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This is our campus library, and we found various amounts of information on African American Women.
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Student Susan Dowlen concentrated on three main books:
1. A Bibliography of Tennessee History(1973-1996) contains bibliographies of book on various subjects ranging from general topics, such as the Civil War, to specific topics, such as Nikki Giovanni. Examples of bibliographies of books focusing on Black women in Tennessee included 1) Epic Lives: One Hundred Black Women Who Made a Difference by Jessie Carney Smith, 2) Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Poet by Nikki Giovanni, and: 3) Ida B. Wells-Burnett: Women of Courage by Eliza Van Steenwyk.
2. Till Fair Aurora Rise: African-American Women in Memphis. TN 1840-1915, A Ph.D. dissertation by Beverly Greene Bond. (approx.. 235 pages) Till Fair Aurora Rise: African-American Women in Memphis. TN 1840-1915 focuses on black women and their social, economic, and cultural experiences. Till Fair Aurora Rise: African-American Women in Memphis, Tennessee explores interaction between black women. It examines public records, newspapers, and works by contemporary African-Americans. An example of a black woman in Fair Aurora Rise: African-American Women in Memphis. TN 1840-1915 was Paulina,Paula Wright Field. She wanted economic security for her family. Wright opened an account at the Memphis branch of the Freeman's Savings Bank. After saving her money which was acquired by washing and sewing she bought land and built a home. Wright's income also went to support her household and to help her adult children and grandchildren.
3. Reference Library of Black America A five volume collection. The collection is in an encyclopedia style. Volume I focuses on the chronology of African American firsts, and significant documents. Some of the examples of African American firsts were Hattie McDaniels and Violette Anderson. McDaniels was the first black to get an Oscar for her supporting role in Gone With the Wind. Anderson was the first black woman lawyer to practice before the Supreme Court. Volume 2 focuses on Africa, Africans in America, Civil Rights, National Organizations, and Law. This volume had the addresses and phone numbers for all the African-American Sororities, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta, except one, Sigma Gamma Rho. Volume 3 focuses on politics, education, religion, and Literature. Short biographies were found on Zora Neale Hurston
(Their Eyes Were Watching God).
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Holdings in The Stacks.
By using the search engines of the computers that can be found in the Reference/Information Room of the library, a student can find a complete listing of what books are available in the University of Memphis library. These computers can be used to find books based on subjects, authors, titles, or keywords. Several of the books that are found in the holdings can also be find in the Reserve Room. One of our students, Susan Dowlen, used a subject search using the term "black women" to find books. Examples from her subject search findings were:
1. Black Women in Slavery in the Americas, Edited by David Gaspar.
2. Sturdy Black Bridges: Vision of Black Women in Literature, Edited by Roseann P. Bell.
3. Her Stories: African American Folktales. Fairy Tales, and True Tales, Told by Virginia Hamilton.
Susan was also able to check out from the University of Memphis Library four of the six required textbooks for the African American Women's History Class.
Mississippi Valley Collection:
You cannot check out the books in this part of the University of Memphis Library, but the room does have a copier.
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