- Collection:
- Augusta Baker papers, 1911-1998
- Title:
- Letter, 1975, Augusta Baker to Jesse Jackson
- Creator:
- Baker, Augusta, 1911-1998
- Contributor to Resource:
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
- Date of Original:
- 1975-01-13
- Subject:
- Baker, Augusta, 1911-1998--Correspondence
African American women librarians
Children's librarians
African American librarians
Women librarians
Jackson, Jesse, 1941---Correspondence
Public libraries - People:
- Baker, Augusta, 1911-1998
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, New York, Queens County, St. Albans, 40.6984364, -73.7606881 - Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Letter from Augusta Baker to Reverend Jesse Jackson, requesting his contribution to a collection of essays, tentatively titled "The Consumer's Handbook to Public Libraries." Baker notes his influence in the Black community and hopes that his contribution to this collection of essays will further influence Black people to use public libraries. Baker states, "This book, we hope, will help motivate as well as education new library users toward helping themselves to the world of information".
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17173.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/abaker/id/2474
- IIIF manifest:
- http://cdm17173.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/abaker:2474/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright Not Evaluated. For further information please contact The University of South Carolina, South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC 29208.
- Extent:
- 1 item
2 pages - Original Collection:
- Augusta Baker Papers, 1911-1998
Augusta Baker Papers, 1911-1998, Box 2, Folder 84. Accession 11770 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. Libraries - Rights:
-
Letter, 1975, Augusta Baker to Jesse Jackson
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