Published by

MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986

Created by

Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985

Subject of

Drew, Charles Richard, American, 1904 - 1950

President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973

Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981

National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930

Humphrey, Hubert Horatio Jr., American, 1911 - 1978

Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Dr. Mays, Benjamin Elijah, American, 1894 - 1984

Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919

Tydings, Joseph Davies, American, 1928 - 2018

Pierce, Lawrence Warren, American, born 1924

Baker, Bertram L., American, 1898 - 1985

Morse, Wayne L., American, 1900 - 1974

Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927

King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006

Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990

Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006

Morehouse College, American, founded 1867

Sutton, Percy Ellis, American, 1920 - 2009

Rustin, Bayard, American, 1912 - 1987

Eugene Nickerson, American, 1918 - 2002

Farbstein, Leonard, American, 1902 - 1993

Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968

The Girl Friends, Inc., American, founded 1927

McKissick, Floyd, American, 1922 - 1991

Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

National Urban League, American, founded 1910

Perry, Harold Robert, American, 1916 - 1991

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920

National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911

International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, Inc. and Order of the Eastern Star, American, founded 1950

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898

New York Jets, American, founded 1960

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919

National Medical Association, American, founded 1895

National Dental Association, American, founded 1913

Murray, Joan

Schuyler, Philippa, American, 1931 - 1967

Gordy, Berry Jr., American, born 1929

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906

Shriners International, American, founded 1870

Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919

Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911

Kaiser, Inez Yeargan, American, 1918 - 2016

Bailey, Pearl, American, 1918 - 1990

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908

National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935

Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935

National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924

Mangum, Robert J., American, 1920 - 2014

369th Veterans Association, American

National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 12 × 8 7/8 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.5 × 0.5 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Place made

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1968

Description

A 1968 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white and a yellow ribbon, blue ribbon and a pink ribbon at center. Each of the ribbons has the word [DELEGATE] at center. The inside of the magazine contains black and white photographs, articles and advertisements as well as profiles of prominent people within the African American community.

The magazines content begins with a memorial editorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy. It continues with an article titled [Black Power Marketing to Negro Consumers]. The article includes images of President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and members of the presidential commission to investigate city riots. The publication continues with several pages of photographs Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. People identified in captions for the photographs are Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Senator Edward Brooke, Senator Joseph Tydings, Lawrence Pierce, Wayne Morse, Bertram Baker, Senator Edward Brooke, Harry Belafonte Jr., Gordon Parks, Coretta Scott King, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Percy Ellis Sutton, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Wright, Eugene Nickerson and Leonard Farbstein. Following this is a double page image of Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral procession.

Throughout the magazine are portraits, profiles, and short articles about business organizations such as the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, the National Association of Market Developers, National Association of Negro Musicians and the National Dental Association as well as fraternity and sorority events for Omega Psi Phi, Kapa Alpha Psi, and Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Lamda Kappa Mu, and articles on events such as the National Conference of the Urban League, International Conference of Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Convention of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

There are also profiles on musicians performing at the Lincoln Center, Morehouse College, the Democratic Party, debutant balls, the New York Giants, 369th Veterans Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council and notable African American business leaders, labor leaders, community leaders, political leaders, doctors, nurses, artists, and activists from across the United States but primarily in New York City.

There are approximately 154 pages. The magazine contains both black and white and color advertisements. The back cover has an advertisement for Johnnie Walker Red scotch.

Topic

African American

Advertising

Associations and institutions

Business

Communities

Football

Fraternal organizations

Fraternities

Government

Journalism

Labor

Mass media

Men

Political organizations

Politics (Practical)

Professional organizations

Religious groups

Sororities

United States--History--1961-1969

United States--Social life and customs

Urban life

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

Object number

2012.167.3

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986

Created by

Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985

Subject of

Schoener, Allon, American

Metropolitan Museum of Art, American, founded 1870

Hoving, Thomas, American, 1931 - 2009

Van Ellison, Candice, American

Chisholm, Shirley Anita, American, 1924 - 2005

Motley, Constance Baker, American, 1921 - 2005

Sutton, Percy Ellis, American, 1920 - 2009

Mays, Willie Howard Jr., American, born 1931

Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016

Powell, Adam Clayton Jr., American, 1908 - 1972

Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Olive, Milton Lee III, American, 1946 - 1965

National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930

St. Jacques, Raymond, American, 1930 - 1990

National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

Freemasonry, American, founded 1730

National Urban League, American, founded 1910

Price, Leontyne, American, born 1927

American Bridge Association, American, founded 1932

National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913

New York Giants, American, founded 1925

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914

National Medical Association, American, founded 1895

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898

National Dental Association, American, founded 1913

Shriners International, American, founded 1870

Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906

Carroll, Diahann, American, 1935 - 2019

Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 12 × 8 7/8 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.5 × 0.5 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Place made

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date

1969

Description

A 1969 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features yellow, blue, and pink ruffled round ribbon badges against a plain white background. Each badge has a different colored center with [DELEGATE] across it. Surrounding the badges is [1969] printed in pink and repeated three times. On the first page is an editorial note with text that begins:

[DELEGATE is published by MELPAT ASSOCIATES as a good well venture on behalf of its advertisers for the benefit of the organizations highlighted and for the information of our readers.

