The collection is comprised of two items: James Peter Lewis’s homegoing service book, 2018; and Dorothy Arnold Lewis’s birthday celebration program, 2019. The items are arranged chronologically.

There is a portrait of James Peter Lewis on the cover of the homegoing service book with the title, “Celebration of Life: James Peter Lewis.” It is comprised of approximately 70 glossy pages filled with a multitude of photographs, many of which are captioned, of James, his parents, his siblings, his children, and friends. Biographical text accompanies the photos, providing a valuable life record for the family of one African American middle-class man spanning nine decades.

The Dorothy A. Lewis 90th birthday celebration program is a large tri-fold, laminated brochure. The central three pages of the brochure are filled with photographs of Dorothy from childhood to approximately 2019. The remaining three pages include the brochure’s cover with a photograph of Dorothy, the order of the celebration (“an evening of drinks, dinner, and fun”), and Dorothy’s biography.