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  • Photograph of Alpha Iota Chapter, Wiley College

    Photograph of Alpha Iota Chapter, Wiley College

    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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    Media Arts-Photography
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