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Warley Bascom Sons business records
Warley Bascom Sons, specializing in general upholstering, interior decorations, and cabinet work, became one of the oldest and longest lived businesses owned and run by Black Philadelphians. Mattress-maker Warley Bascom, a freeman from Charleston, South Carolina, began the business sometime around...
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| Collection: | Warley Bascom Sons Business Records |
| Collection Number: | 2030A |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 110 | 2 | |a Warley Bascom Sons (firm) |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Warley Bascom Sons business records |f 1860-1970, undated | |
| 300 | |a 1.3 Linear feet |f ; 1 box, 11 volumes | ||
| 506 | |a None. The collection is open for research. | ||
| 520 | |a Warley Bascom Sons, specializing in general upholstering, interior decorations, and cabinet work, became one of the oldest and longest lived businesses owned and run by Black Philadelphians. Mattress-maker Warley Bascom, a freeman from Charleston, South Carolina, began the business sometime around 1861. It continued under family management until 1974, managed successively by Warley Bascom, Jr., his wife, Josephine Davis Bascom, and their children William, Edgar, and Ethel Bascom Serjeant. Included in the records are: order books, 1902-1923; customer list, 1907-1908; list of rental properties, 1898-1901, with lists of accounts receivable, 1897-1904; cashbook, 1944, 1953; payroll book, 1917-1922; bank books, 1889-1906; loose receipts, 1881-1882. There are in addition a few miscellaneous family papers, including estate records. | ||
| 524 | 8 | |a Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Warley Bascom Sons business records (Collection 2030A), Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | |
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Julia Sarjeant Mitchell, 1974. | |
| 544 | |a At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Warley Bascom Sons ledger, 1903-1910 (Collection 2030B) “The Bascoms” by Elizabeth Powers (call number CS 71 .B37) | ||
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a African American business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American businesspeople--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a African American--Businesses. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Business--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Business--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Furniture industry and trade--Philadelphia--19th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Home furnishings--19th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Home furnishings--20th century. |2 Local | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Mitchell, Julia Sarjeant |e donor | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Warley Bascom Sons Business Records |c 2030A | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/w/WarleyBascom2030A.html |