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Charleston (S.C.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Bass Jacobs papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1010
Abstract Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, memoirs, recordings, and other papers of Ruth Bass Jacobs. Materials relate to Jacobs's family history and involvement in Charleston's Jewish community, particularly Brith Sholom Beth Israel and the Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Included are biographical papers and documents regarding the Bass and Jacobs families as well as newspaper clippings on topics of interest. The collection also consists of audio and video recordings of...
Dates: 1882-2011
Found in: Special Collections

Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972

 Person

Jervey, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehon), 1859-1947

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1859-08-19 - 1947-01-24

John Tecklenburg (Charleston Mayor), 2015

 File — Box 182, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Also contains various national politicians, listed alphabetically.

Dates: 2015
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 11: Various Documents and Ephemera / 11.2: People Subject File / 11.2.1: South Carolina Legislators and Elected Officials

Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1948-10-17 - 2007-09-16

Joseph P. Riley, Jr. (Charleston, South Carolina Mayor), 1983, 2013-2015

 File — Box 182, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains Whipper's speech transcript, "A Tribute to the Honorable Joseph P. Riley," 17 April 2013; and Post and Courier special insert, "Mayor Joe Riley," 13 December 2015.

Dates: 1983, 2013-2015
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 11: Various Documents and Ephemera / 11.2: People Subject File / 11.2.1: South Carolina Legislators and Elected Officials

Karesh family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-088
Abstract

Black and white photographs of Alex Karesh, Leslie Karesh, and Stanley H. Karesh of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1939, 1944
Found in: Special Collections

Linda G. Ketner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0216
Abstract The collection consists of the papers of Linda G. Ketner, philanthropist, political candidate, and activist for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights. The papers include reference and operating files and audiovisual and born-digital materials relating to Ketner’s 2008 campaign for South Carolina Congressional District 1. There are also working files and planning materials and audiovisual and born-digital materials relating to Ketner’s volunteer work with nonprofit...
Dates: 1988-2017
Found in: Special Collections

Pincus Kolender papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-014
Abstract

The collection consists of images and transcripts of a speech and oral history interview of Pincus Kolender, a Jewish native of Bochnia, Poland, who survived imprisonment in multiple concentration camps during World War II, including Szebnie, Birkenau, Buna, and Dora. Images include pre- and post-war photographs of Kolender and his family, as well as those of his wife Renee Fox (formerly Fuchs) Kolender.

Dates: circa 1915-1996
Found in: Special Collections

Vincent P. Lannie collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0077
Abstract Materials collected by Vincent P. Lannie relate to writer Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle, Allston and Vanderhost family members and their enslaved people, Confederate imprints, a broadside advertisement for a rice planting device, Civil War ships USS Monitor and Keokuk, a Revolutionary era parole, and a letter of John Rutledge. Also includes letters to George N. Shuster, former president of Hunter College and editor of...
Dates: 1733-1974
Found in: Special Collections
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