The Direleton Plantation Memorandum Book was kept by James Ritchie Sparkman beginning in the 1850s; changes in handwriting indicate additional authors and additional uses into the 1900s. The book contains slave records. Records includes slave births, slave deaths, purchases of slaves, sales of slaves, family seperation, measurements for clothing, distribution of blankets, and labor tasks. The book also contains lists of first and last names of agricultural workers after the American Civil War and figures, likely wages paid. There are account records kept for purposes of the Internal Revenue Services, Confederate taxes and bonds, personal and agricultural work purchases, and financial transactions with B.M. Grier, Eliza S. Heriot, Dr. R.S. Heriot, A.G. Heriot (with signed receipts), M.E. Heriot (with signed receipts), and G.A. Thorne. There are transactions with other plantations recorded including Cornhill Plantation, Northampton Plantation, and Birdfield Plantation. There is information on livestock, wines removed from the plantation, and rice sales.
Souvenir program for what appears to be a U.S. Navy event that occurred in Charleston during the Coolidge administration. Focuses on the U.S. Navy, with naval history and lists of ships and ship personnel, and historical information about the Charleston Navy Yard. Also provides Charleston history and information on various sites, including churches. Advertisements for local businesses, many of which are directed specifically to the Navy visitors, are interspersed throughout. [80] p., ill., 22 x 30 cm.
Guidebook to Charleston, containing a history of Charleston; descriptions of many points of interest; street guide; and map featuring ward boundaries and points of interest. Advertisements interspersed throughout. Published by Walker, Evans & Cogswell. 95 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.
This forty-eight page academic student paper handwritten by C.C. Tseng provides an overview of slavery in ancient times, the modern world, and the United States. He describes the establishment of slavery in the United States, conditions of the enslaved lives, control of slaves, sale of slaves, and political and economic effects of slavery.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1916-1928. The entries in this volume concern all discussions regarding synagogue business, finances, memberships. The minutes also discuss supporting troops during World War I, as well as correspondences and meetings with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and preparations for the 100th Anniversary of the Reform Judaism in America.
Photograph with inscription, "Mr. Benjamin Cox (Principal) standing at podium addressing weekly Chapel meeting. Mrs. Cox seated at extreme right. Miss Clyde (teacher) seated at left of Mr. Cox. Student body, faculty, principal B.F. Cox at podium in Avery Auditorium"
Photograph of group of three female Avery students posed in the grass outside of the Avery Institute. Two of the girls are identified as Gladys Jones and Annabele(?) Cox.
1920-1929, 1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1880-1889, and 1910-1919
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A photograph album maintained by Anna E. Alston containing 72 photographs, mostly of African American men, women, and children as well as occasional white subjects. Photographs were taken in Columbia (S.C.), Charleston (S.C.), Savannah (Ga.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Ann Arbor (Mi.), Providence (R.I.), Boston (Ma.), Montreal, and Jacksonville (Fl.).
In this four-page typed speech C.C. Tseng read to the Carolina Art Association in Charleston, South Carolina, he writes about Chinese landscape painting and its differences from Western art.
Four aerial views of Charleston looking across the peninsula. Top left: Looking northeast, possibly from City Hall. Landmarks include the rear dormitory apartments of the Confederate Home, St. Philip's Church, and the U.S. Customhouse. Top right: Looking north on Meeting Street, possibly from St. Michael’s Church, and showing the view west of Meeting Street. Vehicles, including a trolley car, can be seen on the street. Landmarks include the Timrod Hotel, Mills House Hotel, Fireproof Building, Circular Church, and Francis Marion Hotel (in the distance). Bottom left: Looking east on Calhoun Street, possibly from the Francis Marion Hotel, and showing the view east and west of Calhoun Street. Vehicles can be seen on the street. Landmarks include the Calhoun Monument in Marion Square, Citadel Square Baptist Church, and Emanuel A.M.E. Church. Bottom right: Looking north possibly from St. Michael’s Church. Landmarks include St. John's Lutheran Church, Unitarian Church, Grace Episcopal Church, and the Charleston Orphan House (in the distance at right).
