- Created by
- Poro College, American, 1918 - 1950s
- Received by
- Brown, Lucille, American, 1892 - 1960
- Owned by
- Brown, Lucille, American, 1892 - 1960
- Date
- March 19, 1915
- Medium
- ink on paper with foil and cloth
- Dimensions
- 16 1/8 × 20 1/4 × 1/2 in. (41 × 51.4 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- This is a Poro College diploma received by Lucille Brown. On the diploma in the lower left corner is a gold, embossed, seal with a purple ribbon. The diploma is printed in black text with blanks provided throughout for filling in information about the recipient, the date, and the person conferring the degree. Under the blanks are lines of red ink. From the top of the page text reads "Poro College/ &/ Scalp Treatment and Hair Culture/ St. Louis, Mo./ Established in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred/ Know all Parties by these Presents, That/ Lucille Brown/has completed a full course of instruction in the treatment of the scalp and the culture of the/ hair, as prescribed by the Poro System./ And has passed such examinations as to satisfactorily demonstrate her ability to properly apply the intricate methods thereto./ Now, therefore, by virtue of the power vested in us, we have granted this/ DIPLOMA/ with all of the privileges attendant thereupon./ In Witness Whereof, We, the President and Secretary, have subscribed our names and caused this seal/ of the College to be affixed hereunto, this Nineteenth day of March 1915./ Annie M. Pope Turnbo President/ Maudelle McMurray Secretary/ Territory Weir and McCool, Miss."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- diplomas
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.170.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




