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Form letter for National Baptist Convention in Chicago

Form letter for National Baptist Convention in Chicago

Form letter for the 1943 National Baptist Convention in Chicago. The card has black printed text on a tan background. The title in bold at the top reads [Headquarters of the National Baptist Convention – Womans [sic] / Auxiliary – National Laymen’s Dept. and Youth Council]. The location information is listed below this [Held in the UNITED STATES ARMORY, 35th and Giles Avenue – OLIVET BAPTIST / CHURCH, 31st and So. Parkway – PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, 33rd and Indiana Ave. / MONUMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH, 729 Oakwood Boulevard – Sept. 7 to 12, 1943]. The data for the card was gathered by Prof. Clynedyke A. Baker. The lower portion of the card includes a short paragraph written in letter style from the perspective of a convention attendee. There is space for the letter to be addressed, dated, and signed individually. The body of letter begins [Arrived safely. Had a most enjoyable trip enroute, the scenery was beautiful; Chica- / go is a Metropolitan City, truly a great place for folk of our race to visit.] Details about the population of the city and the churches is included. The reverse is blank.

Date1943
Created byNational Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., American, founded 1895
Subject ofClynedyke Aldophus Baker, American, born 1895
Subject ofOlivet Baptist Church, American, founded 1861
Subject ofPilgrim Baptist Church, American, founded 1922
Subject ofMonumental Baptist Church, American, founded 1919
Subject of8th Regiment Armory, American, 1914 - 1960s
Place depictedChicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Mediumink on paper
DimensionsH x W: 3 1/2 × 5 7/16 in. (8.9 × 13.8 cm)
Credit LineCollection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
Object number2017.14.9

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