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correspondence

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Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 1009 Collections and/or Records:

Weinberg and Moses family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1135
Abstract Photographs, letters, and clippings relating to the Weinberg and Moses families of Manning, South Carolina. The majority of the collection consists of photographs, primarily of the Weinberg family, in particular Flora Moses Weinberg and two of her children, Jacob Albert Weinberg Jr. and Rosalie Virginia Weinberg, and also includes a number of images featuring other members of the extended family. It also contains letters from Andrew Jackson Moses, Perry Moses, and Perry Moses Jr. to various...
Dates: 1838-2013
Found in: Special Collections

West Point Rice Mill Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0051
Abstract Collection consists of the records of the West Point Rice Mill Company, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1885 to 1925. Records include correspondence and legal documents concerning transfers of stock related to estates and to the decrease of capital stock, a letterpress copybook containing letters primarily concerning the accounts of individuals and corporations, daybooks, ledgers, and cashbooks. Also included are checks, check stubs, canceled checks for dividends and liquidation, and...
Dates: 1885-1925
Found in: Special Collections

Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1147
Abstract Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., (1912-1998), a minister, religious leader, educator, and civic activist. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Reverend Whipper pastored two churches, Charity Baptist (1949), and Saint Matthew Baptist (1940). Whipper was the Moderator of the Charleston County Baptist Association; the treasurer with the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; and the Assistant Secretary on the Executive Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA,...
Dates: approximately 1865-2008, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Whipper Estates, Incorporated, 1999 - 2006

 File — Box 172, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence regarding the family propoerty at Montague and Rivers/Chime Streets.

Dates: 1999 - 2006
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 7: Stroud, Simmons, Edley, and Whipper Families / 7.2: Whipper Family / 7.2.2: Whipper Family Members

Whipper's Honorary Degree from The Graduate School of the College of Charleston , 2008

 File — Box 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Subseries 1.3
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and commencement booklets.

Dates: 2008
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 1: Biographical Documents / 1.3: Tributes and Honors

Whipper's retirement from the South Carolina Legislature, 1996

 File — Box 76: Series Series 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains "A Concurrent Resolution" recognizing Whipper's resignation: correspondence, press releases, photocopied newspaper articles and insurance booklets.

Dates: 1996
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 2: Political Career / 2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper / 2.4.18: Retirement from the House of Representatives

Edwina Harleston Whitlock papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

G. Theodore Wichmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0075
Abstract

Theodore Wichmann (1886-1966) founded the Charleston Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and taught music lessons in Charleston, South Carolina. This collection includes Wichmann's writings on Mozart, Bizet, Rossini, Beethoven, and Ambroise Thomas, printed programs, and business and personal correspondence for the Orchestra and Wichmann's school music lessons.

Dates: 1904-1966
Found in: Special Collections

Wilkinson and Keith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0111
Abstract

The Wilkinson and Keith family papers consist of correspondence and other documents among the Wilkinson, Keith, Siegling, Haskell, and Marshall families and their friends dating from 1785 to 1920. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1820 to 1890, a large portion of which chronicles Willis Keith's experiences as a Confederate soldier in 1862-1863.

Dates: 1785-1920; Majority of material found within 1820-1890
Found in: Special Collections

William James Whipper, 1987, and undated

 File — Box 172, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Whipper (1834-1907), an attorney, abolitionist, and South Carolina State Senator (1873), is Lucille Whipper's relative by marriage. Contains correspondence, Resolution (H.2567) and handwritten notes.

Dates: 1987, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 7: Stroud, Simmons, Edley, and Whipper Families / 7.2: Whipper Family / 7.2.2: Whipper Family Members
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