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League of Allied Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1158
Abstract The League of Allied Arts (LAA) is an organization of Black women who celebrate and help to locally advance a plethora of elements of high culture. The organization was initially founded in Los Angeles, CA, in 1939, however, Edwina Whitlock created a new branch of the organization upon her relocation back to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1986. This collection highlights the documents from its foundation and earliest years, from 1986 to 1988. There are three series. Administrative includes...
Dates: 1983-1988; Majority of material found within 1986-1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0157
Abstract

Assorted records documenting the operations and activities of the League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area (LWVCA), a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government at the local, state, and national levels.

Dates: 1947-2023
Found in: Special Collections

Lecque family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1115
Abstract The Lecque family of Liberty Hill, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of farmers and brickmasons. The family was one of the founding families of the Liberty Hill community (in North Charleston), which was established by Freedmen circa 1864-1867 along the railroad tracks to Mixon Avenue and along Montague Avenue. In 1871, William Lecque along with three other African American men (Ismael Grant, Aaron Middleton, and Plenty Lecque) established the oldest church in...
Dates: 1941-1990, 1997
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Legare, Colcock & Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0058
Collection Overview

Inscribed "Morton W. Wilson" and "Legare Colcock & Co." inside front cover. Bound ledger containing the accounts of Legare Colcock & Company with various individuals (including Col. James Legare and W.F. Colcock), establishments, and plantations probably kept by Morton W. Wilson. Includes an index. Items listed in the accounts include cloth, clothing, food goods, furniture, household goods, seeds, bagging, nails, axes, tobacco, and other items.

Dates: 1857-1862
Found in: Special Collections

Bokara Legendre papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0229
Abstract

The papers of Bokara Legendre, a South Carolina-born socialite, writer, artist, performer, world traveler, and interviewer. The collection includes extensive diaries and photographs as well as other writings, biographical and family papers, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1927-2018; Majority of material found within 1955-2017
Found in: Special Collections

Patricia Williams Lessane papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1175
Abstract

The papers of Patricia Williams Lessane, Executive Director of Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture from 2010-2019.

Dates: 1976-2019
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-117
Collection Overview

The collection consists of 1 handwritten letter from "Alice" to "Adah" dated September 20, 1890. The letter describes Alice's visit with her family to the German city of Oberammergau to see the famous Passion Play staged there. The letter also describes Alice's visits to various churches in Cologne as well as briefly mentions stops in The Hague and Munich.

Dates: 1890 September 20
Found in: Special Collections

Letter from Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David de Sola Pool to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Toporek

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-043
Collection Overview

Letter; handwritten on letterhead: "The Rev. Dr. D. de Sola Pool/Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue/Shearith Israel/Founded 1654"; sent to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Toporek [Bernice] of Charleston, South Carolina; signed"David and Tamar de Sola Pool"; regarding a book the de Sola Pools sent the Toporeks; mention of a Kiddush cup the Toporeks gave the de Sola Pools and fond memories of a visit to Charleston, SC; best wishes sent to the Karesh family.

Dates: 1964
Found in: Special Collections

Letters from James Doar Lucas to Jane Larsen Lucas Thornhill

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss 0231
Abstract

Assorted personal letters from James Doar Lucas to his daughter, Jane Larsen Lucas Thornhill, including letters from when Lucas was stationed in Iran during World War II.

Dates: 1939-1945, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Levenson-Baruch family papers

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Identifier: Mss 1034-017
Collection Overview Contains photocopy of Theresa Baruch Weil's United Daughters of the Confederacy certificate (ca. 1910); photocopy of Frank and Ed Levenson's South Carolina business registration (1918); Sam Levenson's certificate (ca. 1943-1944) of completion for Enlisted Specialist Course for Veterinary Technicians, U.S. Army. Photographs include two prints, (b/w, 8" x 10") of Sam Levenson and fifteen other uniformed service men in front of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1944.; Includes...
Dates: 1910-1960s
Found in: Special Collections

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correspondence 258
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photographs 141
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Charleston (S.C.) 54
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 51
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 45
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 39
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston 24
South Carolina -- History 24
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black-and-white slides 23
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Charleston (S.C.) -- History 21
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South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 18
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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 16
Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 16
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obituaries 15
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Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Correspondence 14
poems 14
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 13
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 13
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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 13
awards 13
business records 13
maps (documents) 13
research notes 13
speeches (documents) 13
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 12
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 12
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 12
color slides 12
negatives (photographs) 12
sketches 12
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 11
Jewish families -- South Carolina 11
essays 11
lists (document genres) 11
poetry 11
school yearbooks 11
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 10
cabinet photographs 10
diplomas 10
drafts (documents) 10
magazines (periodicals) 10
organization files 10
personal correspondence 10
slides (photographs) 10
African American churches 9
African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 9
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 9
Holocaust survivors 9
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 9
books 9
daguerreotypes (photographs) 9
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Avery Normal Institute 48
College of Charleston 47
Deas, Alston, 1893-1985 29
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 17
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 17
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 17
Avery Research Center 16
College of Charleston. Library 16
United States. Army 13
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Moses family 9
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 8
Cohen family 8
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 8
Levy family 8
Alston family 7
DeCosta family 7
Harleston, Edwin Augustus, 1882-1931 7
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 7
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 7
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 6
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Charleston Naval Shipyard 6
Dachau (Concentration camp) 6
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 6
Moïse family 6
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 6
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Voorhees College 6
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 6
Weinberg family 6
African Methodist Episcopal Church 5
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 5
Allen University 5
Alliance for Full Acceptance 5
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 5
Bachman, John, 1790-1874 5
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Blamyer family 5
Blamyre family 5
Breibart, Solomon 5
Brown family 5
Brown, Millicent E. 5
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 5
Deas family 5
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 1950- 5
Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960 5
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Harby family 5
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 5
Links, Inc. Charleston Chapter 5
McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Medical University of South Carolina 5
Moïse, Penina 5
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 5
Raisin, Rachel M. 5
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 5
Rubens family 5
Solomon family 5
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 5
St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
United States. Navy 5
Waring, Elizabeth 5
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 5
American Missionary Association 4
Benedict College 4
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Carawan, Guy 4
Charleston County School District 4
Clyburn, James 4
Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) 4
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 4
Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 4
Edison, Robert 4
Finley family 4
Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941 4
Holmes, F. S. (Francis Simmons), 1815-1882 4
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Howard University 4
Hunt, Eugene C. 4
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 4
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 4
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 4
Lazar family 4
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899 4
Morris Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 4
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 4
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 4
Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Pogson family 4
Potts family 4
Potts, John F., Sr., 1908-1998 4
Rosenberg, Anita Moïse Rosefield 4
Rosengarten, Dale, 1948- 4
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