Program for the 33rd Alpha Phi Alpha Conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Alpha Phi Alpha 33rd Convention Program. The program contains photos, an agenda, and advertisements all related to the 33rd Alpha Phi Alpha Conference held in Tulsa, OK. The cover of the program is black with gold text. Printed along the left side are the Greek symbols for Alpha phi Alpha written horizontally with "Tulsa" written vertically underneath it. Below this is "1947." The right side has an oil drilling rig on it. Below the oil rig is "The Oil Capital of the World." The inside title page is signed "Mary S. Williams."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1947
• Printed by: Oklahoma Eagle Publishing Company, American, founded 1936
• Subject of: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Fraternities
• Object number: 2013.79.24
• 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
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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