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1. James Walker Hood Branch Library's reading club James Walker Hood Branch Library's reading club Julia Ferguson, librarian observes Etheling Simmons (volunteer) present a story using the flannel board to the James Walker Hood Library Reading Club. Circa 1950-1955.
2. Richard B. Harrison Library bookmobile visits tobacco packing house Richard B. Harrison Library bookmobile visits tobacco packing house From inside a tobacco packing house, a farmer selects books from the Richard B. Harrison Library bookmobile.
3. Ten years of bookmobile service. 1942-1952 Ten years of bookmobile service. 1942-1952 Includes national Negro hymn.
4. Horton Branch Library in action Horton Branch Library in action
5. Stanford L.Warren Library bookmobile in Durham's Hayti neighborhood Stanford L.Warren Library bookmobile in Durham's Hayti neighborhood This Chevrolet truck-van was the Stanford L. Warren library's second bookmobile, shown here visiting a rural area of Durham to serve its African American population. Matthew B. Mitchell stands at rear...
6. Wilmington Colored Library, established in 1926 Wilmington Colored Library, established in 1926 In 1926, a group of African-American Wilmingtonians asked if they could use the Wilmington Public Library. They were denied and within a few months they raised enough money to start their own library at...
7. Let's read. Activity in key korner (children's room) Let's read. Activity in key korner (children's room) Includes program for Book Week November 14-20, 1954
8. Granville Street Library Granville Street Library The Granville Street Library, an African American Library was begun in 1942. It merged with the Richard H. Thornton Library in the mid 1970's. Mrs. Maude Lassiter, librarian, is seated at the desk. The...
9. Four letters from the Sheppard Memorial Library bookmobile Committee, Librarian, County Negro Home Economics Four letters from the Sheppard Memorial Library bookmobile Committee, Librarian, County Negro Home Economics Agent, and County Negro Agricultural Agent to citizens of Pitt County to raise funds for the purchase of an additional bookmobile
10. Durham Colored Library, exterior view of entrance Durham Colored Library, exterior view of entrance
11. Durham Colored Library, interior view Durham Colored Library, interior view Text on back: ""Durham Colored Library Fayetteville and Pettigrew Streets Durham, N.C.""
12. Oxford Public Library Negro Branch (exterior) Oxford Public Library Negro Branch (exterior) Written on back: "Oxford NC Negro Branch Granville Co."
13. Children looking at the window display in the Asheville Colored Public Library Children looking at the window display in the Asheville Colored Public Library Three young African-American children carrying schoolbooks ("Essentials of Everyday English") stand looking into the display window of the Market Street Branch Library in the YMI building in Asheville....
14. Morgan Street School Branch Morgan Street School Branch Head Librarian, Anne Pierce worked out an agreement to make the city school libraries branches of the public library. The relationship lasted well into the 1930s and enabled the Charlotte Public Library...
15. Dedication ceremony of land presented by the Howard School Board of Trustees Dedication ceremony of land presented by the Howard School Board of Trustees Community residents, local officials and other interested persons attend the dedication ceremony on a lot presented to the City of Fayetteville for a new public library for blacks.
16. Stanford L. Warren Library in Durham's Hayti neighborhood Stanford L. Warren Library in Durham's Hayti neighborhood By the late 1930s the Durham Colored Library had outgrown its facility. The opening of the new library on January 17, 1940, precipitated a dramatic expansion of services. Indeed, the early forties were...
17. H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library, Dunbar Branch (interior) H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library, Dunbar Branch (interior) A library for African Americans, named for poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, was open in the Negro Graded School in 1926. The school burned in 1946. The Dunbar branch was reopened in a new location two years...
18. Asheville Negro Library. Librarian seated at public desk Asheville Negro Library. Librarian seated at public desk Written on front: "Asheville Negro Library." Written on back: "Librarian at desk."
19. Asheville Negro Library (interior) Asheville Negro Library (interior) Written on front: "Asheville Negro Library." Written on back: "Magazines, paper racks, and reading tables."
20. African-American children hold books in doorway of "Thomasville Colored Branch" library African-American children hold books in doorway of "Thomasville Colored Branch" library
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