Below please find the video highlights from the most recent C.G. O'Kelly Friends of the Library Event. For a complete video of the event please contact the WSSU Archives at 336-750-2426.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
Personal Library of Dr. Simon G. Atkins
"A
little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man's
history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one
of the necessaries of life,” wrote abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. Dr. Simon
Green Atkins, educator, religious leader, community developer and founder of Slater
Industrial
Academy ,
now Winston-Salem
State
University ,
understood Beecher ’s
philosophy. Dr. Atkins managed to amass nearly 500 books over his 71 year
lifespan.
The Simon Green Atkins Book Collection contains poetry by Virgil, edition of Carter G. Woodson’s The Journal of Negro History, and guides to understanding government and laws.
Post written by Harvey Long.
The Simon Green Atkins Book Collection contains poetry by Virgil, edition of Carter G. Woodson’s The Journal of Negro History, and guides to understanding government and laws.
A complete bibliography of the personal library of the Atkins Family will be made available in the coming weeks.
Post written by Harvey Long.
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