Mailing Address:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Library
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424

Phone:
(843) 953-8016

Title: Photographs for Palmetto Jews

Collection #: Mss 1066

Dates: 2000

Size: 1.8 linear ft.

Scope and Content Note:

The black and white photographs in this collection were taken by Bill Aron in October and November of 2000 for the photo essay Palmetto Jews, which appeared in the book A portion of the people: three hundred years of southern Jewish life. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 2002.

Also included in this collection are slides and contact sheets of all the images; duplicate slides and photocopies created by the Special Collections Department of the College of Charleston of all Aron images; slides, negatives, and photographs taken by Dale Rosengarten of the Aron photo shoots; a shot list and slide set notes with brief descriptions of the people, places, and subjects found in the Aron photographs; Dale Rosengarten's field notes; copy of notebook with signatures, addresses, and notes from participants in the "Uptown Crowd" photo shoot; correspondence from Bill Aron to Dale Rosengarten; image selections for A portion of the people; and signed model release forms.

175 photographs taken by Bill Aron; 197 copies of selected Aron photographs; 294 slides of selected Aron photographs; 224 contact sheets; 437 slides and 64 photographs taken by Dale Rosengarten.

Inventory:

  • Bill Aron photographs [Box 1]
  • Bill Aron slides [Box 2]
  • Bill Aron contact sheets [Box 3]
  • Copies of Bill Aron photographs [Box 4]
  • Duplicates of Bill Aron slides [Box 5]
  • Dale Rosengarten's slides, etc. [Box 6]
  • Miscellaneous [Box 7]
         
I. Bill Aron photographs
  Folder Location Date Box# /
Folder#
  Miss Marion’s School of Dance Spartanburg 10/17/2000 1/1
Rabbi Ben and Karen Romer Spartanburg 10/17/2000 1/2
Teszler Library, Wofford College Spartanburg 10/17/2000 1/3
Lyon Family Spartanburg 10/17/2000 1/4
Price’s Store Spartanburg 10/17/2000 1/5
Hy Brand, Conestee Mill Spartanburg 10/18/2000 1/6
Beth Israel Synagogue (now Crosby Stills) Greenville 10/18/2000 1/7
Greenville Army/Navy Store – Jeff Zaglin Greenville 10/18/2000 1/8
Temple of Israel Greenville 10/18/2000 1/9
Poliakoff Department Store Abbeville 10/19/2000 1/10
"The Big Apple" (orig. Beth Shalom) Columbia 10/19/2000 1/11
Lourie’s Department Store – Lourie Family Columbia 10/19/2000 1/12
Chabad Day School at Beth Shalom Columbia 10/20/2000 1/13
Tree of Life Columbia 10/20/2000 1/14
Palmetto Pigeon Plant – Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 1/15
Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 1/16
Temple Sinai Sumter 10/21/2000 1/17
Max and Trude Heller Greenville 10/22/2000 1/18
Beth-El Cemetary Camden 10/22/2000 1/19
Temple Beth-El Camden 10/22/2000 1/20
Allan and Skip Sindler Camden 10/22/2000 1/21
South of the Border Dillon 10/22/2000 1/22
Chabad Day School Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 1/23
Rabbi Aizenman and family Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 1/24
"Waves" T-shirt Store Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 1/25
Jerusalem Restaurant Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 1/26
Alwyn Goldstein’s Store Georgetown 10/24/2000 1/27
Kaminsky House Museum Georgetown 10/24/2000 1/28
Beth Elohim Synagogue Georgetown 10/24/2000 1/29
Ted Rosengarten with girls’ soccer team Charleston 10/24/2000 1/30
Soviet Musicians Charleston 10/25/2000 1/31
Lyssa Harvey (artist) Charleston 10/25/2000 1/32
Mindy Spar (journalist) Charleston 10/25/2000 1/33
Dr. Etta Leah Bluestein Charleston 10/25/2000 1/34
Rosen Law Offices Charleston 10/25/2000 1/35
College of Charleston – Soviet professors on roof Charleston 10/25/2000 1/36
BSBI Charleston 10/25/2000 1/37
Coming Street Cemetary – Sol Breibart Charleston 10/26/2000 1/38
Chief Reuben Greenberg Charleston 10/26/2000 1/39
"Uptown Crowd" on St. Phillips Street Charleston 10/27/2000 1/40
Soviet Immigrant Cobblers Charleston 10/27/2000 1/41
"Operation Undertanding" Charleston 10/27/2000 1/42
KKBE Synagogue – 250th Anniversary Charleston 10/27/2000 1/43
Bernard Warshaw’s Department Store Walterboro 10/28/2000 1/44
Water Front Park – Bass Family Beaufort 10/29/2000 1/45
Lipsitz Shoe Store – Joe Lipsitz and family Beaufort 10/29/2000 1/46
Beth Israel Synagogue Beaufort 10/30/2000 1/47
Stingrays at the Ice Palace Charleston 10/30/2000 1/48
Minyan House Charleston 10/30/2000 1/49
Addlestone Day School Students at Angel Oak John’s Island 10/31/2000 1/50
Holocaust Memorial Charleston 10/31/2000 1/51
Abraham Moise house – Moise family Charleston 10/31/2000 1/52
Ziff house – Ziff family Charleston 10/31/2000 1/53
Alan Kahn, Jerry Kline, Jeff Selig at Iceland, USA Irmo 11/1/2000 1/54
David Bass at Iceland U.S.A. Irmo 11/1/2000 1/55
Eddie Folger (Gamecocks basketball coach) Columbia 11/1/2000 1/56
David Bruck (attorney) at S.C. Supreme Court Columbia 11/1/2000 1/57
 