Four photographs on the page. Top left: Tugboat and other ships in a floating dry dock in the Charleston Harbor (possibly Charleston Shipbuilding). Top right: View of the Charleston waterfront from the Ashley River. Some of the landmark buildings visible in the background include St. Matthew's Church, Francis Marion Hotel, St. John's Lutheran Church, Unitarian Church, St. Philip's Church, People's Building, St. Michael's Church, and West Point Rice Mill. Bottom left: View of the Charleston waterfront from the Cooper River. Some of the landmark buildings visible in the background include Fort Sumter Hotel, St. Michael's Church, St. Philip's Church, U.S. Customhouse, and several wharves. Bottom right: Two cars on the Ashley River Bridge, one heading east and one heading west. View of the Charleston waterfront in the background.
Four aerial views of Charleston looking across the peninsula. Top left: Looking northeast, possibly from St. Michael’s Church, showing Broad Street and the area to its north bounded by East Bay Street, and possibly Queen Street. Cars are parked along the street. Landmarks include the Confederate Home and its rear dormitory apartments, People's Building, Old Exchange Building, and the corner of Broad and Church Streets showing the Bank of South Carolina Building (50 Broad Street) before it was restored. A faint view of the U.S. Customhouse is at the far left. Top right: Looking southeast, possibly from the Francis Marion Hotel, with Meeting Street bisecting the view at a diagonal. Landmarks include the U.S. Customhouse, Charleston Hotel, People’s Building, and St. Philip’s Church. Bottom left: Looking south on King Street, possibly from the Francis Marion Hotel, showing King Street from approximately 360 King down to the bend near Market Street, and the view east of King Street. Vehicles can be seen on King Street. Landmarks include the Masonic Temple Building (270 King Street), the tower of the Peoples First National Bank Building (also known as the Hirsh Israel Building, 275 King Street), and the Hotel Calhoun (238-242 King Street). Bottom right: Looking southwest, possibly from St. Michael’s Church, toward James Island. Landmarks include the Fort Sumter House (1 King Street), Col. John Ashe House (32 South Battery), rear of First Scots Presbyterian Church (57 Meeting Street), Miles Brewton House (27 King Street), and the north elevation of the John E. Poyas House (69 Meeting Street).
Photograph of group of twelve Averyites posed outside of the school. Caption: "Holloway, Lee, Richards became medical doctors (Back row second from left, Charles Holloway; fourth from left Arthur Lee; bottom right, Freddie Richards)."
The meeting minutes of the City of Mullins City Council from 1913-1938. The contents include discussions of city planning and Public Works infrastructure including pavement, electrical, water, and sewage. Operations of the city government—including elections, business licenses, the establishment of city ordinances, taxation, legal action, and local police—are discussed as well.
1920-1929, 1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, and 1910-1919
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This German-language ledger book contains the records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths within the community of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church from 1870 to 1923. The book is divided into four sections. The first sections contains baptismal records, the second confirmation records, the third marriage records, and the fourth death records.
Pencil on paper, 28cm x 22cm. Front contains various drawings, descriptions, and measurements of architectural details surrounding an interior window on stairs. Back includes drawings, measurements, and descriptions of architectural details such as the cap of a pilaster.
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.
Pencil on paper, 35cm x 24.5cm. Front includes drawings and descriptions of architectural details including a Byzantine capital and ornamental molding form the Cloisters of Mondreale Cathedral in Palermo, Italy. Back contains additional drawings and descriptions of various architectural details including column caps, iron fences, ceiling structures, and details of a courtyard in Tunis, Tunisia.
Pencil on paper, 18cm x 12.5cm. Drawing, descriptions, and measurements of the front door panel molding and outside window casing of the Chase House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Pencil on paper, 21cm x 27.5cm. Front depicts an architectural drawing, measurements, and descriptions of the kitchen building in the garden at 43 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Back includes various drawings and descriptions of architectural details.
Pencil on paper, 26.5cm x 21.5cm. The front includes drawings and descriptions of a white and gold empire ceiling in Ville Petraia, Castello, Italy. Back contains drawings and descriptions of various swags in relief.
Pencil on paper, 28cm x 22cm. Front contains drawings, measurements, and descriptions of various architectural details of the Sheppard House at 59 Smith Street. Back includes drawings, measurements, plan of a lower step, and descriptions of a doorway and staircase.
