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The Army moved them to Santo Tomas prison to avoid the approaching fires, and from there they processed the civilians to go home.\n On 3 April 1945, the Douglas family began their one-month journey on the USS E.W. Eberle to California. They briefly stayed with their family in Wisconsin before settling in Wildwood, Florida, where Whittle's father taught agriculture at Wildwood High School. Whittle continued her high school education and went on to graduate from Florida State University with a degree in Home Economics.\n The war impacted each family member differently. Whittle's father came out of internment no longer diabetic, looking to move on with their lives and determined to help rebuild the Philippines to what it had been. Conversely, Whittle's mother never overcame the constant fear of being separated from her children again and insisted they return to the United States so they could know what it was like to live as Americans. Whittle's brother realized the significance of their childhood experiences later in life, and Whittle herself always acknowledged how her experiences made her different from her peers. Above all, she was grateful to have been with her family during the war, no matter how bad the circumstances became.\n Whittle married Jay Francis Whittle and had four children. She was a teacher in Florida for over 36 years and involved in the community, including at the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at Florida State University. She attended reunions for her fellow civilian incarcerated persons. 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The Japanese summoned the Douglas family on 27 December 1941 to register and to stay one night in custody; the family packed light suitcases under this premise but were instead held until their liberation in 1945, never seeing their house, pets, or belongings again. Whittle was ten years old when the Japanese imprisoned her.\n From registration, the Japanese separated men, women, and children, and marched them five miles to Camp John Hay. Whittle carried her younger brother, Hugh, on her back, afraid she would never see her parents again, and afraid her father would die because he could no longer take his insulin. Upon arrival at Camp John Hay, she reunited with her mother; the Japanese separated families to intimidate them and demonstrate their power. Her mother suffered from the fear of being separated again for the rest of the war.\n Camp John Hay held 500 civilians, 125 of which were children. 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On 27 December 1944, in anticipation of the Battle of Luzon, the Japanese moved the incarcerated people in Camp Holmes to Bilibid Prison in Manila, where the civilians remained separated from the POW Bataan Death March survivors. While in Bilibid Prison, the Douglas family stayed in the infirmary as they had dengue fever, dysentery, and were starving. They were grateful to be behind the thick prison walls as the Battle for Manila raged on outside.\n By 3 February 1945, the Japanese guards had abandoned Bilibid Prison and advised the incarcerated people to remain inside for their own safety. It was there that American forces discovered the soldier POWs who then directed them to the civilian POW section. A majority of the incarcerated individuals were starving and had difficulty eating the food the Army provided. 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The Japanese summoned the Douglas family on 27 December 1941 to register and to stay one night in custody; the family packed light suitcases under this premise but were instead held until their liberation in 1945, never seeing their house, pets, or belongings again. Whittle was ten years old when the Japanese imprisoned her.\n From registration, the Japanese separated men, women, and children, and marched them five miles to Camp John Hay. Whittle carried her younger brother, Hugh, on her back, afraid she would never see her parents again, and afraid her father would die because he could no longer take his insulin. Upon arrival at Camp John Hay, she reunited with her mother; the Japanese separated families to intimidate them and demonstrate their power. Her mother suffered from the fear of being separated again for the rest of the war.\n Camp John Hay held 500 civilians, 125 of which were children. 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On 27 December 1944, in anticipation of the Battle of Luzon, the Japanese moved the incarcerated people in Camp Holmes to Bilibid Prison in Manila, where the civilians remained separated from the POW Bataan Death March survivors. While in Bilibid Prison, the Douglas family stayed in the infirmary as they had dengue fever, dysentery, and were starving. They were grateful to be behind the thick prison walls as the Battle for Manila raged on outside.\n By 3 February 1945, the Japanese guards had abandoned Bilibid Prison and advised the incarcerated people to remain inside for their own safety. It was there that American forces discovered the soldier POWs who then directed them to the civilian POW section. A majority of the incarcerated individuals were starving and had difficulty eating the food the Army provided. The Army moved them to Santo Tomas prison to avoid the approaching fires, and from there they processed the civilians to go home.\n On 3 April 1945, the Douglas family began their one-month journey on the USS E.W. Eberle to California. They briefly stayed with their family in Wisconsin before settling in Wildwood, Florida, where Whittle's father taught agriculture at Wildwood High School. Whittle continued her high school education and went on to graduate from Florida State University with a degree in Home Economics.\n The war impacted each family member differently. Whittle's father came out of internment no longer diabetic, looking to move on with their lives and determined to help rebuild the Philippines to what it had been. Conversely, Whittle's mother never overcame the constant fear of being separated from her children again and insisted they return to the United States so they could know what it was like to live as Americans. 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She was the daughter of Clayton Douglas, an American government employee doing agricultural education work, and Evangeline Douglas, a Canadian nursing missionary.\u0026#xA0; The family moved to Baguio, Luzon in 1937 and Whittle's brother Hugh was born. She had a relatively normal childhood prior to the war, attending Maryknoll Catholic School and the Episcopal Brent School with other American children of missionaries, doctors, businessmen, miners, etc. She participated in Brownies, took dance lessons and went to the movies among other activities.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the months leading up to the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, the Douglas family stored canned food in the basement but did not evacuate to the hills outside the city where their Filipino friends offered them shelter. Whittle's father was concerned about his health, as he was diabetic, and by the time the Japanese invaded on 8 December 1941, it was too late to evacuate. 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","She graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan (1879-1968) who encouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. She then enrolled at Colombia University's School of Library Science where she received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. ","In 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. 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His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. 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James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.","Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.","The Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.","Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. 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Porter's art collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. 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","In 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work,  Modern Negro Art , proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.","In 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.","James Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. ","Charles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.","The book  William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874  (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.","In 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. She died in Broward County in 2012."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDorothy Porter Wesley Collection (AARLCC-2003.6), AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection (AARLCC-2003.6), AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection received file level processing. 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James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/7/resources/3255\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Part of Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers also reside at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University. Citation: Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.","Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProfessional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eConstance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. Porter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearch files contain articles, notes, and illustrations on subjects collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac during their research. Dorothy Porter Wesley conducted research on African, African American, Caribbean and Afro-Latin cultures to build the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Her research was also used for her writings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Materials consist of materials collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac. Dorothy Porter Wesley's saved notes in calendars and datebooks. She collected catalogs, programs, brochures, maps, and magazines covering African and African American people, places and research topics. Newspaper clippings feature articles discussing Dorothy Porter Wesley's career as a librarian, archivist and curator at Howard University. 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It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.","Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.","Professional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.","Constance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". ","The collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. Porter.","Research files contain articles, notes, and illustrations on subjects collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac during their research. Dorothy Porter Wesley conducted research on African, African American, Caribbean and Afro-Latin cultures to build the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Her research was also used for her writings.","Printed Materials consist of materials collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac. Dorothy Porter Wesley's saved notes in calendars and datebooks. She collected catalogs, programs, brochures, maps, and magazines covering African and African American people, places and research topics. Newspaper clippings feature articles discussing Dorothy Porter Wesley's career as a librarian, archivist and curator at Howard University. Clippings also feature Constance Porter Uzelac's stewardship of her father's art collection and mother's archival collection."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://broward.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=DPW\u0026amp;qf=LOCATION%09Shelf+Location%091%3AAF-SPC%09AARLCC+Special+Collections\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBooks from this collection are cataloged in the Broward County Library catalog with the prefix \"DPW\".\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Access the Books"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Books from this collection are cataloged in the Broward County Library catalog with the prefix \"DPW\"."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_559c404160acc20bdc75d09cde3325a4\"\u003eThe Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of pioneering librarian, Dorothy Porter Wesley. 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Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research","Black people -- Brazil","Libraries and Black people","Photographs","Sound recordings","Correspondence","Art","The Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection is open for research.","View a selection of digitized materials from the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection in the Broward County Library Digital Archives.","The collection is arranged into the following series and sub-series:","Series I. Correspondence","Sub-series I. General Correspondence","Sub-series II. Family Correspondence","Series II. Professional Papers","Sub-series I. Dorothy Porter Wesley professional papers","Sub-series II. Constance Porter Uzelac professional papers ","Sub-series III. Charles Harris Wesley professional papers ","Sub-series IV. Writings by Dorothy Porter Wesley","Sub-series V. Writings by Constance Porter Uzelac","Sub-series VI. Writings by James A. Porter","Sub-series VII. Writings by Constance Porter Uzelac","Sub-series VIII. Writings by Charles Harris Wesley ","Series III. Research Files","Sub-series I. Dorothy Porter Wesley general research files","Sub-series II. Dorothy Porter Wesley Brazil research files","Sub-series III. Dorothy Porter Wesley illustrations","Sub-series IV. Constance Porter Uzelac research files","Series IV. Personal Papers","Series V. Photographs","Series VI. Printed Materials","Sub-series I. Calendars and Datebooks","Sub-series II. Catalogs","Sub-series III. General","Sub-series IV. Magazines","Sub-series V. Maps","Sub-series VI. Newspaper Clippings","Sub-series VII. Sheet Music","Series VII. Ephemera and Artwork","Series VIII. Books and Pamphlets","Dorothy Burnett Porter Wesley (1905-1995) was a librarian, curator and bibliophile born on May 25, 1905 in Warrenton, Virginia. Her parents were physician Hayes Joseph Burnett and tennis player Roberta (\"Bertha\") Ball Burnett. She was the eldest of four