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Jacques Benbassat papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-002
Abstract
The collection consists of a photograph album, memoir, passports, and other papers of Jacques Benbassat, a native of Austria who immigrated to the United States in 1949. Materials mostly relate to the Feuerstein family, including identification cards used by Adela Feuerstein, his maternal grandmother, and photographs of Feuerstein family members traveling in Austria and Poland before 1938, when they fled Austria in fear of Nazi persecution.
Dates:
1906-1942, 1998
Found in:
Special Collections
John Henry Dick collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0065
Collection Overview
Contents: Dick's papers consist primarily of (I) paintings and drawings, (II) manuscripts of his writings, (III) photographs, (IV) correspondence, (V) topical files, and (VI) artifacts:
I. Paintings and Drawings
Dick's artwork includes 35 framed paintings, approx. 200 mounted paintings, and approx. 500 pen-and-ink drawings. Most of the paintings and drawings were prepared for publication on the basis of field observations, color photographs taken with telephoto lenses, and bird skins which...
Dates:
ca. 1912-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
Mendelson family photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1154
Abstract
Photographs, photograph albums, slides, and home movie film reels from the Mendelson family of Charleston, South Carolina. Images include a trip to Israel, A. Mendelson & Son at various addresses on King Street, a Citadel Dress Parade, National Music Co. run by brothers-in-law Otto Fox and Isadore Mendelson, family groups at various locations, 1940 hurricane damage, the Bronx Zoo, late 1940s Azalea Parades, summer camps, Charleston landmarks, College of Charleston graduation, and the...
Dates:
1917-1975
Found in:
Special Collections