Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2014
Author
Author: Janet Sims-Wood
Language
English
Number of Pages
144 pp.
Publisher
The History Press
City
Charleston, SC
Region
United States
Library Type
Academic Libraries
Archives and Special Collections
Demographics
Women
African-Americans
Chronological Period
1900-1949
1950-1999
ISBN
9781626196445
Annotation

Contents: 

  • Dorothy Burnett Porter Wesley: The early years, 1905-25
  • Howard University: The early years, 1867-1926
  • Collecting and organizing Africana materials at Howard University
  • A meeting place for researchers at Howard University
  • Documenting the Africana experience
  • Librarian/curator emerita
  • The Dorothy Porter Wesley collections
  • Afterword / by Howard Dodson 

Appendix A: Awards and accolades received by Dorothy Porter Wesley 

Appendix B: A selected bibliography of publications by Dorothy Porter Wesley
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