Testimonial Banquet Honoring Reverend Robert Moses Williams: Museum Object and Cultural History
Testimonial Banquet Honoring Reverend Robert Moses Williams: Date: 1968. Created by: Zion Baptist Church, American, founded 1934. Subject of: Rev. Robert Moses Williams, American, 1916 - 1991.
The object in the museum catalogue
Souvenir program from a testimonial banquet for Rev. Robert Moses Williams, pastor of Zion Baptist Church. The booklet has a textured yellow cover with two (2) staples. The program includes event information, advertisements, best wishes, and brief biographies. The banquet was held at the downtown Holiday Inn in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, September 27, 1968 at 8:00 P.M., as printed on the cover. Dr. Woodrow Wilson Taylor was the guest speaker. All of the pages have a side border which reads [ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY] vertically. The back cover is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1968
- Created by: Zion Baptist Church, American, founded 1934
- Subject of: Rev. Robert Moses Williams, American, 1916 - 1991
- Type: souvenir programs
- Medium: ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 1/16 × 9 1/4 × 1/8 in. (17.9 × 23.5 × 0.3 cm)
- Place used: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Baptist
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Social life and customs
- Topic: The Black Church
- Object number: 2015.97.40.33
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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