Charles Hamilton Collection

Elementos de identidade

Código de referência

Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0011

Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora

MEBA Archival Collection

Nível de descrição

Coleção

Título

Charles Hamilton Collection

Data(s)

1879 - 1944 (Produção)

Dimensão

.5 Linear Feet

Nome do produtor

Charles Hamilton

História biográfica

Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

Mr. Charles Hamilton was an African-American landowner, farmer, and businessman who lived
in Marion County, Florida, during the late 1800s and turn of the twentieth century. Marion
The county is located in Central Florida. According to information from the 1900 US Census, the
Hamilton Family patriarch, listed as Charly Hamilton, was born during slavery in 1853 and
possibly migrated to Florida from South Carolina after the Civil War. Charly and his wife
Georgia had three sons, Richard, Charlie, and Jonas, and two daughters, Estelle and Texella.
Hamilton and his descendants also owned property and conducted business in neighboring Levy
County.

Sistema de arranjo

There was no original order to the printed records in this collection. All of the records were
folded and stored in a large brown envelope. Before the collection was cataloged, basic
conservation measures were applied. The records were carefully unfolded, laid flat, and cleaned.
Weight was applied. Weight was applied to help further flatten creases and folds. The
documents were placed in plastic sleeves and organized by subject matter and dates. The records
were put in alphabetical order and placed in acid-free file folders and an acid-free storage box.
A content listing of the material was typed. The box was labeled and stored in the active archival
storage area.

Condições de acesso e uso dos elementos

Condições de acesso

Acesso físico

Acesso técnico

Condiçoes de reprodução

Idiomas do material

Escrita do material

Notas ao idioma e script

Instrumentos de descrição

Elementos de aquisição e avaliação

História custodial

Fonte imediata de aquisição

Informações de avaliação, seleção e eliminação

Incorporações

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Existência e localização de originais

Existência e localização de cópias

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Elemento de notas

Nota geral

This small collection comprises rare property, tax, and business records belonging to Mr.
Charles Hamilton, an African-American landowner, farmer, and businessman who lived in
Marion County, Florida. Some of the documents are more than 100 years old. Included in the
records are handwritten bills of sales for equipment and livestock, correspondence, mortgage
deeds, business receipts, and property tax receipts.

Notas especializadas

Citação: According to an undated handwritten note by Dr. James N. Eaton, the founder and first director of the Black Archives, the rare and fragile records in this collection were donated to the research center by Mr. Ed Williams, one of Charles Hamilton’s grandsons. The records were discovered in the summer of 2017 by Murell Dawson while updating, re-filing, and re-arranging backlogged materials in the archival unit.