On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Created by
Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
Subject of
Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
Date
1956-1957
Medium
Album: cardboard, paper, string, pressure-sensitive tape
Clippings: ink on paper
Photographs: silver or dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
14 x 12 1/4 x 1 in. (35.6 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm)
Caption
This scrapbook 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
A scrapbook containing clippings and photographs related to Frances Albrier's work on the National Council of Negro Women and the Citizenship Education Project, in San Francisco, California in 1956 and 1957. The scrapbook consists of 47 pages, with notes and inscriptions appearing throughout. The scrapbook was compiled by Frances Albrier herself.
Transcription Center Status
Transcription Available
Place depicted
San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Movement
Women's Club Movement
Type
scrapbooks
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
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd537a8861a-0ee9-4cd8-bfc4-7b93e757888f

Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu

Share this page