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Charleston Five collection

 Collection
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

Charleston Holocaust Memorial Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1177
Abstract

The records of the Charleston Holocaust Memorial Committee of the Charleston Jewish Federation include committee files, planning and management documents, and other records relating to the planning, construction, financing, dedication, and management of the Charleston Holocaust Memorial located in Marion Square.

Dates: 1994-2017; Majority of material found within 1994-2005

Colman and Blank families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1111
Abstract

The collection consists of professional and personal correspondence, professional materials, photograph albums and photographs, and other assorted papers of the Colman and Blank families of Charleston, South Carolina. Materials relate to Beverly Isabel Colman, a former managing editor for Schocken Books, and her great-great grandmother Rosa Simmons Blank, Rosa's son, Isadore Blank, and Isadore's son, Edwin J. Blank.

Dates: 1845-1993

Drayton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0152
Abstract

Diaries, ledgers, correspondence, inventories, plats, sketches, architectural drawings of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I-III, James Glen, Charlotta Drayton, Mary Middleton Drayton and others, relating mainly to affairs at Drayton Hall and other family plantations. Collection also includes artwork, reflections on eighteenth century literature, deeds, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1701-2004

Grimke family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates: 1678-1977, circa 1990s

Hirsch family papers

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Identifier: Mss 1080
Abstract

Legal documents, financial papers, correspondence, photographs, and other assorted papers of the Hirsch family of Charleston, South Carolina, and New York, New York. Materials relate to Jacob Hirsch and his wife, Esther Hirsch; his sons, Max Joseph Hirsch, an actor in New York's Yiddish theaters, Louis Hirsch, and Isaac "Bingo" Hirsch; his daughter Julia Hirsch; Max's wife Sylvia Charen Hirsch, and his daughter Betty Hirsch Lancer.

Dates: 1916-1990

Mazo, Rabin, and Sorota families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1092
Abstract

Family papers of the Mazo, Rabin, and Sorota families of Charleston, South Carolina. Included are photographs and albums, correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal documents, and ephemera.

Dates: approximately 1920s-2023

Samuel Prioleau papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-057
Collection Overview The marriage settlement of and letters to Samuel Prioleau. Marriage settlement (trust deed) of Hannah Motte Prioleau and Samuel Prioleau for property in trust with Hannah Prioleau's father, Major James Hamilton, property consisting of a fourth part of 65 slaves (listed by name) to which she would be entitled upon his death. A letter (1826 Sept. 15) from S.M. Drayton at Northhampton (Mass.) acknowledges the receipt of money, thanks Prioleau for his help, discusses tenant problems and renting...
Dates: 1811-1832

Prystowsky-Feldman family papers

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Identifier: Mss 1016
Abstract

Family papers, photographs, and artifacts of the Prystowsky-Feldman family of Charleston.

Dates: 1887-1976

Walter H. Solomon business records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1033
Collection Overview Collection includes correspondence, photocopies, certificates, business records, financial records, property records, legal documents, pamphlets, booklets, artifacts. Collection contains legal documents and correspondence related to Walter Solomon's court cases (1932-1944). Majority of legal briefs related to Charleston real estate disputes and transactions, civil cases and transcript from a murder trial prosecuted by Robert Figg. Real estate documents include sale of land (1938) at Ashley...
Dates: 1869-1944

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Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
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photograph albums 2
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scrapbooks 2
videocassettes 2
45 rpm records 1
African American labor union members -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Drayton Hall -- History 1
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Temperance -- 19th century 1
Theater, Yiddish 1
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Claims 1
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Women abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
albums (books) 1
architectural drawings (visual works) 1
audiocassettes 1
balance sheets 1
bills of sale 1
bookplates 1
books 1
broadsides (notices) 1
business records 1
candlesticks 1
cashbooks 1
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clothing 1
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compact discs 1
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Drayton family 2
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 1
Blank family 1
Blank, Edwin J., 1886-1968 1
Blank, Isadore, 1862-1947 1
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Blank, Rosa Simmons, -1915 1
Charleston Jewish Federation. Charleston Holocaust Memorial Committee 1
Chepenik, Eileen 1
Coleman family 1
Colman family 1
Colman, Beverly 1
Colman, Randolph 1
Colman, Rosabel, 1916-2009 1
Corsaro, Judi H. 1
Drayton, Carolus 1
Drayton, Charles Henry, 1847-1915 1
Drayton, Charles, 1785-1844 1
Drayton, Charles, 1814-1852 1
Drayton, Charlotta D., 1884-1969 1
Drayton, James Shoolbred, 1820-1867 1
Drayton, John, 1831-1912 1
Drayton, John, active 1777 1
Drayton, Mary Middleton Shoolbred, 1794-1855 1
Drayton, S. M. 1
Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton, 1828-1867 1
Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779 1
Drayton, William, active 1829 1
Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943- 1
Engel, Rebecca 1
Erem, Suzan 1
Esch, Gerald 1
Feldman family 1
Figg, Robert McC. 1
Glen, James, 1701-1777 1
Grimké family 1
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 1
Grimké, Frederick, 1791-1863 1
Grimké, John Fauchereaud, 1752-1819 1
Grimké, John Paul, 1713-1791 1
Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873 1
Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834 1
Hamilton, James, 1750-1833 1
Henderson, Thomas, active 1832 1
Hirsch family 1
Hirsch, Esther, 1878- 1
Hirsch, Isaac, 1916-1985 1
Hirsch, Jacob, 1872-1928 1
Hirsch, Julia 1
Hirsch, Louis, 1908- 1
Hirsch, Max Joseph, 1894-1987 1
Hirsch, Sylvia Charen, 1902-1995 1
International Longshoremen's Association. Local 1422 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Lancer, Betty Hirsch, 1924- 1
Manigault, Charlotte Drayton, 1781-1855 1
Mazo family 1
Phillips, Jennifer 1
Prioleau, Hannah Motte 1
Prioleau, Samuel, 1784-1840 1
Prystowsky family 1
Prystowsky, Arnold, 1918-2015 1
Prystowsky, Shirley Feldman 1
Rabin family 1
Schocken Books 1
Solomon, Walter H., 1913-1992 1
Sorota family 1
Sorota, Eileen Mazo Rabin 1
United Jewish Appeal 1
West Point Rice Mill Company (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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