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

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

Janet Sims-Woods

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FörlagThe History Press

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When Dorothy Burnett joined the library staff at Howard University in 1928, she was given a mandate to administer a library of Negro life and history. The school purchased the Arthur B. Spingarn Collection in 1946, along with other collections, and Burnett, who would later become Dorothy Porter Wesl

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