Box 1

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, hearse and carriage rentals, cemetery, and church fees. The roughly alphabetical index in the front and back of volume (of those paying for the funeral) includes person's address, name of deceased (except if an infant), and often relationship to person paying, with place of death, and place of burial (town, or...

Collection Overview From the Collection: 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 Records (1910-1923; 1929-1950; 1953-1958) are chronologically organized account books detailing funeral and related expenses. All of them contain indexes; some indexes list the deceased while others list the person paying for the funeral. Extensive biographical statistics are often given, and there are various mentions of...

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...

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Notes, receipts, letters regarding caskets, hearses, and flowers. Includes several letters and notes addressed to E. G. Harleston, undertaker, a life insurance company's blank physician certificate and blank proof of death sheet.

Scope and Contents Accounts (beginning on page 100) 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, hearse rentals, 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 front of the...

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Contains receipts, lists, and a blank check from the Commercial National Bank with notations on back.