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George Smith Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0174
Abstract

Mainly George Smith Adams' genealogical research documenting his father George Alexander Adams (1887-1984), mother Theodora Elizabeth Smith Adams (1888-1983), grandfather Daniel Townsend Smith (1842-1929) with data on the Washington Artillery, and great grandfather Thomas Peter Smith (1814-1899). Also included are materials relating to his extended family and their surrounding areas, especially the Townsend family, Medway Plantation, Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1826-2010; Majority of material found within 1925-1999

Banov and Leopold families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1162
Abstract

Assorted family papers of the Banov and Leopold families. Materials consist of correspondence, postcards (many published by I. Ginsburg), clippings, printed materials including Ladies Benevolent Society Centennial pamphlets, prayer books, artifacts, and other ephemera.

Dates: 1901-2004; Majority of material found within 1929-1979

Anita Moïse Rosefield Rosenberg papers

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Identifier: Mss 1166
Abstract

Papers of Anita Moïse Rosefield Rosenberg, a native of Sumter, South Carolina and a long-time resident of Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to her personal papers, there are others from members of her family, particularly her mother Virginia Moïse Rosefield. The contents include records, clippings, ephemera, correspondence, family photographs and albums, genealogy research, books and publications about southern Jewish history, and a few family artifacts.

Dates: 1837-2018; Majority of material found within 1960-2018

Edwina Harleston Whitlock papers

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Identifier: AMN 1120
Abstract Edwina Augusta Harleston Whitlock was born Gussie Louise Harleston on September 28, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert Othello Harleston and his wife, Marie Isabelle Forrest. She was raised by her uncle, Edwin Augustus Teddy Harleston and his wife Elise Forrest after it was discovered that Whitlock's parents had tuberculosis. Whitlock attended the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, and Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she...
Dates: 1918-2006

John A. Zeigler, Jr. papers

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Identifier: Mss 0125
Abstract The papers contain writings, biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the life of John Asbury Zeigler, Jr., poet, music philanthropist, and co-owner of the Book Basement bookstore in Charleston, S.C. Materials relate to Zeigler’s education at the Citadel, and his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II in Yakutat, Alaska. The papers also cover Zeigler’s relationship with Edwin Peacock, their friendship with lithographer Prentiss Taylor and his partner Roderick...
Dates: 1755-2015

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artifacts (object genre) 2
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compact discs 2
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Bookstores -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Charleston (S.C.) 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
DVDs 1
Edisto Island (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
Funeral homes -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Funeral rites and ceremonies 1
Gay artists -- United States 1
Gay couples -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Gay men's writings, American 1
Gay men, White -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Gay people -- Social life and customs 1
Gay people in the civil service -- United States 1
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
Jewish women -- Societies and clubs 1
Jewish women -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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Medway (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
Older gay men -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Racially mixed people -- United States 1
South Carolina -- Genealogy 1
Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Gay 1
Yakutat (Alaska) 1
Yiddish letters -- Translations into English 1
Youth -- Counseling of 1
account books 1
albums (books) 1
ambrotypes (photographs) 1
appointment books 1
card photographs (photographs) 1
charts (graphic documents) 1
commonplace books 1
concert programs 1
daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
genealogies (histories) 1
greeting cards 1
identity cards 1
nudes (representations) 1
obituaries 1
pamphlets 1
passports 1
periodicals 1
photocopies 1
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Names
Adams, George Alexander, 1887-1984 1
Adams, George Smith, 1923-2018 1
Adams, Theodora Elizabeth Smith, 1888-1983 1
Avery Normal Institute 1
Ball, Edward, 1958- 1