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Inventory of the Glenn Springs, South Carolina, Photographs, 1924-1927
Inventory of the Glenn Springs, South Carolina, Photographs, 1924-1927
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: | Black and white photographs of visitors to the Glenn Springs hotel and resort in Glenn Springs, South Carolina. Individuals pictured include Gittel and Jake Lerner, Rivka Goldberg, Ida and Morris Sokol, Irvin "Dunny" and Joseph Zalkin. |
Title: | Glenn Springs, South Carolina, photographs |
Date(s): | 1924-1927 |
Extent: | 1 folder (6 photographs) |
Repository: | Jewish Heritage Collection, Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Phone: (843) 953-8016 Fax: (843) 953-6319 URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu |
Call Number: | Mss 1034-087 |
Language of Material: | Materials in English |
Historical Note
Glenn Springs, South Carolina, was named for John B. Glenn who purchased the land in 1825 and constructed an inn for guests coming to drink from the nearby springs which were reputed to have healing powers. Because of the springs growing popularity, a hotel was built in 1840, replacing the original inn. Additional small cabins and a bottling facility, which shipped the spring water throughout the United States and parts of Europe, were erected around the hotel. The resort closed in 1941 after the main building was destroyed by a fire.
Jewish Charlestonians who frequented the resort were mainly recent immigrants, "uptown" Jews who had left Eastern Europe in the decades before and after World War I. They included a core group of Kalushiners-newcomers from Kaluszyn, Poland-who in 1911 helped found Beth Israel, also known as "The Little Shul."
Collection Overview
Black and white photographs of Jewish visitors to the Glenn Springs hotel and resort in Glenn Springs, South Carolina. Images include portraits of Gittel and Jake Lerner (1927); Rivka Leah Kirshstein Goldberg, Gittel and Jake Lerner, Ida and Morris Sokol (1927); Ida and Morris Sokol (1927); and Irvin "Dunny" and Joseph Zalkin (1927). Also included are two group portraits (1924, 1925).
Collection Arrangement
Materials are arranged and described at the item level.
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.Names
- Goldberg, Rivka Leah Kirshstein
- Lerner, Gittel
- Lerner, Jake
- Sokol, Ida
- Sokol, Morris
- Zalkin, Irvin
- Zalkin, Joseph
Subjects
- Health resorts--South Carolina--Glenn Springs
- Jews--Recreation--South Carolina
- Jews--Social life and customs--20th century
Places
- Glenn Springs (S.C.)
Types of Material
- Black-and white-photographs
Related Resources
Related Material
Related materials in Special Collections include Glenn Springs, So. Ca.: its location, discovery, history, personal sketches of its habitues, what it will cure, etc., 1888. Special Collections holds the papers of many of the identified individuals pictured in these photographs.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Glenn Springs, South Carolina, photographs, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2003 by Max and Jennie Garfinkel.
Processing Information
Processed by Joshua Minor, July 2011.
Encoded by Joshua Minor, September 2011.
Reviewed and uploaded by Martha McTear, November 2011.
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.