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letters (correspondence)

 Subject

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Louis M. Shimel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1055
Collection Overview Collection includes correspondence and certificates related to Louis M. Shimel's law career. Correspondence (1917) from the Secretary of the Navy re. desertion case; letters (1953) from judges and attorneys offering Shimel congratulations on his retirement as Assistant U.S Attorney. Certificates (1914-1953) document Shimel's career achievements including his right to practice law before the U.S. District Court of South Carolina, Supreme Court of South Carolina, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Dates: 1914-1953
Found in: Special Collections

Sam Siegel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1181
Abstract

Assorted papers of Sam Siegel of Walterboro, South Carolina. Papers primarily consist of diaries, including an early diary documenting Siegels experience during World War II as part of the US Army’s 78th Division. Also included are materials relating to Siegels father-in-law and business partner, Albert J. Novit, and the Temple Mt. Sinai synagogue in Walterboro, South Carolina.

Dates: 1935-2007
Found in: Special Collections

Robert Lee Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1068
Abstract The Robert Lee Smith collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports and various documents generated and gathered by Margaretta Pringle Childs (Mrs. St. Julien Ravenel Childs). Newspaper clippings (1977-1984), mostly from the Charleston Chronicle, discuss the case and its possible link to the unsolved 1975 murder of George A. Payton, an African American attorney who was representing Smith. Childs' correspondence (1977-1979, and undated) is on...
Dates: 1976-1984, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Theodore Sanders Stern presidential records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5002
Abstract The papers document the many roles President Theodore S. Stern filled in administering the College of Charleston, as well as his affiliation with other organizations. Included are Board of Trustee records, reflecting the College's administration by the city of Charleston (1968-1969) and then by the State College Board of Trustees (1969-1975); his presidential correspondence (1968-1978); correspondence with politicians (1968-1975); committee activities (1968-1974); planning and development...
Dates: 1952, 1966, 1968-1978; Majority of material found within 1969-1978
Found in: Special Collections

Synagogue Emanu-El records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1141
Abstract

Records of Synagogue Emanu-El, the first conservative synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina. Materials document the administrative, social, educational, and spiritual activities of the congregation and its members. Also included are the records of Emanu-El’s Sisterhood, which provides major financial support for the synagogue.

Dates: 1943-2014
Found in: Special Collections

Talladega Alumni Club of Charleston: 70th Alumni Reunion Weekend, 1988

 File — Box 5, Folder: 12
Identifier: Subseries 1.6
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, newspaper article, invitation, and receipts.

Dates: 1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 1: Biographical Documents / 1.6: Education

John Torrans letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-081
Collection Overview A letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose recommends that Rose buy the brigantine Industry lying at Eveleigh's Wharf, "that she will do well to go to Suranam" [Surinam]. A postscript headed "Distillery Monday Morning" asks Rose to tell Forbes that "one of the Negros is run away." The second letter (penciled note on cover reads "Charleston, S.C. List of Negros to be Mortgaged") from Torrans to Rose states he has sent a bond and mortgage bought at Well's Shop, but "did not know how many...
Dates: approximately 1775
Found in: Special Collections

John Vaughan letters to Philip Tidyman

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0142
Abstract

This collection consists of two letters discussing smallpox vaccinations sent from Dr. John Vaughan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dr. Philip Tidyman of Charleston, South Carolina. The letters are dated December 11, 1801 and April 7, 1802 and the latter contains a sketch of a water filtration system.

Dates: 1801-1802
Found in: Special Collections

Zionist Organization of America (Charleston, S.C.) papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-051
Collection Overview The minutes (1917-1933 with a gap from May 1922-November 1923; and 1940-1944) cover all the special and regular meetings of the organization. Members attending are listed and there are various lists throughout the volume, detailing the approximately 100 or so men and women who belonged. Topics were discussed, at first, in both Yiddish and English. Dues were collected and there are frequent mentions of the need to raise more funds for specific causes, and the need to energize the populations...
Dates: 1917-1947
Found in: Special Collections
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