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Graves family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract
The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates:
1884-2004
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
William Halsey papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Fritz P. Hamer research materials on the Charleston Navy Yard
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0222
Collection Overview
The collection contains research notes, correspondence, transcripts of oral history interviews, manuscript drafts, photographs, and photocopies of primary source materials for Fritz P. Hamer’s 1998 dissertation A Southern City Enters the Twentieth Century: Charleston, its Navy Yard, and World War II, 1940-1948 and 2005 book Charleston Reborn: A Southern City, its Navy Yard and World War II. Research materials also focus on...
Dates:
1947-2013; Majority of material found within 1995-2005
Found in:
Special Collections
Hamer Spinning Mills photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1175
Abstract
Four black and white photographs of the Hamer Spinning Mills plant in Hamer, South Carolina, and three portraits of its owners.
Dates:
approximately 1930s-1980s
Found in:
Special Collections
Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0227
Abstract
Papers document the professional and personal lives of Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine, Jr. The collection includes business records, personal and miscellaneous correspondence, documentation of their properties, guest books, and assorted ephemera on Charleston, social, and local LGBTQ life.
Dates:
1850-2020; Majority of material found within 1935-2002
Found in:
Special Collections
Lee Cohen Harby papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1019
Collection Overview
Includes correspondence, photographs, photocopies, clippings, scrapbook, typescript.
Genealogical information on descendants of Isaac Harby (birth, death and marriage dates); cabinet card (1891) of Lee C. Harby; handwritten letter re. Harby family of Delhi, NY; clippings of Harby poems published in newspapers (Texas, NY and SC); typescript of poem, "The Lesson of Easter"; clippings of essays about Texas; clippings of misc. published essays, topics include: southern plantation life, Jewish...
Dates:
1859-1911
Found in:
Special Collections
Harby, Moïse, Levy, Moses, and Davis family photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1131
Abstract
Photographic portraits featuring the relations of Octavia Harby Moses, including her immediate family as well as descendants and relatives through the marriages of her children. Octavia Harby Moses married Andrew J. Moses in 1839 and the couple had eighteen children, fourteen of whom lived to adulthood. Many of the children married into the Moïse, Levy, Moses, and Davis families, which are primarily featured in the collection. The photographs were originally housed in an album believed to...
Dates:
circa 1860-1890
Found in:
Special Collections
Lancelot Minor Harris papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Hebrew Benevolent Society papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Special Collections
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