Archives

The archives of the Southern Jewish Historical Society are housed in the :
College of Charleston, Special Collections

The inventory to the SJHS papers can be found by clicking here.  Or, you can go the the Library's online catalog at www.cofc.edu/~library and type "Southern Jewish Historical Society" into the search field to access the collection description.

For Archives information contact:

Dr. Dale Rosengarten, Special Collections
RosengartenD@cofc.edu

The SJHS archives location is:
Special Collections, Addlestone Library
College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina 29424

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or by special appointment.
Telephone: (843) 953-8016
Fax: (843) 953-8019

The College of Charleston maintains the archive of the SJHS. The materials in Special Collections are non-circulating. They currently have the Records of the SJHS, including minutes of the meetings, agenda, presidents', secretaries, treasurers' and committee reports; financial records; papers of former presidents and committee chairmen related to the Society, correspondence, membership lists, constitution and bylaws; legal documents, essays submitted for the Student Essay Prize; grant proposals; programs from annual meetings; copies of the SJHS newsletters, and the Journal of the Southern Jewish Historical Society; photographs and clippings relating to the Society.

Related items are also housed here-including family and community histories related to the Jewish experience in the South, and collections and items of exceptional intrinsic or research value relating to Southern Jewry.