Scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams while attending Hampton Institute
date: label: Date
content: 1924-1928
name: label: Created by
content: W.D. Williams, 1905 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Loula Cotten Williams, American, died 1927
label: Subject of
content: Hampton University, American, founded 1868
label: Subject of
content: Mary S. Williams, American, born 1907
notes: label: Description
content: A scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams while attending the Hampton Institute. The scrapbook has a printed ocean scene on the front cover of a man and woman walking on a beach with waves in the background. The scrapbook contains news clippings, photos, personal letters, calling cards, and class photographs. Williams played football at Hampton and the scrapbook includes numerous football programs, photographs, and news articles related to him and the team. Also included is correspondence related to his job as a waiter as well as concert and theater programs. There is an obituary for his mother, Loula T. Williams, who passed away in 1927 having never recovered from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and correspondence related to the death and funeral. There is also a newspaper clipping announcing the wedding of W.D. Williams to Mary S. Robertson, another Hampton Institute graduate.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: W.D. Williams Family Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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 the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.79.28
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
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: paper, metal, newsprint, ink, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12 x 14 x 1 in. (30.5 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Open (flat): 1 1/8 × 28 13/16 × 12 1/2 in. (2.9 × 73.2 × 31.8 cm)