Outstanding Dr. Bradberry and congratulations to your staff. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 7:49 AM LaTasha Denard <ldenard@hbculibraries.org> wrote: > Greetings Colleagues, > > > > Dr. Richard Bradberry, Director of Library Services, Morgan State > University (MD), shares the following highlights about the Earl S. > Richardson Library: > > > > The Earl S. Richardson Library at Morgan State University (MSU) has > acquired the law office collection of the late Honorable Elijah Cummings. > The Cummings Collection contains 642 boxes, over 200 linear feet, of > materials. These papers chronicle his administrative career in the > Maryland State Legislature in Annapolis, MD, as well as his time as a > member of the Maryland delegation in the U. S. House of Representatives, in > Washington, DC. > > > > There is a documentary being researched in the Dr. Ellen Irene Diggs > Collection. This film is being done in conjunction with the MSU School of > Global Journalism & Communication. > > > > The Earl S. Richardson's Library Beulah Davis Room (Special Collections > and Archives) is partnering with Historic Annapolis (MD) on an > exhibition titled, "*Summer’s Legacy: Preserving The Beaches”.* The May > exhibition will formally acknowledge the creation of the new > Elktonia-Carr’s Beach Park (the two beaches for blacks in Maryland in years > past). The Davis Room holds the most comprehensive collection of > Elktonia Beach history. > > > The Davis Room is partnering with the Department of Conservation at Johns > Hopkins University to recruit and train African Americans in the field of > conservation. > > > > The Richardson Library's Associate Director of Special Collections and > University Archivist, Dr. Ida Jones is scheduled to present at two > conferences on the Dr. Ellen Irene Diggs Collection. In June, Dr. Jones > will present at the 2023 Gender and Sexuality Conference in Budapest, > Hungary; and, in November 2023, at the American Anthropological > Association Conference in Toronto, Canada. > > > -- > > Richard Bradberry, Ph. D. > Director of Library Services > Earl S. Richardson Library-312 > Morgan State University > 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane > Baltimore, MD 21251 > 443.885.3488 > 443.885/8246 - Fax > richard.bradberry@morgan.edu > > > > > > *LaTasha Denard* > > Executive Assistant at HBCU Library Alliance <http://hbculibraries.org/> > > Phone: (678) 210-5801 ext. 102 > > Web: hbculibraries.org > > Email: ldenard@hbculibraries.org > <http://mailto:ldenard@hbculibraries.org/> > > *Follow us on our social media:* > > > > > *Sandra Phoenix* > > Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliance <http://hbculibraries.org/> > > Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101 > > Mobile: (404) 702-5854 > > Web: hbculibraries.org > > Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.org > > *Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to > come.* > > <https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/> > <https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance> > <https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/> > <https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/> > > > _______________________________________________ > HBCU-LibAdmin mailing list -- hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > hbcu-libadmin-leave@lists.hbculibraries.org > -- Janice R. Franklin, Ph.D. Dean, Levi Watkins Learning Center Project Director, National Center for the Study of Civil Rights And African-American Culture Alabama State University Montgomery, AL 36101-0271