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Thomas J. Tobias papers

Title: Thomas J. Tobias papers

Includes family and research papers, photocopies, scrapbook, photographs, clippings. Tobias papers include family histories and research on individuals. Slave sales of Abraham Tobias, oath of allegiance, etc. of Emily T. Minis, & resolution, Charleston Board of Health, on Joseph L. Tobias. Family Bibles and data regarding Tobias, Mordecai, Lazarus, Alexander, and de Lyon families. Mordecai family histories and notes on individuals. M.C. Mordecai papers regarding blockade runner Isabel, Baltimore, MD, business letters; and J. Randolph Mordecai letter mentioning start of phosphate industry. Common place book of Isabel L. Mordecai and daughter Hortensia, mentioning actress Charlotte Cushman. Hortensia Mordecai European diary, mentioning Harriet Hosmer, and Charles Sumner; David Henry Mordecai diaries through the Florida Keys, Key West, Cuba, England, Europe, mentioning study in Germany, politics, inevitability of Civil War, women wearing makeup, his declining health and trip Edgar M. Lazarus papers include travel diary through US and Europe, schooling in Germany, with comments on Jewish life; CSA service papers; ketubah; letter regarding torpedo boat; presidential appointment as appraiser, Customs House, Charleston, and inability to serve due to CSA service, with petition of Charleston merchants. Joshua Lazarus military and marriage settlement papers, and data regarding street railroads in Charleston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Phoebe Yates common place book and Lazarus and Yates family histories. Research on dozens of significant SC Jews including members of Alexander, Cohen, DaCosta, DeLeon, Harby and other families; data on Henry F. Lewith, founder of Be Kind to Animal Week, Moses Lopez, Penina Mo_se, & others. With Ketuba of Joseph and Sarah Alexander, papers regarding Sidney J. Cohen; common place book of Rosina Hendricks Levy; diary of Joseph Lyons detailing his study, religious and social life of SC Jews, health, and many philosophical topics; CSA quartermaster letter of Raphael J. Moses, with Robert E. Lee signature. Includes copy of Benjamin & Levi Sheftall diary regarding vital statistics, Savannah Jews, and papers re. death of Samuel Turtletaub. With notes and research re. Tobias's histories of Hebrew Orphan and Hebrew Benevolent Societies, KK Beth Elohim history, its Coming Street cemetery, other cemeteries, American Jewish Historical Society 1964 meeting in Charleston; Charleston Jewish Bicentennial celebration; Francis Salvador, & diorama sponsored by B'nai B'rith; Brith Shalom, Shearith Israel synagogues and other Jewish topics & persons.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear ft.

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Halsey family. Halsey family papers, 1878-1966.

Title: Halsey family papers, 1878-1966.

Papers consist of correspondence, writings, maps, photographs, and other items. Papers of Alfred O. Halsey consist of a typewritten, illustrated manuscript (1938) entitled "The Trials of an Old City" and other writings about natural disasters in Charleston (S.C.) and various aspects of Charleston history; a disbound scrapbook containing clippings and other material on Charleston churches, military history, and other subjects; manuscripts of a history (1945) of the Charleston County War, Price and Rationing Board, as well as correspondence, clippings, forms, and other material concerning Halsey's chairmanship of the Board and its oversight of price and rent control and the rationing of fuel oil, tires, food, automobiles, and other items; and reproductions of maps (1520-1962) concerning colonization of the southern states, Charleston history, and other topics. Papers (1878-1966) of Eleanor Halsey includes correspondence (1878-1890s) of the Loeb and Goldsmith families; correspondence of Eleanor Halsey, Mrs. Samuel G. Stoney, and others concerning activities of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary, the American Red Cross, and other organizations; Eleanor Halsey's correspondence with friends and family members; letters to Eleanor Halsey from her children, including many from Ashley Halsey, Jr.; correspondence, clippings, and other material (1950) concerning the Charleston Jewish Community Bicentennial Celebration and Revolutionary War soldier Francis Salvador; reports, by-laws, and other material pertaining to the S.C. American Legion Auxiliary; reports concerning the Charleston Bureau of Social Welfare and Jenkins Orphanage; newspaper clippings; notebooks; and many photographs, mostly of members of the Loeb, Halsey, and Goldsmith families. Papers of Eleanor Halsey also include writings, consisting of school essays, stories, a script of a radio address (1940) entitled "Why Women Should Vote," a speech (1934) about African-American participation in volunteer work for the Charleston County Tuberculosis Association, and other items.

ArchivalResource: 2.25 linear ft.

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