Scrapbook about Mary S. Williams and the Tulsa Youth Council of the N.A.A.C.P.: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A large scrapbook compiled by Mary S. Williams, sponsor of the Tulsa Youth Council of the N.A.A.C.P. The cover of the scrapbook has a outdoor fall woodsy scene with [SCRAPBOOK] in red letters at bottom center. The interior pages contains mostly newspaper clippings as well as pamphlets, event programs, conference ephemera, and a copy of the N.A.A.C.P. Youth Herald newsletter. The subjects include membership and leadership changes for the organization, essay contests, a protest of the segregated Youth and Democracy Rally, the 9th Annual Vocational Opportunity Campaign, and cleaning up vacant lots in Greenwood as part of National Negro Health Week. On one page is a group photograph of the [1922 Football Squad of Hampton Institute], which includes W.D. Williams. Towards the back of the scrapbook is a [Certificate of Affiliation] with the "Double V Clubs of America." The first and last few pages have handwritten inscriptions from students addressed to Mrs. W.D. Williams.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1939-1942
• Compiled by: Mary S. Williams, American, born 1907
• Subject of: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
• Subject of: W.D. Williams, 1905 - 1984
• Type: scrapbooks
• Medium: paper, newsprint, ink, adhesive
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 15 × 10 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (38.1 × 27.3 × 3.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Families
• Object number: 2013.79.32
• 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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