Ruth Bass Jacobs Collection

Inventory

Box#/Folder#

I.

Bass, Cohen, Pearlstine Family Papers

A.

Bass and Cohen family photographs 1910s-1950s (originals and prints); image of the Morris Cohen Family, ca. 1900; photographs of Nathan and Esther Bass 1910s-1950s; Ruth Bass Jacobs with siblings, 1920s; Jack Bass high school football picture; Ruth Bass confirmation class, Tree of Life Synagogue, Columbia, SC, 1938; Capt. Herbert Bass, ca. 1943 (original negative); Rose and Morris Cohen, ca. 1940s; Ruth Bass with Sigma Delta Sorority, USC, 1946; Frances Bass wedding, 1949; image of Rose Wasserman Cohen; Ruth Bass wedding portrait, 1951; also includes photocopy of photo album containing images of Bass and Cohen families and friends, ca. 1920s-1930s

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B.

Jacobs and Pearlstine family photographs 1900-1980s (originals and prints); includes image (print) of the Pearlstine Family of Branchville, ca. 1894; photo postcard of Jack and Milton Pearlstine, 1905; image of Isaac Jacobs, 1917; Dr. Kivy Pearlstine ca. 1930s; Isaac and Jeanette Jacobs, ca. 1840s (prints); Isaac Jacobs (grandson) 1916; images of Ethel Pearlstine Jacobs; Louis Charles Pearlstine, ca. 1890s; Samuel and Adelaide Jacobs, 1988; Rebecca Tobish Pearlstine; Sadie, Jack and Milton Pearlstine, ca. 1905; Sarah Jacobs, ca. 1900; Cpl. Isaac Jacobs, 1941.

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C.

Misc. unidentified photographs 1920s-1970s (several are prints); includes formal portrait of Daisy, the Bass family’s housekeeper?

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D.

Prayer book for Jews in the armed forces, 1941; Dan Lodge member phone book 1930s-40s

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E.

Thomas L. Pearlstine’s tallis bag (early 20th C.)

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F.

Correspondence (photocopies and originals) of Jacobs, Pearlstine, Bass and extended family 1891-1943: includes a letter concerning property matters handwritten on "R. Pearlstine/Dealer in General Merchandise, Branchville, SC" letterhead, 1891; photocopy of letter from Flora Pearlstine Jacobs to her cousin, Ethel Pearlstine re. misc. family updates, 1905-1906; V-mail letter from Isaac Jacobs, 1943

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G.

News Clippings (photocopies and originals) of the Bass and Jacobs families: copy of article (1934) about Thomas Pearlstine and founding of Brith Sholom; clippings (1940s) re. death of Nathan Bass and Herbert Bass, end of Capt. Samuel Bass’s tour of duty and Jack Bass’s graduation from University of South Carolina; misc. articles (1950s-1990s) re. members of the Jacobs family (Harold and Isaac)

H.

Jack Bass papers: campaign ephemera, clippings 1960s-1990s

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I.

Ruth Bass Jacobs papers: letter (1946) to RBJ from the USO re. her 200 hours of service; hand written description (ca. late 1940s) of RBJ’s duties at South Carolina State Board of Health; letter of resignation (1951) to SC State Board of Health and response; copy of May 1951 SC State Board of Health newsletter which announces Ruth Bass’s engagement; hand made booklet (1951), "Life Magazine Presents Exclusive Story and Pictures of Bass-Jacobs Engagement"

J.

Lena Pearlstine Berkman papers; eulogy; photos (prints of 1930s images); photocopy of journal (originally typed 1931) which details 1856 journey from England to America

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K.

Jacobs family scrapbook (1940s-1970s); disassembled; photocopies and originals; clippings and ephemera re. Jacobs family activities.

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L

Related Organizations: issues of L. Chaim, May 1982, May, Aug. 1984; minutes of JCC Senior Adult Committee, Sept. 1983

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M

Related Organizations JCC Jewish Archives Committee mtg. minutes Dec. 1987, Feb., July, Nov. 1988 and Committee guidelines

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II.

Misc. items of Jewish Interest

A.

Feinberg family papers; photocopies of images, documents, clippings, 1907-1970

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B.

Charleston Jewish interest programs, booklets, news clippings 1930s-2001 (bulk 1950s re. BSBI merger and new synagogue); photocopied photos (ca. 1960s) of installation of Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman at Brith Shalom.

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Note: Isaac Jacobs gave two audio interviews to the Jewish Heritage Project in February 1995