Funeral program of Hugh Hollins: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Digital copy of a funeral program for Hugh Hollins with accompanying greeting card addressed to Eddie Faye Gates. The program consists of black ink printed on a single sheet of grey and white marble printed paper, folded to form four pages. The first page, or cover, has a photograph portrait of Hollins and text at the top reads [IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HUGH HOLLINS / November 2,1913 - August 15, 2000]. Beneath the photograph is information for the Homecoming Services held at St. Andrew Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The first interior page has an obituary titled [Precious Memories of / Hugh Hollins]. It describes Hollins as [obedient, steadfast, meticulous, thorough, successful, content and honorable] and describes his childhood in Gilmer, Texas, his barber skills, his business in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, his marriage and family, and his membership at Saint Andrew Baptist Church. The second interior page has the order of service and interment information. The back page has the pallbearers, flower bearers, an expression of gratitude from the family, and information for Jack's Memory Chapel at the bottom center.

The program is accompanied by a greeting card with a scene of birds at a feeder and sunflowers on the front. The interior pages have a correspondence message to Eddie Faye Gates from Helen Hollis, dated January 20, 2001.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2000
• Created by: Jack's Memory Chapel, American, founded 1948
• Subject of: Hugh Hollins, American, 1913 - 2000
• Owned by: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
• Type: digital images
• Type: programs
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: File size (overall): 319.57 MB
• Place collected: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Funeral customs and rites
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2014.117.63
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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