"Back to Africa" meeting ledger from Nobletown, Oklahoma
date: label: Date
content: 1919-1921
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 and general meeting notes. A few of the meeting notes concern sending a delegate to a conference in Wewoka, Oklahoma. 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 depicted
content: Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
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
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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: 2012.58.2
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: 12 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 in. (30.8 x 19.1 x 1.3 cm)