| Title: |
Augusta Baker
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of South Carolina. College of Library and Information Science
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| Collection: |
Speaking of History: the Words of South Carolina Librarians
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| Description: |
Augusta Baker was born on April 1, 1911, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1933, she received a BA in Education from New York State College (SUNY, Albany). Mrs. Baker earned a BS in Library Science in 1934 from SUNY. She worked in the New York Public Library system for 37 years. Children's librarian (135th Street Branch), storytelling specialist, assistant coordinator of children's services, and coordinator of children's services are the job positions she held during her years at NYPL. In 1974, she retired from the New York Public Library. Augusta Baker served on the ALA Executive Board, and she was active in other organizations, such as SCLA, PLA, and ALSC. She continued to give library workshops throughout the country. In 1980, she moved to Columbia, SC to become the University of South Carolina's storyteller-in-residence. She retired from this position in 1994. Augusta Baker died on February 23, 1998.
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| URL: |
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/histories/oralhistory/bakertran.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1989 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Baker, Augusta, 1911-1988
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1-Apr-1911
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Baltimore, MD; Maryland; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Librarian
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| Age at speaking: |
78
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| Document location: |
Columbia, SC
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| Document date: |
07-May-1989
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| Interviewer: |
Williams, Robert V.
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| Organizations discussed: |
New York Public Library, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; South Carolina; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Children's librarians--New York (N.Y.); Libraries--New York (N.Y.); New York; New York Public Library, New York, NY; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; South Carolina; Storytelling; United States
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0032874-35967
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