Telegram from NCNW president Vivian Carter Mason to Frances Albrier
date: label: Date
content: December 5, 1956
name: label: Created by
content: Vivian Carter Mason, American, 1900 - 1982
label: Created by
content: Western Union, founded 1851
label: Subject of
content: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
label: Subject of
content: National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
notes: label: Caption
content: This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
label: Description
content: This telegram from National President Vivian Carter Mason to Frances Albrier requests that Albrier send a report on the Citizenship Education Project to the Heritage Foundation to be entered in a contest. The handwritten inscription below the text notes that the NCNW received the award from the Heritage Foundation of five thousand dollars. The telegram has tape marks in all four corners and is located between pages 46 and 47 in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
place: label: Place depicted
content: San Francisco, California, 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: Education
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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: Women's Club Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.60.1.47
objectType: label: Type
content: telegrams
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 paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 3/4 × 8 in. (14.6 × 20.3 cm)