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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

Virginia Benmaman collection

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Identifier: AMN 1176
Abstract Dr. Virginia Benmaman is a former College of Charleston professor within the Hispanic Studies department. She had a passion for linguistics, particularly the derived history of specific dialects. She gifted this collection to the Avery Research Center of African American History and Culture in 2002, with the hopes that researches would use the resources within when studying the history, culture, and language of the Gullah Geechee corridor along the atlantic coastal regions. The...
Dates: 1864-2001
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Benjamin Berendt and Anna Gelson Berendt papers

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Identifier: Mss 1089
Abstract

Writings, newspaper clippings, poetry, plays, publications, correspondence, photographs, and other personal papers of Benjamin Berendt and Anna Gelson Berendt of Charleston, South Carolina. Materials mostly relate to the Berendt and Gelson family histories as well as Benjamin's and Anna's travels. Also included are Aleph Zadik Aleph Chapter 143 publications from the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: 1866-2010
Found in: Special Collections

Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) congregational records

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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 Five collection

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Identifier: AMN 1124
Abstract The Charleston Five, Elijah Ford Jr., Ricky Simmons, Peter Washington, Jason Edgerton and Kenneth Jefferson were brought up on felony riot charges following a confrontation on the Charleston docks with law enforcement. The Charleston Five Collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, literary productions, printed materials and video material all pertaining to the published work of Suzan Erem and Paul Durrenberger. The collection is arranged into four series:...
Dates: 1921-2008; Majority of material found within 1998-2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Cohen, Emanuel, Moses, and Seixas family papers

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Identifier: Mss 1124
Abstract Photographs, correspondence, diaries and memoirs, genealogical materials, land records and certificates, and printed materials relating to the Cohen, Emanuel, Moses, and Seixas families. The families are related through the marriages of Eleanor H. Cohen to Benjamin Seixas in 1865, Mary Eleanor Seixas to Maurice Emanuel in 1888, and Charlotte Virginia Emanuel to Henry P. Moses in 1912. Of particular note is a diary belonging to Eleanor H. Cohen that documents the arrival of Union General...
Dates: 1806-2005; Majority of material found within 1865-1934
Found in: Special Collections

EastWest Institute (EWI) archive

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Identifier: Mss 0219
Abstract

Assorted photographs, published materials, and video and audio recordings relating to the EastWest Institutes (EWI), an international not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank focusing on international political, economic and security issues founded by John Edwin Mroz and Ira D. Wallach in 1980. Materials document the EastWest Institutes (EWI) programmatic activity throughout its 40-year existence.

Dates: 1980-2020
Found in: Special Collections

Florence Hebrew Benevolent Association records

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Identifier: Mss 1067
Abstract

Minute book, financial records, cemetery records, publications, and assorted papers of the Florence Hebrew Benevolent Association, a Jewish fraternal organization and the genesis of the Beth Israel Congregation, formed in 1887 in Florence, South Carolina.

Dates: 1887-1991
Found in: Special Collections

Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine Jr. papers

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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

Institute of Creative Judaism papers

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Identifier: Mss 1003
Collection Overview Organizational papers, correspondence, lists, promotional materials, publications and related materials (1972-1984). Papers of the Institute comprise three short series. The first series, correspondence (1972-1984, 1989), consists mostly of photocopies of letters, etc., sent to early members and founders, with some original letters included as well. The major correspondents are Rabbi Anthony Holz (b. 1942) and Rabbi Alvin J. Reines (b. 1926). The correspondence regards founding and running...
Dates: 1972-1985
Found in: Special Collections

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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 2
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Rivers, Lucius Mendel, Jr. 2
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Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Aleph Zadik Aleph 1
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B'nai B'rith. Dan Lodge, No. 593 1
Banov (Family : Banov, Leon, Jr., 1914-2007) 1
Banov family 1
Banov, Alan 1
Banov, Leon, Jr., 1914-2007 1
Banov, Rita Landesman, 1920-2002 1
Berendt family 1
Berendt, Anna Gelson, 1913-2001 1
Berendt, Benjamin, 1912-2010 1
Berendt, Gerald E. 1
Bergen, Jane B. 1
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Beth Israel Congregation (Florence, S.C.) 1
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 1
Brody, Sherna Simonhoff 1
Brookfield Zoo (Ill.) 1
Charleston Hebrew Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Chase, Leah 1
Cohen family 1
Cohen, Eleanor H., 1839-1874 1
Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943- 1
EastWest Institute (New York, N.Y.) 1
Emanuel family 1
Erem, Suzan 1
Estate of George Rabb 1
Fontaine, William A. (William Alvin), 1920-2005 1
Fontaine-Hancock Interiors 1
Gelson family 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 1
Hancock (Family : Hancock, Aubrey, 1929-2019) 1
Hancock, Aubrey, 1929-2019 1
Hebrew Benevolent Association (Florence, S.C.) 1
Hebrew Union College 1
Holz, Anthony D., 1942- 1
Institute for East-West Security Studies 1
Institute for EastWest Studies 1
Institute of Creative Judaism 1
International Longshoremen's Association. Local 1422 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Journal of American Folklore 1
Kligman, Melton, 1929-2013 1
Kornblut, Harold 1
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Lipschitz family 1
Lipsitz Department Store (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
Lipsitz family 1
Mahon, Octavia 1
Moses family 1
Mroz, John Edwin 1
Persky, Robert A. 1
Polydox Jewish Confederation 1
Rabb, George B. (George Bernard), 1930-2017 1
Ravenel, Marion Rivers, 1943- 1
Reines, Alvin Jay, 1926- 1
Rivers (Family : Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970) 1
Rivers family 1
Rosenblum, Sandra Lee Kahn 1
Rosenthal, Jakob 1
Rosenthall, Irene O. 1
Rosenthall, William A. 1
Seigel (Family : Seigel, Robert A.) 1
Seigel, Robert A. 1
Seixas family 1
Siegel family 1
Simmons, Dawn Langley 1
Simonhoff family 1
Simonhoff, Harry 1
Simonhoff, Jacob J. 1
Simonhoff, Lillian C., 1901-1984 1
Simonhoff, Samuel, 1896-1980 1
South Carolina Association of B'nai B'rith Lodges 1
Southern Folklore Quarterly 1
Southern Jewish Historical Society (U.S.) 1
Turner, Lorenzo Dow 1
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services 1
Villa de la Fontaine (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Wallach, Ira D., 1909-2007 1
World Union for Progressive Judaism 1
Young Judaea, Inc. Cecile Rubin Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Young Judaea, Inc. Henrietta Szold Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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