Scrapbook page about the Wiley College Debate Team

Creator Name

Henrietta Bell Wells, American, 1912 - 2008;
Wiley College, American, founded 1873;
J Edward Hines, American;
Cora Mary Sutton, American;
Henry Heights, American

Cultural Context

African Americans

Date

1929-1930

About the work

National Museum of African American History and Culture Object Description

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.

Work details

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Title

Scrapbook page about the Wiley College Debate Team

Creator

Henrietta Bell Wells, American, 1912 - 2008, Created by;
Wiley College, American, founded 1873, Subject of;
J Edward Hines, American, Subject of;
Cora Mary Sutton, American, Subject of;
Henry Heights, American, Subject of

Worktype

gelatin silver prints; portraits; scrapbooks; Portraits; Scrapbooks; Photographs

Cultural Context

African Americans

Material

ink, silver and gelatin on photographic paper and organic material on paper with adhesive

Dimensions

H x W: 11 × 6 1/2 in. (27.9 × 16.5 cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

1929-1930

Provenance

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Edward L. Cox

Style Period

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Rights

CC0
CC0

Inscription

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Location

Jonesboro; Craighead County; Arkansas; United States; North and Central America

Subjects

African American; Associations and institutions; Education; HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities); Oratory; Photography; Sororities; Women's organizations; Photography; Women's organizations; Oratory; Education; HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities); Sororities; Associations and institutions

Topic

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Henrietta Bell Wells, American, 1912 - 2008, Scrapbook page about the Wiley College Debate Team, 1929-1930, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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