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Identifier:
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exwaVMTC_10a_Scrapbook_bk
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Title:
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Vernie Merze Tate Scrapbook 1
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Title:
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Merze Tate's Scrapbook of photographs, letters and newspaper clippings
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Date:
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between 1940 and 1959
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Creator:
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Tate, Merze, 1905-1996
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Description:
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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.
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Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Subject:
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Scrapbooks
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Subject:
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Morgan State College--Faculty
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Subject:
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Morgan State College--Buildings
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Subject:
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Tate, Merze, 1905-1996--Correspondence
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Subject:
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Tate, Merze, 1905-1996--Awards
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Subject:
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Political science--Study and teaching
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Subject:
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National Council of Negro Women--History--20th century
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Subject:
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African American women--Societies and clubs
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Keywords:
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black & white photographs; Certificates; Clippings; Portraits; Students; Women civil rights workers
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Person Identified:
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Kelly, Madeline Kountze Dugger, 1897-1994
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Person Identified:
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Taylor, Frankie M.
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Person Identified:
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
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Person Identified:
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Gladman, Ella H.
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Person Identified:
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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
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Person Identified:
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Lee, Jean Elizabeth, 1916-1968
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Person Identified:
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Garrett, Lula Jones
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Person Identified:
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Robinson, H. A.
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Time Period:
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Nineteen forties
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Time Period:
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Nineteen fifties
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Source:
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Vernie Merze Tate Collection. Scrapbook #1 (Snapshots): 1865-1965 (Box 10). Western Michigan University Archives
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Language:
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eng
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Rights Status:
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In Copyright
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Access Rights:
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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.
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Collection:
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Merze Tate Collection
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Date Digital:
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2024
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