- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- National Baptist Congress, American, founded 1906
- Subject of
- R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1896
- Date
- after 1906
- Medium
- metal, wood
- Dimensions
- 15/16 × 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (2.4 × 27.3 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- Printing plate for a diploma mounted on wood. The plate has a thick border around the edges. The plate is a reverse image of the final printing. The top has several lines of text that read “National Sunday School And B.T. U. Congress / of The / NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION to AMERICA / Presents This.” Paragraphs of text are on either side of this. A small graphic of an open book is also at the top of the plate. Text in the graphic reads “CHRISTIAN WORKER'S DIPLOMA.” The lower half of the plate has additional text with blanks provided for the recipient’s information, the date and the conveyor’s signature. A narrow rectangular hole is in the wood backing at the top.
- Place used
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- printing plates
- Topic
- American South
- Baptist
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Labor
- Religion
- Technology
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Boyd, III and R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
- Object number
- 2013.208.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




