Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913

Wells, Henrietta Bell, American, 1912 - 2008

Moon, Catherine

Boutte, Faye

Young, Alberta

Winston, Deralyn

Tyler, Lugusta

Clarke, Wilbaleigh

Brown, Thelma

Crawford, Cecile

Fonsworth, Sylvia

Webster, Anita

Foreman, Irma

Booker, Aster Lee

Fonsworth, Marie

Johnson, Helen

Jackson, Willie

Johnson, Ardelia

Burr, Vera

Unidentified Woman or Women

Wiley College, American, founded 1873

Medium

unidentified

Dimensions

H x W: 7 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (20.2 × 27.8 cm)

Type

portraits

sepia prints

Place depicted

Wiley College, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

Date

1932

Description

A sepia print of the Alpha Iota Chapter at Wiley College in 1932. There are 20 women in four rows, on the exterior stairs of a brick building (3 in front row, 6 in second row, 7 in third row, and 4 in back row). All of the women are wearing dresses and have corsages pinned to their proper left chest. Most of the women have their hands clasped in front of themselves. There are two baskets of flowers in front of the ladies, with the symbols [?ST] for Delta Sigma Theta between the two baskets. This photograph is housed in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a photocopy of these same picture on a piece of white copy paper, along with the list of individuals pictured on the left. List reads: [ALPHA IOTA CHAPTER / WILEY COLLEGE / 1932 / 1st Row / Henrietta Bell / Catherine Moon / 2nd Row / Faye Boutte / Alberta Young / Deralyn Winson / Lugusta Tyler / Wilbaleign Clarke /Thelma Brown / 3rd Row / Cecile Crawford / Sylvia Fonsworth / Anita Webster / Irma Foreman / Aster Lee Booker / Marie Fonsworth / 4th Row / Helen Johnson / Willie Jackson / Ardelia Johnson / Vera Burr].

Topic

African American

Education

Sororities

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Edward L. Cox

Object number

2015.43.3

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture