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Inventory of the Rosenberg, Loeb, and Winstock Family Papers, 1880-2002
Inventory of the Rosenberg, Loeb, and Winstock Family Papers, 1880-2002
Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | Photographs, scrapbooks, financial papers, diplomas, certificates, and genealogical research of the Rosenberg, Loeb, and Winstock family. Materials focus primarily on the merchant Abraham Rosenberg and his descendants. Genealogical research includes articles and Evelyn Rosenberg Gross-Brien's biographical information and Ph.D. thesis written on her ancestor and namesake Eva Leah Visanska Winstock. Of note is a scrapbook containing a large number of letters between members of the Rosenberg family, spanning from the 1880s through 1960s. |
| Title: | Rosenberg, Loeb, and Winstock family papers |
| Creator: | Rosenberg family; Loeb family; Winstock family |
| Date(s): | 1880-2002 (bulk 1900-1965) |
| Extent: | 3.0 linear feet (2 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 flat box, and 4 oversize folders) |
| 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 1130 |
| Language of Material: | Materials in English and Hebrew |
Biographical Note
Moses Winstock (1818-1905) was born to Sarah Friedlander (b. 1790) and Mordechai Winstock (b. circa 1790) in Sulwalki, Poland. He married Eva Leah Visanska (1820-1891) in 1836. The couple had six children: Samuel Winstock (1838- 1880), Annie Winstock Visanka (1842-1888), Cecelia Winstock (1853-1906), Miriam Winstock (1858-1940), Rebecca Winstock Rosenberg (1860-1952), and Israel Winstock (1862-1893).
In 1842, Moses and Eva Winstock left Poland and Moses traveled to the United States, while Eva and the children remained in Liverpool, England, until he was settled. His wife and children joined him in 1847 in Charleston, South Carolina. After running a successful peddler's supply and fancy goods store on King Street in Charleston for a dozen years, the family left Charleston in 1860 in search of a drier climate and bought a 525-acre plantation west of Abbeville, South Carolina. At the outbreak of the Civil War, the family took refuge in Columbia, South Carolina. When Sherman's forces entered the city on February 17, 1865, however, both their home and the warehouse they rented to store their goods were burned to the ground. After the war the family returned to their plantation and lived there until 1875 when poor crops caused them to leave the farm and return to Charleston, where Moses again established a store on King Street.
In 1885, the couple's youngest daughter, Rebecca, married her first cousin Abraham Rosenberg (1859-1920). Abraham had emigrated from Poland in 1875 to help run a family store in Abbeville, South Carolina, established by his cousin Wolfe Rosenberg. In 1884, Abe opened his own clothing store in Greenwood, South Carolina, where he and Rebecca settled after their marriage. The store began as simply "A. Rosenberg," but in 1910 was renamed The Rosenberg Clothing & Shoe Company. Abraham and Rebecca Rosenberg had six children: Herbert Jerome Rosenberg (1886-1963), Sam Rosenberg (1887-1953), Marion Rosenberg (1889-1984), Ernest Rosenberg (1892-1978), Evelyn Rosenberg (1895-1996) and Helen Rosenberg (1898-1898).
The eldest son, Herbert Jerome Rosenberg, completed his medical internship at Grady Hospital in 1909 and went on to practice medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, for more than 50 years. He married Rosalie "Honey" Loeb (b.1890) in 1912 and the couple had three children: Herbert Rosenberg Jr. (1913-1991), Carol Marjorie Rosenberg Loeb (1917-2006), and Leman Rosenberg (1921-2008). Herbert served in World War I in Hospital no. 6 at Fort McPherson in Georgia, where he was promoted to major. Herbert's brother Marion married Rosalie's sister, Lillian "Jinksie" Loeb (1892-1968), in 1913. Rosalie and Lillian were the daughters of Marcus and Lena Loeb (known as "Pops" and "Momps"). After serving overseas in World War I, the couple's youngest son, Ernest Rosenberg, returned to Greenwood, South Carolina, in 1920 to run the family's clothing store with the help of his sister Evelyn. The store operated for more than a hundred years in Greenwood.
