File folder owned by Henrietta Bell Wells: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A maroon, textured file folder with a lock. The file folder has rounded edges with a black threaded leather strip around all of the non-binding edges. There is a tab closure, also bordered with black threaded leather strip that locks into a gold circular clasp. The lock requires a key. A [WILEY] sticker is on the top of the tab closure (resembles a blue flag bordered by white with [WILEY] written in white type). Part of the sticker is missing. Inscribed in gold type, under the gold lock to the tab closure, reads: [Henrietta Bell]. The interior (cannot be opened, need key to unlock), appears to have a canvas element, possibly to hold a pad of paper, along with interior flap/sleeve for storing papers. The front cover seems to be padded, while back cover does not.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1930
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Henrietta Bell Wells, American, 1912 - 2008
• Subject of: Wiley College, American, founded 1873
• Type: portfolios (containers)
• Medium: leather , metal , canvas and thread
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 3/4 × 8 7/8 × 7/8 in. (29.8 × 22.5 × 2.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Oratory
• Object number: 2015.43.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Edward L. Cox
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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