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Cuthbert family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0083
Abstract

This collection consists of assorted legal instruments and correspondence that document the ownership of parcels of land on the Pocotaligo River, Prince Williams Parish, Beaufort District from 1764 to 1850. Known variously as Myrtle Grove, Live Oak, Providence and/or Leith plantations, they were cultivated (circa 1799) in cotton and rice, and were owned by various members of the Cuthbert, Rutledge, Palmer, Stoutenberg, Corbett, Heyward, and other families.

Dates: 1764-1850; Majority of material found within 1764-1839

Drayton papers

 Collection
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

Farr family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates: 1828-1990

Jan Goin collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0165
Abstract

Family papers collected by Jan Goin, owner of the Jan Goin Gallery in Charleston, S.C. and estate executor for relative and Charleston social worker Rena Muller. Includes data regarding Muller, Kruse, Wulbern and related German family history, including Charleston real estate materials, items from World War II veteran Kruse Muller, family photographs, Confederate paper money, and a large number of Charleston artist files from the gallery.

Dates: 1786-1998; Majority of material found within 1940-1985

Keyserling family papers - Part II

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1049b
Abstract Correspondence, school records, photographs, writings, financial records, home movies, clippings, and other materials of the Keyserling family of Beaufort, South Carolina. Materials relate to William Keyserling; his wife Jennie Hyman Keyserling; Leon Keyserling, American economist and lawyer; Herbert Keyserling, Beaufort physician; Harriet Hirschfeld Keyserling, Beaufort state representative and wife of Herbert Keyserling; and their children, Judith Keyserling, Billy Keyserling, Beth...
Dates: 1900-2010

Wendell Mitchell Levi real estate records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1142
Collection Overview

The Wendell M. Levi Real Estate Records contains documents produced over the course of Levi’s legal career. The bulk of the collection dates to the first half of the 20th century. Records relate to Sumter County and Clarendon County and include various mortgages, bonds, plats, real estate titles, deeds, farm leases, land rent liens, checks, and financial statements. Some documents, mainly plats, are housed separately due to size.

Dates: 1866-1970

Pinehurst Tea Plantation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0203
Abstract

Financial records, letters and correspondence, plats, and printed materials relating to the Pinehurst Tea Plantation founded in Summerville, South Carolina, by Charles U. Shepard for his experiments in tea cultivation, production, and marketing. Materials relate primarily to the sale, purchase, and transfer of the property and properties that would become the Pinehurst Tea Plantation.

Dates: 1855-1993

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Special Collections 6
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture 1
 
Subject
deeds 3
financial records 3
clippings (information artifacts) 2
color photographs 2
correspondence 2
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genealogical tables 2
letters (correspondence) 2
scrapbooks 2
African American women -- South Carolina -- Beaufort 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Drayton Hall -- History 1
Art galleries, Commercial -- South Carolina 1
Artists -- South Carolina 1
Beaufort (S.C.) 1
Beaufort County (S.C.) 1
Beaufort County (S.C.) -- Biography 1
Beaufort County (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
Beaufort County (S.C.) -- History 1
Beaufort County (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
Beaufort District (S.C.) 1
Charleston (S.C.) 1
Charleston County (S.C.) -- History 1
Charleston District (S.C.) -- History 1
Cotton -- South Carolina -- Beaufort District -- History 1
DVDs 1
Drayton Hall (S.C.) -- History 1
Economists -- United States 1
Germans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Jewish physicians -- South Carolina -- Beaufort 1
Jewish politicians -- South Carolina -- Beaufort 1
Jews -- South Carolina -- Beaufort -- History 1
Jews -- South Carolina -- Beaufort -- Social life and customs 1
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- South Carolina -- Beaufort District 1
Leith Plantation (Prince William's Parish, S.C.) 1
Live Oak Plantation (Prince William's Parish, S.C.) 1
Myrtle Grove Plantation (Prince William's Parish, S.C.) 1
Pinehurst Tea Plantation (S.C.) 1
Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History -- 18th Century 1
Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History -- 19th Century 1
Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Drayton Hall -- History 1
Plantations -- South Carolina -- Beaufort District 1
Plantations -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
Plantations -- South Carolina -- Prince William's Parish 1
Prince William's Parish (S.C.) 1
Providence Plantation (Prince William's Parish, S.C.) 1
Real property -- South Carolina -- Clarendon County 1
Real property -- South Carolina -- Sumter County 1
Rice -- South Carolina -- Beaufort District -- History 1
Rice -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
Slave bills of sale -- South Carolina 1
Slavery -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
South Carolina -- History 1
South Carolina -- Politics and government 1
Summerville (S.C.) -- History 1
Tea -- South Carolina -- Summerville 1
Tea plantations -- South Carolina -- Summerville 1
Women social workers -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- South Carolina 1
administrative records 1
architectural drawings (visual works) 1
bills of sale 1
black-and-white photographs 1
blouses (military jackets) 1
blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
books 1
cabinet photographs 1
conveyances 1
diaries 1
drawings (visual works) 1
inventories 1
journals (accounts) 1
land grants 1
leases 1
ledgers (account books) 1
legal documents 1
manuscript maps 1
medals 1
mortgages 1
notes (documents) 1
paper money 1
periodicals 1
photographs 1
receipts (financial records) 1
school records 1
sketches 1
slides (photographs) 1
stereoscopic photographs 1
subpoenas 1
watercolors (paintings) 1
works of art 1
writings (documents) 1
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Portuguese 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Clarendon County Archives 1
Corbett family 1
Cuthbert family 1
Drayton family 1
Drayton, Carolus 1