Midwife's Certificate of Retirement presented to Susie Carey with memorial poem
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Virginia Department of Health, American
label: Subject of
content: Susie Carey, American, 1879 - 1953
label: Subject of
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Esther Marks, American
label: Subject of
content: H. E. Jenkins, American
label: Owned by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: 2011.75.8a:
label: Description
content: A paper "Midwife's Certificate of Retirement" issued by the Virginia State Department of Health to Susie Carey. The certificate has an intricate orange scalloped border and is printed in black ink and completed by hand also in black ink. The center text reads [THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO / SUSIE CARY OF FARMVILLE / PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY WHO HAS BEEN A MIDWIFE / FOR 33 YEARS. SHE HAS RETURNED HER PERMIT ON / THIS 16TH DAY OF JUNE 1952 AND WILL NOT / ATTEND ANY OTHER CASES.]. The certificate is signed at lower right by the state registrar of vital statistics and the county health officer. A faintly visible watermark reads "HAZEL BOND".
label: Description
content: 2011.75.8b
label: Description
content: Originally framed with the retirement certificate is a newspaper clipping of a memorial poem for Susie Carey written by her daughter, Amanda Carter. The headline reads [In Memorian] and the text begins "In memory of my darling mother, Mrs. Susie Carey, who passed away 13 years ago, June 9, 1953." At bottom right is "Loving daughter, Amanda Carter, 6-10-1p".
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: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Rural life
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
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
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: 2011.75.8ab
objectType: label: Type
content: certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (23.5 x 29.8 cm)