Program from the 1957 National Council of Negro Women annual convention: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This program lists the events for the 22nd annual convention of the National Council of Negro Women held in 1957 in Washington, DC at the Willard Hotel. Frances Albrier's name badge is taped to page two (2). There are notes and inscriptions written by Frances Albrier throughout the program. The twenty page program is adhered to page 45 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 1957
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
• Subject of: San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
• Subject of: National Council of Negro Women, American, founded 1935
• Subject of: Mary McLeod Bethune, American, 1875 - 1955
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (Open): 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Social reform
• Topic: Suffrage
• Object number: 2010.60.1.53
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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