Both Herbert Rosenberg Jr. and Leman Rosenberg served in World War II, Herbert Jr. as a 2nd lieutenant in the Navy and Leman flying a P-47 Thunderbolt in the 10th fighter squadron of the Air Force.
Collection Overview
Collection consists primarily of photographs of the Rosenberg and Loeb families, with a smaller number of photographs of the Winstock family. The largest number of photographs document Herbert Jerome Rosenberg and his immediate family, including images of his service during World War I, with his wife Rosalie "Honey" Loeb Rosenberg and his three children, Herbert Rosenberg Jr., Carol Marjorie Rosenberg Loeb, and Leman Rosenberg. The collection also contains scrapbooks, financial papers, diplomas, certificates, and genealogical research. Genealogical materials include articles, Evelyn Rosenberg Gross-Brein's notes on biographical information and her Ph.D. thesis about Eva Leah Visanka Winstock, wife of Moses Winstock. Also included are a number of clippings on members of the Rosenberg family, their clothing store in Greenwood, South Carolina, and a book of poetry written by Rosalie "Honey" Loeb Rosenberg, featuring poems to or about family members. Of note is a scrapbook containing a large number of letters between members of the Rosenberg family spanning the decades from the 1880s through the early 1960s.
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
- Rosenberg, Abraham, 1859-1920
- Rosenberg, Herbert Jerome, 1886-1963
- Rosenberg, Herbert, 1913-1991
- Rosenberg, Leman, 1921-2008
- Rosenberg, Abraham, 1859-1920--Family
- Rosenberg family
- Loeb family
- Winstock family
Subjects
- Jewish merchants--South Carolina--Greenwood
- Jewish physicians--Georgia--Atlanta
- World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Jewish
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish
Places
- Greenwood (S.C.)
- Atlanta (Ga.)
- Fort McPherson (Ga.)
Types of Material
- Black-and-white photographs
- Color photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Financial records
- Diplomas
- Programs (documents)
- Certificates
- Genealogies (histories)
- Doctoral dissertations
- Clippings (information artifacts)
Related Resources
Related Material
Related materials in Special Collections include and oral history interview with George Visanska Rosenberg and Edith Cochran Rosenberg (Mss 1035-089) and the Winstock, Rosenberg, and Visanka family papers (Mss 1122).
Inventory
Photographs, circa 1880-1966, undated
Photographs feature several generations of the Rosenberg and Loeb families, and also include a smaller number of images of the Winstock family. The majority of photographs document Herbert Jerome Rosenberg and his immediate family, including his wife Rosalie "Honey" Leob Rosenberg, and children Herbert Rosenberg Jr., Carol Marjorie Rosenberg Loeb, and Leman Rosenberg. Of note are photographs of Herbert Sr. during his service in World War I, and his sons Herbert Jr. and Leman during their service in World War II.
Scrapbooks, 1886-1962
Contains handwritten notes and well wishes from friends, photographs, advertisements, programs, and birthday letters and cards.
Biographical materials, 1904-1961, undated
Diplomas belonging to Carol Marjorie Rosenberg Loeb, graduation programs for Carol's high school graduation, and Herman Jerome Rosenberg's graduation program from the University of Maryland. Also includes copies of a medical diploma for Israel Winstock granted in 1881 from the Medical College in Charleston, South Carolina.
Wills, photocopies of court briefs requesting repayment for goods appropriated during the Civil War, and correspondence and documents regarding stocks and estates.
Includes articles on Loeb and Co., the retirement of Herbert Jerome Rosenberg, Ernest Rosenberg, the Rosenberg's clothing store in Greenwood, South Carolina, medical treatments offered at Fort McPherson during WWI, and several marriage notices and obituaries.
Genealogy, 1995-2002, undated
Includes two copies of Rosalie's book of poetry. One is a bound handwritten manuscript; the second is a printed copy.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rosenberg, Loeb, and Winstock family papers, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2015 by William J. Loeb.
Processing Information
Processed by Amy Lazarus, October 2015.
Encoded by Amy Lazarus, November 2015.
Reviewed and uploaded by Joshua Minor, November 2015.
