"Back to Africa" meeting ledger from Nobletown, Oklahoma
date: label: Date
content: 1919-1922
name: label: Written by
content: Carrie Presley, American
notes: label: Description
content: A "Back to Africa" meeting Ledger from Nobletown, Oklahoma. The green, cloth-bound ledger has the word "DAYBOOK" at the center of the cover surrounded by decorative scrollwork. Around the outside of the ledger book is a geometric decorative border. The ledger contains lists of attendees to the meetings as well as the amount of money they contributed to the movement. Entries are handwritten in both graphite and ink. The pages are yellowed with several creases and tears. Foxing can be found throughout the ledger.
place: label: Place used
content: Nobletown, Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Cardellia M. Wellington of Madera, California
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.58.1
objectType: label: Type
content: ledgers (account books)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink and graphite on paper (fiber product) with cloth and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 × 5 7/8 × 1/2 in. (30.5 × 15 × 1.3 cm)