This letter to Eilleen Chepenik from Martha Bauer refers to the photos of her aunt and uncle, Mathilde and Adolf Mondschein, and the parents of her husband Felix, Risa and Rudolf Bauer, that were donated to the collection. In it she also mentions the death of Risa and Rudolf Bauer in Auschitwz, and the unknown fate of her aunt and uncle who "were like parents to me." She also mentions that her sister, Claire, was still alive and living in Atlanta.
This letter to Eilleen Chepenik from Martha Bauer refers to the photos of her aunt and uncle, Mathilde and Adolf Mondschein, and the parents of her husband Felix, Risa and Rudolf Bauer, that were donated to the collection. In it she also mentions the death of Risa and Rudolf Bauer in Auschitwz, and the unknown fate of her aunt and uncle who "were like parents to me." She also mentions that her sister, Claire, was still alive and living in Atlanta.
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).
Selection of concentration camps with their date of liberation, name of liberator and prisoner statistics taken from "U.S. News and World Report" April 3, 1995.
1993 photograph of house where Pincus lived before WWII and during his years in the ghetto. Because the house was located within the German-created map of the ghetto, Pincus did not have to move.
Newspaper clipping from the Columbia Record (Columbia, S.C.) on September 2, 1967, reporting the suicide of Ilse Koch, wife of the Buchenwald concentration camp commander, in a West German jail. Newspaper clipping from the State (Columbia, S.C.) on July 29, 1993, reporting on the ongoing legal plight of John Demjanjuk.
Photograph of Randolph Hall, Towell Library and the cistern yard showing the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo. Construction of Randolph Hall, the most recognizable building at the College, began in 1828 under the direction of architect William Strickland. Flanking wings and portico for the main building were designed by Edward Brickell White and erected circa 1850. In 1886 the wings were destroyed by the Charleston earthquake and rebuilt between 1888 to 1894 under the direction of Gabriel Manigault.
Carriage tour stopped in front of Porters Lodge, 66 George St. This gate house on the original main campus, designed by E.B. (Edward Brickell) White, was built in 1850 to house the school's porter or custodian.
Martindale-Bell House, 2 Green Way. Built circa 1817 by Charleston planter James Martindale on a lot purchased from the College of Charleston's Free School Lands. The house was auctioned to Sally Johnston, a "free person of color", in 1844 and remained in her descendant's hands until acquired by the College in 1972.
4 Green Way. Built circa 1817, restored 1972. Alternately used as a dormitory and faculty offices through the years, it is affectionately referred to as the "shack." It served as the first dormitory for women at the College in 1960.
Photograph of a student inside the Robert Scott Small Library, 175 Calhoun St. Dedicated in 1972, the library was one of the first academic buildings constructed during the major expansion of the 1970's. Wings were added in 1975.
Exterior of the Education Center, 25 St. Philip St. Built in 1980, the indented facade was meant to mimic the streetscape of the historic structures located nearby.
Photograph of the Theodore S. Stern Student Center, 71 George St. Finished in 1975, the Stern Center was named after Dr. Stern who, as president, ushered the College into the modern era by increasing enrollment and purchasing much of the property that makes up the College today.
Photograph of the Albert Simons Center for the Arts, 50 St. Philip St. Built in 1977, the center was named for Charleston architect and fine arts instructor Albert Simons, whose firm designed the building.