Letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin asking Rabbi Raisin to communicate the conditions of his community. The back of the letter includes a copy of Rabbi Raisin's response to the President.
Program for the KKBE Confirmation Exercises. The program relates the schedule of the event, and notes a reading of the Torah by Miss Rachel M. Raisin, daughter of Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin. Rabbi Raisin is noted to deliver the sermonette.
Invitation from Miss Mary Vardrine McBee for the Ashely Hall Commencement Ceremony. The invitation includes a card noting the name of the sender, and a program with a schedule of the events. The program notes prayer led by Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin.
Clipping from unnamed Charleston, SC. newspaper relating an article entitled, "Who is It?" The article features Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin and his work.
A group photo taken at WTMA Radio's station. The photo features General C. P. Summerall (front row, left) and Rabbi Raisin (back row, third from the left).
Photograph of the KKBE Synagogue taken by George W. Johnson in the mid-1920s. The back of the photograph includes a note stating the photo had been taken before the synagogue had air-conditioning.
A stereoscopic image of African American women holding baskets with wares on top of their heads and children carrying wares atop their head. The text at the bottom of the image identifies them as "street vendors."
Pencil sketches and occassional watercolors by Charleston-born architect William Martin Aiken. The sketches are primarily buildings and architectural elements from Charleston, Boston, Rhode Island, France, England, Switzerland.
Pencil sketches by Charleston-born architect William Martin Aiken. Primarily images of buildings and architectural elements in Boston, Charleston, Atlanta, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Montreal, and Quebec City.
This 1996 photograph was taken at Dientje's parents' 60th wedding anniversary, in Charleston, South Carolina. Pictured, back row, from left: Karol Kalisky (Dientje's son); Phillis Kalisky (Dientje's daughter); Roscoe Adkins (Dientje's second husband); Tanya Elzas (Dientje's niece); Jacob Elzas (Dientje's brother-in-law); Norman Delson (Dientje's son-in-law); Evaline Delson (née Kalisky, Dientje's daughter). Front row, from left: Betty Cohen (Dientje's mother's first maternal cousin); Dientje Kalisky; Evaline Krant (Dientje's mother); Phillip Krant (Dientje's father); Jacob Krant (Dientje's brother).
Program for the Charleston Kalushiner Society's 12th Annual Banquet held at the Jewish Community Center. The program includes a menu, and a schedule of the event, and officers of the Society. The program notes an address to be given by Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin.
Black and white portrait of Albert Moses Luria, 2x4 inches. Back of portrait includes inscription reading, "Mother from Albert." Lieutenant in Company I, 23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America and son of Major Raphael J. Moses. He changed his name from Albert Luria Moses to Albert Moses Luria.
A photo of Pearlstine posing with his hands folded on a table. Notes on the back indicate this photo was taken at Furchgott Studio in November of 1961.
A candid image of young Mary Pearlstine leaning on a railing. A note on the upper border reads "Chas. S.C." Notes on the back indicate the photo was taken on the "Volaski's porch" at the corner of Rutledge Avenue and Draghty Street.
A portrait of Mary Pearlstine as a young child. She's wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat and holding a coat. The logo indicates the portrait was taken at Clarke's Studio in Charleston, S.C.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin and his wife Jane L. Raisin. Possibly taken on the front porch of the Raisin family home on Wragg Square in Charleston, South Carolina.
Black and white portrait of Montgomery Moses standing, Note on bottom of the portrait added later reads, "Montgomery Moses. Great -great grandfather of Katherine and sisters," 4x5 inches.
