Mickey Funeral Home papers, 1906-1934.

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Mickey Funeral Home papers, 1906-1934.

The Mickey Funeral Home papers consist of these series: Business/Financial Materials (1906-1934) pertaining to the firm and its operation, with correspondence, financial ledgers, and account books making up its the bulk; funeral materials (1914-1933) containing biographical data on the deceased, entered in three insurance books; and miscellaneous materials (1915-1929), consisting of visual materials, church-related materials, publications, and personal correspondence. Of note are occasional references of donations to the N.A.A.C.P., and other organizations like the Humane Brotherhood Association, the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. With printed announcements of the Federation of Charleston re organizing the Peoples Federation Bank for African Americans, otherwise known as the "Black Bank." Also included are financial records (1915-1918) regarding the guardianship of a minor Isaiah Williams, son of deceased Henry Williams, with Edward Mickey serving as Bondsman.

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Mickey, Edward Crum.

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Harleston Funeral Home (Charleston, S.C.)

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Mickey, Richard Harleston, 1889-1934.

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Mickey family.

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Mickey, Hannah Harleston, 1848-1928.

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Harleston, Edwin Gaillard, 1854-1931.

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Williams, Henry, fl. 1918.

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Mickey Funeral Home (Charleston, S.C.)

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The Mickey Funeral Home was established in Charleston, S.C. in 1894 by Edward Mickey (1850-1899), who helped found the Humane Brotherhood Association in 1843 and who was a state legislator during Reconstruction. At his death in 1899, Edwin G. Harleston (1854-1931), brother of Edward Mickey's wife, Hannah Harleston Mickey (1848-1928), took over the firm until the two Mickey sons, Richard Harleston Mickey (1889-1934) and Edward Crum Mickey (1883-1965), became of age. Upon graduating from Avery Nor...

Peoples Federation Bank (Charleston, S.C.)

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Humane Brotherhood Association.

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Williams, Isaiah, b. 1904.

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