143 of Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA), an all-male Jewish youth organization.
Dates:
1947-1958
Found in:
Special Collections
Samuel Greene papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-013
Abstract
Photographs, a memoir, and other papers of Samuel Greene, a native of Sławatycze, Poland. Materials include photographs of Greene and his wife, Regina Kawer Greene, before, during, and after World War II.
Dates:
1927-2007
Found in:
Special Collections
Ruth Bass Jacobs papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1010
Abstract
Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, memoirs, recordings, and other papers of Ruth Bass Jacobs. Materials relate to Jacobs's family history and involvement in Charleston's Jewish community, particularly Brith Sholom Beth Israel and the Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Included are biographical papers and documents regarding the Bass and Jacobs families as well as newspaper clippings on topics of interest. The collection also consists of audio and video recordings of...
Dates:
1882-2011
Found in:
Special Collections
Jewish Community Center papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1063
Collection Overview
The administrative files mostly document planning for, financing, and building the new Jewish Community Center in suburban Charleston; with blueprints, architects Simons, Lapham, Mitchell and Small correspondence and a small amount of history. The largest series contains photographs documenting Jewish life and Jewish Community Center activities, ca. 1945 to 1998. Original order, when possible, was kept, there being topical and biographical files (including images, 1980s-1990s, of Russian...
Dates:
1920-1998
Found in:
Special Collections
Anita Rosen Levine papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Helen Stern Lipton papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-012
Abstract
Letters, postcards, and other materials relating to Helen Stern Lipton, a Jewish woman who left Poland in 1915. Correspondence in Yiddish (with English translations) from Lipton's family members in Poland focuses on efforts to help them escape to America before and during World War II. Includes a set of tefillin with a cloth bag for storage.
Dates:
1932-2008
Found in:
Special Collections
Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA) records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0206
Abstract
These records contain operating files, newsletters, and event files documenting the activities of the Lowcountry Gay & Lesbian Alliance (LGLA), a Charleston, S.C. nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and opposing discrimination. Topics include LGBTQ civil and legal rights including same-sex marriage, homophobia, and coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community. Materials also relate to LGLA’s partnerships with other...
Dates:
1991-2005
Found in:
Special Collections
William Vincent Moore papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Special Collections