Box#/Folder#

I.

Tobias Family Papers

1.

Genealogy papers (Compiled narratives and charts)

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2.

Genealogy papers (Charts, notes, correspondence)

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3.

Genealogy papers (Genealogical correspondence)

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4.

Genealogy papers (Family history notes of T.J. Tobias)

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5.

Genealogy papers (Family history notes of T. J. Tobias); with photos of Thomas and Rowena Tobias

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6.

Abraham Tobias (1793-1856) Notes and research on.

1/6

7.

Abraham Tobias (1793-1856) papers.

1/7

Bonds, financial papers, letter to his widow, and receipt for 138 Wentworth Street house. Oversize mortgage

JHC Flat File

8.

Abraham Tobias & son Joseph Lopez Tobias (1825-93).

1/8

6 bills of sale (1836-1857) of slaves from various owners

Originals laminated; photo, negative and photostats

9.

Emily Tobias Minis (1825-1914) papers

1/9

Pass of E Minis and Rosalie Cohen (1865); oath of allegiance of Minis. Originals and copies

10

Joseph (1684-1761) & Masoad (d.1798) Tobias. Research notes

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Joseph Tobias I (1684-1761) research notes by TJ Tobias

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Joseph Tobias II (1745-1805) research notes by TJ Tobias

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Joseph Tobias III (1764-1810) research notes by TJ Tobias

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14

David D’Olivera Tobias (1804-1874) research notes

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Isaac Tobias (1796-1850) research notes by TJ Tobias

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Joseph Lopez Tobias (1825-1893) research notes

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Joseph Lopez Tobias (1825-93) & family. Blue Ridge RR

2/8

Co. stock (1857); state SC bond (1861); letters to A. Tobias & Sons. Resolution re death JL Tobias from Charleston Board of Health, material re Mrs. JL (Rosa Hays Mordecai) and daughter Isabel Tobias

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Thomas J. Tobias Sr. (1868-1937) papers

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19

Hortense Alexander Tobias (1878-1960) papers

2/10

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Thomas J. Tobias (1906-1970) genealogy, biography & oversize genealogical chart marking his descent

2/11 JHC Flat File

21

Thomas J. Tobias (1906-1970) Affiliations. Photos & clippings re Tobias' role in various organizations

2/12

22

Thomas J. Tobias (1906-1970) Speeches

2/13

23

Thomas J. Tobias (1906-70) Genealogical correspondence

2/14

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Thomas J. Tobias (1906-70) Family, genealogical corresp.

2/15

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Thomas J. Tobias (1906-70) St. Charles Magazine corr.

2/16

II

Family Bibles

1

Pages from Leah Tobias bible. Photos and copies

3/1

2

Tobias Family Bible; with genealogical entries from 1700s to 1900s.

3/2

3

Pages from Lyons (Mordecai) family bible.

3A/1

4

Pages from Lazarus family bible. Original, copies

3A/2

5

Alexander family bible; with family history notations

3A/3

6

Sallie N. Solomons Prayer book with family notations

4/1

7

Adelaide Tobias family bible (1854) with notations

4/2

8.

Mordecai (de Lyons) family bible with notations

14/1Oversize

III

Mordecai Family Papers

1.

Moses Cohen (1747-1790) research notes by TJ Tobias

5/1

2.

M.C. Mordecai (1804-88) family. Genealogical corr, notes

5/2

3.

M.C. Mordecai (1804-88) papers (1840 –1888).

5/3

Note (1840) re his militia status, papers re ownership with John Fraser & Co. of blockade runner Isabel; letter (nd) re claims against Spain and letter of Mayor William A. Courtenay re M.C. Mordecai’s death.

4.

M.C. Mordecai (1804-88) bonds (1838-58) from debtors

5/4

5.

M.C. Mordecai letters (1865-67) to Edgar M. Lazarus.

5/5

Letters of Mordecai in Baltimore to son-in-law Lazarus in Charleston re relocating to Baltimore, caring for Mordecai property in Chas; Lazarus’s appointment as US appraiser, politics, etc. With letters I. J. Randolph Mordecai, with early mention of beginnings of phosphate industry.

6.

M.C. Mordecai and Edgar M. Lazarus (1836-84) papers.

