Memorial services program for Amanda Edna Carey Carter
date: label: Date
content: October 25, 2007
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A tri-fold program for the memorial services for midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The program is printed in black text on white paper with pink rose adornments and several color photographs. The front of the program reads [Celebration of Life / for / Amanda Edna Carey Carter / Sunrise / May 3, 1909 / Sunset / October 21, 2007]. At center is a color photograph of Carter dressed in black and wearing a black hat with a white-trimmed brim. Beneath the photo are the details of the service held October 25, 2007 at New Hope Baptist Church in Keysville, Virginia. The interior pages have the obituary, which details her work as a fourth-generation midwife in rural Virginia as well as her family life, along with the order of the service. The back of the program has a color photograph of Carter wearing a midwife's uniform and holding a baby along with a poem titled [To Those Whom I Love / and Those Who Love Me]. The program also contains a page listing the pall bearers, floral bearers, and a note of gratitude from the family.
place: label: Place used
content: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.75.16
objectType: label: Type
content: programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (21.6 x 12.1 cm)