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II. Bill Aron slides
  Folder Location Date Box# /
Folder#
  Miss Marion’s School of Dance Spartanburg 10/17/2000 2/1
Rabbi Ben and Karen Romer Spartanburg 10/17/2000 2/2
Lyon Family Spartanburg 10/17/2000 2/3
Hy Brand, Conestee Mill Spartanburg 10/18/2000 2/4
Beth Israel Synagogue (now Crosby Stills) Greenville 10/18/2000 2/5
15 1/2 mph – Foothills Church (orig. B'Nai Israel) Spartanburg 10/19/2000 2/6
Francis Salvador Plaque Greenwood / Abbeville 10/19/2000 2/7
Poliakoff Department Store Abbeville 10/19/2000 2/8
"The Big Apple" (orig. Beth Shalom) Columbia 10/19/2000 2/9
Lourie’s Department Store – Lourie Family Columbia 10/19/2000 2/10
State House Columbia 10/20/2000 2/11
Chabad Day School at Beth Shalom Columbia 10/20/2000 2/12
Tree of Life Columbia 10/20/2000 2/13
Palmetto Pigeon Plant – Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 2/14
Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 2/15
Temple Sinai Sumter 10/21/2000 2/16
Max and Trude Heller Greenville 10/22/2000 2/17
Beth-El Cemetary Camden 10/22/2000 2/18
Temple Beth-El Camden 10/22/2000 2/19
Allan and Skip Sindler Camden 10/22/2000 2/20
South of the Border Dillon 10/22/2000 2/21
Chabad Day School Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 2/22
Rabbi Aizenman and family Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 2/23
"Waves" T-shirt store Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 2/24
Jerusalem Restaurant Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 2/25
Alwyn Goldstein’s Store Georgetown 10/24/2000 2/26
Kaminsky House Museum Georgetown 10/24/2000 2/27
Beth Elohim Synagogue Georgetown 10/24/2000 2/28
Ted Rosengarten with girls’ soccer team Charleston 10/24/2000 2/29
Soviet Musicians Charleston 10/25/2000 2/30
Lyssa Harvey (artist) Charleston 10/25/2000 2/31
Mindy Spar (journalist) Charleston 10/25/2000 2/32
Dr. Etta Leah Bluestein Charleston 10/25/2000 2/33
Rosen Law Offices Charleston 10/25/2000 2/34
College of Charleston – Soviet professors on roof Charleston 10/25/2000 2/35
BSBI Charleston 10/25/2000 2/36
Chief Reuben Greenberg Charleston 10/26/2000 2/37
"Uptown Crowd" on St. Phillips Street Charleston 10/27/2000 2/38
Soviet immigrant cobblers Charleston 10/27/2000 2/39
"Operation Undertanding" Charleston 10/27/2000 2/40
KKBE Synagogue – 250th Anniversary Charleston 10/27/2000 2/41
Bernard Warshaw’s Department Store Walterboro 10/28/2000 2/42
Congregation Beth Yam Hilton Head 10/29/2000 2/43
Water Front Park – Bass Family Beaufort 10/29/2000 2/44
Lipsitz Shoe Store – Joe Lipsitz and family Beaufort 10/29/2000 2/45
Beth Israel Synagogue Beaufort 10/30/2000 2/46
Stingrays at the Ice Palace Charleston 10/30/2000 2/47
Minyan House Charleston 10/30/2000 2/48
Addlestone Day School Students at Angel Oak John’s Island 10/31/2000 2/49
Holocaust Memorial Charleston 10/31/2000 2/50
Abraham Moise house – Moise family Charleston 10/31/2000 2/51
Ziff house – Ziff family Charleston 10/31/2000 2/52
Alan Kahn, Jerry Kline, Jeff Selig at Iceland, USA Irmo 11/1/2000 2/53
David Bass at Iceland U.S.A. Irmo 11/1/2000 2/54
Eddie Folger (Gamecocks basketball coach) Columbia 11/1/2000 2/55
David Bruck (attorney) at S.C. Supreme Court Columbia 11/1/2000 2/56
 
