Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Scope and Content
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Biography or History
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Charles Williams papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Charles Williams papers
- Dates
- ca. 1920-1930
- Identifier
- 2016.0019
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, creator
- Creator
- Binga State Bank, Douglas National Bank, Swift & Company
- Size
- 1 folder
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content
Bank books, loan documents and other financial records documenting African-American owned businesses and the personal finances of Charles Williams. Also included are copies of St. Mark's Messenger church bulletins.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
Please cite collection as Charles Williams papers plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Acquisition Information
Velinsky, Sarah. 2015/03/022016.0019.1, Gift.Biography or History
Charles and Mary Williams were an African American couple who lived in a third floor apartment at 3845 South State Street on Chicago<U+2019>s South Side, ca. 1910s to 1930s. Mr. Williams worked at Swift & Company meatpackers and belonged to the Swift & Co. Employees Benefit Association, which provided injury and death benefits to its members. They may have attended St. Mark<U+2019>s Methodist Church at 5001 South Wabash Avenue during the era in which the congregation's paster was Dr. J. B. Redmond. Redmond supported the formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and actively advocated for the young union. The Williams banked at Binga State Bank and Douglass National Bank.