Box 293: Plaques and Portrait
Abstract
Box 293 contains two plaques and a portrait. The first plaque is in honor of Lucy Diggs Slowe, the first Black Dean of Women in America at Howard University and the first black member of NAWDAC/NAWE; she was also a founder and first president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The second plaque was given by NAWDAC "in grateful acknowledgement of the generous support given by members of the executive circle to the National Office Building Fund", and then it lists the members of the executive circle. The portrait is of Kathryn Sisson Phillips, the founder of NAWDAC.
Dates
- 1969-2014
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Scope and Contents
The Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) records reflect the development of a successful women's organization. The collection contains papers generated by the HERS office from the three last decades of the twentieth century, including correspondence, memorandums, notes, reports, meeting minutes, financial statements, directories, resumes, newsletters, curriculum notebooks, conference announcements, conference evaluations, grant applications, journal articles, newspaper clippings, course catalogs, position announcements, mailing list cards, journals, published materials, ephemera and research materials. The materials date from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s.
Creator
- From the Collection: Higher Education Resource Services (U.S.) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository