Research Catalog
Anne Forrester collection
- Title
- Anne Forrester collection, 1955-2006.
- Author
- Forrester, Anne, 1941-2006.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 838 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 838 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- 2 linear ft. (1 storage carton, 1 flat box)
- Summary
- The Anne Forrester collection contains a range of personal and professional materials from 1959 to 2006, underlining Forrester's life-long pursuits as an Africanist. In the collection there are documents on the various international organizations that Forrester was associated with throughout her career, such as the African Communications Institute (ACI), the Global Rights Organization, the African Development Foundation (ADF), the Association of Black American Ambassadors, TransAfrica, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The collection also contains Forrester's academic papers, a screenplay, and published articles on Africa and African affairs.
- Subjects
- African Communications Institute
- Global Rights (Organization)
- Women diplomats > United States
- Diplomatic and consular service, American > Liberia
- African American diplomats
- African Americans > Politics and government
- Women in the civil service
- African Development Foundation (U.S.)
- United States > Foreign relations > Africa
- Diplomatic and consular service, American > Mali
- TransAfrica (Organization)
- African American women
- Ambassadors > United States
- United Nations Development Programme
- Association of Black American Ambassadors
- African American journalists
- United Nations Africa
- African American government executives
- Forrester, Elizabeth J 1916-1991
- African American newspapers > New York (State) > New York
- Source (note)
- Forrester Estate
- Biography (note)
- Anne Forrester, activist, political scientist, Africanist, diplomat, and international civil servant, began her career as a pan-African scholar and activist then later turned to diplomacy. She served as the American ambassador to Mali from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration. At that time she was the third Black woman ever to be appointed to the position. Forrester joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1985 and remained with the UN until she retired in 2001.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 838
- OCLC
- 727076752
- Author
- Forrester, Anne, 1941-2006.
- Title
- Anne Forrester collection, 1955-2006.
- Biography
- Anne Forrester, activist, political scientist, Africanist, diplomat, and international civil servant, began her career as a pan-African scholar and activist then later turned to diplomacy. She served as the American ambassador to Mali from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration. At that time she was the third Black woman ever to be appointed to the position. Forrester joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1985 and remained with the UN until she retired in 2001.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 838