children and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. ","She graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan (1879-1968) who encouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. She then enrolled at Colombia University's School of Library Science where she received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. ","In 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work,  Modern Negro Art , proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.","In 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.","James Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. ","Charles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.","The book  William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874  (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.","In 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. She died in Broward County in 2012.","This collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.","Part of Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers also reside at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University. Citation: Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.","Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.","The Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.","Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.","Professional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.","Constance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". ","The collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. Porter.","Research files contain articles, notes, and illustrations on subjects collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac during their research. Dorothy Porter Wesley conducted research on African, African American, Caribbean and Afro-Latin cultures to build the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Her research was also used for her writings.","Printed Materials consist of materials collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac. Dorothy Porter Wesley's saved notes in calendars and datebooks. She collected catalogs, programs, brochures, maps, and magazines covering African and African American people, places and research topics. Newspaper clippings feature articles discussing Dorothy Porter Wesley's career as a librarian, archivist and curator at Howard University. 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She was the eldest of four children and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShe graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan (1879-1968) who encouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. She then enrolled at Colombia University's School of Library Science where she received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work, \u003cemph\u003eModern Negro Art\u003c/emph\u003e, proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. 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She also continued to write articles and books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe book \u003ci\u003eWilliam Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874\u003c/i\u003e (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. 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","In 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work,  Modern Negro Art , proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.","In 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.","James Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. ","Charles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.","The book  William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874  (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.","In 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. She died in Broward County in 2012."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDorothy Porter Wesley Collection (AARLCC-2003.6), AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection (AARLCC-2003.6), AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection received file level processing. 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James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/7/resources/3255\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Part of Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers also reside at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University. Citation: Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.","Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProfessional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eConstance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. 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It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.","Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.","Professional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.","Constance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". ","The collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. Porter.","Research files contain articles, notes, and illustrations on subjects collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac during their research. Dorothy Porter Wesley conducted research on African, African American, Caribbean and Afro-Latin cultures to build the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Her research was also used for her writings.","Printed Materials consist of materials collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac. Dorothy Porter Wesley's saved notes in calendars and datebooks. She collected catalogs, programs, brochures, maps, and magazines covering African and African American people, places and research topics. Newspaper clippings feature articles discussing Dorothy Porter Wesley's career as a librarian, archivist and curator at Howard University. Clippings also feature Constance Porter Uzelac's stewardship of her father's art collection and mother's archival collection."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://broward.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=DPW\u0026amp;qf=LOCATION%09Shelf+Location%091%3AAF-SPC%09AARLCC+Special+Collections\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBooks from this collection are cataloged in the Broward County Library catalog with the prefix \"DPW\".\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Access the Books"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Books from this collection are cataloged in the Broward County Library catalog with the prefix \"DPW\"."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_559c404160acc20bdc75d09cde3325a4\"\u003eThe Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of pioneering librarian, Dorothy Porter Wesley. 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","She graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan (1879-1968) who encouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. She then enrolled at Colombia University's School of Library Science where she received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. ","In 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work,  Modern Negro Art , proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.","In 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.","James Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. ","Charles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.","The book  William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874  (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.","In 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. She died in Broward County in 2012.","This collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.","Part of Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers also reside at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University. Citation: Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.","Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.","The Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.","Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.","Professional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.","Constance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". ","The collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. Porter.","Research files contain articles, notes, and illustrations on subjects collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac during their research. Dorothy Porter Wesley conducted research on African, African American, Caribbean and Afro-Latin cultures to build the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Her research was also used for her writings.","Printed Materials consist of materials collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac. Dorothy Porter Wesley's saved notes in calendars and datebooks. She collected catalogs, programs, brochures, maps, and magazines covering African and African American people, places and research topics. Newspaper clippings feature articles discussing Dorothy Porter Wesley's career as a librarian, archivist and curator at Howard University. 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He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. ","Charles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.","The book  William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874  (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.","In 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. 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Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.","Professional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. 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","She graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan (1879-1968) who encouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. She then enrolled at Colombia University's School of Library Science where she received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. ","In 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work,  Modern Negro Art , proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.","In 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.","James Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. ","Charles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.","The book  William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874  (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.","In 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. She died in Broward County in 2012.","This collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.","Part of Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers also reside at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University. Citation: Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.","Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.","The Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.","Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.","Professional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. 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She was the eldest of four children and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShe graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan (1879-1968) who encouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. She then enrolled at Colombia University's School of Library Science where she received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work, \u003cemph\u003eModern Negro Art\u003c/emph\u003e, proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe book \u003ci\u003eWilliam Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874\u003c/i\u003e (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. She died in Broward County in 2012.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dorothy Burnett Porter Wesley (1905-1995) was a librarian, curator and bibliophile born on May 25, 1905 in Warrenton, Virginia. Her parents were physician Hayes Joseph Burnett and tennis player Roberta (\"Bertha\") Ball Burnett. She was the eldest of four children and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. ","She graduated from Miner Normal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as a library assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan (1879-1968) who encouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928. She then enrolled at Colombia University's School of Library Science where she received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. ","In 1929 Dorothy married artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) with whom she had her only daughter, Constance \"Coni\" Porter Uzelac (1939-2012). James A. Porter graduated with honors from Howard University in 1927 and began teaching art there the next semester. His classic book and standard reference work,  Modern Negro Art , proved to be one of the most informative sources to date on the creativity of the Black artists.","In 1930, Dorothy Porter began work as curator of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University, (now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) and worked to build the library's collections documenting African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic history and culture. After becoming the Curator at Howard University in 1930, started thinking about how to catalog books by Black authors and related to Black history and culture. At the time, she recognized that the Dewey Decimal System only had two numbers (for \"Slavery\" and for \"Colonization\") under which all works related to Black people or Black authors could be cataloged. In response, during the first few years of her Curatorship, she created a new classification system that reflected the true breadth of the books available on topics related to Black people and by Black authors. She disseminated the classification system to other libraries, and published it in 1939. Porter worked at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center until her retirement in 1973.","James Porter's died in 1970, and in 1979 Dorothy married Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), a noted historian, educator, and author. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in 1913, he taught at Howard University from 1913 until 1942. Between 1920 and 1925, he also earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, the fourth African American to do so. He served as President of Wilberforce University from 1942-1947 and of Central State College, Ohio from 1947 until 1965. ","Charles Harris Wesley authored more than 15 books on African-American history over the course of his career. His first book, Negro Labor in the United States, was hailed as one of the most useful works on the role of African-Americans in industry available in the 1920s. Dorothy worked with Charles on a variety of research projects even prior to their marriage, and continued to do so until Charles's death in 1987. ","After her retirement from Howard University in 1973, Dorothy Porter Wesley worked as a consultant for a variety of institutions and foundations such as the Radcliffe University's Black Women Oral History Archive. She also continued to write articles and books.","In 1994 President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel Award. Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.","The book  William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874  (2002) was the last research project that Charles and Dorothy worked on together, and was posthumously published by Dorothy's daughter, Constance Porter Uzelac. Uzelac worked as a medical librarian. After her mother's death, she became the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Archive and managed James A. Porter's art collection.","In 2000, Constance Uzelac worked with the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, James Findlay, on an exhibition of her mother's collection that was displayed at the Broward County Main Library in February and March of 2001. Samuel F. Morrison, Director of the Broward County Library, was instrumental in bringing the collection to exhibition at the Bienes, and would further encourage the purchase of the materials from Uzelac for the newly-opened AARLCC Special Collections in December 2002. Constance later worked at Broward County Library, cataloging a portion of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection at the AARLCC Special Collections. Constance married Milan Uzelac in 1965. They had no children. She died in Broward County in 2012."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDorothy Porter Wesley Collection (AARLCC-2003.6), AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection (AARLCC-2003.6), AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["This collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/994\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePart of Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers also reside at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University. Citation: Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/7/resources/3255\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Part of Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers also reside at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University. Citation: Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.","Dorothy Porter Wesley's papers can also be found within the James A. Porter papers at Emory University. Citation: James A. Porter papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProfessional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eConstance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. 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Clippings also feature Constance Porter Uzelac's stewardship of her father's art collection and mother's archival collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of librarian and bibliophile, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, newspaper clippings, research files, photographs, awards and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books, pamphlets, and audio recordings dating from 1788 to 1995.","Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston. Family correspondence contains personal letters written to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley's family members including her daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, first husband James A. Porter, second husband Charles Harris Wesley, and brother in-law Robert P. Porter.","Professional papers consist of conference materials, reports, grant proposals, materials from organizations of which Dorothy and Constance were members, curriculum vitas of colleagues, exhibitions, and commencement programs. Dorothy Porter Wesley participated in organizations and institutions such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), African Studies Association, Amistad Research Center, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Board, National Council of Negro Women, Organization of American Historians, Phi Delta Kappa, Radcliffe College, Society of American Archivists, and the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University.","Constance Porter Uzelac collected documents from her career at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center branch of Broward County Libraries. She was a member of ASALH. Constance also managed the Dorothy Porter Wesley archives and the James A. Porter art collection. She attended conferences related to her parents' legacy and collection such as the Dorothy Porter Wesley Forum and Lecture Series at Howard University and the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. Documents related to Charles Harris Wesley include a Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative service he attended and a book brochure of his monograph \"Prince Hall life and legacy\". ","The collection also includes published and unpublished works by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, Charles Harris Wesley, and James A. Porter.","Research files contain articles, notes, and illustrations on subjects collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac during their research. Dorothy Porter Wesley conducted research on African, African American, Caribbean and Afro-Latin cultures to build the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Her research was also used for her writings.","Printed Materials consist of materials collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac. Dorothy Porter Wesley's saved notes in calendars and datebooks. She collected catalogs, programs, brochures, maps, and magazines covering African and African American people, places and research topics. Newspaper clippings feature articles discussing Dorothy Porter Wesley's career as a librarian, archivist and curator at Howard University. Clippings also feature Constance Porter Uzelac's stewardship of her father's art collection and mother's archival collection."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://broward.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=DPW\u0026amp;qf=LOCATION%09Shelf+Location%091%3AAF-SPC%09AARLCC+Special+Collections\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBooks from this collection are cataloged in the Broward County Library catalog with the prefix \"DPW\".\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Access the Books"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Books from this collection are cataloged in the Broward County Library catalog with the prefix \"DPW\"."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_559c404160acc20bdc75d09cde3325a4\"\u003eThe Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of pioneering librarian, Dorothy Porter Wesley. 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