5/6

Power of attorney papers (1865) of Mordecai to Lazarus re property in Charleston; with information re repairs to 69 Meeting Street and other properties. Oversize plat (1850) of buildings SW corner King and Liberty Streets

Oversize in

JHC Flat File

6A

M.C. Mordecai letter press book (1885-1887) Details business dealings of MC Mordecai and correspondents re stocks, bonds, some household affairs and business of importing coffee from Brazil.

5/6A

7.

Rosa Mordecai (1832-1897) papers (1837- nd).

Poetic tributes from an aunt, D. Moses, and others; letter partially in Spanish; letter from grandson’s fiancée.

5/7

8.

I. D. Mordecai . 20 shares Bank of Columbia. 1865

5/8

9.

Isabel Lyons Mordecai (1804-95). Commonplace book

5/9

(1855-57) contains transcribed copies of newspaper verse, etc. with many poems to "Toshy," her daughter Hortensia (b. 1830), who later used the book. With mention (1858) of travel with actress Charlotte Cushman (1816-76)

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Hortensia Mordecai (b. 1830) Travel Diary (1859)

5A/10

Nearly daily journal of travel through Nice, Monaco, Genoa, Leghorn (where she saw a carnival), Rome (where she visited Harriet Hosmer and other sculptors’ studios), Pompeii and Herculaneum (Mt. Vesuvius erupted), Florence, Mantua, Milan, Venice, Trieste (glimpsing Emperor Franz Joseph III), Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin and Paris, where the family stayed. In Paris, she mentions Ransom Calhoun & Mr. Preston, Mr. Ogier, Dr. Horlbeck & family, "Miss Lewis, the poetess," Boston Editor Bigelow, and Senator Charles Sumner, with an allusion to his caning by Preston Brooks; with visit to a synagogue. Frequent references to beggars, family members, and detailed descriptions of artwork seen and liked.

11

David Henry Mordecai (1833-1859) Travel Diary (1849)

5A/11

Diary of trip down east coast to Florida Keys, description of town, wreckers, drunkenness of Key West; description of Havana, and Mantanzas, Cuba. Also has notes on school subjects, reflections on various topics, notation of "Jews – the persecuted race," slavery in SC, pressed botanic specimens, details of weather first quarter of 1850, maps and drawings.

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David Henry Mordecai (1833-59) travel diary (1850)

5A/12

Fragments and narratives describing cities visited, often with notations re principal industries, amusements, transportation, etc. Cities visited include Paris, Ghent, Frankfurt, London, Liverpool, Sheffield, & Birmingham.

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David Henry Mordecai (1833-59) Diary (1856-57)

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Record of illnesses and schooling, mostly in Heidelberg, Germany, with some notations at Ems. With sporadic notations of weather, and mentions of South Carolinians Albert Rhett, William, John & Alfred Preston, Charles Boyd, Hammond, Legare, D.C. Seixas & others. References to museums, artwork and plays seen. Mentions of health and cures, the need for an operation (p. 73); stupidity of peasants vs. slaves (18); lynching (21), political situation in Kansas (30); doomed nature of American slavery (31); inevitability of Civil War (31-2); state support of SC College (56-57); women who "paint" their faces (111). With constant references to family, and some financial jottings. Some entries in German.

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David Henry Mordecai (1833-59) travel diary (1857-58)

5A/14

Details of trip through Turin, Milan, Venice, Vienna, Heidelberg, etc with frequent references to artists and specific works seen in Museums. A flare up of consumption triggers change of plans; before embarking for Egypt, he mentions various Charleston friends including Rhetts, Middletons, Prestons and Hamptons, trips to the opera and a life-changing event not described. With botanic specimens and notations in rear of book.

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 Frances (Fanny) Mordecai (1789-1843).  Orphan House petition for admission and correspondence about her eye disease.

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David Henry Mordecai (1833-59). Travel Diary (1858)

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David Henry Mordecai (1833-59). Travel Diary (1858)

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Journal describes sightseeing in Egypt, the pyramids, circumcision ceremony, visiting the DeLeon family, etc. In Constantinople, he mentions women glimpsed in harem, & St. Sophia. He continues on to Athens, takes Turkish baths, goes to Pompeii, Capri, Paestum, Salerno, and Rome, visiting the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, etc. With worsening tuberculosis, he returns to Heidelberg and the diary abruptly ends. Some entries in German.