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IV. Copies of Bill Aron photographs
  Folder Location Date Box# /
Folder#
  Miss Marion’s School of Dance Spartanburg 10/17/2000 4/1
Rabbi Ben and Karen Romer Spartanburg 10/17/2000 4/2
Teszler Library, Wofford College Spartanburg 10/17/2000 4/3
Lyon Family Spartanburg 10/17/2000 4/4
Price's Store Spartanburg 10/17/2000 4/5
Hy Brand, Conestee Mill Spartanburg 10/18/2000 4/6
Beth Israel Synagogue (now Crosby Stills) Greenville 10/18/2000 4/7
Greenville Army/Navy Store - Jeff Zaglin Greenville 10/18/2000 4/8
Temple of Israel Greenville 10/18/2000 4/9
Francis Salvador Plaque Greenwood / Abbeville 10/19/2000 4/10
Poliakoff Department Store Abbeville 10/19/2000 4/11
"The Big Apple" (orig. Beth Shalom) Columbia 10/19/2000 4/12
Lourie’s Department Store – Lourie Family Columbia 10/19/2000 4/13
Chabad Day School at Beth Shalom Columbia 10/20/2000 4/14
Tree of Life Columbia 10/20/2000 4/15
Palmetto Pigeon Plant – Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 4/16
Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 4/17
Temple Sinai Sumter 10/21/2000 4/18
Max and Trude Heller Greenville 10/22/2000 4/19
Beth-El Cemetary Camden 10/22/2000 4/20
Temple Beth-El Camden 10/22/2000 4/21
Allan and Skip Sindler Camden 10/22/2000 4/22
South of the Border Dillon 10/22/2000 4/23
Chabad Day School Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 4/24
Rabbi Aizenman and family Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 4/25
"Waves" T-shirt store Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 4/26
Alwyn Goldstein’s Store Georgetown 10/24/2000 4/27
Kaminsky House Museum Georgetown 10/24/2000 4/28
Beth Elohim Synagogue Georgetown 10/24/2000 4/29
Ted Rosengarten with girls’ soccer team Charleston 10/24/2000 4/30
Soviet Musicians Charleston 10/25/2000 4/31
Lyssa Harvey (artist) Charleston 10/25/2000 4/32
Mindy Spar (journalist) Charleston 10/25/2000 4/33
Dr. Etta Leah Bluestein Charleston 10/25/2000 4/34
Rosen Law Offices Charleston 10/25/2000 4/35
College of Charleston – Soviet professors on roof Charleston 10/25/2000 4/36
BSBI Charleston 10/25/2000 4/37
Coming Street Cemetary – Sol Breibart Charleston 10/26/2000 4/38
Chief Reuben Greenberg Charleston 10/26/2000 4/39
"Uptown Crowd" on St. Phillips Street Charleston 10/27/2000 4/40
Soviet immigrant cobblers Charleston 10/27/2000 4/41
"Operation Undertanding" Charleston 10/27/2000 4/42
KKBE Synagogue – 250th Anniversary Charleston 10/27/2000 4/43
Bernard Warshaw’s Department Store Walterboro 10/28/2000 4/44
Water Front Park – Bass Family Beaufort 10/29/2000 4/45
Lipsitz Shoe Store – Joe Lipsitz and family Beaufort 10/29/2000 4/46
Beth Israel Synagogue Beaufort 10/30/2000 4/47
Stingrays at the Ice Palace Charleston 10/30/2000 4/48
Minyan House Charleston 10/30/2000 4/49
Addlestone Day School Students at Angel Oak John’s Island 10/31/2000 4/50
Holocaust Memorial Charleston 10/31/2000 4/51
Abraham Moise house – Moise family Charleston 10/31/2000 4/52
Ziff house – Ziff family Charleston 10/31/2000 4/53
Alan Kahn, Jerry Kline, Jeff Selig at Iceland, USA Irmo 11/1/2000 4/54
David Bass at Iceland U.S.A. Irmo 11/1/2000 4/55
Eddie Folger (Gamecocks basketball coach) Columbia 11/1/2000 4/56
David Bruck (attorney) at S.C. Supreme Court Columbia 11/1/2000 4/57
 
