Handbook of Black Librarianship -.ompiiea aiK E. Josey J. and Ann Allen Shockley I Z711.9 Handbook of black H35 librarianship n ^ ' LEARNINffg|(^RC£S GCWTER DURHAif:TE^)eAL mSTITUTE P. 0. 5P-16^7 1537 I^WSOi^ST. d\mk^i n:t. 27703 DURHAMTECH.LIBRARY 30059 DURHAM TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STATE POA^ Of^^UCA^ DEPT. OF Cp^m^Ty COLLEGES ^IB^IES ## C ^? Handbook of Black Librarianship Compiled and edited by E. Josey J. and Ann Allen Shockley Libraries Unlimited, Inc. Littleton, Colorado 1977 Copyriglit ©1977 E. J. Josey and Ann Allen Shockley Printed in the United States ofAmerica All Rights Reserved LIBRARIES UNLIMITED, INC. P.O. Box 263 Littleton, Colorado 80160 Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Handbook ofblack librarianship. Includes index. 1. Afro-Americans and libraries. 2. Afro-American librarians. 3. Afro-Americans-Library resources. 4. Libraries-Special collections-Afro-Americans. 5. American literature-Afro-American authors. I. Josey, E. J., 1924- II. Shockley, Ann Allen. Z711.9.H35 021 77-21817 ISBN 0-87287-179-7 . TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 11 PIONEERSAND LANDMARKEPISODES 1 A Chronology ofEventsin Black Librarianship by Casper LeRoy Jordan and E. J. Josey 15 2. Afro-American Forerunnersin Librarianship by Casper LeRoy Jordan. . 24 3. The Hampton Institute Library School by Lucy B. Campbell 35 EARLY LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS 4. The Alabama AssociationofSchool Librarians by Carrie C. Robinson 47 5. The Librarians' Section ofthe Georgia Teachersand Education Association by Laura S. Lewis 51 6. The North Carolina Negro Library Association by Albert P. Marshall 54 7. The South Carolina State Library Group by Rossie B. Caldwell 57 8. The Division of Librariansofthe Virginia State Teachers Association by Harriet M. Hill 62 CONTEMPORARY BLACK LIBRARIANSHIP 9. Black Caucusofthe American Library Association by E. J. Josey ... 66 10. California Librarians Black Caucus by James E. Crayton and Lucy Wilson 77 11. Chicago Area Black Librarians by Alfred L. Woods 81 6 I Table ofContents 12. New York Black Librarians Caucus, Inc. by Cynthia Jenkins and Ernestine Washington 84 13. Statistical Facts Pertainingto Black Librariansand Libraries in 1976 88 14. Black Librarianswith Doctorate Degrees 89 VITALISSUES IN BLACK LIBRARIANSHIP 15. Library Servicesto Black Americans by Wendell Wray 90 16. Children's Library Serviceand Black American Children by Jessie M. Birtha 93 17. School Librariesand Black American Children by Ann Stewart Watt 106 18. Multi-Media Resources, Libraries,and the Education ofBlack Ghetto Youth by Robert B. Ford,Jr 118 19. The Future of the Black College Library by E. J. Josey 127 SIGNIFICANT BOOKSANDPERIODICALS FOR BLACKCOLLECTIONS 20. A Selected Annotated List ofReference Books Reflecting the Black Experience by Sue P Chandler 134 21 A Descriptive Bibliography ofSelected Africanand . Afro-American Periodicals by Ann Allen Shockley 143 22. The Best Seller Ustand Black Authors by Ann Allen Shockley 153 23. Best Selling Books by Black Authorsby Dorothy Lake 154 24. Afro-American Authors Representedonthe ALANotable Book List by Geraldine Clark 156 25. Black Librariansas Creative Writers by Ann Allen Shockley and E. J. Josey 160 AFRICAN RESOURCES 26. Procurement ofMaterialsfrom Africa: A Bibliographic Essay by Mohammed M. Aman 67 1 27. Major African Collectionsin the United States 179 . TableofContents / 7 AFRO-AMERICAN RESOURCES 28. Establishing Afro-American Collections by Ann Allen Shockley 82 1 29. The Role ofthe CuratorofAfro-American Collections by Ann Allen Shockley 192 30. Archival and Fugitive Afro-American Literature: The Dutiesof the Archivist by Daniel T. Williams 202 31 Experiences ofa BlackPrivate Book Collector by Charles L. Blockson 209 32. Black Special Libraries by Vivian D. Dewitt 222 33. Library Holdingson Afro-Americansby Ernest Kaiser 228 34. Major Afro-American Collections 245 35. Major Black Oral History Programs 253 36. Afro-American Museums 258 37. Afro-American Historical Societies 263 UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACKCOLLEGES AND UNIYERSITIES 266 PREDOMINANTLY BLACKGRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOLS 269 LIBRARIES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS SERVING PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITIES 271 BLACKACADEMIC LIBRARIES 332 ADDITIONAL LIBRARIESNAMED FORAFRO-AMERICANS 359 SELECTIVE LIST OF BLACK-OWNED BOOKSTORES 360 BLACKBOOK PUBLISHERS 363 INDEX 367 Digitized by tlie Internet Arcliive 2012 in littp://arcliive.org/details/liandbookofblacklOOjose