Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian

Index

Abbott, Olive, 106 Abyssinian Baptist Church, 88, 95 Ademola, Chief Magistrate, 107 Ademola, Lady Adetokunboh, 107 Alexander, Ernest, 51 Alexander, Lillian Turner, 51 Allen, Debbie, 74 Alpha Phi Alpha, 59 American Jewish Congress, 112 American Library Association (ALA), 3, 11, 56 An American Testament, 22 Anderson, Alexander (paternal grandfather ), 16 Anderson, Marian, 12, 43, 113 Anderson, Maurice Barton (brother), 15, 18, 58, 91, 102 Anderson, Mercedes Alice (sister), 18, 21, 24, 28, 31 Anderson, Mildred Viola (sister), 15, 18, 25 Anderson, Sarah (paternal grandmother), 16, 17 Anderson, William Grant (father), 4, 15, 16–19, 21, 87, 102 Andrews, Anna Lee (mother-in-law), 51, 52 Andrews, Norman Perry (brother-in-law), 51, 53 Andrews, Regina (Anderson)—library career : battle with NYPL, 87–99; Chicago Public Library, 28–30; Columbia University School of Library Service education, 55–57; Hamilton Fish Park Branch, 54; interview at NYPL, 14–15, 32; 115th Street Branch, 92, 93; 135th Street Branch, 34–37; retirement, 109; Rivington Street Branch, 65, 91; Walter White support, 90; Washington Heights Branch, 98–99; Womrath Rental Library, 32; Woodstock Branch, 54–55 Andrews, Regina (Anderson)—personal life: AUDELCO award, 74; birth, 15; childhood in Chicago, 15, 18–19; childhood in Normal, IL, 21–23; Civic Club dinner, 46; dating, 48–51; death, 117; Delta Sigma Theta sorority, 59–60; Harlem Experimental Theatre, 61–74; Harlem on My Mind exhibition, 111–112; Hyde Park high school education, 24–25; international travel, 100, 104, 106–109; love letters from husband, 58–59; memorial service; 117; parents’ divorce, 21; parents’ wedding, 18; playwright, 70–72; salon, 38–39, 43–44; sister’s death, 31; socializing with W. E. B. Du Bois, 40; wedding, 52–53; widowed, 116; Wilberforce University education, 25–28 Andrews, Regina Ann, 11, 98, 102, 106, 107, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 Andrews Jr., William Bill Trent (husband), 6, 11, 13, 51–52, 53, 55, 57–62, 66, 94–97, 102, 106, 107, 109, 113, 114, 116 Andrews Sr., William Trent (father-in-law), 51–53, 96 Arc of Justice, 27 Index 144 Index Arthur, Reverend Jean, 117 A Sunny Morning, 66, 68, 69 Atlanta University Library School, 8, 27 Audience Development Committee (AUDELCO), 74 Baker, Augusta, 1, 3, 8 Baptiste, Erica (granddaughter), 115 Baptiste, Kim (granddaughter), 115, 116, 117 Baptiste, Louis Trent (grandson), 115, 116 Baptiste, Robyn (granddaughter), 98, 117 Barnett, Ferdinand, 19 Bearden, Romare, 112 Belafonte, Harry, 116 Belpre, Pura, 93, 94 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 59, 103, 104 Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), 11 The Black New Yorkers, 12, 112 Blue, Thomas Fountain, 9 Boas, Franz, 6, 36 Boni, Albert and Charles, 45 Bonner, Marita, 6 Bontemps, Arna, 33, 37, 42 Bosley, Roberta, 37 Bowles, Chester, 109 Boyle, Kevin, 27 Broad Axe, 21 Brown, Ruth, 10 Butler, Susan, 25 Cahan, Susan, 111 Campbell, Dick, 64, 95, 117 Cane, 41, 43, 45 Carnegie, Andrew, 5, 26 Carnegie Corporation, 8, 56, 87 Caroling Dusk, 42, 46 Carrere, John Merven, 14, 98 Chestnutt, Charles, 38 Chicago Daily Tribune, 19 Chicago Defender, 7, 19, 28, 49, 53, 66, 68, 69, 93, 113 Chicago Public Library, 5, 14, 15, 28–32, 34 Civic Club Dinner, 5, 45–46 Clarke, John Henrik, 12, 111, 112 Cleveland, Grover, 17, 23 Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, 68, 71, 72, 74 Columbia University Law School, 6, 51, 52 Columbia University School of Library Service , 3, 7, 8, 55, 56, 87 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 10 Cooks, Bridget R., 112 Countee Cullen Branch, 8 CRIGWA, 61 Crisis, 37, 39, 46, 61, 72, 74, 91 Culbertson, Ernest Howard, 70 Cullen, Countee, 6, 37, 42, 45 Davis, Thadious, 7 The Defender, 52 Delaney, Sarah Peterson, 37 Delany, Hubert, 6, 46, 53, 94, 106 Delta Sigma Theta, 59–60, 93 Deneen, Charles S., 20 Dewey, Melvil, 55–56 Dodson, Howard, 116 Dorsey, Robert, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70 Douglas, Aaron, 6, 63, 92 Du Bois, W. E. B., 2, 6, 11, 12, 27, 35, 38, 39–40, 45, 61, 62, 63, 72, 87; battle with NYPL, 88–92, 96, 97–98, 105 The Duchess Sayers Her Prayers, 63, 67–68 Dudziak, Mary, 104, 105 Duster, Alfreda, 16 Earhart, Amelia, 25 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 23 Family Night at the Library, 12, 98, 102, 103, 109 Fauset (Harris), Jessie, 6, 38, 45–46, 51, 52, 53, 63, 93 Fisher, Rudolph, 6, 46 Fisk University, 27, 52, 96 580 St. Nicholas Avenue (“Dream Haven”), 6, 38, 41, 42, 44, 46 530 E. 45th Street, 18, 21, 29 42nd Street Branch, 14...