Box 1

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Materials regarding College of Charleston's purchase of 2 Green Street, including earlier 1949 letters between Louise Purvis Bell and attorney Paul McMillan regarding purchase price. Also includes a memo from Margaretta Childs regarding house marker and 1972 newspaper article regarding history of the house.

Originals in Folder 3.

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Photocopies of letters and instructions of Louise P. Bell to her sons, Hiram and James. Subjects include family history and properties. Bell urges a son to apply to the Medical College of South Carolina, noting the quota for equal number of black and white students.

Originals in Folder 3.

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Includes instructions regarding Hiram Bell, Sr.'s health and settlement of accounts, taxes, and bills. Includes grocery list, prescription, payments to the Friendly Union Cemetery, and a 1926 The Roll of Honor printed by Morris Brown A.M.E. church. Also a New Testament Bible.

Originals in Folder 3.

Collection Overview From the Collection: These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history of the Bell, DeReef, and Purvis families; health of Hiram Bell, Sr. and references to Friendly Union Cemetery. Printed materials and certificates from Morris Brown A.M.E. church, Avery Normal Institute, Shaw School and Hampton College; with various printed materials documenting the Bricklayers, Masons and...

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Includes Hiram L. Bell Jr.'s certificate and membership in Beta Kappa Phi, a National Honor Society. 1950 program for 50th Anniversary, Charleston Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers with Hiram Bell as treasurer.

Collection Overview From the Collection: These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history of the Bell, DeReef, and Purvis families; health of Hiram Bell, Sr. and references to Friendly Union Cemetery. Printed materials and certificates from Morris Brown A.M.E. church, Avery Normal Institute, Shaw School and Hampton College; with various printed materials documenting the Bricklayers, Masons and...

Collection Overview From the Collection: These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history of the Bell, DeReef, and Purvis families; health of Hiram Bell, Sr. and references to Friendly Union Cemetery. Printed materials and certificates from Morris Brown A.M.E. church, Avery Normal Institute, Shaw School and Hampton College; with various printed materials documenting the Bricklayers, Masons and...

Collection Overview From the Collection: These papers document properties owned by the family, especially the historic home at 2 Green Street, Charleston, sold to the College of Charleston in 1971. With materials on the history of the Bell, DeReef, and Purvis families; health of Hiram Bell, Sr. and references to Friendly Union Cemetery. Printed materials and certificates from Morris Brown A.M.E. church, Avery Normal Institute, Shaw School and Hampton College; with various printed materials documenting the Bricklayers, Masons and...

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Includes four obituary notices for Hiram Bell, Sr., one of which appeared in The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer magazine.