Order of the United Daughters of America [membership certificate]
Title
Order of the United Daughters of America [membership certificate] Honesty, virtue & industry
Description
Membership certificate for the patriotic nativist women's society established in New York in 1845 as an auxilliary to the Order of United Americans. Contains a vignette portrait of Martha Washington flanked by the allegorical figures of Liberty and Justice perched in a cluster of clouds. Below on each side, columns entwined with the American flag and adorned with the American eagle and shield rest on pedestals decorated with horns of cornucopia. Between the columns, a "United Daughter" leads a little girl to another "United Daughter" who welcomes them into a temple adorned with garlands of flowers. The society weakened by the collapse of the nativist political movement remained active until circa 1861., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by Wm. Patton., Issued October 23, 1847 to Elizabeth Curry for membership in the Lady Taylor Council, No. 10 State of Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Wentz, Governess. Anna Clewell, Recd. Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 160, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 052 U 58, LCP exhibit catalogue: Women 1500 to 1900, entry #192., See "Order of the United American Mechanics." AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Patt Hone.
Date
c1848
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 052 U 58
[Sarah Sanders Venning diaries transcriptions].
Title
Diaries
Description
Three volumes of The standard diary (Philadelphia, 1890-1892), belonging to Sarah Sanders Venning Holden, each stamped in gold on front cover: The Real Estate Trust Co. 1340 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. Sallie Venning composed brief daily entries, noting her activities, social engagements, visitors, vacations, and substitute-teaching assignments. There are accounts, and names and addresses at the end of each volume., Sarah Sanders Venning, known as Sallie, was born in Philadelphia Aug. 12, 1872, daughter of Julia and Edward Y. Venning. She was a substitute teacher. She married William B. Holden in 1903 and was widowed in 1928. She was active in St. Thomas African Episcopal Church and in various women's clubs. She died in 1959.
Creator
Holden, Sarah Sanders Venning, 1872-1959
Date
1890-1892
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts MSS Steven-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning Collection Box 4, Folder 3.
Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Hinkson Portrait Collection
Title
[Steven-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Hinkson family group portrait collection]
Description
Collection of group portrait photographs, including members of the Hinkson line of the African American middle-class Stevens-Cogdell and Sanders-Venning family. Portraits depict a 1929 group portrait photograph of the Christian Street Y.M.C.A. volleyball team, including Dehaven Hinkson; a 1932 portrait photograph of a “Bon Voyage” children’s party for sisters Cordelia Hinkson (Brown) and Mary Hinkson (daughters of Dehaven and Cordelia Chew Hinkson)(P.2015.46.1); a ca. 1950 photograph of a group of several woman, during a dinner party, posed around a large formally-set dining table, including Dorothy Abele Gatling, Mary Venning, Martha Venning Bowie, Agnes Chew Upshur, Cordelia Chew Hinkson, Julia Capps Venning, and Georgine Saunders Chew; ca. 1950 group portraits of members of the men’ organization the Boulé, including Dehaven Hinkson, Richard J. Warwick, and Eugene T. Hinson; and a 1950 Theresa Studio photograph of the men's social club Commissioners of Philadelphia annual June dinner and dance at the Theresa Hotel (Harlem, N.Y.C.) (P.2015.46.7), including William Warrick, Mabel Lawson Warrick, Dehaven Hinkson, Cordelia Chew Hinkson, William G. Upshur, and Agnes Chew Upshur; and a ca. 1955 group portrait of the women’s social group the Geace (P.2015.46.2), possibly during their golden anniversary, including Mary Venning, Martha Venning Bowie, Agnes Chew Upshur, Dorothy Abele Gatling, Mabel Lawson Warrick, and Cordelia Chew Hinkson., The "Bon Voyage" party was a farewell party before Dehaven Hinkson and his family relocated to Europe for his post-graduate studies. The Geace Club evolved from the women meeting as adolescents as members of the Sunshine Club. The Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, also known as the Boulé, is the first Greek-letter fraternity founded by African Americans in 1904. Members have already received their college and professional degrees at the time of inclusion. Richard J. Warwick and Eugene T. Hinson were founding members. The Commissioners was founded in 1933 by prominent African American Philadelphians as a men's social club "to promote social involvement among members of the community.", Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Photographers include Frank W. Harris, G. Marshall Wilson, and the Theresa Studio., See Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1991, p. 26-31., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky., See LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Genealogical charts available at repository., Several of the sitters of the photographs were identified by the donor. Photocopies with the identified sitters housed at the repository., Housed with Stevens-Cogdell and Sanders-Venning and Chew Families Miscellaneous Portraits Collection [P.2013.14]., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date
[1929-ca. 1950]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders Venning Collection [P.2015.46]