Poppenheim family

Dates:
Active 1883
Active 1889

Biographical notes:

Residents of Charleston, S.C.; Christopher P. Poppenheim operated a hardware store located at 417 King St. and later at 345 King St.; letterhead stationery promoted this merchant as an "importer and dealer of English and American hardware, bar iron" and "plows, guns, etc."; C.P. Poppenheim married Mary Elinor Bouknight of Edgefield, S.C.; two sisters (Louisa B. and Mary Poppenheim) published a newsletter, "The Keystone; a monthly journal devoted to women's work " in Charleston, S.C., a periodical that reported activities of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, the S.C. Audubon Society, the S.C. Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy, and others.

From the description of Poppenheim family papers, 1883 Sept. 30 - 1889 Apr. 24 (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 300049748

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Subjects:

  • Women
  • Women college students

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Places:

  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Poughkeepsie (as recorded)
  • New Orleans (La.) (as recorded)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)