Keyserling family papers, 1890-1980 (bulk 1910-1951).

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Keyserling family papers, 1890-1980 (bulk 1910-1951).

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Includes Keyserling genealogical information, ephemera and family news clippings; material related to Leon Keyserling's political career (essays, clippings, speeches.) Correspondence includes letters between William Keyserling (WK) and Jennie H. Keyserling (JK) 1903-1935; WK and Leon Keyserling, 1908-1949; WK and Beth Keyserling Rosenfarb, 1911-1951; WK and Rosalyn Keyserling Schreiber, 1911-1944; WK and Herbert Keyserling, 1930-1944; WK and other relatives, 1919-1951. Correspondence between William Keyserling and European relatives who escaped World War II. Letters between Jennie H. Keyserling and Leon Keyserling, 1920-1926; JK and Beth Keyserling Rosenfarb, 1921-1925; JK and Rosalyn Keyserling Schreiber, 1922-1933; JK and Herbert Keyserling, 1926-1935; JK and other relatives and friends, 1903-1935. Misc. includes letters (1961) to Harriet Keyserling from Nahum Astar, which detail the Adolf Eichmann trial. Family photographs (1910s-70s) include images (1920s-30s) of Keyserling home and farms; candid shots from family outings; formal portraits; images of Leon Keyserling at political and economic events and Herbert and Harriet Keyserling's children; friends and relatives (including Hyman and Hirschfeld families); several photo albums (disassembled) contain images of 1930s Beaufort. Jennie Keyserling civic material (1920s-30s) includes records of Beaufort Parent Teacher Association, South Carolina Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, Civic League and Better Homes Campaign. William Keyserling civic material (1919-1951) includes correspondence re. United Jewish Appeal, Beth Israel and Beaufort Rural Rehabilitation program. Financial and business records (1902-1951) include tax documents, property deeds (1899-1937,) Rosa Keyserling estate records, Macdonald Wilkins, Co. documents; correspondence re. farming legislation. Six account ledgers (1910s-1940s) detail farm finances and store credit accounts. Miscellaneous material (1917-1961) includes B'nai Meyer Levit, Inc. information and news clippings re. Adolf Eichmann trial (from Jerusalem Post).

9 linear ft.

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Keyserling, Leon Hirsch

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Leon Keyserling was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1908. He grew up on the coastal island of St. Helena (SC) and later moved to Beaufort. Keyserling graduated from Beaufort High School at age 16 and attended Columbia University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving a degree from Harvard Law School, he taught economics at Columbia University and conducted research for the Rockefeller Foundation. At age twenty five, Keyserling was appointed Senator Robert F. Wagn...

Keyserling, Herbert, 1915-2000,

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Dr. Herbert Keyserling grew up in Beaufort, SC. He graduated from the College of Charleston and Medical College of South Carolina and served as a Navy doctor during World War II. After the war, Keyserling settled in Beaufort with his wife, Harriet, and open a general medical practice. He wrote a book about his experiences in the Navy and Beaufort, called Doctor K. From the description of Oral history interview with Herbert Keyserling, 1995. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id...

Keyserling, William, 1869-1951.

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Keyserling, Jennie Hyman, 1889?-1935.

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Hirschfeld family.

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Keyserling family.

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Born in Lithuania, William Keyserling immigrated (1888) to the U.S. and settled in Beaufort, SC. He established himself with the Macdonald, Wilkins Co., a cotton ginnery and wholesale warehouse, and became a leader in the Sea Island cotton industry. Keyserling married New Yorker, Jennie Hyman, in 1907. The couple lived on St. Helena Island and later moved to Beaufort. The Keyserlings had four children. Leon Keyserling attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School. ...