Portrait of Nannie Helen Burroughs

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Object Details

Author

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," April 1978

Summary

Portrait of Nannie Helen Burroughs (1878-1961), on display at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History. Burroughs was a nationally prominent Black educator, church leader, and suffrage supporter, who founded the National Training School for Women.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1978 photograph of portrait photograph dated c. 1910

Standard number

78-3850A-7A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Burroughs, Nannie Helen

African Americans

Women

Portraits

Teachers

Educators

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8612