"Photography"
Social life and customs 1
Craighead County 1
Williams, Milton 2
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated 1
Bailey, Mona Humphries 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Harris, Patricia Roberts 1
Heights, Henry 1
Hines, J Edward 1
Sutton, Cora Mary 1
Wells, Henrietta Bell 1
Wiley College 1
Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
H x W (Image): 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (19.1 x 23.8 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm)
1970s-1980s
A black-and-white photograph of a group of women standing outside a building with the letters AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha) propped up in front of them. The photographer's stamp is on the back.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
© Milton Williams
Photograph of Patricia Roberts Harris receiving award from Mona Humphries Bailey
Harris, Patricia Roberts, American, 1924 - 1985
Bailey, Mona Humphries, American, 1932 - 2018
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
H x W: 6 1/16 x 8 1/8 in. (15.4 x 20.6 cm)
A black-and-white photograph of Patricia Roberts Harris receiving an award from Mona Humphries Bailey. The award says "Delta Sigma Theta Sorority" across the top. Both women are standing behind a podium. Another woman stands behind them. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
Scrapbook page about the Wiley College Debate Team
Wells, Henrietta Bell, American, 1912 - 2008
Wiley College, American, founded 1873
Hines, J Edward, American
Sutton, Cora Mary, American
Heights, Henry, American
ink, silver and gelatin on photographic paper and organic material on paper with adhesive
H x W: 11 × 6 1/2 in. (27.9 × 16.5 cm)
Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
An original page from Henrietta Bell Wells scrapbook from her time on the Debate team at Wiley College. The original scrapbook page is a piece of paper with photographs adhered to one side and dried flowers on the other side. The photograph side has six photographs, each captioned in black ink handwriting, on the sides or below the image. There are four black-and-white rectangular portrait photographs and two cut sepia photographs. The other side has two dried flowers with captions in black ink handwriting. The page is heavily torn along all of the edges and corners of page.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Edward L. Cox