Scrapbook commemorating Nigerian independence compiled by Frances Albrier
date: label: Date
content: 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
notes: label: Caption
content: 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. Albrier attended the festivities as a representative of the California Voice, an African American newspaper based in Oakland, California.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Senegal, West Africa, Africa
label: Place made
content: Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.60.2
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Album: cardboard, paper, string, pressure-sensitive tape;
label: Medium
content: Clippings: ink on paper;
label: Medium
content: Photographs: silver or dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 in. (36.8 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm)