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family papers

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Personal papers of members of a single family; usually of parents and their children, but sometimes including papers of spouses and their families as well.

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Kaminski and Gomez families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1151
Abstract

The family papers of the Kaminski and Gomez family of Georgetown, South Carolina. The highlight of the collection is the Gomez family Bible printed in 1805 and owned by Isaac Gomez Jr. The collection also contains records from geneaological research, photographs from the Kaminski family, and other family items.

Dates: 1805-2016
Found in: Special Collections

Levy-Livingstain family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1009
Collection Overview Includes correspondence, business documents, typescripts, certificates, ephemera, booklets, realia, memo books, photographs, and clippings. Papers contain Oscar Levy's biographical information, United States Naturalization Certificate (1916) with leather case, correspondence in Yiddish and English (1930s) and Levy's Boys Store business documents (1900s-1960s), including an envelope with South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Expo scenes. Related material includes obituaries for daughters...
Dates: 1901-1990
Found in: Special Collections

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
Found in: Special Collections

Neidich-Rudowitz family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1014
Collection Overview Includes correspondence, speeches, photographs, photocopies, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets. Family photographs (1890-1960) include: cabinet cards (bulk from New York photographers), photo postcards and images at B'nai B'rith events. Papers (1950s-90s) of Dr. Sol Neidich include: obituary and eulogy, publications (1958-1988) regarding Israel and Middle Eastern affairs, speeches (1950s-1980s) regarding Israel and Middle East affairs and several from B'nai B'rith and Beaufort events; clippings...
Dates: 1890-1996
Found in: Special Collections

Pearlstine family papers: real estate and financial documents

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1027
Collection Overview Includes deeds, liens, bonds, mortgages, certificates, legal documents. Collection of real estate documents: mortgages, titles, bonds, liens, and leases for lands bought and sold in Orangeburg, Barnwell, Allendale and Colleton counties (South Carolina). Particular towns include Branchville and Allendale. Majority of land transactions are for lands purchased or sold by Rebecca Pearlstine, Thomas L. Pearlstine, and Fannie Pearlstine. Notable is a 1870s deed for land sold in Orangeburg County...
Dates: 1866-1956
Found in: Special Collections

Pogson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-135
Collection Overview This collection consists of items related to the Pogson family from the time of their arrival in the United States until the Civil War. It includes clippings, correspondence, calling cards, genealogies, personal effects, family documents, and other miscellaneous biographical materials. The majority of the documents refer to Milward Pogson, Sarah Pogson Smith, Frances Pogson Smith, and Harry Freeman Young Pogson. Alston Deas, the compiler of this collection, has attached explanatory notes and...
Dates: 1783-1949
Found in: Special Collections

Prystowsky-Feldman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1016
Abstract

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

Dates: 1887-1976
Found in: Special Collections

Reesor, Epps, Klein and Swope families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1163
Abstract

Assorted family papers of the Reesor, Epps, Klein and Swope families of Walterboro and Conway, South Carolina. Materials consist of family records, extensive correspondence, clippings, family photographs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1861-2007; Majority of material found within 1907-1985
Found in: Special Collections

Alicia Rhett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0226
Abstract

Papers of Alicia Rhett, artist and actress, best known for her role as India Wilkes in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind and for her career as an artist. The collection includes family and biographical material as well as materials related to her careers as both an actress and an artist.

Dates: approximately 1890s-2012; Majority of material found within 1930-2012
Found in: Special Collections

Inez Richardson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1161
Abstract Inez A. Richardson, born in 1911, was the first licensed Black female barber in South Carolina. This collection concentrates primarily on Inez Richardson, however it also includes documents pertaining to the rest of the Richardson family. The collection documents Richardson’s involvement in the Rose of Sharon Tent, Southern District No. 4, from 1952 to 1984. The Rose of Sharon Tent was one of the Tents of the United Order of Tents, which is the only Christian Black women’s secret society....
Dates: 1951-1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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