Document Type
Other
Publication Date
10-2017
Department
Library and Information Science
Abstract
From the conference program: "This presentation reviews the progress and objectives of a federally-funded, 3-year oral history project that explores how segregated Carnegie libraries were used as places of community-making, interaction, and learning for African Americans before integration in the 1960s. Known then as “Carnegie colored libraries,” these public libraries opened in eight southern states between 1900 and 1925 and were an extension of the well-known library development program funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Some operated for as many as six decades until, by the 1970s, most had closed or were integrated into the library systems of their larger communities.
"This presentation focuses on the planning of several project deliverables, from constructing a low-cost, sustainable project website to working with partner organizations to create free, online scholarly resources. The paper will reflect specifically on how participant recruitment can be integrated into the planning of project deliverables."
Recommended Citation
Griffis, Matthew R., "Making Voices Heard: Collecting and Sharing Oral Histories from Users of Segregated Libraries in the South (Presentation for the Oral History Association Annual Meeting, October 2017)" (2017). Publications and Other Resources. 6.
https://aquila.usm.edu/rocinformationandresources/6
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Architectural History and Criticism Commons, Archival Science Commons, Oral History Commons
Comments
This presentation is the property of the Roots of Community project at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science. It has been published for private use and/or research purposes only. Apart from brief excerpts and other fair use applications, it may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the Project Director (matthew.griffis@usm.edu). Please call (601) 266-4228 for more information. Images appearing throughout the presentation remain the property of their respective repositories; see the Photo Credits for more information.