Pin for History Books membership of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pin for History Books membership of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Date: 1958. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Marjorie H. Parker, American, 1917 - 2006.
The object in the museum catalogue
An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal logo with a small metal loop attached to the top. The pendant is shaped like three books. Two of the books are on top of each other while the third book is leaning against them. One of the books has the A. K. A. seal on the cover, while another has lettering on the spine that reads “THE HISTORY OF / ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA / 1908-1999.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1958
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Marjorie H. Parker, American, 1917 - 2006
- Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
- Type: logos
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: 1 1/16 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. (2.7 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Sororities
- Topic: Women
- Topic: Women's organizations
- Object number: 2013.133.2.16
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Society of Washington, DC and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
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