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Box 7

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Inventory book (March 1951 - March 1954)

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Scope and Contents

Listing funeral home supplies and equipment. Partial, roughly alphabetical index in front of volume lists the following items: caskets and vaults in stock, chairs and sofas, cemetery equipment, dressers and suits in stock, embalming equipment, light fixtures, and office equipment. Inventory often lists items, number of units, and total value. 124 pages.

Dates: 1900-1957

Miscellaneous loose receipts from 1951-1954 inventory book

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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...
Dates: 1900-1957

Receipt book (October 1953 - March 1957)

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Scope and Contents

Carbon copy receipt stubs, mostly with originals, for funeral home billings. Book is organized chronologically and includes receipt stub number, date payment was received, name of person or party issuing and receiving payment, reason for payment, amount of money in account, amount paid, and balance due. Payments are mainly for funerals, check exchanges, the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, hearse hires, and loans.

Dates: 1900-1957