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Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Librarianship Subject The topic of the resource Academic librarians; African American librarians; African American woman librarians; American Library Association. Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1989 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American librarians; African Americans--Education; African American universities and colleges Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. 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Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1990 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; African American librarians; African Americans--Education Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. 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Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context auc.115.0013_001 auc.115.0013_002 auc.115.0013_003 Title A name given to the resource Hampton Institute Library School Reunion Luncheon Program, 1977 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1991 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; African American librarians; African Americans--Education Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. 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Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1992 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; African American librarians; African Americans--Education Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/eb0040079d2959dffa87a09b01ba06de.jpg e589283ce095732cd057bd17361249cd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Librarianship Subject The topic of the resource Academic librarians; African American librarians; African American woman librarians; American Library Association. Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context auc.115.0016_001 auc.115.0016_002 auc.115.0016_003 auc.115.0016_004 Title A name given to the resource Program For Virginia Lacy Jones' Appointment as Director, 1981 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1994 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; African American librarians; African Americans--Education Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/d54bdb603abcc29182bf02d0fddc53a7.jpg 054138e13ceea3122cf4fd5fcecada86 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/5a970ea43c30b8ad6371128b1426a1c1.jpg 2012cb52094a8523bd9caf053c490201 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/d04efca5a97af5a634a69d1ac38eaeb4.jpg 5624f5d99a163b19dab3b33409fa4b7b https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/1c3c0234e6be2e6afd762be0edb6b726.jpg 43bbaba79ab6e6bcf6778947f25ab182 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Librarianship Subject The topic of the resource Academic librarians; African American librarians; African American woman librarians; American Library Association. Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context auc.115.0017_001 auc.115.0017_002 auc.115.0017_003 auc.115.0017_004 Title A name given to the resource Sadie P. Delaney Woman of the Year Program, 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; African American librarians; African Americans--Education Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description An account of the resource Written on recto: My Virginia To one I love so very much, one I feel as tho she were a daughter and [one who shares?] my ideas and hope. Sadie Delaney https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/33ce2e6f2404b8631c0c7f19825137d0.jpg 463a1dd3c87800bb0b8c14458315f2a0 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/34ed8f97a2321a56b9c00915cf9ab2d2.jpg 53e38c35604e7057d5700019a349272f https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/507213b1f48c0fb7b0aa179b04e821f9.jpg e66d3b10316fb54f591d72d90833860d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Librarianship Subject The topic of the resource Academic librarians; African American librarians; African American woman librarians; American Library Association. Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context auc.115.0018_001 auc.115.0018_002 auc.115.0018_003 Title A name given to the resource Arna Bontemps Remembered, circa 1973 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1973 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1996 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American librarians; African American authors; African American poets; Harlem Renaissance Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description An account of the resource The document includes a timeline of Arna Bontemps' life and accomplishments with citations for his books. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/c9f93f9ec10d5e18dd002aef680f9345.jpg d4a44c48a8a8260dfdfb6e653e3e92f4 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/9fc82b7c03c34a290ef9e2395202ae9b.jpg e8519ae2d5077557b510905979e72fb2 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/2f4291ba799f9cd8c0041278e90a1920.jpg 6e5501851e95b20d714633e8a0c39c01 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/b468752494fe7606293b53728bbab9e2.jpg eec047c57719c4df1847e09dac8a0ae4 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/988e3ad2c8863f7bbbbebe552a03ae91.jpg 3704b308b507c48c82e8caefacb70df9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Librarianship Subject The topic of the resource Academic librarians; African American librarians; African American woman librarians; American Library Association. Black Caucus; Librarians; Librarians--Societies, etc.; Library education; Women librarians; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAU SLIS Vertical File; Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection; Virginia Lacy Jones papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Language A language of the resource en Description An account of the resource <p>Prior to the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, library schools, like other educational institutions, were typically segregated based on race. Filling the void created when the Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) School of Library and Information Services closed in 1941, Atlanta University opened its own School of Library and Information Services. The program would later be known as the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies when Atlanta University merged with Clark College in 1989. Though CAU’s School of Library and Information Studies closed its doors in 2005, the Archives Research Center (ARC) at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library houses several collections showcasing the contributions to the field of librarianship made by faculty and staff at the AUC as well as prominent black librarians outside the AUC. The first director of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library (and namesake of the library’s Exhibitions Hall), <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/66" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Lacy Jones</a> was the second African American to earn a doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Working alongside Jones at Atlanta University’s School of Library and Information Service was <a href="http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallie B. Brooks</a> who taught at AU for 47 years. Other prominent black librarians featured throughout ARC collections include: Dorothy Porter, who built Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center into the world-class research institution it is today, Sadie Peterson Delaney, a pioneer in bibliotherapy who served as chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL for 34 years, and Arna Wendell Bontemps, head librarian at Fisk University and noted Harlem Renaissance figure.</p> <p>If you’d like to explore these collections further, contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu to make an appointment, and stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit on the history of AUC’s library school.</p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context auc.115.0019_001 auc.115.0019_002 auc.115.0019_003 auc.115.0019_004 auc.115.0019_005 Title A name given to the resource ALA AD HOC Committee on Opportunities for Negro Students in the Library Profession Report, 1967 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items in this collection are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific identification number (file name). Type The nature or genre of the resource archival materials Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jones, Virginia Lacy, 1912-1997 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Lacy Jones Papers Subject The topic of the resource African American librarians; African Americans--Education; African American universities and colleges Language A language of the resource en Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description An account of the resource The report discusses the need for more African American students in the library field, as well as measures taken to combat this problem.