Object Details
Created by
San Francisco Examiner, American, founded 1863
Photograph by
Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
Created by
Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
Subject of
Rosalie Brown, American
Joan Lovett, American, born 1938
Joan Blalock, American
Yvette Hammond, American, born 1941
Floyd Green Allen, American, 1906 - 1967
Millicent March, American, born 1950
Mattie Reese, American
Frances Staton, American
Lucille Morrison, American
Lillian Nixon, American
Ruth N. March, American, 1912 - 1998
Jo Hooey, American
Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
Caption
This document is part of a scrapbook that 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
This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco independent depicts members of the San Francisco chapter of the National Council of Negro Women and members of the Junior Council distributing pamphlets urging that all citizens register and vote. The caption underneath the clipping, added by Frances Albrier, is typewritten in black ink and reads, "SOME VOLUNTEERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS / return fom [sic] their Registration posts." The photograph in the clipping was taken by Cox Studios. The clipping and caption are adhered to page eleven (11) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
Date
September 20, 1956
Object number
2010.60.1.13.1ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Courtesy of The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
clippings
Medium
ink on newsprint and paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W: 5 × 8 1/4 in. (12.7 × 21 cm)
Place depicted
San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Women's Club Movement
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Associations and institutions
Education
Politics
Social reform
Suffrage
Women
Women's organizations
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2010.60.1.13.1ab