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George Detwiler Burges collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0095
Abstract

George Detwiler Burges graduated from the College of Charleston in 1938. He served as a B-17 pilot during World War II and was killed in action in 1944. This collection consists of Burges' personal papers, letters, military records, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and military decorations including the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dates: 1929-1944
Found in: Special Collections

Nathan Garfinkle papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1138
Abstract Photographs, photograph albums, military documents, certificates, correspondence, and other papers of Nathan Garfinkle. Materials primarily document Garfinkle's service in the United States Army during World War II, with the largest portion of items consisting of photographs and photograph albums from his military service with the Chemical Warfare Service at the Columbia Army Air Base and his deployment in the South Pacific. A smaller number of photographs feature his time as a student at...
Dates: 1921-circa 1980
Found in: Special Collections

Lawrence Layden scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-042
Abstract

The collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Lawrence "Ed" Layden, an officer with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs of Layden at various bases during the war, reconnaissance photographs, and photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp, which Layden visited on April 17, 1945, six days after it was liberated.

Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: Special Collections

Ruth Ann McDonald papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0200
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, military records, clippings, and textiles of Ruth Ann McDonald. Materials document her service in the U.S. Army during World War II as a nurse stationed at the Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Fort Bliss, Texas, the 67th General Hospital in England, and the 30th Field Hospital, which traveled through Luxembourg, France, and Germany. Also includes transcripts pertaining to Ruth's nursing education, certificates relating to her army service, and issues...
Dates: 1941-2000; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Found in: Special Collections

Robert N. Rosen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1064
Collection Overview This collection contains 10 boxes of research material obtained by Robert N. Rosen during the writing of the book The Jewish Confederates. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, c2000. Two boxes contain information regarding specific research about states and cities in the Confederacy. Three boxes contain information and research on specific Jewish individuals mentioned in The Jewish Confederates. One box contains information and research specific to David Levy Yulee as well as...
Dates: 1990s
Found in: Special Collections

Robert Schwartz papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1168
Abstract

The papers of Robert Schwartz, medical doctor and captain, in the United States Army during World War II. Papers and artifacts reflect his service and activities during the war and as a participant of the liberation of Buchenwald. Included are photographs and a letter documenting the atrocities at Buchenwald concentration camp.

Dates: 1933-1968; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
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

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black-and-white photographs 6
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American 2
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe 2
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magazines (periodicals) 2
medals 2
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Atlanta (Ga.) 1
Authors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Autobiography -- Authorship 1
B-17 bomber 1
Bomber pilots -- United States 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Biography 1
Clemson (S.C.) -- Biography 1
Columbia (S.C.) 1
DVDs 1
Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal) 1
England 1
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography 1
Fort Bliss (Tex.) 1
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 1
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Reconnaissance operations, American 1
autobiographies (literary works) 1
black-and-white negatives 1
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diaries 1
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dog tags (military tags) 1
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letters (correspondence) 1
manuscripts for publication 1
maps (documents) 1
muster rolls 1
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photographs 1
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printed ephemera 1
programs (documents) 1
typescripts 1
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Dutch; Flemish 1
German 1
 
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Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 2
Clemson University 2
Buckley, Edward D. 1
Burges, George Detwiler, 1917-1944 1
Burges, Julius 1
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Burns, Mark W. 1
College of Charleston 1
Confederate States of America. Army 1
Garfinkel family 1
Garfinkle, M. Jerry 1
Garfinkle, Nathan, 1921-2015 1
Gendelman, Betty Williams, 1921-2007 1
Lawson General Hospital 1
Layden, Lawrence, 1916-2011 1
McDonald, Ruth Ann, 1919-2013 1
Mehrtens, W. Rieppe 1
Richmond, Zerline Levy Williams, 1898-1999 1
Rosen, Robert N., 1947- 1
Schwartz, Robert, 1916-2008 1
Simpkins, Lyle, 1917-1944 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Nurse Corps 1
United States. Army. Air Corps. Air Force, 9th 1
United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service 1
United States. Army. Field Hospital, 30th 1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 67th 1
Ventola, Mary Williams 1
Williams (Family : Williams, Arthur V., 1878-1951) 1
Williams family 1
Williams, Arthur V. 1
Williams, Arthur V., 1878-1951 1
Yulee, David Levy, 1810-1886 1
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