- Created by
- Williams, W.D., 1905 - 1984
- Subject of
- Williams, Loula Cotten, American, died 1927
- Hampton University, American, founded 1868
- Mary S. Williams, American, born 1907
- Date
- 1924-1928
- Medium
- paper, metal, newsprint, ink, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 12 x 14 x 1 in. (30.5 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm)
- Open (flat): 1 1/8 × 28 13/16 × 12 1/2 in. (2.9 × 73.2 × 31.8 cm)
- Description
- A scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams while attending the Hampton Institute. The scrapbook has a printed ocean scene on the front cover of a man and woman walking on a beach with waves in the background. The scrapbook contains news clippings, photos, personal letters, calling cards, and class photographs. Williams played football at Hampton and the scrapbook includes numerous football programs, photographs, and news articles related to him and the team. Also included is correspondence related to his job as a waiter as well as concert and theater programs. There is an obituary for his mother, Loula T. Williams, who passed away in 1927 having never recovered from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and correspondence related to the death and funeral. There is also a newspaper clipping announcing the wedding of W.D. Williams to Mary S. Robertson, another Hampton Institute graduate.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- W.D. Williams Family Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Education
- Football
- Funeral customs and rites
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Marriage customs and rites
- Social life and customs
- Sports
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2013.79.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.