COLLECTION NAME:
Merze Tate Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwaVMTC_10a_Scrapbook_bk
Title:
Vernie Merze Tate Scrapbook 1
Title:
Merze Tate's Scrapbook of photographs, letters and newspaper clippings
Date:
between 1940 and 1959
Creator:
Tate, Merze, 1905-1996
Description:
Maroon scrapbook containing black and white photographs, newspaper clippings, and letters related to Merze Tate's academic activities and achievements in the nineteen forties and fifties. The photographs feature Morgan College (later Morgan State University) buildings, George Washington's Mount Vernon home, high school students she took on a trip to Washington D.C., and her class at Battle Creek Central High School, the Girls of the Club, studio portraits, and views of India temples. Some newspaper clippings announce events with notable people such Eleanor Roosevelt, Ella H. Gladman, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Jean Coston as well as group portraits of faculty. Several newspaper clippings were written by Lula Jones Garrett for the Afro-American Newspapers. Remaining papers include invitations, announcements for honors or awards, correspondence between Merze Tate and members of sororities she was a part of. Merze Tate was the dean of women and associate professor of political science at Morgan State College from 1941-1942.
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Subject:
Scrapbooks
Subject:
Morgan State College--Faculty
Subject:
Morgan State College--Buildings
Subject:
Tate, Merze, 1905-1996--Correspondence
Subject:
Tate, Merze, 1905-1996--Awards
Subject:
Political science--Study and teaching
Subject:
National Council of Negro Women--History--20th century
Subject:
African American women--Societies and clubs
Keywords:
black & white photographs; Certificates; Clippings; Portraits; Students; Women civil rights workers
Person Identified:
Kelly, Madeline Kountze Dugger, 1897-1994
Person Identified:
Taylor, Frankie M.
Person Identified:
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Person Identified:
Gladman, Ella H.
Person Identified:
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
Person Identified:
Lee, Jean Elizabeth, 1916-1968
Person Identified:
Garrett, Lula Jones
Person Identified:
Robinson, H. A.
Time Period:
Nineteen forties
Time Period:
Nineteen fifties
Source:
Vernie Merze Tate Collection. Scrapbook #1 (Snapshots): 1865-1965 (Box 10). Western Michigan University Archives
Language:
eng
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Collection:
Merze Tate Collection
Date Digital:
2024