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Fellowship Society records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0151
Abstract
Minutes (1769-1963), membership records (1762-1993) and financial records (1774-2004) document all activities of the Fellowship Society, a Charleston, South Carolina benevolent organization dedicated to charity, education, and upkeep of widows and orphans of its members.
Dates:
1762-2005
Found in:
Special Collections
Gadsden Funeral Home records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1137
Abstract
The Gadsden Funeral Home was founded in 1902 by Eugene Gadsden (1866-1928) as the Eugene Gadsden Company. It was one of the first funeral homes for African Americans in Charleston. The Gadsden Funeral Home was operated and passed down through the family for over a century until it closed in 2005.The Gadsden Funeral Home records consist of three series documenting the history of the Gadsden/Duncan family, the Gadsden Funeral Home, and numerous affiliations. The collection consists...
Dates:
1892-2010; Majority of material found within 1921-1986
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- African American banks -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- Burial records -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Charities -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Societies 1
- Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
- Funeral homes -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Undertakers and undertaking -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- account books 1
- cashbooks 1
- certificates 1
- diplomas 1
- financial records 1
- journals (accounts) 1
- licenses 1
- minutes (administrative records) 1
- pamphlets 1
- photocopies 1
- programs (documents) 1
- rules of procedure 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Duncan, Eugene, 1905-1964 1
- Eugene Gadsden Company (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Fellowship Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Gadsden Funeral Home (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Gadsden, Eugene, 1866-1928 1
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