Cheyney University News June 11, 2012 1879 Institute of Colored Youth Diploma Among Recent Gifts to Cheyney University Archives On Friday June 8, Christopher John Logan of Medford, NJ, donated an assortment of documents which had belonged to his late uncle Harry Boyer to Cheyney University’s archives. Dr. Lut Nero, dean of Cheyney University’s L. P. Hill Library, University Archivist, Keith Bingham and Interim Director of Institutional Advancement Larry Green, were on hand to receive the box of diplomas and personal papers. Included among the treasures were Sarah P. Pemberton’s (1879) diploma from the Institute for Colored Youth, a certificate issued to Mrs. Henry Boyer from the Parisian Tailor Academy, 1901, and the certificate issued to his uncle who had been the elevator operator at John Wanamaker’s in downtown Philadelphia as well as photographs and other personal papers. As the team pored over the manuscripts, Larry Green remarked, “President Vital will be elated to know that a Institute for Colored Youth certificate issued to Sarah P. Pemberton, by Fanny Jackson in 1879 has been gifted to the University. For these documents to arrive during Cheyney University’s 175th anniversary is especially fortuitous. We greatly appreciate this generous gift.” Mr. Bingham plans to exhibit some of the items in the library during the upcoming academic year. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.