Grace Soelberg papers on the Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials collected by Grace Ann Soelberg as part of her participation in the Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana, including trip itineraries, printed email correspondence, handouts, and guidelines. It also includes two publications, "The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870" by W.E.B. Du Bois, and "A Smart Ghana Repatriation Guide" by Diallo Sumbry. Also contains artifacts Grace obtained in Ghana, including two kente stoles, a jewelry box, a bracelet and a necklace, a Sankofa Healing Journey hat and towel, and an NAACP hat. Includes other souvenirs from the program, including brochures, a chocolate wrapper, and a lanyard. Materials dated 2022.
Dates
- Creation: 2022
Creator
- Soelberg, Grace (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Grace Soelberg graduated from Brigham Young University in 2022, majoring in history with minors in Africana studies and sociology. Her honor's thesis is titled, "Peculiar Students of a Peculiar Institution: Racial Minorities and Race Relations at Brigham Young University as Presented in the Banyan from 1911-1985." Grace Soelberg was also involved with the BYU Slavery Project, established in 2020, which studies connections to slavery and history of racial discrimination at the institution and its associated founders and past leaders. In 2022, Grace attended the Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana.
As of 2023, Grace was a graduate student studying history at the University of Utah.
Biographical / Historical
The Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana is a program run in collaboration with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the NAACP. In 2022, the program funded an excursion of multicultural college students and other young adults to be sent to Ghana for ten days. The fellowship aimed to build bridges with Ghanaians, experience the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade and pan-African movement civil rights leaders, and learn about Latter-Day Saints members involved in the Abolitionist movement.
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize (1.12 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Materials were collected by Grace Soelberg during her participation in the Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana and donated in 2023.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Grace Soelberg; 2023.
Appraisal
Latter Day Saint and Western American Manuscripts Collection Development Policy VI.B.5.a.
Processing Information
Processed; Karen Glenn; October 2024.
Subject
- Soelberg, Grace (Person)
- Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana (Organization)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Organization)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Organization)
- Title
- Grace Soelberg papers on the Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Grace Soelberg
- Date
- 2024 October 10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States