Scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams about Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity scrapbook. The scrapbook is from the Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The cover is black with gold lettering and decorative borders. Inside are typed descriptions of the chapters history and members, black-and-white photographs, brochures, newspaper clippings, and flyers. The scrapbook has sixteen pages (eight book leaves) as well as several loose pieces of paper, envelopes and pictures. The cover is detached from the four ring binder holding the pages.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1954-1964
• Created by: W.D. Williams, 1905 - 1984
• Subject of: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
• Subject of: W.D. Williams, 1905 - 1984
• Type: scrapbooks
• Medium: cardboard, construction paper, metal, ink , paper, silver on photographic gelatin and photographic paper
• Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 2 in. (36.8 x 31.1 x 5.1 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: Education
• Topic: Fraternities
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Social life and customs
• Object number: 2013.79.27
• 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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