Images
Albert Simons Papers, 1908-1977
Sketches of buildings and architectural features in Europe, Maryland, Turkey, Italy, Greece, France, South Carolina, and Spain, by Charleston architect Albert Simons. Also included are sketches during his military service in Europe during World War I. The images depict buildings of France, and soldiers and civilians of many nationalities.
Vera Nathans Semel Papers, 1830-1985
Vera Nathans Semel Papers consist of photographs of family members before and after World War II and Paerl family papers. Paerl papers contain birth certificates, a synagogue certificate, marriage certificates, a militia certificate, and a false identification card.
Pincus Kolender Papers, circa 1915-1996
The Pincus Kolender Papers consists of mostly black and white photographs of family members in Poland before World War II and in Germany after the war. Also included are photographs from Pincus' marriage to Renee in Charleston, South Carolina, a group of survivors taken in Tel Aviv, Israel in the 1960s, and photographs of Pincus returning to Auschwitz and his childhood home in Bochnia, Poland.
Martha Mondschein Bauer Papers, 1940-2001
The Martha Mondschein Bauer Papers consists of a collection of black and white family photos taken before the start of World War II. Also included in the collection is a 1946 memo from the United Jewish Communities of Yugoslavia confirming the death of Martha Mondschein Bauer's brother, Rene Mondschein, a telegram wired to Felix Bauer, 1940, and a letter from Martha Bauer to Eileen Chepenik concerning the unknown fate of her aunt and uncle, Risa and Rudolf Bauer, 2000.
Lawrence Layden Scrapbook, 1941-1945
The Lawrence Layden Scrapbook contains photographs and papers documenting his wartime service. Lawrence Layden was a Captain in the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group during World War II. Personal papers consist of induction papers, forms listing the date for reverting to inactive service, military security passes, promotion papers, transfer papers, letters of recommendation to attend Officer Candidate School, and identification cards. Photographs include scenes from Esler Field, Louisiana, training and the graduating class of the Officer Candidate School in England, newspaper clippings, pre and post D-day reconnaissance, popular sites around Europe taken on leave days, Buchenwald concentration camp, strategic maps, and general reconnaissance. Also included in the collection, a document titled "Mementoes of Days in Service" details Lawrence Layden's service in World War II from his induction in June 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor, until his formal discharge in December, 1945 as part of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group.
Joe Engel Papers, 1938-2006
The Joe Engel Papers collection is a composition of black and white photographs taken of the Engel family in their hometown of Zakroczym, Poland before the war and one month after liberation. Also in the collection are photographs of Joe Engel at the displaced persons camp of Zeilsheim and after his relocation to Charleston, South Carolina.
Harry Blas and Erika Stockfleth Blas Papers, circa 1910-circa 1980
The Harry Blas and Erika Stockfleth Blas Papers is a collection of black and white family photographs and a short personal narrative authored by Harry Blas. The photographs are primarily of family members, however, eight photos are listed as having 'unidentified' subjects. Also included is a short personal narrative by Harry Blas chronicling his young adulthood under German occupation in Lodz, Poland, his imprisonment in Auschwitz and eventual liberation, his search for missing family members in Europe after the war, his marriage to Erika in 1951 and their immigration to the United States in 1952.
Francine Ajzensztark Taylor Papers, circa 1913-1985
The Francine Ajzensztark Taylor Papers is an assembly of black and white photographs of the Ajzensztark and Taylor families and friends. Francine Ajzensztark resided in Paris France during the Second World War when she worked as a file clerk for American military forces at Orly Field air base. At Orly Field she met her husband, Harry Taylor, and moved to the United States.
Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins Photographs, 1938-1996
The Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins Photographs is a collection of, mostly black and white, family photographs. The most photographed subjects include Dientje Krant, Gabriel DeLeeuw, and Roosje Krant. The last few photographs are color photos from 1950, 1967, and 1996, the latter of the entire family on Dientje's parents 60th wedding anniversary in Charleston, South Carolina.
College of Charleston Stereoscope Views
The College of Charleston Stereoscope Views is comprised of black and white photographs of work on plantations in the states of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia. Scenes depicted of a rice raft carrying plantation hands, rice cultivation, cotton picking, and cottonseed oil production.
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