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Atlanta funeral programs collection

African American funeral programs dating from 1886-2019 held by the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1886/2019

Subject
African American men--History--20th century
African American women--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History--20th century
Funeral service--History--20th century
Mourning customs--History--20th century
African American men--History--19th century
African American women--History--19th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--History--19th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History--19th century
Funeral service--History--19th century
Mourning customs--History--19th century
African Americans--Genealogy

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium
church records
programs (documents)

Type
Text

Description
Over 3300 funeral programs documenting the funeral services of Georgia residents, primarily from the Atlanta, Georgia area. Most of the programs are from services held during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A majority of the programs are from churches in the Atlanta, Georgia area, with a few programs from other states such as South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, among others. The programs typically contain a photograph of the deceased, an obituary, a list of surviving relatives, and the order of service. The collection provides extensive genealogical information about the deceased, including birth and death dates, maiden names, names of relatives, past residences, and place of burial. Alongside this genealogical information, the obituaries provide a rich source of local history.

The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/aarl_afpc

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter

Rights