Donation tin for the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fund
date: label: Date
content: early 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
label: Subject of
content: Mary McLeod Bethune, American, 1875 - 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A brown-and-white square donation tin created by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) for the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fund. The metal box features graphics including a portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, a quote from Bethune, and a thank you note from the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW). At the top of the tin is an opening for inserting coins; at the bottom of the tin is a folding door and key lock.
label: Description
content: On one face is a small square portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune captured wearing a pearl-like choker and dark top. Brown and white words above and below the image read: [MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE / Memorial Fund / “Let her works praise her.” / NATIONAL COUNCIL / OF NEGRO WOMEN, INC. / 1318 VERMONT AVENUE, N.W. / WASHINGTON 5 D. C.]. The reverse side of the box features an off-white background and keyhole. A brown-and-white pictorial emblem for the NCNW is painted in the middle and features banners around a group of diverse women which say “WOMEN UNITED” and “FAITH * LEADERSHIP * CULTURE”. The number “901” is marked below the emblem, above brown words that read: [NATIONAL COUNCIL / OF NEGRO WOMEN, INC. / 1318 VERMONT AVE, N.W. / WASHINGTON 5, D. C.].
label: Description
content: On one of the brown sides of the tin, in white paint, is written: [YOUR CONTRIBUTION, GIVEN IN LOVE, WHETHER IN / JOY OR SORROW, IN PROSPERITY OR SACRIFICE, IN / MEMORY OR IN HONOR, IN DEVOTION OR IN TRIBUTE, / LINKS YOU IN SPIRIT AND IN DEED WITH MARY McLEOD / BETHUNE WHOSE LIFE WAS DEDICATED THAT MANKIND / EVERYWHERE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE AND FREEDOM].
label: Description
content: On the opposite brown side of the tin, in white, is written: [HERE THEN, IS MY LEGACY … / I LEAVE YOU LOVE – I LEAVE YOU HOPE – I LEAVE YOU THE CHALLENGE / OF DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE IN ONE ANOTER – I LEAVE YOU A THIRST / FOR EDUCATION – I LEAVE YOU A RESPECT FOR THE USE OF POWER / I LEAVE YOU FAITH – I LEAVE YOU RACIAL DIGNITY – I LEAVE YOU / A DESIRE TO LIVE HARMONIOUSLY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEN – I LEAVE / YOU, FINALLLY, A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. / MARY McLEOD BETHUNE].
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Movement
content: Women's Club Movement
label: Exhibition
content: Forces for Change: Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women's Activism
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.21.22
objectType: label: Type
content: tins
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: paint on metal and tin and tin alloy
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (11.6 × 8.5 × 4 cm)