Card to admit Mrs. R.L. Fields to the United States Senate Chamber gallery for the 79th congress, dated June 20, 1945. The card features Burnet R. Maybank's signature.
Letter from Bertie L. Derrick, national field director for the National Council of Negro Women, confirming she will be in Sumter to help organize the Charleston Metropolitan branch of the Council. A handwritten note indicates it was organized April 9, 1949 with Mrs. V.F. Turner as president and Fields as secretary.
Card to admit Mrs. R.L. Fields to the United States Senate Chamber gallery for the 83rd congress, dated August 6, 1954. The card features Burnet R. Maybank's signature.
Pamphlet for the National Council of Negro Woman, with their pledge, organization description, and ten points of the program. It lists Mary McLeod Bethune as the council's founder and president.
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