Richardson family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
McNeil and Richardson family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1162
Abstract
The McNeil and Richardson families crossed paths and were united with the marriage of Jane McNeil and Toby Richardson in the latter portion of the nineteenth century. This collection documents both the McNeil and Richardson families. The bulk of the documents in this collection are legal notes regarding land ownership and acquisitions as well as legal will claims. There also are multiple booklets of family reunions of both the McNeil and Richardson families, which list their known...
Dates:
1904-2005, and undated; Majority of material found within 1930-1990
Inez Richardson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1161
Abstract
Inez A. Richardson, born in 1911, was the first licensed Black female barber in South Carolina. This collection concentrates primarily on Inez Richardson, however it also includes documents pertaining to the rest of the Richardson family. The collection documents Richardson’s involvement in the Rose of Sharon Tent, Southern District No. 4, from 1952 to 1984. The Rose of Sharon Tent was one of the Tents of the United Order of Tents, which is the only Christian Black women’s secret society....
Dates:
1951-1990
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African American beauty operators 1
- African American families -- South Carolina 1
- African American families -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American political activists 1
- African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American women 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies and clubs 1
- Family-owned business enterprises -- South Carolina 1
- High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- James Island (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century 1
- James Island (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer 1
- Minorities -- Political activity 1
- Reunions -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Slavery -- South Carolina 1
- correspondence 1
- family papers 1
- real estate 1 + ∧ less
∨ more