DELEGATE is a semi-in depth presentation of biographical material and pictures of persons and organizations in the Negro community who by their actions and capabilities are contributing to the advancement of the Negro communities in cities throughout the United States and by these contributions are advancing the cultural, economic, educational, fraternal and civic as well as civil rights for Americans during these challenging sixties.]

The magazine opens with a long feature article by Allan Schoener, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, “Harlem On My Mind,” with photographs from the exhibition on the history and people of Harlem. Throughout are articles and profiles of African American business leaders and organizations including the National Newspaper Publishers Association, National Insurance Association, American Bridge Association, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Federation of Masons of the World, National Medical Association, National Dental Association, National Dental Assistant’s Association, National Dental Hygienists Association, and the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. There are also profiles and articles about community leaders, organizations, and events such as the NAACP 1969 National Convention, Morehouse College, including alumni Julian Bond and Martin Luther King, Jr., Prince Hall Lodge, National Urban League, the National Pan-Hellenic Corporation, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 70th Elks Grand Lodge Convention, Daughters of Isis and the Imperial Council of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Also included are mentions of performers and artists Raymond St. Jacques, Leontyne Price, Richard Hunt, Diahanne Carroll and Sammy Davis, Jr. as well as an article on the community of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.

There are approximately 150 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements thorughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Johnny Walker Red scotch.

Topic

African American

Advertising

Associations and institutions

Business

Communities

Fraternal organizations

Fraternities

Government

Journalism

Labor

Mass media

Men

Political organizations

Politics (Practical)

Professional organizations

Religious groups

Sororities

United States--History--1969-2001

United States--Social life and customs

Urban life

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

Object number

2012.167.4

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986

Created by

Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985

Subject of

Vice President Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, American, 1908 - 1979

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898

Bryant, Joyce, American, born 1928

Lindsay, John V., American, 1921 - 2000

Jazzmobile, American, founded 1964

Weaver, Robert C., American, 1907 - 1997

Motley, Constance Baker, American, 1921 - 2005

Jones, J. Raymond, American, 1899 - 1991

Booth, William H., American, 1922 - 2006

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914

National Urban League, American, founded 1910

Order of the Eastern Star, American, founded 1850

Shriners International, American, founded 1870

Morehouse College, American, founded 1867

The Afro-American, American, founded 1892

New York Giants, American, founded 1925

Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937

Ashe, Arthur Jr., American, 1943 - 1993

Bradley, Tom, American, 1917 - 1998

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 12 × 1 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 2.5 × 0.5 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Place made

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date

1966

Description

A promotional publication titled [A Tale of Two Cities] published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white. At the top of the front cover is the Seal of New York City. At the bottom of the front cover is the seal of the city of Los Angeles. In the center is a black strip with pink text reading [A Tale of Two Cities]. The magazine contains promotional content about the cities of New York and Los Angeles as well as profiles of prominent people within the African American community including black and white photographs.

The magazine’s content begins with a page of several photographs of African American community leaders with New York state Governor Nelson Rockefeller, including Jackie Robinson, the IBPOE of W and singer Joyce Bryant. Also on this page is the text [all photos by Bert Smith]. The publication continues with a story about New York mayor John Lindsey and profiles of Robert C. Weaver, Constance Baker Motley, New York County Democratic Leader J. Raymond Jones, and Chairman of New York City’s Commission on Human Rights, William H. Booth. There’s a schedule of performances for Jazzmobile taking place around the city.

Throughout are portraits, profiles, and short articles about business organizations such as the National Distillers, the National Association of Market Developers, and the National Dental Association as well as fraternity and sorority events for Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, and Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Phi Beta Sigma, and articles on events such as the National Conference of the Urban League, International Conference of Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Convention of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

There are also profiles on Lincoln Center, Morehouse College; the Afro-American Newspaper; appointments of African Americans to the administration of President Johnson; the Democratic Party; debutant balls; weddings; the New York Giants; Oak Bluffs in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; the city of Springfield, Massachusetts; Bill Cosby and other entertainment stars; the Mount Morris Park area of Harlem; Arthur Ashe; Los Angeles city council member Thomas Bradley; and notable African American business leaders, labor leaders, community leaders, political leaders, doctors, nurses, artists, and activists from across the United States.

There are approximately 89 pages, with black and white photographs and advertisements, and several color advertisements. The back cover has an advertisement for Black & White scotch.

Topic

African American

Associations and institutions

Business

Communities

Fraternities

Government

Journalism

Labor

Mass media

Men

Political organizations

Politics (Practical)

Professional organizations

Religious groups

Societies

Sororities

United States--History--1961-1969

United States--Social life and customs

Urban life

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

Object number

2012.167.2

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

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Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture