Printed Materials

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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. Sheet Music contains musical scores from the early to mid twentieth century such as "The entertainer" by Scott Joplin, "Negro spirituals: swing low, sweet chariot", "Nine little pieces" by Philippa Schuyler, and "Ol' man river" by Oscar Hammerstein, II and Jerome Kern.

Printed materials is organized into seven sub-series: Calendars and Datebooks, Catalogs, General, Magazines, Maps, Newspaper Clippings, and Sheet Music. Each sub-series is arranged alphabetically within. Catalogs are organized by letter of the alphabet. Oversize materials are housed separately in oversize boxes.

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