Box Special Collections Oversize Box 1

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of materials relating to Charlotte A. Myers, her adopted daughter Caroline Griswold, and Caroline Griswold’s nieces and nephews from the Hartley family. Materials relating to Myers contain correspondence and a newspaper clipping about her divorce from Rufus Wilmot Griswold, including letters from her lawyers Samuel Sherman and David Paul Brown, and letters to her husband’s former brother-in-law Hamilton Randolph Searles. There is also a daguerreotype portrait of...

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Clippings from Southern Field & Fireside of fiction stories by Carrie, a pseudonym of Caroline Griswold.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of materials relating to Charlotte A. Myers, her adopted daughter Caroline Griswold, and Caroline Griswold’s nieces and nephews from the Hartley family. Materials relating to Myers contain correspondence and a newspaper clipping about her divorce from Rufus Wilmot Griswold, including letters from her lawyers Samuel Sherman and David Paul Brown, and letters to her husband’s former brother-in-law Hamilton Randolph Searles. There is also a daguerreotype portrait of...

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A pencil original score showing melody lines with three verses and a chorus. Alma Mater for the College of Charleston written by Edward McCrady, Jr. (Class of 1927). A musical score with three verses and a chorus handwritten in pencil. Possibly written in response to a contest posted in "The College of Charleston Magazine" (Dec. 1934) sponsored by the Cliosophic Literary Society at the College of Charleston.

Collection Overview From the Collection: This collection consists of correspondence, memoirs, literary manuscripts, photographs, genealogical charts, clippings, and other materials relating to the early Middleton, Parker, Robertson, Hazelhurst, Whaley, and Smith families of Charleston, South Carolina, as well as information about their historic homes and activities. Materials were compiled primarily by Elizabeth Middleton Parker. Notably, the collection contains assorted research materials and manuscripts related to ...

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A first communion certificate for Emily Mary Joseph England in the Cathedral of St. Finbar, dated April 22nd, 1849. Two Bible verses (Deut. XXXII and Revelations ii, 10) are printed on the certificate; it is unsigned by the pastor. The certificate is a mass-produced form from either Baltimore, Philadelphia, or Pittsburgh. The original certificate has been pasted on to more durable paper for preservation purposes.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of research materials, correspondence, photographs, organization files, clippings, and other materials relating to Stanley B. Farbstein and his involvement with the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina. The research materials reflect a comprehensive project documenting Jewish cemeteries throughout the state and include surveys, notes, photographs, drafts, and related documentation. Organization files relate to meetings, programs, and events of the Jewish...