Jean Blackwell Hutson oral history interview

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unitid

{"value"=>"21044", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 673", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1978"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jean Blackwell Hutson oral history interview"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Jean Blackwell Hutson served as the Chief Librarian at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from 1948 until her retirement in 1981. Ms. Hutson was born in Sommerfield, Florida, in 1914, and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1935, she graduated with a degree in English from Barnard College. Ms. Hutson desired to pursue a career in librarianship and applied to Enoch Pratt Library Training School, but was denied entrance due to her race, later winning a discrimination lawsuit against the school. She received her degree in Library Science from Columbia University in 1936, and in 1941, received a teaching degree from Columbia as well.</p> <p>She was hired by the New York Public Library in 1936. As the Chief Librarian at the Schomburg Center, she developed the Schomburg Dictionary Catalog and significantly grew the Library's collection. During her time in New York, Ms. Hutson developed close friendships with well-known writers, scholars, and artists, such as Langston Hughes and Richard Wright (both of their collections are housed at the Schomburg Center).</p> <p>Jean Blackwell Hutson accomplished many other achievements beyond her work at the Schomburg Center. She taught courses at the City College of New York; helped to create the Africana Collection at the University of Ghana; participated in other organizations such as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; and served on the Task Force on Library and Information Services to Cultural Minorities of the National Commission on Libraries.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This collection includes a transcript of an interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson, conducted by Barbara Kline of Columbia University's Oral History Research Office.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Received in 1996, unknown donor.</p>"}

bibliography

{"id"=>"aspace_4cb9d3a401e7831a3c40ea1d1b080f16", "value"=>"<p>The New York Public Library LibGuides: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. \"Guide to the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division: History.\" Accessed September 10, 2020, https://libguides.nypl.org.</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"Shares a box with other oral history transcripts so folder number is listed accordingly."}

date_start

1978

keydate

1978

date_end

1978

date_inclusive_start

1978

date_inclusive_end

1978

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Jean Blackwell Hutson oral history interview, Sc MG 673, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" This collection includes a transcript of an interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson, conducted by Barbara Kline of Columbia University's Oral History Research Office.", "generated"=>true}

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