Carnegie Library School of Atlanta

The Carnegie Library School of Atlanta (1905 - 1988) was a training school for librarians in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] Emory University has a collection of the school's files.^[2] Originally known as Southern Library School, it opened September 20, 1905, with Anne Wallace as its director.^[3] It affiliated with Emory University in 1925 and remained the only nationally accredited library school until 1930. It closed in 1988.^[3]

In 1921, the Director of the Carnegie Library School, Tommie Dora Barker, opened the Auburn Avenue Branch Library, the first branch library for blacks in Atlanta.^[4] A Carnegie Library, it was located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood.^[5] The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History succeeded it.

Alumni

Ella May Thornton (1885-1971), Georgia State Librarian
Mary Lindsay Thornton (1891-1973), first curator of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

References

^ "The Carnegie Library School of Atlanta (1905-25)". The Library Quarterly. 37 (2): 149–179. April 1, 1967. doi:10.1086/619528. S2CID 147945806.
^ School, Carnegie Library of Atlanta Library (November 1, 2011). "Library School of Carnegie Library of Atlanta director's files, 1905-1971". findingaids.library.emory.edu.
^ ^a ^b "100 Years of Library Service". afpls.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
^ Carmichael, Jr., James V. (1990). "Tommie Dora Barker". In Wiegand, Wayne A. (ed.). Supplement to the Dictionary of American Library Biography, Volume 1. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 5–11. ISBN 9780872875869.
^ Wiegand, Wayne A.; Wiegand, Shirley A. (2018). The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780807168677.

[1] "The Carnegie Library School of Atlanta (1905-25)". The Library Quarterly. 37 (2): 149–179. April 1, 1967. doi:10.1086/619528. S2CID 147945806.

[2] School, Carnegie Library of Atlanta Library (November 1, 2011). "Library School of Carnegie Library of Atlanta director's files, 1905-1971". findingaids.library.emory.edu.

[em-3] "100 Years of Library Service". afpls.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-08-25.

[4] Carmichael, Jr., James V. (1990). "Tommie Dora Barker". In Wiegand, Wayne A. (ed.). Supplement to the Dictionary of American Library Biography, Volume 1. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 5–11. ISBN 9780872875869.

[5] Wiegand, Wayne A.; Wiegand, Shirley A. (2018). The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780807168677.

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