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G. Theodore Wichmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0075
Abstract

Theodore Wichmann (1886-1966) founded the Charleston Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and taught music lessons in Charleston, South Carolina. This collection includes Wichmann's writings on Mozart, Bizet, Rossini, Beethoven, and Ambroise Thomas, printed programs, and business and personal correspondence for the Orchestra and Wichmann's school music lessons.

Dates: 1904-1966
Found in: Special Collections

Tola Wilner Widawski photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-020
Abstract

Slides, negatives, and digital images of Tola Wilner Widawski, a Jew from Łódź, Poland, who survived the Holocaust. Pre-and post-World War II images show Wilner with friends and family, including her husband, Michislaw Widawski, and their children. Also included are images of the Polish exit permits the family used to leave Poland for Israel in 1957.

Dates: 1905-1957
Found in: Special Collections

Wigfall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-151
Collection Overview

This collection consists items related to the Wigfall family and includes documents, family histories, genealogies, portraits, and other miscellaneous biographical materials.

Dates: 1978, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Wightman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-139
Collection Overview The collection consists of five letters concerning the history of the Wightman family in South Carolina and Rhode Island. The correspondents of the first letter are unknown. The second letter was written by Dr. G.B. Manzer to J.P. Wightman. This letter provides a brief history of the northern branch of the family, which resided in Rhode Island. The third letter was written by J.T. Wightman to his niece (whose name is not identified). The fourth letter was written by J.P Wightman to his...
Dates: 1906
Found in: Special Collections

Hubert Wilke papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-188
Abstract

Publications and CDs relating to the history of the Charleston radio station WUSN and to the life and work of Hubert Wilke, its first program director.

Dates: 2017 August 1, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Wilkinson and Keith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0111
Abstract

The Wilkinson and Keith family papers consist of correspondence and other documents among the Wilkinson, Keith, Siegling, Haskell, and Marshall families and their friends dating from 1785 to 1920. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1820 to 1890, a large portion of which chronicles Willis Keith's experiences as a Confederate soldier in 1862-1863.

Dates: 1785-1920; Majority of material found within 1820-1890
Found in: Special Collections

Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1017
Abstract The majority of the collection consists of materials related to two memoirs written by Arthur V. Williams, Tales of Charleston 1930s, describing his childhood growing up in Charleston in the 1930s, and Tales of Clemson 1936-1940, on his four years at Clemson University prior to World War II. The collection also contains photographs of the Williams family of Charleston, South Carolina, primarily featuring Arthur V. Williams...
Dates: 1882-2004; Majority of material found within 1936-2004
Found in: Special Collections

Eola Willis Cuban photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0124
Abstract

Collection consists of 37 black and white mounted photographs collected by artist Eola Willis, taken mostly in Havana, Cuba around the time of the Spanish-American War (1898) and after.

Dates: circa 1895-1910
Found in: Special Collections

Wilmot J. Fraser Elementary School collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1129
Abstract The former Wilmot J. Fraser Elementary School was located at 63 Columbus Street, on the downtown peninsula of Charleston, South Carolina. The predominately African-American public school was opened in 1957. As a part of the Charleston School District 20's redesign plan, Fraser Elementary closed at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 school year. Initially know as the Columbus Street School, the institution was renamed for Wilmot Jefferson Fraser (1905-1979), an African-American educator and...
Dates: 1987-1994; Majority of material found within 1990-1993
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

William Saxon Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1038
Abstract

The William Saxon Wilson papers mostly consists of business cards, invitations, event programs, broadsides, and various ephemera created in his business, The Sax Print Shop, which document social, church, educational, and other aspects of African-American life in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1913-1983; Majority of material found in 1920-1982
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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correspondence 250
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Charleston (S.C.) 54
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 45
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 39
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South Carolina -- History 25
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 24
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South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 20
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 12
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 12
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 12
color slides 12
sketches 12
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
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poetry 11
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
Jewish families -- South Carolina 10
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 10
cabinet photographs 10
diplomas 10
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magazines (periodicals) 10
negatives (photographs) 10
personal correspondence 10
research notes 10
school yearbooks 10
slides (photographs) 10
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American churches 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
Holocaust survivors 9
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 9
books 9
daguerreotypes (photographs) 9
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organization files 9
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Avery Normal Institute 47
College of Charleston 46
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 17
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 16
College of Charleston. Library 16
Avery Research Center 15
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 15
United States. Army 13
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Moses family 9
Cohen family 8
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 8
Levy family 8
Alston family 7
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 7
DeCosta family 7
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 7
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 6
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Charleston Naval Shipyard 6
Dachau (Concentration camp) 6
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 6
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 6
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 6
Moïse family 6
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Voorhees College 6
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 6
Weinberg family 6
African Methodist Episcopal Church 5
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 5
Alliance for Full Acceptance 5
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 5
Bachman, John, 1790-1874 5
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Blamyer family 5
Blamyre family 5
Breibart, Solomon 5
Brown family 5
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 5
Deas family 5
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 5
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Harby family 5
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 5
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Medical University of South Carolina 5
Moïse, Penina 5
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 5
Raisin, Rachel M. 5
Rubens family 5
Solomon family 5
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 5
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 5
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
Waring, Elizabeth 5
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 5
Allen University 4
American Missionary Association 4
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brown, Millicent E. 4
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Charleston County School District 4
Clyburn, James 4
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 4
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 4
Finley family 4
Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 4
Holmes, F. S. (Francis Simmons), 1815-1882 4
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Howard University 4
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 4
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 4
Lazar family 4
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 4
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 4
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Pogson family 4
Potts family 4
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 4
Rosenberg, Anita Moïse Rosefield 4
Rosengarten, Dale, 1948- 4
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 4
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 4
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Stern, Theodore Sanders 4
Tobias, Thomas J. 4
United States. Navy 4
Wigfall family 4
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Aleph Zadik Aleph 3
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 3
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