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V. Duplicates of Bill Aron slides
  Folder Location Date Box# /
Folder#
  Miss Marion’s School of Dance Spartanburg 10/17/2000 5/1
Rabbi Ben and Karen Romer Spartanburg 10/17/2000 5/2
Hy Brand, Conestee Mill Spartanburg 10/18/2000 5/3
Beth Israel Synagogue (now Crosby Stills) Greenville 10/18/2000 5/4
15 1/2 mph – Foothills Church (orig. B'Nai Israel) Spartanburg 10/19/2000 5/5
Francis Salvador Plaque Greenwood / Abbeville 10/19/2000 5/6
Poliakoff Department Store Abbeville 10/19/2000 5/7
"The Big Apple" (orig. Beth Shalom) Columbia 10/19/2000 5/8
Lourie’s Department Store – Lourie Family Columbia 10/19/2000 5/9
State House Columbia 10/20/2000 5/10
Chabad Day School at Beth Shalom Columbia 10/20/2000 5/11
Palmetto Pigeon Plant – Levi Family Sumter 10/25/2000 5/12
Levi Family Sumter 10/25/2000 5/13
Temple Sinai Sumter 10/25/2000 5/14
Max and Trude Heller Greenville 10/22/2000 5/15
Beth-El Cemetary Camden 10/22/2000 5/16
Allan and Skip Sindler Camden 10/22/2000 5/17
South of the Border Dillon 10/22/2000 5/18
Chabad Day School Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 5/19
Rabbi Aizenman and family Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 5/20
"Waves" T-shirt Store Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 5/21
Jerusalem Restaurant Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 5/22
Alwyn Goldstein’s Store Georgetown 10/24/2000 5/23
Kaminsky House Museum Georgetown 10/24/2000 5/24
Beth Elohim Synagogue Georgetown 10/24/2000 5/25
Ted Rosengarten with girls’ soccer team Charleston 10/24/2000 5/26
Soviet Musicians Charleston 10/25/2000 5/27
Lyssa Harvey (artist) Charleston 10/25/2000 5/28
Mindy Spar (journalist) Charleston 10/25/2000 5/29
Dr. Etta Leah Bluestein Charleston 10/25/2000 5/30
Rosen Law Offices Charleston 10/25/2000 5/31
College of Charleston – Soviet professors on roof Charleston 10/25/2000 5/32
BSBI Charleston 10/25/2000 5/33
Coming Street Cemetary – Sol Breibart Charleston 10/26/2000 5/34
Chief Reuben Greenberg Charleston 10/26/2000 5/35
"Uptown Crowd" on St. Phillips Street Charleston 10/27/2000 5/36
Soviet Immigrant Cobblers Charleston 10/27/2000 5/37
"Operation Undertanding" Charleston 10/27/2000 5/38
KKBE Synagogue – 250th Anniversary Charleston 10/27/2000 5/39
Bernard Warshaw’s Department Store Walterboro 10/28/2000 5/40
Congregation Beth Yam Hilton Head 10/29/2000 2/41
Water Front Park – Bass Family Beaufort 10/29/2000 5/42
Lipsitz Shoe Store – Joe Lipsitz and family Beaufort 10/29/2000 5/43
Beth Israel Synagogue Beaufort 10/30/2000 5/44
Stingrays at the Ice Palace Charleston 10/30/2000 5/45
Minyan House Charleston 10/30/2000 5/46
Addlestone Day School Students at Angel Oak John’s Island 10/35/2000 5/47
Abraham Moise house – Moise family Charleston 10/35/2000 5/48
Ziff house – Ziff family Charleston 10/35/2000 5/49
Alan Kahn, Jerry Kline, Jeff Selig at Iceland, USA Irmo 15/5/2000 5/50
David Bass at Iceland U.S.A. Irmo 15/5/2000 5/51
Eddie Folger (Gamecocks basketball coach) Columbia 15/5/2000 5/52
David Bruck (attorney) at S.C. Supreme Court Columbia 15/5/2000 5/53
 
