A typed two-page document of meeting minutes with reports from the Sullivan's Island Improvement Society requesting, discussion of the seriousness of anonymous complaints, a vote to lower the license fee for the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company. The minutes conclude with a discussion about citizens grass not being cut and the penalty for ignoring the town clerk's notification to cut the grass leading to a warrant for arrest.
The 1880-1930 Year Book Index for the City of Charleston is an alphabetical list of subject and name entries pointing to the individual City of Charleston Year Books published between 1880 and 1930. The bound volume includes two separate indexes. The first is a published 1880 to 1901 index compiled by George H. Holmes of the Charleston Bar Association and printed locally by Lucas-Richardson Lithograph and Printing Company. The 1900 to 1930 index was compiled by Joseph C. Barbot, Clerk of Council. The Barbot index was never published and appears in typewritten manuscript form with handwritten corrections and editions.
Postcard with a reproduction of Marc Chagall's 1931 oil painting Interior of a Synagogue in Safed, which depicts the interior of the Ari Sephardi Synagogue in Safed. The original painting is held by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
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 December 1931-May 1932.
A pamphlet containing the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Adjustment Under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Charleston; the 1921 Act of the General Assembly of South Carolina Providing for a Zoning Ordinance; and the 1931 Zoning Ordinance of the City of Charleston.
A typed two-page document of meeting minutes with reports on finances and correspondence with the U. S. Engineers and the State of South Carolina Highway Department. There was a vote to postpone roadwork, licensing fee charges, and the reelection of H. C. Bowman as town clerk. There was also discussion and a report on the Board's visit to a citizen's lot to clarify that no dwelling could be built without permits. The minutes conclude with the Board instructing the clerk to write an article about the fire hazard related to overgrown grass and shrubbery.
A typed document of meeting minutes with reports on finances, lighting, and streets read. The town clerk was instructed to write to the State Highway Department regarding delays of road improvements and send notices to citizens who needed to cut their grass "on account of the fire hazard and dry weather."
A typed document of meeting minutes with a financial report read, bills ordered paid, and mention of "servants quarters" built on a citizen's lot. The Board also voted to allow Black laborers on the Island, referred to as "colored help," take a half day of on Saturday if they make up the hours during the week.
A typed document of meeting minutes of a special meeting called to discuss a judgement against Sullivan's Island "on the books of the treasury" and their plan to pay it.
Photograph (1931?) taken in Krappitz, So. Germany. Left to right: Erika Stockfleth, her maternal great grandmother, Edelheit (Heidi) Stockfleth on lap (sister).
Photograph taken in 1931 in Krappitz, So. Germany. Left to right: Erika Stockfleth, her maternal great grandmother, Edelheit (Heidi) Stockfleth (sister).
The Huguenot Society of South Carolina's Transactions include articles about the organization's financial records, member memorials, and Huguenot genealogy and history.
Unpublished partial manuscript copy entitled, "Jewish Affirmations," written by Jacob S. Raisin. This manuscript covers Raisin's thoughts on various aspects of Judaism and Jewish peoples.
Photograph of five female Avery students dressed in white dresses posed outside, possibly taken on their graduation day. Caption: "L + Right; 1. Erin Hare; 2. Louise Hunt; 3. Ester Simmons; 4. Edith Less; 5. Ester Boags"
Photograph of three members of the Avery Institute's men's basketball team stand outside in uniform. Caption: "L. to R., Oliver Hasell, L. Howard Bennett, Daniel Wright."
Four-pages of program for Avery's commencement exercises for the class of 1931. Program includes a class roll, distinguishing between "college preparatory" and "teacher training" students, and a list of commencement speeches. Title page is missing
The City of Charleston's 1931 city planning report by Morris Knowles, Inc. The report contains demographic information regarding school districts, playgrounds, and parks with recommendations for school redistricting and locations for new parks and playgrounds. School and park information is racially divided between white and African American sections. The report also includes suggestions for a thoroughfare and other street changes.
Linen map showing distribution of schools in Charleston from Murray Boulevard to the northern limits of the city at Mount Pleasant Road. Map shows school district lines, developed and undeveloped school properties and racial population disbursement indicated by white circles for white residents and black circles for black residents. Map is found on page 11 of the Report of the City Planning and Zoning Commission. Map measures 41.25" by 59".
Portrait photograph of Edda (Mussolini) Ciano. Taken in Shanghai, China while her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, was serving as Italian Consul. Photograph signed by Edda (Mussolini) Ciano), “To Mario Pansa. Edda Ciano Mussolini. Shanghai 27-10-31 18.”
Portrait photograph of Galeazzo Ciano. Taken in Shanghai, China while serving as Italian Consul. Photograph signed by Galeazzo Ciano, “To Mario, Compliments. Galeazzo Ciano. Shanghai, 1931 IX.”
