Name/Title
Beshears: Souvenir ProgramEntry/Object ID
2022.40.38Scope and Content
The Souvenir Program for the 44th Annual NAACP Conference in St. Louis June 22-28, 1953. The front cover of the program is red, white, and blue with a knight riding a horse in the top right-hand corner, and the image of a balancing scale in the lower left-hand corner with N-A-A-C-P 1909 - 1953 imprinted on a book in its center. The inside front cover reads "CONGRATULATIONS To The 44TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
NAACP. . . . . " The inside back cover is an advertisement for Seagram's & whiskey, and the back cover is an advertisement for Pepsi-Cola The Light Refreshment.Context
ST. LOUIS GREETS THE 1953 NAACP CONFERENCE ( a full page introduction by N. B. Young, St. Louis American.
A two-page spread of 'HISTORY Of The Saint Louis Branch Of The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People', by Henry Winfield Wheeler.
In Memoriam of Joseph E. Mitchell, August1, 1876 - December 17, 1952.
Pictures of the members of ST. LOUIS BRANCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
Advertisement
Pictures of the members of STEERING COMMITTEE and HOUSING COMMITTEE.
WELCOME NAACP DELEGATES from the Gates Funeral Home, Shelby Studio, and The Housewives Mutual Association, and their pictures.
Pictures of the members of the ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE and FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Advertisements on the left, and a picture of Paul R. Williams winner of the SPINGARN AWARD WINNER ON THE RIGHT.
The program for the events to take place from June 23 - 28, 1953 take up the eight pages. They include: the INFORMAL DISCUSSION SESSIONS; Opening Mass Meeting; Business Session; Youth Sessions; and SPINGARN MEDAL NIGHT. In the middle of these pages are pictures of the National Administrators and National Executives.
Additional pages contain advertisements and GREETINGS/WELCOMES to the delegates.
Lastly are pictures of the members of COMMUNITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE and LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.Collection
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ProgramNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
