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Brown Fellowship Society (or Century Fellowship Society) records

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Brown Fellowship Society (or Century Fellowship Society) records

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Film includes: minute books, loose pages of minutes, a resolution, extract of a will, broadsides, a printed pamphlet, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Brown Fellowship Society, known at one time as the Century Fellowship SocietyTwo of the filmed volumes contain handwritten minutes of meetings and include the names of officers and members. Topics frequently discussed at meetings include the upkeep of the Society's cemetery and the use and upkeep of the fellowship hall, called Society Hall in 1889 and Century Hall in 1911The first volume (1869-1889) was kept by various secretaries of the Brown Fellowship Society including I. Moulton, F. Dereef, Samuel D. Holloway, B.K. Kinloch, John A. Mushington, and J.H. Holloway. The second volume (1911-1916) and loose minutes (1914-1911) were kept by secretary W. Steward Montgomery of the Century Fellowship SocietyA broadside entitled "The Brown Fellowship Society 200th Anniversary Commemorative Celebration" (1990) mentions visiting the relocated cemetery on Cunningham Street. A broadside entitled "Century Fellowship Society" (1904) depicts the fellowship hall and contains information about the early history of the Society. A printed pamphlet entitled "Rules and Regulations of the Brown Fellowship Socitey" [sic] (Charleston, S.C. : J.B. Nixon, 1844) includes handwritten annotations updating rules and regulationsMiscellaneous correspondence and related items (1907-1937) concern the maintenance and repair of the hall and upkeep of the cemetery

Brown Fellowship Society