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David Henry Mordecai (1833-59). Letters (1856-58)

6/3

Letters to his mother and sisters re schooling in Heidelberg, sightseeing in Germany and Italy. With 1859 letter from C. W. Boyd after Mordecai’s death

18

Thomas Mordecai. Mortgage (1838) to Charles Miller

JHC Flat File

19

Mordecai Family. Letters, invitations, legal papers, etc.

6/4

IV

Lazarus Family Papers

1.

Edgar M. Lazarus (1836-1884) travel diary (1859)

6/5

Details of travel from Charleston, SC to Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York, Bremen, Munich, Nuremberg, Heidelberg, Milan and other cities. With detailed descriptions of city sights, populations, manners, social customs. In US, he mentions many other Jewish families, such as Pembers, Tobiases, Hendrickses, etc. With a letter of introduction from "Jeff Davis," Lazarus went to Heidelberg to study; descriptions of lectures, a High Holy Day Service, the situation of Jews; 100^th anniversary celebration birth of Schiller, sexual mores of Heidelberg, and many other topics. Indexed by the diarist.

2.

Edgar M. Lazarus (1836-1884) CSA era papers of Lazarus

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in Palmetto Guards, Siege Train, and Company B., Manigualt’s Battalion. Medical discharge papers for myopia, with signatures of J. Dickson Bruns, Eli Geddings, and Robert Lebby. Clothing (oversize), mustering out documents, manuscript copy of General Order 18, General Joseph Johnston. Oaths of Allegiance of R. and E. M. Lazarus, with photo & negative of latter document; petition for pardon and official correspondence from William Seward granting pardon

Oversize in JHC Flat File

3.

Edgar M. Lazarus (1836-1884) CSA era papers.

6/7

Photocopies of materials in folder 6/6

4.

Edgar M. Lazarus (1836-1884) Ketuba (19 October 1864)

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Marriage document Lazarus & Minnie Mordecai (b 1839)

5.

Edgar M. Lazarus (1836-1884)

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Letter (1864) from unknown writer in CSA Nitre and Mining Bureau re torpedo boat; and from Henry S. Samuel (1867), parnass, Liverpool synagogue re political situation in US after the Civil War.

6.

Edgar M. Lazarus. US Appraiser Papers. (1865-70)

6/10

President Andrew Johnson’s appointment of Lazarus to Appraiser, Customs House, Charleston (oversize), and related correspondence. Papers re Lazarus’ inability to serve due to CSA service and petition of Charleston merchants favoring Lazarus. With papers re resignation (1866) attempts at getting paid.

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Oversize

JHC Flat File

7.

Edgar M. Lazarus. Letters (1866-67)from John C. Faber

6/11

Letters from Faber, Heidelberg, re attempts to return trunks to Lazarus; with portions in German, from another writer. Requests for Confederate currency & stamps

8.

Edgar M. Lazarus. Letters (1865-66) of various writers

6/12

Letters to Lazarus from Eli Geddings (1866), B.D. Lazarus re estate Joshua Lazarus, A. J. Moses & others

9.

Edgar M. Lazarus. Cheraw Land Papers (1865-67)

6/13

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Edgar M. Lazarus. EMLazarus Co advertising sign (1880)

6/14

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Lazarus Family. Lazarus-Hall family clippings, photo

6/15

12

Lazarus Family. Misc family correspondence (1893-1956)

6/16

13

Joshua Lazarus. (1796-1861). Copies of discharge papers

6/17

(1830) from militia and marriage settlement papers (1835) of Lazarus and Phoebe Yates. With typed transcripts & oversize originals.

Oversize in

JHC Flat Files

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Joshua Lazarus (1796-1861).

6/18

Military commission papers (1825), photos of letters of introduction by Daniel Webster (1851), and Jefferson Davis (1859); mortgage (1848) of property, Queen St., Chas, Resolution (1861) of KK Beth Elohim on his death; lists (1865, 1866) of furnishings and plate.

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Joshua Lazarus (1796-1861)

6/19

Printed memo (nd) of R. Douglass & Co. to City Chas re street railways; petition (1859) of incorporation of Charleston Railway Co.; letters (1855) re city railways of Brooklyn, NY; & oversize tracings(1855) of design of Philadelphia street railways for C. H. Stevens.

Oversize in

JHC Flat Files

16

Lazarus Family History and Genealogy (19^th & 20^th cent.)

