- Created by
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- Subject of
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- Album: cardboard, paper, string, pressure-sensitive tape;
- Clippings: ink on paper;
- Photographs: silver or dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 in. (36.8 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm)
- Caption
- This scrapbook was compiled in 1960 by Frances Albrier after returning from a trip to Africa to document the celebrations surrounding Nigerian independence. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings as well as photographs and ephemera from her time in Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. Albrier attended the festivities as a representative of the California Voice, an African American newspaper based in Oakland, California.
- Description
- This scrapbook was compiled in 1960 by Frances Albrier after returning from a trip to Africa to document the celebrations surrounding Nigerian independence. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings as well as photographs and ephemera from her time in Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. The scrapbook contains 24 used pages, numerous unused pages, and two loose objects.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place depicted
- Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
- Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- Place made
- Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- Decolonization
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Object number
- 2010.60.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




