Greeting card case for notes made by Herman Wallace while incarcerated
date: label: Date
content: after 1972
name: label: Created by
content: Herman Wallace, American, 1941 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Caption
content: This greeting card turned folder is an example of Wallace’s ability to make much out of very little through the creative remaking and adjustment of the items available to him. The care with which he kept records of his correspondences and daily life shows a deep engagement with his own memory and identity.
label: Description
content: A greeting card repurposed to house business cards and notes by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The greeting card has been folded in half to act as a case housing notes, documents, phone lists, and business cards. The front of the card is the cover of the case, with a colorful design of swirls, dots, and geometric designs in orange, yellow, blue, green, pink, and purple. At the center of the design, in bold white, is: [accomplice… / chum… / partner…]. On the back of the folded card, in black ink, is [2534648] followed by a UPC barcode and [195WEFR 00148-10Y / © WISHING WELL / P.O. Box 980 / Toronto, M8Z 9Z9 / MADE IN U.S.A.].
place: label: Place used
content: Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Herman Wallace Archival 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, Gift of Maria Hinds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2018.36.1.4.3
objectType: label: Type
content: address books
label: Type
content: make-dos
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: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 1/16 × 4 5/8 × 9/16 in. (7.7 × 11.7 × 1.5 cm)