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Avery photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

Bacot family papers

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Identifier: Mss 0003
Collection Overview Papers of Josephine Bacot contain correspondence with family and friends including letters (one describes the Charleston earthquake of 1886) from Daniel Huger Bacot (1847-1920), Daniel Huger Bacot (b. 1888), and Walter Rhett Bacot. Letters (1888-1904) from her father Robert Barnwell Rhett at Huntsville, Alabama, concern family matters. Papers (1891-1896) concern Munster Plantation (Ashepoo, S.C.). Genealogical information relates to the Bacot, Horton, Walton, Leftwich, Rhett, and Huger...
Dates: 1860-1938

Brown Fellowship Society records

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Identifier: AMN 1005
Abstract The Brown Fellowship Society was a benevolent society of free African-American and racially mixed men, affiliated with St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.The collection consists of organizational materials of the Brown Fellowship Society, including a corrected copy of Charles H. Holloway's Rules and Regulations of the Brown Fellowship Society as founded in 1794, but not published until 1844. Minute books detail the...
Dates: 1794-1990

Pierrine Smith Byrd papers

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Identifier: Mss 0007
Collection Overview Collection contains materials related to Byrd's alumni activities including correspondence, membership lists, receipts, clippings, and programs. Other items include awards, medals, and clippings relating to her college days, alumni activities, and her contributions to rose culture. Materials relating to College of Charleston alumni activities and Byrd's membership on the Alumni Assistance Committee include letters and invitations from the Alumni Association, thank you notes for...
Dates: 1919-1991

Frank R. Fisher notes

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Identifier: Mss 0072
Collection Overview Front cover inscribed "F.R. Fisher. Notes." Frank R. Fisher's "notes" contain observations, drawings, and photographs relating to scientific and technological studies, particularly astronomical observations made while Fisher was a resident in Charleston, S.C. during the 1880s.; Fisher records important discoveries and observations made by various scientists earlier in the century. Fisher's astronomical observations begin in Charleston in 1882 with the sighting of a comet. He also records his...
Dates: 1882-1902

Graves family papers

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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

Lancelot Minor Harris papers

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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

Iseman family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1073
Collection Overview

This collection contains information pertaining to the Iseman family. The first box includes letters, genealogical research, photocopies, photographs, and correspondence related to the Iseman family. The second box contains biographical files of Iseman family members, including family genealogy notes.

Dates: 1961-1996

Jenkins Orphanage papers

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Identifier: AMN 1063
Abstract A Charleston (S.C.) orphanage for African American children, founded in 1891 by Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins. The Orphan Aid Society (chartered 1892) was the governing board of the orphanage. Organized by members of the church where Reverend Jenkins was pastor, the Society furnished much of the financial support for the orphanage's efforts to provide education, training, skills, and care to orphans, half orphans, and destitute children. After Jenkins' death his widow, Mrs. Eloise C....
Dates: 1891-1991; Majority of material found in 1945-1980

Jewish Community Center papers

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Identifier: Mss 1063
Collection Overview The administrative files mostly document planning for, financing, and building the new Jewish Community Center in suburban Charleston; with blueprints, architects Simons, Lapham, Mitchell and Small correspondence and a small amount of history. The largest series contains photographs documenting Jewish life and Jewish Community Center activities, ca. 1945 to 1998. Original order, when possible, was kept, there being topical and biographical files (including images, 1980s-1990s, of Russian...
Dates: 1920-1998

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Bacot, Barnwell Rhett, 1891-1912 1
Bacot, D. Huger, 1888-1974 1
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Bacot, Josephine Rhett, 1859-1932 1
Bacot, Walter Rhett, 1899-1978 1
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1
Brown Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Byrd, George A. 1
Byrd, Pierrine Smith, 1899-1994 1
Camp Baker (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Camp Juniper (Cheraw, S.C.) 1
Camp K'Tanim (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Camp Wesash (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Century Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Chambers, Annette Graves, 1983- 1
College of Charleston 1
College of Charleston. Alumni Association 1
Columbia University 1
D'Ancona family 1
Dale Farms Corporation (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 1
Eisenmann family 1
Elks (Fraternal order). Charleston Lodge No. 242 1
Fisher, Frank R. 1
Graves family 1
Graves, Eugene 1
Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996 1
Graves, James R. B., 1883-1969 1
Graves, Pauline 1
Graves, Robert Blackburne 1
Graves, Rose L., 1890-1978 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 1
Harris, Carlotta Letitia, 1865-1946 1
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 1
Hirschfeld family 1
Horton family 1
Huger family 1
Iseman, Joseph 1
Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jenkins' Orphanage Band 1
Jenkins, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1937 1
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.). Booster Club 1
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.). Friendship Club 1
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.). Junior Booster Club 1
Keyserling family 1
Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 1
Keyserling, Herbert, 1915-2000 1
Keyserling, Jennie Hyman, 1881-1935 1
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 1
Keyserling, William, 1869-1951 1
Leftwich family 1
Levi, Wendell Mitchell, 1891-1976 1
Levkoff family 1
Levy family 1
Lewenthal family 1
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955 1
Macdonald, Wilkins & Co. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
May, Philip S., Jr. 1
McDavid, Raven I., Jr. (Raven Ioor), 1911-1984 1
O'Cain, Raymond K. 1
Orphan Aid Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Pullman Company 1
Rhett family 1
Rhett, Josephine Horton, 1830-1860 1
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876 1
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1828-1905 1
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1854-1901 1
Robert Scott Small Library 1
Rosen family 1
Rosen, Nathan, 1915-1980 1
Rosen, Yetta Bicoff, 1918-2002 1
Rosenblum, Sandra Lee Kahn 1
Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932 1
Sass, Herbert Ravenel, 1884-1958 1
Schneider, Laz Levkoff 1
Seabrook family 1
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 1
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 1
Small family 1
Small, Robert S. (Robert Scott), 1915-2007 1
Small, Robert Scott, 1891-1931 1
Small, Strachan Thomas, 1815-1889 1
Snyder family 1
South Carolina Gamecocks (Football team) 1
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
Stephenson family 1
Stephenson, Martha Tucker 1
Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935 1
Stephenson, Reuben Henry 1
Tau Epsilon Phi. Upsilon Chapter (College of Charleston) 1
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