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Inventory of the Cohen and Mark Family Photographs, 1940-1994
Inventory of the Cohen and Mark Family Photographs, 1940-1994
Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | Collection consists of ten photographs of members of the Cohen and Mark families of Clio, South Carolina. Photographs primarily feature Abe Cohen, his daughter Cecile Cohen Waronker, and his wife Betty Mark Cohen. A small number of images also feature other members of the Cohen and Mark families. Included is a list of detailed captions numbered to correspond to a number on the back of each photograph. |
| Title: | Cohen and Mark family photographs |
| Creator: | Cohen family; Mark family |
| Date(s): | 1940-1994 |
| Extent: | 1 folder (10 photographs) |
| Repository: | 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 1034-105 |
| Language of Material: | Materials in English |
Biographical Note
Abe Cohen (1906-1969) was born to Sarah and Jonah Cohen in Lithuania. He was the youngest of six children, and about four years old when he immigrated to the United States with his family. As an adult, he moved to Clio, South Carolina, after three of his brothers settled in the nearby areas of Latta, South Carolina, and Gibson and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He married Betty Mark (b.1911) of Greenwood, South Carolina, in 1934 and the couple settled in Clio, South Carolina, where Abe owned and operated Cohen's Department Store. The couple had one child, Cecile Cohen Waronker (1935- ) who married William L. Waronker in 1958. Abe was a founder of the shul in nearby Dillon, South Carolina, which would eventually become the Ohav Shalom Congregation, renamed in 1939 by Rabbi Samuel R. Shillman. Abe later served as president during the years following the construction of the congregation's first synagogue in 1942. He also served as vice-mayor of Clio, South Carolina. After his death in 1969, his wife Betty continued to run the family's store in Clio until she moved to Atlanta in 1987.
Collection Overview
The collection consists of ten photographs of members of the Cohen and Mark families of Clio, South Carolina. Photographs primarily feature Abe Cohen, his daughter Cecile Cohen Waronker, and his wife Betty Mark Cohen. A small number of images also feature other members of the Cohen and Mark families. Included is a list of detailed captions numbered to correspond to a number on the back of each photograph.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder 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
- Cohen, Abe, 1906-1969
- Cohen, Betty Mark
- Waronker, Cecile, Cohen
- Cohen family
- Mark family
Subjects
- Jews--South Carolina--Clio
- Jewish businesspeople--South Carolina--Clio
Places
- Clio (S.C.)--Genealogy--Photographs
Types of Material
- Black-and-white photographs
- Color photographs
Inventory
Cohen and Mark family photographs, 1940-1961, 1994, undated
Includes photographs featuring Abe Cohen, Isidore Cohen, Betty Mark Cohen, Cecile Cohen Waronker, Sherry Waronker Marsh, Yetta and Louis Mark, William Mark with his wife Fannie Zalin, Rose Mark Soneshine, Fannie Mark Widelitz, and Anne Mark Pinsky. Also includes Louis Mark with his grandchildren, and the descendants of Yetta and Louis Mark pictured in 1994.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Cohen and Mark family photographs, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2012 by Cecile Cohen Waronker.
Processing Information
Processed by Amy Lazarus, September 2015.
Encoded by Amy Lazarus, October 2015.
Reviewed and uploaded by Joshua Minor, November 2015.
