Harold Jacobs Papers
   
   
Inventory
   
     
Box #/Folder#
    Harold’s Cabin    
         
  A. History (1929-1964); also contains Harold’s Cabin Catalog, Fall-Winter 1953-54  
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  B. Correspondence (1956-1966): thank-you letters from local, regional and national organizations and individuals including Mayors William McG. Morrison and J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr., and Adlai Stevenson.  
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  C. Photocopied clippings (1970s-1990s) and magazine articles (1953, 1966)   
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  D. Photographs (1929-1963): includes original and print images (and photocopies) of exterior and interior of first, second and third store locations, 30th anniversary celebration and balcony restaurant.  
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II.   Harold Jacobs Papers    
         
  A. Speeches (1980s): given at KKBE meetings and events (dedication of KKBE’s National Historic Landmark plaque) and Bar Mitzvahs.   
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  B. Correspondence (1979-1981): related to KKBE; includes letter from Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (1980)  
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  C. U.S. Army papers (1942-1945): journal (re. training at Ft. Jackson, SC), discharge papers and separation documents.  
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  D. Family Photographs (1905-1950s), includes photocopies   
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    1. Harold Jacobs, 1915-1926    
    2. Harold Jacobs, military service 1944-45 (most portrait shots)     
    3. Harold Jacobs 1927-1948; includes induction as B’nai B’rith president, 1938    
    4. B'nai B'rith Woman’s Lodge meeting, 1949    
    5. Jewish War Vets convention, 1952    
    6. Jacobs family, 1905-1939: portrait photos, candid snapshots (bulk 1920s.)    
    7. Misc. images and contact sheet of prints made     
         
  E. Misc. Jacobs Family (1918-1980s): certificates, correspondence, Samuel Jacobs military registration cards, 1918   
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III.   Fragments of B’nai B’rith Scrapbook compiled by Harold Jacobs 1936-1939     
         
  A. Speeches: (typescripts) re. B’nai B’rith 63rd District Convention; opening-closing remarks made at B’nai B’rith meetings (1939)  
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  B. Correspondence: letters from people asked to speak at B’nai B’rith functions.  
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  C. Clippings: re. national B'nai B'rith congregations and local B’nai B’rith happenings.  
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  D. Ephemera: 63rd Grand Lodge No. 5 convention program (1939); hotel receipts from conferences; invitations to events.  
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IV.   Miscellaneous-Jewish Interest    
         
  A. KKBE ephemera (1970s): pamphlets, invitations   
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  B. Clippings (1979-1993, bulk 1980) Jewish exhibit in NY; 1980 Piccolo Spoleto Ernest Bloch Retrospective; articles re. KKBE becoming National Historic Landmark.   
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  C. Tour notes for Charleston’s historic Jewish sites; pamphlets including 1981 Piccolo Spoleto booklet, Jewish Art and Culture in Early America.  
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    Note: Harold and Lillian Jacobs gave a taped audio interview to the Jewish Heritage Project in October 1997.