Account book (January 1914 - January 1917) of funerals and related expenses.
Scope and Contents
Accounts appear chronologically under the name of the person or party responsible for payment. Account notations, with amounts and dates paid, include such items as coffins, embalming, hearses, cemetery and church fees. A roughly alphabetical index (of those paying for the funerals) includes person's address, name of deceased (except if an infant), and often relationship to the person paying, with place of burial (town, or cemetery) given. The second half of the volume documents rentals of hearses and cars to clients identified as Jason Brown, J.D. Parker, C.M. English, Mazyck, Vandross, R.M. Snype, Hoffman, with notations regarding hospital and training school
charges; charges paid and outstanding debts. Related letters and bills are clipped to pages. 600 pages.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1958
Creator
- From the Collection: Harleston Funeral Home (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material is in English
Access Restrictions
Papers have been microfilmed. Researchers are required to use microfilm.
Box 1 - See Reel 1
Box 2 - See Reel 2
Box 3 - See Reel 3
Box 4 - See Reel 4
Box 4 - See Reel 4
Box 5 - See Reel 5
Box 6 - See Reel 6
Box 7 - See Reel 7
Extent
From the Collection: 3.5 linear feet (7 archival boxes)
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu