- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 26 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Librarian Henrietta Mays Smith was born on May 2, 1922, in Harlem, New York. Earning her B.A. degree from Hunter College in 1943 and her B.S.L.S. degree from Columbia University in 1946, she became a children's librarian and storyteller. In 1955, she moved to Florida, working in the media department of the Broward County Public School System. Returning to New York in the summers, she worked as a storyteller. In 1959, Smith received her M.S.L.S. degree from Columbia University and her Ph.D. degree from the University of Miami. After working for the Florida Atlantic University's College of Education for ten years, she joined the faculty at the University of South Florida's School of Library. In 1985, she became their first African American faculty member. Retiring in 1993, she was active in many organizations, including the American Library Association and the Coretta Scott King Task Force. In 2008, the American Library Association honored Dr. Smith with their Distinguished Service Award.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Henrietta Smith
- Henrietta Smith
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- OCLC
- 1000519546
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Henrietta Smith.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
022644
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adrienne Jones, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2007 August 13.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Library Science Professor School Media Librarian.
- Added Author
Smith, Henrietta M., interviewee.
Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer), interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.