The HistoryMakers video oral history with Effie Lee Morris.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 36 min., 1 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.242
Subjects

Other author/creatorMorris, Effie Lee, interviewee.
Other author/creatorHenry, Loretta, interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Effie Lee Morris
Portion of title Effie Lee Morris
Abstract Library administrator Effie Lee Morris was born on April 20, 1921 in Richmond, Virginia. Morris earned her B.A. and M.L.S. degrees at Case Western University. Her career as a public librarian began at the Cleveland Public Library in 1946, where she specialized in working with children and children's literature. In 1955, Morris worked for the New York Library for the Blind and was the first female chairperson of the Library of Congress. In 1963, she became the first Coordinator of Children's Services at the San Francisco Public Library. In 1964, Morris established the Children's Historical and Research Collection at the Children's Center of the San Francisco Library. Morris became the first African American president of the Public Library Association in 1971, retiring in 1977. In 1981, the children's literature collection was officially named the Effie Lee Morris Historical and Research Collection. Morris passed away on November 16, 2009 at age 88.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Loretta Henry, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded San Francisco, California 2005 October 11.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded San Francisco, California 2005 October 13.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2005.242 HistoryMakers