Scope and arrangement
The collection consists of three scrapbooks containing drawings, photographs, and expressions of appreciation by children who had been invited by Joyce Dinkins to participate in the "Reading is Recreation" program.
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- Creator
- Dinkins, Joyce, 1930-
- Call number
- Sc MG 543
- Physical description
- 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Reading is Recreation program's scrapbooks, Sc MG 543, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Joyce Dinkins, wife of New York City's first African-American mayor, David Dinkins, founded the "Reading is Recreation" program (1991), a citywide literacy program for school children. The collection consists of three scrapbooks containing drawings, photographs, and expressions of appreciation.
Biographical/historical information
Joyce Dinkins, wife of New York City's first African-American mayor, David Dinkins, founded the "Reading is Recreation" program (1991), a citywide literacy program for school children. The program included visits by first grade classes to Gracie Mansion and visits to schools by Mrs. Dinkins. At the Mansion, authors, illustrators, and celebrities shared their favorite children's books with the students.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Joyce Dinkins, June 1994.
Processing information
Processed by Diana Lachatanere, June 24, 1994, and Janice Quinter, December 10, 2012.
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor