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Collection Library-In-Action Collection, Circa 1969-2002 Date range 1971 Start Over

Langston Hughes Library and Tyrone Bryant Papers, 1969-1980

 

The Langston Hughes Library and Tyrone Bryant Papers consists of documents collected by Tyrone Bryant during his tenure at the Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center in New York (1969-1975) and at Broward County Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1976-1988). Materials include correspondence (1969-1975), meetings, Langston Hughes Library profile and photographs, reports, Library Action Committee files, library brochures and budgets, outreach and programs, Langston Hughes Library personnel files including employees supervised by Tyrone Bryant, newspaper clippings about Langston Hughes Library, Tanya Simons projects (Tanya Simons-Oparah was a colleague of Tyrone Bryant at Langston Hughes Library before joining him and Janet Hansen for the Library-In-Action initiative in Florida), and a tribute to Reverend Leon H. Sullivan. The series is organized alphabetically by title.

  1. AARLCC Special Collections
  2. Library-In-Action Collection, Circa 1969-2002

Library-In-Action Collection, Circa 1969-2002 45 Hollinger Boxes 24.75 Linear Feet

 

The Library-In-Action Collection documents the Library-In-Action initiative started by the Broward County Library in 1975 to address literacy and access in underserved communities. The collection also documents the career of Tyrone Bryant from his tenure at the Langston Hughes Library through his directorship at Library-In-Action, as well as the Sistrunk Historical Festival.

  1. AARLCC Special Collections