The Girl Graduate - Her Own Book: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A scrapbook assembled by Marjorie P. Collins. The cover of the scrapbook is red leather and in gold type reads: [The Girl Graduate / Her Own Book]. The scrapbook includes 190 pages of newspaper clippings, photographs, hand-written entries, printed programs, ribbons, and correspondence relating to graduate Marjorie P. Collins. She was elected to become a teacher at the Almeda Road Junior High School on June 4, 1925 by the school board.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1925
• Created by: Marjorie P. Collins
• Published by: Reilly and Lee Co., American, 1918 - 1959
• Type: scrapbooks
• Medium: ink on paper with leather
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 6 x 1 1/2 in. (22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm)
• Place made: Prairie View, Waller County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Texas, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Social life and customs
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2012.94
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Beatrix Burneston
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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