Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1897-1909. The entries in this volume concern all discussions regarding synagogue business, finances, memberships, the "Ottolengui Fund," the management of several real estate assets, the installation of electric lights in the synagogue, and the decision to discuss a reverend's conduct with him.
1900, 1901, 1850-1859, 1890-1899, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
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This German-language ledger book contains the records of marriages and deaths within the community of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church from 1840 to 1900, with a few additional entries for 1901. The book is divided into two sections. The front portion contains marriage records while the back portion contains death records.
1900, 1850-1859, 1890-1899, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
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This German-language ledger book contains the records of baptisms and confirmations within the community of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church from 1840 to 1900. The book is divided into two sections. The front portion contains baptismal records while the back portion contains confirmation records.
Three photographs on page. Top: Man stands by tree on the grounds of a plantation, likely in Georgetown; plantation structures or dwellings in background. Bottom left: Boy after hunting, holding his rifle in one hand and a dead bird in the other; plantation structures or dwellings in background. Bottom right: Boy seated on a mule in front a plantation dwelling.
Three photographs on page. Top: Slave cabins along an allée on the grounds of a plantation likely in Georgetown. Bottom left: View of the Georgetown Lighthouse and dwelling. Bottom right: Woman and two men standing on the boardwalk in front of the dwelling adjacent to the Georgetown Lighthouse.
Three photographs on page. Top left and top right: Rice cultivation scenes, likely at a Georgetown plantation. White man looks on at African-American field workers threshing rice. Winnowing house at right in both photos; mill building at left in the top right photo. Bottom: Three men relaxing under a tent.
Three photographs on page. Top: View across a river. Bottom left: View of All Saints Episcopal Church; gravestone in foreground. Bottom right: View of a rice canal; portion of a rice trunk in foreground.
Three photographs on page. Top: Man and woman in a horse and buggy. Bottom left: Two men and two women riding on a horse and buggy; woman in the backseat is likely Sabina Elliott Wells (artist, designer, Newcomb potter). Bottom right: Two women standing on a lawn with children and a mule-drawn cart in background; woman on left is likely Sabina Elliott Wells.
Three photographs on page. Top left: Allee on the grounds of plantation likely in Georgetown. Top right: Barn, carriages, and a mule on a Georgetown plantation. Bottom: Woman holding an infant in front of a dwelling on a Georgetown Plantation.
Three photographs on page. Top left: Four women and a man on a sand dune at an unidentified beach. Top right: Three men stand on the steamboat Emma A. Twiggs on the Pee Dee River. Bottom: View across the Pee Dee River.
Three photographs on page. Top left: View of bluff on a river, likely the Pee Dee River. Top right: Bluff and dwelling on Pee Dee River. Bottom: Boardwalk on unidentified beach.
Three photographs on page. Top left and bottom: View from the Cooper River of the piers and boats on the Charleston waterfront behind the U.S. Customhouse. The Customhouse can be seen in the background as well as Market Street buildings. Top right: Unidentified beach scene, possibly Isle of Palms.
Three photographs on page. Top left: Five African-American hucksters with baskets of goods balanced on their heads standing under a balcony; the dresses of the three women standing above them on the balcony are also in view. Top right: Men in a mule-drawn cart riding by farm buildings on a Georgetown plantation. Bottom: Group of people and a dog picnicking on the rocks by a river, possibly at Flat Rock, N.C.
Two photographs on page. Top: View of Screven Street in Georgetown, South Carolina. The Georgetown County Courthouse is at left. Bottom: Interior room of unidentified house, featuring china hutch and other furnishings.
Souvenir booklet for guests of the Charleston Hotel, produced after the hotel's renovation and when it was under the new management of Francis G. Cart and W. Irving Davids. Includes a description of the hotel and its remodeling, along with a brief history of Charleston and photographs of points of interest. [16] p., ill., 11x15 cm. (Note: The Charleston Hotel was located on the 200 block of the east side of Meeting Street. It was demolished in 1960.)
Policy (number 104465) from the "Germania Mutual Fire Insurance Co." for the organ, copper roof, and furniture/fixtures of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church for the amount of $4000.
Black and white portrait of woman, possibly Rosalie Harby, 4x6 inches. Back of portrait includes inscription reading, "To my dear Aunt Octavia, from her niece Rosalie."
Black and white portrait of Caroline Moses, 2x4 inches. Back of portrait includes inscription reading, "Mother from Carrie," and notes photographer as Bogardus of New York, NY.
1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, and 1910-1919
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Meeting minutes volume kept by the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1869-1915. The volume contains sporadic entries regarding all Society business, data on constitutions, finances, membership, aid given by the Society. The volume also includes resolutions on the deaths of members including that of Miss Sally Lopez, founder of the Society.
Diary kept by Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin entitled, "My Life's Tragi-Comedy." The diary is comprised of personal entries and correspondence bound together in order to create a chronological log of events during Jacob S. Raisin's life and Rabbinical career between the years of 1892-1905.
A scrapbook by Erastus W. Everson (1837-1897) documenting his time spent serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861- 1865); the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands during the American Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); as a librarian at the University of South Carolina and a newspaper editor.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the town of Moultrieville's city council (later the Town of Sullivan Island City Council). This volume covers topics such as the U.S. Government's land acquisition on Sullivan's Island, the institution of building codes and public health laws, the installation of electric lights on Sullivan's Island, and the state legislature's revocation of Moultrieville's town charter.
1850-1859, 1890-1899, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, and 1900-1910
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The South Mulberry Plantation Journal is a bound journal kept by Sandford William Barker containing farming records of South Mulberry Plantation and agricultural experiments carried out in Berkely County, South Carolina. Details within the journal include lists of crop acreage, experiments on wood from various trees by Dr. Julius Porcher, experiments with rice by Sandford Barker and lists of enslaved men, women and children containing their names, occupations, birth dates and death dates. The names of the slaves are listed as: Adam, Alsey, Amelia, Amy, Anna, April, August, Becks, Billy, Cain, Catto, Chance, Charlotte, Cloe, Delia, Dinah, Dorilla, Dover, Edward, Emma, Grace, Hannah, Harriet, Hector, Hercules, Isaac, Jackson, James, Juno, Kittan, Lucas, Lucy, Luddy, Maria, Marianne, Mary, Melinda, Nancy, Nippy, November, Palsey, Phoebe, Rachel, Ralph, Robin, Sabina, Sam, Samuel, Samy, Sarah, Saulsbery, Susan, Susannah, Susette, Tom and Venus.
The Susan M.L. Wales Journal (1887-1895) is a series of letters written by Wales to her sister, Annie Stratton, over the course of multiple journeys throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Northern Africa (1887-1888, 1891, 1893-1895). The letters describe the local sights and people, questions about goings-on at home, gossip about mutual acquaintances, and small drawings and watercolor paintings.
Black and white portrait of the "Moses Brothers." Listed left to right as Emile Phillips Moses, Henry Phillips Moses, Vivian Mordaunt Moses, and Herbert A. Moses, 4.5x6 inches.
Black-and-white Rosh Hashanah postcard of the exterior of the Schmalzhoftempel, also known as the Synagoge Schmalzhofgasse (Schmalzhofgasse Synagogue), in Vienna.
