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Fisk University to Index Rosenwald Collections

Sandra Phoenix

Mon, Jun 29, 2020 1:41 PM

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you're well and safe. Jessie Carney Smith at Fisk University (TN) shares the following news.

Fisk University to Index Rosenwald Collections

The Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, has initiated a program to connect to collections about Julius Rosenwald, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social justice advocate who uplifted the African American community in the rural South. The project will locate, index, and make available to the public documents that tell the story of Rosenwald and the rural school program. Among the items in Fisk's collections that will be indexed are photographs of Rosenwald schools, fragile manuscripts, budget books, transportation files, and files from the Rosenwald Fellowship Program.

This project comes at a time when the nation has an increasing interest in social justice and can now trace the work of Rosenwald, a Jewish American, who felt the pains of America's black population and sought to ease the effect of injustice on the population. Fisk aims to engage several major universities in the project, who share an interest in Rosenwald's historical work, and who will become involved in the project "Building a Portal for Rosenwald Collections." The project will facilitate the work of scholars and researchers who aim to explore some of the essential work of Rosenwald, particularly with the support of black communities and the states in which they existed to build over 5,300 schools and auxiliary buildings in the rural South during 1912-1932. Inspired by Booker T. Washington, founder of historically black Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, the program educated hundreds of black youth and became a vital part of the early education of blacks in America.

This project is funded by a $90,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Dr. Jessie Carney Smith is project director.

SANDRA M. PHOENIX
HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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Atlanta GA 30314
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Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well and safe. Jessie Carney Smith at Fisk University (TN) shares the following news. Fisk University to Index Rosenwald Collections The Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, has initiated a program to connect to collections about Julius Rosenwald, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social justice advocate who uplifted the African American community in the rural South. The project will locate, index, and make available to the public documents that tell the story of Rosenwald and the rural school program. Among the items in Fisk's collections that will be indexed are photographs of Rosenwald schools, fragile manuscripts, budget books, transportation files, and files from the Rosenwald Fellowship Program. This project comes at a time when the nation has an increasing interest in social justice and can now trace the work of Rosenwald, a Jewish American, who felt the pains of America's black population and sought to ease the effect of injustice on the population. Fisk aims to engage several major universities in the project, who share an interest in Rosenwald's historical work, and who will become involved in the project "Building a Portal for Rosenwald Collections." The project will facilitate the work of scholars and researchers who aim to explore some of the essential work of Rosenwald, particularly with the support of black communities and the states in which they existed to build over 5,300 schools and auxiliary buildings in the rural South during 1912-1932. Inspired by Booker T. Washington, founder of historically black Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, the program educated hundreds of black youth and became a vital part of the early education of blacks in America. This project is funded by a $90,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Dr. Jessie Carney Smith is project director. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/

Loretta Parham

Mon, Jun 29, 2020 1:44 PM

Great project, congrats Jessie to you and the Fisk team!

Loretta Parham
AUC Woodruff Library

On Jun 29, 2020, at 9:42 AM, Sandra Phoenix sphoenix@hbculibraries.org wrote:

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and safe. Jessie Carney Smith at Fisk University (TN) shares the following news.

Fisk University to Index Rosenwald Collections

The Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, has initiated a program to connect to collections about Julius Rosenwald, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social justice advocate who uplifted the African American community in the rural South. The project will locate, index, and make available to the public documents that tell the story of Rosenwald and the rural school program. Among the items in Fisk’s collections that will be indexed are photographs of Rosenwald schools, fragile manuscripts, budget books, transportation files, and files from the Rosenwald Fellowship Program.

This project comes at a time when the nation has an increasing interest in social justice and can now trace the work of Rosenwald, a Jewish American, who felt the pains of America’s black population and sought to ease the effect of injustice on the population. Fisk aims to engage several major universities in the project, who share an interest in Rosenwald’s historical work, and who will become involved in the project “Building a Portal for Rosenwald Collections.” The project will facilitate the work of scholars and researchers who aim to explore some of the essential work of Rosenwald, particularly with the support of black communities and the states in which they existed to build over 5,300 schools and auxiliary buildings in the rural South during 1912-1932. Inspired by Booker T. Washington, founder of historically black Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, the program educated hundreds of black youth and became a vital part of the early education of blacks in America.

This project is funded by a $90,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Dr. Jessie Carney Smith is project director.

Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs – Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated.

Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance

Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/

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Great project, congrats Jessie to you and the Fisk team! Loretta Parham AUC Woodruff Library On Jun 29, 2020, at 9:42 AM, Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> wrote: Greetings Colleagues, I trust you’re well and safe. Jessie Carney Smith at Fisk University (TN) shares the following news. Fisk University to Index Rosenwald Collections The Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, has initiated a program to connect to collections about Julius Rosenwald, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social justice advocate who uplifted the African American community in the rural South. The project will locate, index, and make available to the public documents that tell the story of Rosenwald and the rural school program. Among the items in Fisk’s collections that will be indexed are photographs of Rosenwald schools, fragile manuscripts, budget books, transportation files, and files from the Rosenwald Fellowship Program. This project comes at a time when the nation has an increasing interest in social justice and can now trace the work of Rosenwald, a Jewish American, who felt the pains of America’s black population and sought to ease the effect of injustice on the population. Fisk aims to engage several major universities in the project, who share an interest in Rosenwald’s historical work, and who will become involved in the project “Building a Portal for Rosenwald Collections.” The project will facilitate the work of scholars and researchers who aim to explore some of the essential work of Rosenwald, particularly with the support of black communities and the states in which they existed to build over 5,300 schools and auxiliary buildings in the rural South during 1912-1932. Inspired by Booker T. Washington, founder of historically black Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, the program educated hundreds of black youth and became a vital part of the early education of blacks in America. This project is funded by a $90,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Dr. Jessie Carney Smith is project director. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs – Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ HBCU-LibAdmin mailing list HBCU-LibAdmin@lists.hbculibraries.org http://lists.hbculibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/hbcu-libadmin_lists.hbculibraries.org