Harleston family
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Harleston Funeral Home records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1014
Abstract
The original Harleston Funeral Home was established in Charleston, South Carolina in 1901 by Edwin G. Captain Harleston (1854-1931) and his brother, Robert Harleston (1846-1915), under the name Harleston Brothers Funeral Home. It was one of the first funeral homes for African Americans in Charleston.
The Harleston Funeral Home records consist of 17 volumes which document the deceased, customers, and funeral expenses. They are organized into three series. The Funeral...
Dates:
1900-1976
League of Allied Arts records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1158
Abstract
The League of Allied Arts (LAA) is an organization of Black women who celebrate and help to locally advance a plethora of elements of high culture. The organization was initially founded in Los Angeles, CA, in 1939, however, Edwina Whitlock created a new branch of the organization upon her relocation back to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1986. This collection highlights the documents from its foundation and earliest years, from 1986 to 1988. There are three series. Administrative includes...
Dates:
1983-1988; Majority of material found within 1986-1988
Edwina Harleston Whitlock papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1120
Abstract
Edwina Augusta Harleston Whitlock was born Gussie Louise Harleston on September 28, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert Othello Harleston and his wife, Marie Isabelle Forrest. She was raised by her uncle, Edwin Augustus Teddy Harleston and his wife Elise Forrest after it was discovered that Whitlock's parents had tuberculosis. Whitlock attended the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, and Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she...
Dates:
1918-2006
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- Funeral homes -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- correspondence 2
- African American art -- South Carolina -- 20th century 1
- African American artists 1
- African American artists -- South Carolina 1
- African American arts -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American families -- South Carolina 1
- African American newspapers 1
- African American photographers 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 1
- African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Statistics, Vital 1
- Art 1
- Arts -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Genealogy 1
- Performing arts 1
- Performing arts sponsorship 1
- Programs (Publications) 1
- Racially mixed people -- United States 1
- Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis 1
- Undertakers and undertaking -- Equipment and supplies 1
- Undertakers and undertaking -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Undertakers and undertaking -- United States 1
- Youth -- Counseling of 1
- appointment books 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- diaries 1
- greeting cards 1
- identity cards 1
- obituaries 1
- passports 1
- photographs 1
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