Charles Williams papers
- Collection ID 2016.0019
- Creator Names Williams, Charles creator
- Title Charles Williams papers [manuscript] ca. 1920-1930.
- Physical description 1 folder
- Collection summary 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.
- Biographical or Historical Note 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.
- Subjects
- African American business enterprises Illinois Chicago.
- African American business people Illinois Chicago.
- Genre Financial records. aat
- Names
- Binga State Bank.
- Douglas National Bank.
- Swift & Company.