Poppenheim family papers, 1883 Sept. 30 - 1889 Apr. 24

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Poppenheim family papers, 1883 Sept. 30 - 1889 Apr. 24

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Chiefly family letters written from Charleston, S.C., and elsewhere by Mrs. Christopher P. Poppenheim [Mary Elinor Bouknight Poppenheim] and four daughters: Mary B., Ida, Louisa (who went by "Loulie"), and Christy, re family travels, local activities, acquaintances, and clothing and fashions, especially Loulie's dress worn for her graduation from Vassar, Apr. 1889 Letter, 5 Mar. 1889 (New Orleans, La.) from Mary B. Poppeheim to Mother, re her enjoyment of the people and parties in New Orleans, "So far I have seen little of the city & lots of the Mardi Gras.... I should rather live here than any place I have seen yet, London not excepted." Letter, 22 Mar. 1889, Ida to Loulie, chiefly re death of Sabina Lowndes, "she had been ill only 21 days with typhoid fever."

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Vassar College.

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Lowndes, Sabina, d.1889

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Poppenheim, Mary Elinor Bouknight.

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Poppenheim, Christopher Pritchard, 1839-1901.

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Confederate soldier serving in Charleston (1860) and, in Hampton's Legion in Va., Md., Tenn., and again in Charleston. From the description of Christopher Pritchard Poppenheim correspondence, 1860-1897 (bulk 1862-1865). (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141132 ...

Poppenheim, Louisa Bouknight, 1868-1957

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Vice-president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (1926); resident of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Correspondence, 1871-1955. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20120427 ...

Poppenheim, Mary B., 1866-

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Poppenheim family

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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 periodica...