Papers, 1859-1911.

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Papers, 1859-1911.

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Includes correspondence, photographs, photocopies, clippings, scrapbook, typescript. Genealogical information on descendents of Isaac Harby (birth, death and marriage dates); cabinet card (1891) of Lee C. Harby; handwritten letter re. Harby family of Delhi, NY; clippings of Harby poems published in newspapers (Texas, NY and SC); typescript of poem, "The Lesson of Easter"; clippings of essays about Texas; clippings of misc. published essays, topics include: southern plantation life, Jewish holidays and traditions, Jewish women and the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition. Clippings about Harby mention trips taken, publications, papers presented at conferences, efforts to involve Canadian women in the South Carolina Inter State and West Indian Exposition and lobbying to bring United Confederate Veterans reunion (1899) to Charleston. Papers also include scrapbook of clippings about Harby, bulk reference her article "The City of a Prince," published in the Magazine of American History. A story by daughter, Lily Lee Harby, published in the Sabbath Visitor is also included.

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Raisin, Rachel M.

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Harby, Lee Cohen, 1849-1918

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Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Lee Cohen Harby (1849-1918) was the fifth child of Marx E. and Armida Harby Cohen. In 1869, she married her cousin, John de la Motta Harby. Shortly after their marriage, the couple moved to Galveston, Texas, and then to Houston in 1879. During this time, Harby published several essays on historical and social topics, including Christmas Before the War in a Galveston newspaper (1873), On Women and their Possibilities (1883), Texas Types and Contras...