Thomas J. Tobias papers
Item
Country
US
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
66 George Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29424
Contact information: phone number
001 (843) 953 8016
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
Reference number
Mss 1029
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (official language of the state)
Thomas J. Tobias papers
Creator / accumulator
Thomas J. Tobias
Date note
circa 1790/1970
Language(s)
eng
heb
Extent
2 linear metres
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This fonds comprises papers concerning the Tobias and other related families, such as the Mordecai and the Lazarus. The Tobias was a Jewish family of Sephardic extraction based in Charleston, South Carolina.
The collection is arranged into seven series: 1) Tobias Family Papers; 2) Family Bibles; 3) Mordecai Family Papers; 4) Lazarus Family; 5) Papers on/of individuals. Family/research of TJ Tobias; 6) History and Research Papers; and 7) Miscellaneous.
Series 5 includes numerous documents and research notes on influential Sephardic families and individuals settled in South Carolina and other places in North America, such as Isaac da Costa, Moses Lindo, David Lopez, Moses Lopez, Samuel Nunez, Abraham Rodriguez Rivera, Joseph Salvador, and De Leon/De Lyon and Lopez families. This series also contains Benjamin and Levi Sheftall's diary with information regarding the early Jewish settlement in Savannah, Georgia. Series 6 includes the history and research papers of Thomas J. Tobias regarding the Sephardic congregation of Charleston and Francis Salvador, as well as typed copies of wills of South Carolina Jews from circa 1750 to 1860.
The collection is arranged into seven series: 1) Tobias Family Papers; 2) Family Bibles; 3) Mordecai Family Papers; 4) Lazarus Family; 5) Papers on/of individuals. Family/research of TJ Tobias; 6) History and Research Papers; and 7) Miscellaneous.
Series 5 includes numerous documents and research notes on influential Sephardic families and individuals settled in South Carolina and other places in North America, such as Isaac da Costa, Moses Lindo, David Lopez, Moses Lopez, Samuel Nunez, Abraham Rodriguez Rivera, Joseph Salvador, and De Leon/De Lyon and Lopez families. This series also contains Benjamin and Levi Sheftall's diary with information regarding the early Jewish settlement in Savannah, Georgia. Series 6 includes the history and research papers of Thomas J. Tobias regarding the Sephardic congregation of Charleston and Francis Salvador, as well as typed copies of wills of South Carolina Jews from circa 1750 to 1860.
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Jefferson Tobias (1906-1970) was a historian, researcher, author and genealogist.
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System of arrangement
The collection is organised into seven series.
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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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