A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1917. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Tristram T. Hyde, followed by reports from various departments.
The Transactions of the Huguenot Society No.23 contains published articles on genealogy and history, memorials, and annual reports from its officers for the years 1917-1918.
The minutes cover all the special and regular meetings of the organization. Members attending are listed and there are various lists throughout the volume, detailing the approximately 100 or so men and women who belonged. Topics were discussed, at first, in both Yiddish and English. Dues were collected and there are frequent mentions of the need to raise more funds for specific causes, and the need to energize the populations of Charleston and South Carolina for Zionism.
The College of Charleston Magazine is a monthly publication released by the College of Charleston's Chrestomathic Society during the academic year. This volume is comprised of the bound together publications from the months of November 1917-April 1918, including the Annual Number and excluding the month of May.
Letter from Dr. Jacob S. Raisin to Jane Lazarus, his soon to be wife, expressing his apologies for being away, professing his love for her, and stating he will be seeing her as soon as possible. Raisin describes his thoughts that marriage should be treated just as sacred for the man as it is for the woman.
A one-page typed copy of the "Rules of Bureau of Health Regarding the Removal of Weeds and Grass from Premises," passed by the Board of Health and with a handwritten note at the bottom of the page.
Page 240 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows "The Property of Riverside Park Inc. and Peerless Securities Co." The streets shown include Rutledge Avenue, Sans Souci Street, Hester Street, and Ashley Avenue.
Page 242 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows lots located on and near King Street, between Cypress Street and Romney Street. It also features a stretch of railroad track.
Sheet music for "Peace, O star of hope," words and music by Rose E. Slesnick, published Oil City, Pennsylvania: R. E. Slesnick. On cover: For the benefit of the Hebrew war sufferers.