6/20

17

Phoebe Yates Lazarus (1794-1870) Commonplace book

6/21

Transcriptions of favorite poems, etc. by P Yates and tributes by others, ca. 1826 in Liverpool, England

18

Yates Family History, miscellany. (19^th & 20^th centuries)

6/22

V

Papers on/of individuals. Family/research of TJ Tobias

1.

Jacob Aarons (fl. 1780s). Research of TJ Tobias

7/1

2.

Abraham Alexander, Jr. (1771-1844) Copies of documents

7/2

3.

Joseph A. Alexander (1837-1894) & Sarah N. Solomons (1854-1933) Ketubah, English & Hebrew (c. 1875)

7/3

4.

Joseph A. Alexander (1837- 94) & family. Genealogical correspondence & copies of Civil War era papers

7/4

5.

Abraham Azuby (1738-1805) Notes by TJ Tobias

7/5

6.

Judah (1811-84) and father Philip Benjamin. Copies of KKBE membership; magazine articles

7/6

7.

John (d 1823) and Joshua (fl 1810) Canter. Research notes

7/7

8.

Cohen family members. A.D. Cohen military paper (1864); copy, Isaac Cohen & Co. document (1814); copy, news article (1861) re David Cohen (1832-1890) anti-Semitic incident; Mordecai Cohen (1763-1848) notes. 3 letters (1864) of Marx E. Cohen regarding his slave who died in CSA service; and his request for remuneration.

7/8

9.

Jacob R. Cohen (1738-1811). Research notes, TJ Tobias

7/9

10

Philip M. Cohen (1808-1879). Research notes, TJ Tobias

7/10

11

Sidney J. Cohen (1890-1915). Papers and photograph .

Literary sketch by Cohen, papers re his shooting death, as reporter covering political riot; correspondence (1960s) with family & Albert Simons re tribute to him. Photo.

7/11

12

Isaac Da Costa (1721-1783). Research notes, Malcolm Stern & other letters. Translations of Portuguese letters

7/12

13

Joseph (1789-1845) & father Emanuel de la Motta. Notes

7/13

14

DeLeon family members David C. (1816-72); Edwin (1828-91) & Thomas C. (1839-1914). Research notes

7/14

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Abraham DeLyon (fl 1730s). Research notes.

7/15

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Isaac DeLyon (b. 1739). Research notes.

7/16

17

Henry J. Harby (1791-1851); will & estate papers

7/17

18

Harby family data including Levi (1793-1870); Isaac

(1788-1828) & Octavia H. Moses (1823-1904) Notes

7/18

19

Hart family members. Research, clippings.

7/19

20

Handel Moses Hart (1780-1840) Research of TJ Tobias

7/20

21

Rosina Hendricks (Mrs. R.A.) Levy (fl 1840-60) Common place book (begun 1848, Hamburg, SC) Poems and notes by Levy and poetic tributes, with botanical water colors.

7/21

22

Henry F. Lewith (1876-1926). Papers re Lewith, founder of "Be Kind to Animal Week," 1913. Tombstone photo

7/22

23

Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955). Correspondence (1960s) re possible publishing of his "Books We Have Made"

7/23

24

Moses Lindo (fl 1750-70). Research of TJ Tobias

7/24

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Joseph Lizar (1762-1827) Research of TJ Tobias

7/25

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David Lopez (1750-1812) & family. Research notes, transcripts of Lopez letters and family charts

7/26

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David Lopez II (1809-1884) TJ Tobias research notes

7/27

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Moses Lopez (1706-1767) TJ Tobias research notes

7/28

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Moses Lopez. Portuguese letters. Translations, transcripts

8/1

30

Lopez Family; notes, family tree, bible records, etc.

8/2

31

Abraham Luria (m. 1738) Research notes of TJ Tobias

8/3

32

Isaac Lyons (1774-1843) Research notes of TJ Tobias

8/4

33

Joseph Lyons (1813-1839) Diary ( 1833).

8/5

Entries recall finishing SC College, attending parties in Charleston, visiting many Jewish families, mentioning Penina Moise, travelling to Philadelphia, seeing Fanny Kemble & comparing Philadelphia & Charleston women. In Savannah, he studies law, comments on readings and writers, muses on atheism, observances of Jewish holidays and Sabbath, possibility of becoming Hazzan, his poor eyesight and health, his poetry and other topics. After a brief trip to Grahamsville, Purrysburg, Coosawatchie & Pocotaligo, he mentions nullification, Aaron Burr, goes to Effingham County for health, and returns to Charleston. Published in Memoirs of American Jews. Later entries re Civil War era movements of troops.

