Membership Application for the NAACP
date: label: Date
content: early 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, American, 1897 - 1972
notes: label: Description
content: A blank printed membership appilcation to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The application is printed in black ink on both sides of a sheet of white paper. The front has [THE N.A.A.C.P.] across the top and is divided into two sections, "Its Purposes" and "Its Achievements," both with numbered lists. The opposite side is a form for the applicant to fill out their name and address and enclose a check or money order for the membership fee. At the bottom of the application is a list of membership classes, ranging from 50 cents for a "youth membership" to 500 dollars for "Life Members." The form is enclosed in a simple black border with the NAACP logo at the top center.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, 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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Anti-Lynching Movement
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: 2012.46.34.17
objectType: label: Type
content: application forms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (18.1 x 14 cm)