Death as Mobility

Acknowledging the "transition" or metaphorical movement from one existence to the next.

Subject of Research: Record of Deaths and Burials Among the Freedmen of Alexandria, VA 1866
Story: These rosters carefully document the transition from life to death of the Freedmen and their families. The log notes many “infant child” deaths and some notations of “Buried Distitute.”
Source: 1863-1869, Arlington County, Library of Virginia, Reel 269; “Record of Deaths and Burials among the Freedmen in Alexandria, Va.”; https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA015#MAR https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bzsnvDBNvVgROGDEIlr2dJkbsFVFPNuV?usp=drive_link

Subject of Research: Reported Deaths on May 27, 1889
Source: National Endowment for Humanities - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Subject of Research: Funeral Programs from "The Personal Papers of Birdie and Mabel Alston, 1905-2019"
Story: Over one hundred programs from funerals the Alston’s attended throughout Virginia and the Washington DC area. They contain information about the deceased’s life and family, and many include photographs; the deceased were part of the area’s Black community.

Birdie (1919-2020) and Mable (nee Shirley) Alston (1920-2017) were married neighborhood activists and prominent community members in the Halls Hill/Highview Park area. The Alston’s came to Arlington in 1944 and settled in Halls Hill in 1947.
People: Birdie (1919-2020) and Mable (nee Shirley) Alston (1920-2017)
Place: Hall's Hill
Source: The Personal Papers of Birdie and Mabel Alston, 1905-2019; https://libraryarchives.arlingtonva.us/Detail/collections/3375

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