Program for the West Philadelphia AME Church District Conference: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A program from the October 1919 District Conference of the West Philadelphia District of the Philadelphia Conference of the A.M.E. Church. The program is made from a single sheet of paper folded in half vertically to form four pages. On the front is the main information about the conference. The interior pages contain the schedules for both days of the conference, detailing various reports and their presenters. The back page continues the schedule and has information regarding committees and a notice about levels of monetary support for different sized congregations.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: October 1919
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1816
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Open): 7 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (17.9 × 25.3 cm)
• Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African Methodist Episcopal
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: The Black Church
• Object number: 2014.63.102.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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