Envelope for letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund
date: label: Date
content: Feb 17, 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Issued by
content: Douglass State Bank, American, 1947 - 1983
label: Signed by
content: Henry Warren Sewing, American, 1891 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Volley V. K. Stokes, American, ca. 1889 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: Trinity Baptist Church, American, founded 1888
label: Subject of
content: Daisy Bates, American, 1914 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Rev. I. H. Henderson Sr., American, died 1985
label: Subject of
content: Arkansas State Press, American, 1941 - 1959; 1984 - 1997
notes: label: Caption
content: Daisy Bates led the NAACP branch in Arkansas and was in charge of the Little Rock school integration. Bates worked to organize a safe integration process and mentored the first students, known as the Little Rock Nine. Due to intense protests, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Arkansas National Guard to ensure that the school integration could proceed. Protestors and advertisers boycotted the Arkansas State Press, an activist newspaper owned by Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates. The Bates suffered financial difficulties due to their outspoken integration efforts. The “Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund” was set up to provide much needed funds to the Bates.
label: Caption
content: Trigg Mary K. and Alison R. Bernstein, eds. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements. New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2016.
label: Description
content: Envelope for a letter from the Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund. The envelope has [D F Daisy / The DOUGLASS / STATE / BANK] in blank text in the upper left from Kansas City, Kansas. The center of the envelope has printed text which reads [Rev. V.K. Stokes / Trinity Baptist Church / 1526 McCullob [sic] St. / Baltimore, Md.]. There are three stamps in blue ink along the top, one for auto loans and two postage marks. The adhesive on the back envelope flap has yellowed.
place: label: Place made
content: Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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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, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.14.5b
objectType: label: Type
content: envelopes
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (10.6 × 24.1 cm)