- Created by
- Mason, Vivian Carter, American, 1900 - 1982
- Western Union, founded 1851
- Subject of
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Date
- December 5, 1956
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 3/4 × 8 in. (14.6 × 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- This telegram from National President Vivian Carter Mason to Frances Albrier requests that Albrier send a report on the Citizenship Education Project to the Heritage Foundation to be entered in a contest. The handwritten inscription below the text notes that the NCNW received the award from the Heritage Foundation of five thousand dollars. The telegram has tape marks in all four corners and is located between pages 46 and 47 in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Place depicted
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- Type
- telegrams
- Topic
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Education
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.47
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