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Joseph Lyons (1813-39) Typescript carbon of 1833 diary

8/6

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Penina Moise (1797-1880) Research letters of TJ Tobias

8/7

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Penina Moise. Articles by other writers and family

8/8

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Penina Moise (1797-1880). Research of TJ Tobias; with photo of portrait of her brother Abraham Moise

8/9

38

Levi Myers (1768-1822). Research notes of TJ Tobias

8/10

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Nathan Nathans (1782-1854) Research notes of TJ Tobias

8/11

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Samuel Nunez (b. 1668) Research notes of TJ Tobias

8/12

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Myer Moses (1735-1787) Research notes of TJ Tobias

8/13

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Raphael J. Moses (1812- 1893).

8/14

Letter (1863) of Moses re system of acquiring beef for CSA troops; eventually endorsed by Robert E. Lee. With biographical notes by Thomas J. Tobias

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Abraham C. Myers (1811-1889) TJ Tobias research notes

8/15

44

Jacob Olivera (d.1752) Research notes of TJ Tobias

8/16

45

Jacob Phillips (1750-1820) Photocopy of 1781 receipt

8/17

46

Abraham Rodriques Rivera (d. 1765) TJ Tobias research

8/18

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Joseph Salvador (1716-1786) TJ Tobias Research notes

8/19

48

Benjamin (1692-1765) & Levi (1739-1809) Sheftall Diary

8/20

Photocopy of diary on Jewish births, deaths, etc. in Savannah, GA, 1733 – 1808.

49

Sampson Solomons (1794-1832) TJ Tobias research notes

8/21

50

Solomon S. Solomons (1825-1904) TJ Tobias research

8/22

51

Solomon/Solomons family. Family history data from bible

8/23

photocopy 1742 newspaper

52

Samuel D. Turtletaub (1896 – 1918). Correspondence with family re Turtletaub’s death in combat in WWI. With photo and negative of memorial to him.

8/24

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Levi Wetherhorn (1842-1910) TJ Tobias research notes

8/25

Photo of tombstone of Marcus Wetherhorn (1812-73)

VI

History and Research Papers

1.

Hebrew Orphan Society. Published history by TJ Tobias

9/1

2.

Hebrew Orphan Society. TJ Tobias research & notes

9/2

3.

Hebrew Orphan Society. Photocopy 1834 JC Levy address

9/3

4.

Hebrew Orphan Society. Constitutions & bylaws

1887 versions (2) with mss notations. 1949 versions

9/4

5.

Hebrew Orphan Society. Articles & clippings

9/5

6.

Hebrew Orphan Society.

9/6

1960s reports & photocopies antebellum documents

7.

Hebrew Benevolent Society. Research notes, TJ Tobias

9/7

8.

Hebrew Benevolent Society. Talks by various speakers

9/8

9.

Hebrew Benevolent Society. Misc records & lists (1960s)

9/9

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Hebrew Benevolent Society. Corr re book by TJ Tobias

9/10

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Hebrew Benevolent Society. Clippings re Society & book

9/11

12

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) Coming St. Cemetery – restoration committee papers (1960 – 1964)

10/1

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KKBE Coming St. Cemetery – Fundraising papers

10/2

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KKBE Coming St. Cemetery -- Papers re inscriptions, plaques, repair of tombstones

10/3

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KKBE Coming St. Cemetery – Landscaping plans, with photographs of cemetery and plant layouts

10/4

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KKBE Coming St. Cemetery -- notes on history & biographies of many buried there

10/5

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KKBE Coming St. Cemetery – talks, articles, histories

10/6

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KKBE Coming St. Cemetery – newspapers, clippings

10/7

19

American Jewish Historical Society – misc re meetings

10/8

20

American Jewish Historical Society. Meeting Charleston, SC, 1964. Correspondence re borrowing items for exhibits

10/9

21

American Jewish Historical Society. Meeting Charleston, SC, 1964. Clippings, ephemera, printed items

10/10

22

Touro Synagogue, Newport, RI. Clippings & articles & first day of issue stamp (1982)

11/1

23

Tercentenary Celebration, Jews in America. Ephemera

11/2

24

Chas. Jewish Bicentennial. Initial Proposal

11/3

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Chas. Jewish Bicentennial. Papers re raising funds for KKBE Bicentennial Tabernacle; with photos and letters re William Halsey murals for building

11/4

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Chas. Jewish Bicentennial. Photographs from published bicentennial publications and unpublished, as well.

