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Invoice For Funeral Services For Eligah Dawkins, Holmes Funeral Director 2023 University of North Florida

Invoice For Funeral Services For Eligah Dawkins, Holmes Funeral Director

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Bill: List of services provided by Holmes Funeral Director, Mrs. R Holmes Walker Licensed Embalmer, Jacksonville, Florida, for the funeral of Eligah Dawkins. No Date Given


International Correspondence Schools - Mr. Maceo Vanover, No Date Given, Edward P. Leonard 2023 University of North Florida

International Correspondence Schools - Mr. Maceo Vanover, No Date Given, Edward P. Leonard

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Advertising from Edward P. Leonard, Manager, Subscription Division, International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, for a set of books for business fundamentals, the Institute of Business Science.


Atlantic Tire Service Business Card, Atlantic Tire Service 2023 University of North Florida

Atlantic Tire Service Business Card, Atlantic Tire Service

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Business Card: Atlantic Tire Service Incorporated United States Tires, Julia and Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Florida. A.P. Martire, Manager


Francis P. L'Engle - Unknown, No Date Given, Francis P. L'Engle 2023 University of North Florida

Francis P. L'Engle - Unknown, No Date Given, Francis P. L'Engle

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Note requesting payment for interest note due on November 18th. Francis P. L'Engle, Barnett Building, Jacksonville Florida.


Real Estate Mortgage Note Coupons, 2023 University of North Florida

Real Estate Mortgage Note Coupons

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Bill: Mortgage note coupons, Rosie Holmes Walker payment to Mary F. Valade. V


Advertisment, Ernest H. Heiland - Holmes Funeral Parlors, No Date Given, Ernest H. Heiland 2023 University of North Florida

Advertisment, Ernest H. Heiland - Holmes Funeral Parlors, No Date Given, Ernest H. Heiland

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Letter with samples of Acknowledgement of Sympathy card from Ernest H.Heiland Exclusive Designs in Acknowledgement of Sympathy Cards - Memorial Prayer Cards, 229 Virginia Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, advertising sent to Holmes Funeral Parlors.


Receipt, Davis Street Pharmacy, 2023 University of North Florida

Receipt, Davis Street Pharmacy

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Receipt - Payment on delivery: (C.O.D.) of 90 cents, Davis Street Pharmacy, 627 Davis Street, Jacksonville, Florida. Name: Millard Padgett. Handwritten on back: Mrs. Joyner


List Of Funeral Services And Costs, 2023 University of North Florida

List Of Funeral Services And Costs

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Note: Handwritten list of services for funeral services and cost. No date given.


William H Suttles, Barber, William H. Suttles 2023 University of North Florida

William H Suttles, Barber, William H. Suttles

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Business card: Wm.H. Suttles, Barber, First Class Services249 E. 35th St. Res. 3120 Cottage Grove Ave. Chicago, Illinois. Phones: Shop Douglas 4599, Residence Douglas 6972. No date given


Mrs. Bessie M. Taylor-Shaw, 2023 University of North Florida

Mrs. Bessie M. Taylor-Shaw

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Calling card: Mrs. Bessie M. Taylor-Shaw 410 Broad Street Jacksonville Florida. No date given


Pangles's The Exclusive Floor Covering Store, Pangle's 2023 University of North Florida

Pangles's The Exclusive Floor Covering Store, Pangle's

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Business card: R.W. Cantrell, Pangles 338 West Forsyth St. Jacksonville, Florida. Phone 5-4583. W.D. Pangle, Owner. Handwritten note on back: about 33.50 per mo. No date given.


Mrs. Arvilla Ross - Mrs. R. Holmes Walker, No Date Given, Arvilla Ross 2023 University of North Florida

Mrs. Arvilla Ross - Mrs. R. Holmes Walker, No Date Given, Arvilla Ross

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Letter from Mrs. Ross, Gainesville, Florida, requesting acknowledgement and receipt for payments made to Mrs. Rosa G. Holmes Walker for Phena [Nelmon's] funeral expenses.