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VI. Dale Rosengarten's slides, etc.
  Folder Location Date Box# /
Folder#
  Miss Marion’s School of Dance Spartanburg 10/17/2000 6/1
Rabbi Ben and Karen Romer Spartanburg 10/17/2000 6/2
Teszler Library, Wofford College Spartanburg 10/17/2000 6/3
Lyon Family Spartanburg 10/17/2000 6/4
Price's Store Spartanburg 10/17/2000 6/5
Hy Brand, Conestee Mill Spartanburg 10/18/2000 6/6
Beth Israel Synagogue (now Crosby Stills) Greenville 10/18/2000 6/7
Greenville Army/Navy Store - Jeff Zaglin Greenville 10/18/2000 6/8
Temple of Israel Greenville 10/18/2000 6/9
15 1/2 mph – Foothills Church (orig. B'Nai Israel) Spartanburg 10/19/2000 6/10
Francis Salvador Plaque Greenwood / Abbeville 10/19/2000 6/11
Poliakoff Department Store Abbeville 10/19/2000 6/12
"The Big Apple" (orig. Beth Shalom) Columbia 10/19/2000 6/13
Lourie’s Department Store – Lourie Family Columbia 10/19/2000 6/14
State House Columbia 10/20/2000 6/15
Chabad Day School at Beth Shalom Columbia 10/20/2000 6/16
Tree of Life Columbia 10/20/2000 6/17
Palmetto Pigeon Plant – Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 6/18
Levi Family Sumter 10/21/2000 6/19
Temple Sinai Sumter 10/21/2000 6/20
Simchat Torah at Beth Israel Greenville 10/21/2000 6/21
Max and Trude Heller Greenville 10/22/2000 6/22
Beth-El Cemetary Camden 10/22/2000 6/23
Allan and Skip Sindler Camden 10/22/2000 6/24
Rabbi Aizenman and family Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 6/25
"Waves" T-shirt store Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 6/26
Jerusalem Restaurant Myrtle Beach 10/23/2000 6/27
Kaminsky House Museum Georgetown 10/24/2000 6/28
Ted Rosengarten with girls’ soccer team Charleston 10/26/2000 6/29
Chief Reuben Greenberg Charleston 10/26/2000 6/30
"Uptown Crowd" on St. Phillips Street Charleston 10/27/2000 6/31
Bernard Warshaw’s Department Store Walterboro 10/28/2000 6/32
Water Front Park – Bass Family Beaufort 10/29/2000 6/33
Lipsitz Shoe Store – Joe Lipsitz and family Beaufort 10/29/2000 6/34
Beth Israel Synagogue Beaufort 10/30/2000 6/35
Stingrays at the Ice Palace Charleston 10/30/2000 6/36
Addlestone Day School Students at Angel Oak John’s Island 10/31/2000 6/37
Holocaust Memorial Charleston 10/31/2000 6/38
Abraham Moise house – Moise family Charleston 10/31/2000 6/39
Alan Kahn, Jerry Kline, Jeff Selig at Iceland, USA Irmo 11/1/2000 6/40
David Bass at Iceland U.S.A. Irmo 11/1/2000 6/41
Eddie Folger (Gamecocks basketball coach) Columbia 11/1/2000 6/42
David Bruck (attorney) at S.C. Supreme Court Columbia 11/1/2000 6/43
Rosengarten photographs and negatives from Bill Aron shoots 6/44
 
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VII. Miscellaneous
  Folder Box# /
Folder#
  Shot sheet for "Palmetto Jews" 7/1
Dale Rosengarten's field notes 7/2
Copy of "Uptown Crowd" notebook contents 7/3
Correspondence from Bill Aron to Dale Rosengarten 7/4
Image selections for A Portion of the People 7/5
Slide set notes for Jan. 2001 presentation at Museum of New South (Charlotte, N.C.) 7/6
Copies of signed model release forms 7/7
 
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