11/5

27

Charleston Jewish Bicentennial. Speeches (1950) of TJ Tobias and L. Mendel Rivers

11/6

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Charleston Jewish Bicentennial. Misc. correspondence

11/7

29

Charleston. Jewish Bicentennial. Clippings

11/8

30

Chas. Jewish Bicentennial. Programs.

11/9

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Chas. Jewish Bicentennial. Scrapbook. With data & play re KKBE Bicentennial Tabernacle; play re Francis Salvador & dedication of monument; various activities, clippings

11/10

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KKBE history papers. Photocopies of early records

12/1

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KKBE history by Nathaniel Levin. Typed transcripts

12/2

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KKBE history notes and research by TJ Tobias

12/3

35

KKBE rabbis: notes on Barnet Elzas, Gustav Poznanski, Jacob Raisin; David Levy; with 2 Levy photos (1886, 93) and Nathaniel Levin letter (1889)

12/4

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KKBE history: Misc re African-American Jew "Old Billy"

12/5

37

KKBE history. Photocopies Sabbath School Companion. With constitution of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim approved 26 March 1871 – printed with many holograph additions added to make the revised Sept. 23, 1894 version. Signed M. Israel, 1871 and T. J. Tobias.

12/6

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KKBE history. Misc. papers re KKBE archives room

12/7

39

Research, notes Charleston Jews & life by TJ Tobias

12/8

40

Research re founding Brith Sholom Synagogue, Chas.

12/9

41

Research re Shearith Israel Synagogue, Charleston

12/10

42

Research, photos, "Hampstead" Jewish cemetery, Hanover Street, Charleston.

12/11

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Research, notes Jewish cemeteries in SC and GA

12/12

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Research, notes Jewish & Masonic history in SC

12/13

45

TJ Tobias B’nai B’rith history committee papers 1965-68

12/14

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TJ Tobias B’nai Brith papers re Francis Salvador diorama. With letters of maker Robert N.S. Whitelaw

13/1

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Francis Salvador diorama. Clippings, photos, etc.

13/2

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Francis Salvador diorama. Clippings, photos, promotions

13/3

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Francis Salvador (1747-1776) Research notes of TJ Tobias

13/4-5

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Copies, documents SC Jewish history. Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society and Darech Emet Congregation

13/6

51

Notes re SC Jews in Civil War by TJ Tobias

13/7

52

Wills (c. 1750-1860), SC & Chas. Jews. Typed copies

13/8

53

Abstracts of Tobias & Jewish names, Chas. Directories

13/9

54

Essay (c. 1938) USA Jewish history by Herbert A. Moses

13/10

55

Essay "The Substance of Greatness" by Jacob R. Marcus

13/11

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Clippings, correspondence re Jewish ceremonial objects

13/12

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Press releases, misc re Hebrew Union College

13/13

58

TJ Tobias correspondence (1945-68) on misc topics, including entries in Encyclopedia Judaica.

13/14

59

TJ Tobias Collection: notes on its formation & items removed from it

13/15

VII

Miscellaneous

1.

Oversize genealogical chart of ancestors of John Lewis Lewis Goldstone Harmon Hendricks Goldstone. Data re Tobias, Levy, Seixas, Hendricks, Lazarus, & others

JHC Flat File

2.

Edgar Lazarus Commonplace book (ca. 1856- ca. 1895). Oversize ledger with clipped newspaper articles on numerous subject including politically motivated duel (1856) of A. G. Magrath and W. R. Taber, Jr; with follow up "cards" from seconds in the duel, John Cunningham, James Conner, Dr. John Bellinger, and others; a disguised 1858 attempt in Charleston to bring in slaves from Africa; articles by Jews such as Joshua Lazarus, P Phillips, Edwin DeLeon and others; Charleston and Southern papers detail Civil War issues and politics; most post war clippings are from Baltimore papers on numerous topics, some of Jewish interest.

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