Guide to the Creole Social Club records MSS.0374
Creole Social Club (Mobile, Ala.)
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
February 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Creole Social Club records
- Unit ID:
MSS.0374
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (10 items)
- Dates:
1878-1902
- Abstract:
Insurance policies on the club house, an account book from a Mobile, Alabama, apothecary with the club, and tickets for social events sponsored by this African-American social club.
- creator
Creole Social Club. (Mobile, Ala.)
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains insurance policies on the club house, an account book from a Mobile apothecary with the club, and tickets for social events.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Creole Social Club records, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from J. Pat Cather, 1998
Biographical/Historical note
The "Creole Social Club" in Mobile, Alabama, was founded in October 1857. It was a social club for "Creoles of Color". The majority of the founders were also members of the "Creole #1" Fire Station, which was originally founded, in 1819, by "Free Men of Color". The Creole Social Club and its auxiliary for women, like the Creole Fire Company, "held regular meetings. Their main purpose was to provide insurance for their members. Any member who got sick could appeal to the organization for living expenses, or burial expenses when necessary. Both organizations offered their members protection against a society that was closing in around them." ( Gulf Coast Historical Review, v.9, Fall 1993, no.1, pp/39-40)
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Source(s)
Account books (aat)
African Americans (localbroad)
African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions (lcsh)
Alabama (localbroad)
Insurance policies (aat)
Invitations (aat)
Mobile County (Ala.) (lcsh)
Organizations (localbroad)
Sports, Recreation and Leisure (localbroad)
|x Social life and customs (lcsh)
Creole Social Club of Mobile Box 3602