Print of M. G. Sishuba
date: label: Date
content: 1918
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Melrose G. Sishuba, British, 1893 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Roger Williams University, American, 1866 - 1929
label: Subject of
content: Bethlehem Bapist Association, American, founded 1909
label: Received by
content: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photographic print of M. G. Sishuba. The center of the card has an image of Shishuba facing forward. He is wearing a bow tie and there is a pen visible in his breast pocket. Below the image is black printed text which reads [M. G. SISHUBA / A native of Queenstown, So. Africa, now study- / ing for the ministry at Roger Williams University, / Nashville, Tenn., under the support of Bethlehem / Baptist Association, Chicago, Illinois.] On the reverse, there is a handwritten note from Sishuva to Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend of Roger Williams University.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Queenstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Immigration
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious leaders
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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: 2011.36.134
objectType: label: Type
content: relief halftones
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (14 × 8.6 cm)