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Lucas, Johnathan, 1815-1887. Johnathan Lucas papers, ca. 1787-1925.

Title: Johnathan Lucas papers, ca. 1787-1925.

Papers consist of correspondence, receipts and other financial records, time books, notes, religious writings, and other items. Papers of Johnathan Lucas (1815-1887) include correspondence (1849-1887) with M.E. Carn, William A. Courtenay, Benjamin Lucas, and others regarding the Orangeburg jail, family and financial matters, architecture, and other concerns; receipts (1849-1887) for construction expenses, family expenses, hardware, and many other items; a volume (1848-1858) containing his accounts with individuals and firms for building supplies (for construction of Orangeburg jail) and other items and lists of creditors to whom debts are owed; time books and notebooks pertaining to the construction of the Orangeburg jail, houses, and other projects; a ledger (1856-1879) containing accounts of Lucas with individuals and churches in Walterboro (S.C.); an account book (1869-1871) for the Orangeburg jail; specifications for the Orangeburg jail and fairgrounds, and a bridge on the Edisto River (S.C.); printed advertisements; and house plans (oversized). Lucas family papers include notes about mills built by Johnathan Lucas (1754-1821); bank books of Johnathan Lucas (1815-1887); statements of dues, fines, and other monies collected by the Edisto Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows; poems; a commonplace book of poetry; legal documents; insurance policies; a journal (ca. 1870's?) of Rev. Stiles Mellichamp, Sr. containing notes on Scripture and records of marriages, baptisms, and burials; religious writings by Albert Lucas including essays, notes, and diagrams concerning Solomon's Temple. Papers of John F. Lucas (d. 1924) consist of two bound ledgers (1884-1888, 1905-1925) of the Colleton Banking Co.

ArchivalResource: 2.25 linear ft.

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Administration collection, 1914-1950.

Title: Administration collection, 1914-1950.

General records of organization and administration of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and its relief activities. Includes minutes and other records of Executive Committee, 1919-1944, Board of Directors, 1932-1944, and other governing committees; records of special meetings and national conferences, 1919-1950; records of committees on war relief, 1916-1917, relief activities, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe and Palestine, 1918-1921, and cultural, medical, and other types of aid and activities, 1921-1945; files of correspondence to, by, and about JDC activists, staff, and officers including Sholem Asch, Boris Bogen, Dr. Israel Friedlaender, Joseph Schwartz, Felix Warburg, Cyrus Adler, Joseph C. Hyman, Laura Margolis Jarblum, Moses Leavitt, Louis Brandeis, and others; publicity materials, 1914-1945, including press releases, newsletters, clippings, reports, and records of publicity department; and records of fund raising campaigns, 1914-1932, including those of JDC constituent organizations, American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War, Central Relief Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering through the War, People's Relief Committee for the Jewish War Sufferers.

ArchivalResource: 23 cubic ft.

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Papers, 1877-1924.

Title: Papers, 1877-1924.

Correspondence, 1877-1924, concerning activities as journalist, including as editor of JEWISH EXPONENT (Philadelphia) rabbi, and communal worker; invitations and greetings, 1890-1924; examinations and notice for Ladies' Bible Study class at Congregation Pincus Elijah, New York City, 1916-1917; typescript with corrections for Morais' book, THE JEWS OF Philadelphia; sermon on war; bills and receipts from businesses and organizations, 1893-1924; and picture of father, Sabato Morais. Also includes copies of correpondence of Jacob Ezekiel with Rep. James A. Seddon and Sen. John S. Caskie regarding Swiss treaty affair, 1851-1852. Correspondents include Cyrus Adler, Philip Cowen, David de Sola Pool, Bernard Drachman, Jacob Ezekiel, Charles Hoffman, Isaac Husik, Marcus Jastrow, Albert Lucas, Louis Marshall, Henry P. Mendes, Isaac M. Wise, and Arthur Dembitz.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 linear ft.

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