Charleston, SC

MSS # 1059

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Minutes

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Minutes (1867-1923) of Hebrew Benevolent Society. Volume of regular, annual and special meeting minutes detail members, finances, charitable gifts and causes, annual fundraising Purim Balls, etc. With periodic notices of deaths of members and later reports of officers and committees. Holographs and typescripts.

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Minutes (1924 – 1962) of Hebrew Benevolent Society. Volume of mostly annual meeting minutes with reports of officers detailing finances and actions of Society, noting deaths of members, new members, some charity recipients, reports of Charleston Jewish Social Services and merger (1950) with Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society.

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Minutes (1869 –1915) of Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society of Charleston, S.C. or "Israel’s Hope." Minutes of regular, special and annual meetings note income, expenses, charity, new members, death of members, etc.

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Financial Records

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Accounts (1896-1947) of Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, later joined to Hebrew Benevolent Society. Recapitulations of income from investments, member names and dues, notations of charity, with information on recipients only in the 1920’s and afterwards. Bound volume with some loose (ca. 1940s) papers.

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Account book (1950-1963) of Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society Fund. Brief notations of assets.

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Account book (1918-1963) of Rosa Blank Memorial Fund, showing income and disbursements.

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Account book (1922-1963) of Samuel D. Turtletaub Fund, showing income and disbursements.

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Account book (1925-1951) of Henry Hirschmann Memorial Fund showing receipts and disbursements and payments of a mortgage.

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Account book (1948-1963) of Joseph Goldman Memorial Fund and Max Turtletaub Memorial Fund, later called Joseph Goldman, Max Turtletaub, A. V. Williams and Samuel Samet Memorial Loan Fund.

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Print, ephemera, and documentary materials

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The Hebrew Benevolent Society of Charleston, SC; Founded 1784. An Historical Sketch by Thomas J. Tobias. 1965 history of society published by the society.

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Scrapbook (1959-1962) of Hebrew Benevolent Society documenting annual meetings. Clippings, invitations, programs, correspondence, photos of speakers, etc. With concurrent resolution SC House of Representatives and Senate re Society’s 175^th anniversary.

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Loose scrapbook and other materials (1959-1984) include invitations, programs, etc. re annual meetings (1959,1962, 1972, 1984).

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