Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Organization
Biography
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University, to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need with a primary focus on the African American community; the first public act performed by the Delta Founders involved their participation in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 1913; Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in 1930.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Frankie Muse Freeman Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0965
Scope and Contents
The Frankie Muse Freeman Collection contains 165 photographs documenting the career and personal life of Frankie Muse Freeman. Photographs documenting her career show her involvement in a wide range of civil rights activities and community organizations, most notably the United States Commission on Civil Rights and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Additional organizations represented in the collection include the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, St. Louis Housing Authority, National Council on...
Dates:
ca. 1940-2016
Frankie Muse Freeman Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3023
Scope and Contents
The papers date from 1947 to 2018 and are arranged alphabetically by topic. The papers contain awards, speeches, small amounts of correspondence and law office documents, and a scrapbook prepared to celebrate Mrs. Freeman’s 80th birthday.
Freeman’s appointments were national and local. She served on the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District Board beginning in 1994. There are three certificates of appointment to national positions: Civil Rights Commission in 1964...
Dates:
1947-2018