Carnegie Library at Florida A&M University: Tallahassee, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:43:47 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: AD044

Title: Carnegie Library at Florida A&M University: Tallahassee, Florida

Date: ca. 1930

General note: The Carnegie Library was built on the campus of Florida A&M University in 1908. It was the first Carnegie Library built at a black land-grant college. In 1976, the Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum was founded at the Carnegie Library. The facility was expanded in 2006 and renamed for United States Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek and Dr. James N. Eaton, founder of the Black Archives. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Physical descrip: 1 slide - col.

Series Title: General Collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/10567

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Representative Carrie Meek

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:52:45 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: N035226

Title: Representative Carrie Meek

Date: 1980

General note: Representative Carrie Meek's shirt reads: "A women's place is in the House and the Senate." Meek wore this prophetic T-shirt in the Florida House chamber in 1980, where she served from 1978 to 1983. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman elected to the Florida Senate. Meek later served in the United States Congress (1992-2001). Prior to her career in politics, she taught at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach and Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Series Title: General collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/144574

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Carnegie Library at Florida A&M University: Tallahassee, Florida

Representative Carrie Meek