Endowments; Library schools; Library education; Atlanta (Ga.); Carnegie Library of Atlanta. Library Training School; Carnegie Library of Atlanta. Library School; Howland, Anne Wallace, 1866-
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1905 and 1925?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 78
Note
PDF may contain multiple grant documents.
The Carnegie Library School Under the leadership of Anne Wallace, "Librarian" (roughly equivalent to today's "Director") of the Carnegie Public Library, and with the ongoing financial assistance of Andrew Carnegie, the first library school in the sout h opened in Atlanta on September 20, 1905. Anne Wallace was its first director. Originally known as the Southern Library School, the official name eventually became the Carnegie Library School of Atlanta. Popularly, Atlantans called it the Carnegie Library School; outside of the city, it was known as the Atlanta Library School. Financial pressures and evolving standards in the library profession led the school to affiliate with Emory University in 1925. Until 1930, it remained the south's only nationally accredited library school; by then its graduates were employed throughout the United States. The school was located at Emory from 1930 until it closed in 1988." [SOURCE: "100 Years of Library Service." Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, http://afpls.org/history/166-100-years-of-library-service. Accessed 20 Sep. 2018.]