Correspondence, Event Programs and Newspaper Clippings, 1910-1914

File — Box: 2, Folder: 9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Holloway Family Scrapbook contains legal documents, personal and business correspondence, receipts, ephemera, clippings and photographs pertaining to the Holloway family, a prominent free family of color in Charleston, SC. Series 1: "The Scrapbook," holds a variety of documents: Highlights include legal documents with deeds (1806, 1821, 1871), a conveyance (1811), slave bills of sale including one for the slave "Betty" (1829), an agreement (1829) to apprentice the slave boy Carlos in the carpenters and house joiner's trade, exhorter licenses to preach and a photograph of a 1797 document declaring patriarch Richard “Holliday” [Holloway] a free mulatto. Personal and business correspondence include letters concerning the hiring out of slaves, an offer (1837) to buy the "Holloway Negroes,” a letter (1831) from Samuel Benedict about emigrating to Liberia, agreements for carpentry work, and information about the Brown Fellowship Society, the Century Fellowship Society, the Minors Moralist Society and the Bonneau Literary Society. Also included are invitations, Confederate and corporate tax receipts, receipts for general merchandise, and Confederate scrip. Other letters and newspaper clippings, including letters to the editor written by James H. Holloway, concern Negro taxes, Negro slaveholders, the Liberia movement, the Methodist Episcopal Church, civil rights and related topics. James H. Holloway's niece, Mae Holloway Purcell, preserved the scrapbook after his death and added to its contents. The bound scrapbook was microfilmed by the South Caroliniana Library in 1977 but was later disbound and reorganized. Using the microfilm as a guide, this archive attempts to recreate the original order and this digital presentation of the scrapbook reflects those efforts.

Dates

Creation: 1910-1914

Creator

From the Collection: Holloway, James H. (James Harrison), 1849-1913 (Person)
From the Collection: Purcell, Mae Holloway, 1891-1982 (Person)

Extent

From the Collection: 4.0 linear feet (3 oversize boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

Program (1910) for 47th anniversary of Methodist Episcopal Centenary Church Sunday School, with printed address by James Holloway; Newspaper clipping (circa 1917) concerning sanitation in Charleston; Clipping (undated) extracting interview with Ben Tillman in which he discusses the death of his longtime black servant; Letter (1910) from J. Augusta Shirer, president of the Colored Branch of the Charleston Y.M.C.A., to James H. Holloway arranging a religious conference in Charleston for blacks in response to a Christian dignitary visiting the white branch of the Y.M.C.A. Printed invitation (1909) to accompany J. H. Holloway to Washington D.C. to attend the inauguration of William Taft; Letter (1909) from W.K. Peyton to J. H. Holloway on renewing subscription to the "Advocate"; newspaper clipping of letter (1910) from black Methodist Episcopal Church member in Baltimore, Maryland to "Bishop Cranston,"concerning a motion by the national Methodist Episcopal Church favoring separation of "colored members." Correspondence (1910) from Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College in Orangeburg, SC, to Cecilia Holloway renewing her position at the school.

Obituary (1911) of Harriet Holloway, pasted next to wedding invitation (1872) from her marriage with James H. Holloway. Newspaper clipping (1911) of a James. H. Holloway editorial for the Southern Reporter detailing his recent travels; Clipping (circa 1911) summarizing the proceedings of the Charleston District Preacher's conference.

Condolence letter (1911) to Cecilia Holloway from YWCA representative Margaret McKinlay upon the death of her mother, Harriet; Receipt (1911) for burial expenses for Mrs. Holloway;