Scrapbook commemorating Nigerian independence compiled by Frances Albrier: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This scrapbook was compiled in 1960 by Frances Albrier after returning from a trip to Africa to document the celebrations surrounding Nigerian independence. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings as well as photographs and ephemera from her time in Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. The scrapbook contains 24 used pages, numerous unused pages, and two loose objects.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960
• Created by: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
• Subject of: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
• Type: scrapbooks
• Medium: Album: cardboard, paper, string, pressure-sensitive tape;
• Medium: Clippings: ink on paper;
• Medium: Photographs: silver or dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 in. (36.8 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Senegal, West Africa, Africa
• Place made: Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: 2010.60.2
• 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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