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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
Found in: Special Collections

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
Found in: Special Collections

Lewis R. Gibbes papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Special Collections

Harriet McBryde Johnson papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Special Collections

Robert E. Kingsley photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-048
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 90 photographs, 260 negatives, and three scrapbooks of Robert E. Kingsley, a U.S. Air Force staff photographer, taken during World War II, the Korean War, the 1963 fire aboard the TSMS Lakonia, and at North and Shaw Air Force Bases in South Carolina. Also included are 16 Holocaust atrocity photographs taken at Dachau and Mauthausen concentration camps.

Dates: 1942-1967
Found in: Special Collections

Ruth Ann McDonald papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Special Collections

Ben McCutchen Moïse papers

 Collection
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
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

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
Found in: Special Collections

Rivers family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0199
Abstract Correspondence, programs, publications, newspaper clippings, journals, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, audiovisual material, genealogical material, and personal files belonging to and concerning the Rivers family. Materials primarily relate to L. Mendel Rivers' service in Congress from 1941 to 1970, the writings of his wife Margaret Middleton Rivers, and their three children Margaret Rivers Eastman, Marion Rivers Ravenel Cato, and L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. Topics of particular interest include...
Dates: 1800-2011; Majority of material found within 1920-2007
Found in: Special Collections

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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
B-52's (Musical group) 1
Book Basement (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brown, Kent, 1953-2003 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
Charleston (S.C.). Board of Fire Masters 1
Charleston (S.C.). Fire Department 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Dachau (Concentration camp) 1
Elfe family 1
Elliott Society of Science & Art 1
Fallon family 1
Fraser, Mary Edna 1
Gibbes, Anna 1
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 1
Gibbes, Sarah P. 1
Hess, Karen 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Johnson, Elizabeth Ross 1
Johnson, Harriet McBryde 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Kingsley, Robert E., 1921-1999 1
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 1
Lakonia (Motorship) 1
Lawson General Hospital 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017 1
Mauthausen (Concentration camp) 1
McDonald, Ruth Ann, 1919-2013 1
Mehrtens, W. Rieppe 1
Moore, Mark S. 1
Moore, William V. 1
Moïse, Ben McC. 1
Nathan, Moses Henry, 1821-1875 1
Peacock, Edwin, 1910-1989 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
Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 1
Simpkins, Lyle, 1917-1944 1
Singer, Peter, 1946- 1
South Carolina. Department of Natural Resources 1
Taylor, John Martin, 1949- 1
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991 1
Travis, Rebecca 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Nurse Corps 1
United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th 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
Zeigler, John 1
Ziegler family 1
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