Advertisement, Maxwell Copper-Alloy Burial Products, Maxwell Burial Products 2023 University of North Florida

Advertisement, Maxwell Copper-Alloy Burial Products, Maxwell Burial Products

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Pamphlet: Maxwell copper alloy burial products distributed by Florida Casket Company, Jacksonville Florida. No date given


Advertisement, Huntley's Grape Juice, Chapman Sales Company, Chapman Sales Company 2023 University of North Florida

Advertisement, Huntley's Grape Juice, Chapman Sales Company, Chapman Sales Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Letter from Chapman Sales Company, distributors and brokers of Chautauqua Maid and Huntley's Grape Juice 921, Lynch Building, Jacksonville Florida advertisement letter for Huntley's Grape Juice.


Advertisement, G. P. Putnam's Sons, G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023 University of North Florida

Advertisement, G. P. Putnam's Sons, G. P. Putnam's Sons

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Pamphlet: G.P. Putnam's Sons Publishers and Booksellers advertisement for Putnam;s Minute-A-Day English For Busy People. No date given.


Notes, No Date Given., 2023 University of North Florida

Notes, No Date Given.

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Handwritten notes: Mr. Gadson wants body brought to house Friday night where pallbearers promised 3 cars Saturday morning; Mrs. Reynolds on Jessie St. wants to see you.


Mamie L. Anderson-Pratt - Rosa G. Holmes-Walker, No Date Given, Mamie L. Anderson-Pratt 2023 University of North Florida

Mamie L. Anderson-Pratt - Rosa G. Holmes-Walker, No Date Given, Mamie L. Anderson-Pratt

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Announcement/card with transit documentation. Handwritten on back: Remains of Edward Hall Consigned to Jacksonville Fla by S.S. Mohawk. To Mrs. Rosa Holmes-Walker Funeral Director 621 W. State St From Mamie L Anderson-Pratt 239 W. 131st St. N.Y. City. No date given.


In A Condition Of No Light, Alana Perino 2023 Rhode Island School of Design

In A Condition Of No Light, Alana Perino

Masters Theses

In a Condition of No Light is an autofictional investigation into lineages of familial domesticity. The performances therein circumnavigate one family in one domestic environment, yet are in dialogue with repertoires learned and rehearsed within legacies of myth, literature, theater, film, music, and image; as well as through the otherwise untraceability of embodied memory and inherited trauma. The methodologies used are primarily photographic but also encompass practices reaching towards sculpture, installation, and performance. The line of questioning reserved for this inquiry is how a home, its objects, and inhabitants generate, spacialize, and embody the conditions of wealth, whiteness, and gender. …


Making Then Meaning, Ben Denzer 2023 Rhode Island School of Design

Making Then Meaning, Ben Denzer

Masters Theses

This is an artist talk contained within a book. It is 816 pages and 49 minutes long. Closed captions run across the spreads. A video of this talk can be watched on bendenzer.com/making-then-meaning

At RISD, I’ve been prompted to expand the scope and tools of my practice and to reflect on questions of meaning in my work.

I spend my days making things, but I’ve never really had good answers to questions of why I make the things I make, or what their meaning is. I don’t think there are simple answers to these questions.

I think meaning comes from …


Żółty Dom: A Digital Archive Of A Grandmother’S Legacy, Hailey Stessman 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Żółty Dom: A Digital Archive Of A Grandmother’S Legacy, Hailey Stessman

Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects

Archives, as separate entities and as a practice, have been used as a means to preserve and conserve pieces of history across a range of subjects. Physical artifacts, personal photography, or important classified documents may be included within these capsules of the past. Prolific individuals have had their lives collected, organized, and stored away in such minute detail for the ease and accessibility of public use. Not only does the precise organization aid easy research, but it also lends to the art of storytelling. One can trace an individual’s legacy from their childhood to their final breath by exploring their …


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