Carnegie Library School of Atlanta explained

The Carnegie Library School of Atlanta (1905 - 1988) was a training school for librarians in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] Emory University has a collection of the school's files.^[2] Originally known as Southern Library School, it opened September 20, 1905, with Anne Wallace as its director.^[3] It affiliated with Emory University in 1925 and remained the only nationally accredited library school until 1930. It closed in 1988.^[3]

In 1921, the Director of the Carnegie Library School, Tommie Dora Barker, opened the Auburn Avenue Branch Library, the first branch library for blacks in Atlanta.^[4] A Carnegie Library, it was located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood.^[5] The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History succeeded it.

Notes and References

1. The Carnegie Library School of Atlanta (1905-25). April 1, 1967. The Library Quarterly. 37. 2. 149–179. 10.1086/619528. 147945806.
2. Web site: Library School of Carnegie Library of Atlanta director's files, 1905-1971. Carnegie Library of Atlanta Library. School. November 1, 2011. findingaids.library.emory.edu.
3. Web site: 100 Years of Library Service. afpls.org. 2020-08-25. 2019-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712135231/http://afpls.org/history/166-100-years-of-library-service. dead.
4. Book: Carmichael, Jr., James V.. https://books.google.com/books?id=SqpJMeDXMwUC&dq=Tommie+Dora+Barker&pg=PA11. Supplement to the Dictionary of American Library Biography, Volume 1. Wiegand. Wayne A.. Libraries Unlimited. 1990. 9780872875869. 5–11. Tommie Dora Barker.
5. Book: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism. Wiegand. Wayne A.. Wiegand. Shirley A.. Louisiana State University Press. 2018. 9780807168677. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 27.