Invitation for commencement at Fisk University
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Printed by
content: Hemphill Press, American
label: Subject of
content: Fisk University, American, founded 1866
notes: label: Description
content: The booklet (2014.213.1.1) is bound with a thin string of leather threaded through three holes located at the center-left edge of the booklet. The images and text visible on the cover are created with embossed sections of the paper. An image dominates the top left quadrant of the cover; it is an embossed impression of a university building with a tall tower standing in front of a square of gold sky. In the center of the cover is large embossed text which reads [FISK]. To the bottom right of the letters is a circular symbol with trapezoidal panels attached to the left and right of the circle. In the circle is a depiction of a group of people; four men stand in a row while five women sit in a row in front of the standing men. Below this group are the words [JUBILEE SINGERS]. In the circle, following the curve of the top and bottom arcs are two groupings of text. The top arc reads [FISK UNIVERSITY NASHVILLE TENN]; the bottom arc reads [INCORPORATED AUG.24, 1867]. The left trapezoidal panel reads [19]; the right trapezoidal panel reads [48]. There are 15 pages in the booklet, the first and last pages are translucent and patterned. There is a plain envelope paired with this commencement invitation (2014.213.1.2).
place: label: Place depicted
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1945-1953
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 the Gates Moresi family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.213.1.1-2
objectType: label: Type
content: invitations
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 and imitation leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 6 × 4 1/4 × 1/8 in. (15.2 × 10.8 × 0.3 cm)